Diversity and Personal Conduct / vocabulary Portfolio #5

Find the definition OR synonym of each of the words:


1. Acknowledge: to admit the existence of the thing.

2. Inclusive / inclusion: general.

3. Respect: to feel or show deferential regard.

4. Apology: the way of asking forgiveness for a fault.

5. Consideration: ignorance.

6. Behavior: action or reaction of a person toward a situation.

7. Responsibility: the authority to act or decide without supervision.

8. Attention (pay): the act or state of applying the mind to something

9. Tolerance: capacity to endure pain or hardship

10. Attitude (positive): position or posture of the body appropriate to expressive of an action.

11. Conduct: manner

12. Politeness: civil

13. Constructive (comment): serving to improve

14. Kindness: the state of being kind

Now, search through the You-Tube site to find a clip that shows cultural respect and politeness. Copy the URL onto your sheet and post as: Portfolio #4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSUHgAmpuNc

Everest climbing team:Cultural Diversity -Portfolio #4

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                         Responsibility              Country                    Skills

-Jamling       fined way to the top of the mountain      India                                guide

-Seggara      make roads to the top of the mountains   Spain                               mountain climber

-Roger          researching rocks                                    England                             geologist                         

-Ed Victor    leads his team                                          USA                                   leader

-Sumio         recording the trip details                          Japan                                documentary

-Paula         Camp Manager                             USA                             Climbing

-other team members

 

2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefited the team?

They were mostly climbers and smart in planning the climbing map of the mountain

 

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)? 

     Each team member is from a different country and they helped each other by combining their own culture which led them to the top.

portfolio assignment #3 - cultural diversity

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	false – it can be described as a society with a variety set of values
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	True
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	false –learning a second culture and adding it on the first culture "the one I inherited from the birth"

Define in your own words:

1. “Melting Pot” : people from different places with different culture lives together as one and create a new culture which is stronger than the past one. "Different cultures in one society" or a blinding of cultures


2. “Salad Bowl” : different cultures mixed together but they have their uniqueness


3. “Assimilation” : they mix together to be similar.


4. “Acculturation”: adding culture on your culture but you stay on your first culture.


5. “Enculturation”: having the second culture as first culture from birth.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs and social institutions , as well as changes in food, language and clothing.

Give a synonym:

varied	heterogeneous	respect	honor	dominate	control
multiple	several	central	middle	interacting	communicate
specific	absolute	represents	express	adopt	adapt

Give the opposite:

varied	Similar	respect	disrespect	gradually	suddenly
multiple	Single	common	rare	dominant group	minority group
specific	General	contrasted with	Be equal / similar to	adopt	reject

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

        Acculturation often results in changes to Culture , customs  and social institutions,as well as changes in food, language and clothing .