Cultures Around the World
In our first class, we talked about universal needs of humans across World Cultures. We then talked about all variations in how each group or individual takes care of the needs listed above.
Assignment #2 Blog Entry (choose one video and write about it)
Assignment #2 Option 1 (Gratitude Video with River): On your Blog, Title your first Entry and write about the short movie you watched called Gratitude HD Moving Art from a TED TALK with Time Lapse photography from Louis Schwartzberg and a guided meditation from a monk. Write on your blog answers to these questions: 1) How are universal needs met in the various cultures you saw in the movie? 2) What does every culture and people group need? 3) What does each particular culture group have to share and give to others? (give an example from the film). 4) What were your general feelings when you watched this movie? What were you surprised about? 5) Would you recommend this movie to someone?
Assignment 2 Option 2: Please make an entry on your personal website. Watch and reflect on this trailer for "Babies" about 4 children born at the same time in different places around the world. Write on your blog answers to these questions: 1) How are the universal needs met in all these different places? 2) What are your general feelings? What are you surprised about? 3) How are universal needs met in the various cultures you saw in the movie? 4) What does every culture and people group need? give an example from a part of the film. 5) What does each particular culture group have to share and give to others? (give an example from the film). 6) Would you recommend this movie to someone? Would you want to watch the whole movie? Why/Why not?