Dear Students

Dear Students, June 16, 2002

Welcome to Cultural Diversity!

This is a very broad field covering many social sciences such as anthropology, political science, economics, and psychology. Business is also represented.

In this course you must learn to be good hunters and learners about culture. As a professional cross-cultural consultant www.third-culture.com , I will be your guide.

I have lived and studied in several countries and speak French, Italian, Czech, Chinese, and Malay/Indonesian. I am always learning more about cultures.

I will not be your only guide. You will be guided by some of the best professors in the world and assisted by the comments and advice of your fellow classmates.

How to be a good hunter:

· Use all your senses; smell, touch, sight, and hearing.

· Practice considering things from different perspectives.

Examples: Be a student in the classroom for ten minutes with your eyes closed~Takes notes for ten minutes with your opposite hand~Have very good ear plugs on in the classroom for ten minutes~Learn a foreign language~Do something you have never tried but would hate like folk dancing.

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Below is some useful information to get us started on our journey of learning about cultural diversity, and then applying the knowledge to our careers, society, and personal lives.

Culture

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/culture-index.html#top

What is Culture?

For High School

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites/classroom.html

Multicultural classroom activities (high school)

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites/interactive.html

Interactive online learning tools for multicultural studies (high school)

Final Project Ideas

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Culture/index.html

Gender and culture in picture books for children

http://users.ntplx.net/~anthja/exersymb3.html