Cultural Anthropology Process Journal

As teenage anthropologists you have been tasked with discovering the uniqueness of a particular culture
around the world in order to help us find the answers to what makes us human.

Big questions: What characterizes cultures around the world?

Task: You are tasked with developing a product which educates the community about a particular culture
around the world in order to better help us understand the human condition. Your project must detail the
following:
 Population
 Language
 History
 Geography
 Beliefs
 Traditions
 Food
 Art
 Music
 Lore
 Dress
 Equality
 Legal systems/power systems

Artistic element: You required to add one performance element: a model, art, dance, music or skit and
food from the culture.

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1. Beginning the project: Planning

A Choosing your topic

Which culture did you choose?

Culture:

Why did you choose this culture? (include a 3-5 sentence detailed explanation)

B Developing your research question

Write down two research questions for your topic so you can edit and choose the best one later.

Research Questions:

C Finalizing the Research Question

Finally, working together, make a decision on the research question you would like to answer in your
presentation.

We choose this research question to investigate:

What are your reasons for choosing this particular research question?

Explain the significance of researching this question on the following groups of people:

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 Why is it important to me?

Why is it important to the audience? Hint: Middle school students and parents are the audience.

D Action Plan

1: List the steps below needed for you to complete the project to a successful outcome. Give enough detail
so that one of your peers would be able to look at the plan and create the same product to the same
degree of completion that you will. The table below is just a start and you should add more rows to
complete it.

Steps Explanation Materials / Resources needed Time required to complete

Part 2: Taking action - Start making the project!

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A Research Notes
Complete detailed research notes, in-text citations and a vocabulary list with definitions that will be
included in your project. Proper citations should be placed at the appropriate section in this packet.

Research notes:
Background information: (population, history, geography)

Dress:

Daily Life:

Art:

Music:

Lore:

Food:

Beliefs:

Traditions:

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 Class, Hierarchy, Patriarchy, Equality:

Interesting Facts/other cultural characteristics:

B. Vocabulary List

Vocabulary word Definition

C. MLA Citations
Add all resources you’ve used.

Citations Information used from citation (use bullet points)

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