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Thursday 07 December 2006
Week 14 Day 27

Russia

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REM: metaphor paper due Friday
- turn in via WebDrop at
  <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>

presentors
Video: Romeo and Juliet, Act I
The Royal Ballet [London] with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn
(18 min., 1988, VC 3183)
resource page

Discussion with Team Presenting China / Singapore

(Week 15 Day 29)

Tatiana Chernobrovkina and Vladimir Kirillov in one-act ballet "Walpurgis Night"

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GCforum Topic 14

Make up a Good Question for the Final Exam
(the exam will be on Saturday, 16 December 2006, at 2:00, Week 16)

For Topic14, have a look at the Final Exam materials at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/exams_final.html#title>

including the sample exam question formats

including the optional take-home question that you can bring in with you

Click on the various items for details

Then review the materials so far covered this semester

in your texts

in your class notes

on the video viewing guides

Recommendations on how to study and take exams:

How to write an essay exam -- OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

test taking strategies

learning styles

study strategies

listening skill

notetaking

special facilities / arrangements

extra help

Assignment:

1.
Make up at least one good question for Final Exam and post it on the GCforum, and . . .

2. Briefly describe why you think your question is a good one

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the �Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set message for Topic 14

REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the GCforum
or bring them up in class

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Feature of the Day

Thursday 07 December 2006 Week 14 Day 27
	Russia	Guest: Mike Linn
		1 Jamie
		2 Casey

		video: *Romeo and Juliet, Act I* (18 min., 1988, VC 3183)

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Old Business

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Assignments

Read: Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd ed., Ch. 25, The Spanish Bullfight
Read: Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd ed., Ch. 26, The Portuguese Bullfight
Read: Distant Mirrors, 3rd ed., Ch. 07, "My American Glasses" by Francisco Martins Ramos
[Portuguese Anthropologist]

Portugal

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Tuesday 12 December 2006
Week 14 Day 28

Spain / Portugal

Spain

Spain

Portugal

enlarged maps
~ Spain
~ Portugal
from The World Factbook

Lonely Planet Maps
~ Spain
~ Portugal

nlt 03:42 Video: The Buried Mirror: The Virgin and the Bull
-- Carlos Fuentes
(59 min., 1991, VC 3933, pt. 1)

resource pages
- Spain
- Catalonia
- Portugal

The Running of the Bulls -- BBCNews
Pamplona, Spain

Other Possible Metaphors for Spain:
Flaminco Dancer
Holy Week in Seville
(Madonna)

Spanish Bullfight

Portuguese Bullfighting

GCforum Topic 14

Make up a Good Question for the Final Exam

Spain

Portugal

GC Index of Major Items
GC "Sunday Memos"		GC Video Schedule
GC Slides Schedule		GC Text Assignments Schedule
GC Other (check Canvas)		GC Exams . . . (wk-7) and (wk-16)
GC REM: Work on Project		GC Discussion(s)
GC Main Due Dates		GC Spring 2025 Calendar
Checklist for the Semester

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Understanding Global Cultures

Thursday 07 December 2006 Week 14 Day 27

Russia

Tuesday 12 December 2006 Week 14 Day 28

Spain / Portugal

Thursday 07 December 2006
Week 14 Day 27

Tuesday 12 December 2006
Week 14 Day 28