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Title

Introduction with a thesis statement

HISTORY

Provide a brief history of your culture

CULTURAL CONTEXT

Example you picked (i.e. Ottoman Empire)

Represented in the US

Explain how your chosen culture is represented in the United states

Individualistic/Collective

Is your culture individualistic or collectivistic? Does a culture promote individuality or promote society as the focus. Provide at least one example

Artistic

What are some of the artistic (art, music, architecture, dance) contributions of your culture

Values

What are some values of your culture? Provide at least three examples

Religion

Discuss your culture’s religion(s)? include name and basic belief system of at least one of the major faiths

SEX AND GENDER ROLES

What are some of the sex and gender role differences in your culture? Provide at least three examples

ACCULTURATION

Discuss what we would need to know to acculturate into your culture (if a past one, what would we need to do for preparing for our time machine to fit in) Provide at least four concrete suggestions – what religion would we have to be, better to be male or female, straight or gay, what language would we speak.

CONCLUSION

Any final thoughts, what did you learn, what would you like to have learned but didn’t have enough time for?

References

Fabian, L., & Weaverdyck, E. J. (2021). and Roman Empires: The Mediterranean and Southwest Asia. Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 2: Local, Regional, and Imperial Economies, 63. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/52327/9783110607642.pdf?sequ ence=1#page=80

Ward-Perkins, B. (2006). The fall of Rome: and the end of civilization. Oxford University Press, USA.

Borsellino, P. (2022). Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992) and. Heroism and Wisdom, Italian Style: From Roman Imperialists to Sicilian Magistrates, 269. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=piKIEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA269& dq=Borsellino,+P.+(2022).+Giovanni+Falcone+(1939%E2%80%931992)+and.+Heroism +and+Wisdom,+Italian+Style:+From+Roman+Imperialists+to+Sicilian+Magistrates,+26 9.&ots=LEXPIXVLR-&sig=OUHlDOE4txhZPPlo8pZHnb3RVsY