Thursday, 31 October 2013



Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:
1.       Heterogeneous :  many mixed diversity 
2.       Plurality : large number of people or things 
3.       Migration : people  that leave there hometown and lives in other country 
4.       Fundamental : a central or primary rule 
5.       Collective strength : group strength 
Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.
1.       The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?
    ( cloths , sport , music )
2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
             ( thinking , language skills )
3.       From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.
           milting pot : everybody become the same 
           garden sales : everybody keep his original culture 
4.       Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.
           ( indian , black african , asian )
5.       Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words. 

Thursday, 24 October 2013

assigment 6


Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #6

Course: Cultural Diversity Code:  LSSS N205


Name: Eisa khalifa salem al_dhaheri                             ID#                                        Name:                                  ID#H00255094

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

Define:
Stereotyping : judge people with there look like
Prejudice : judge a person without know him
Bias : way considered to be unfair
Discrimination : recognition and understanding of difference between one thing and other
Give an example of each.
a : the arab are turrets
b : i wont go with a Egyptian man  to a coffee shop because he eat a lot and don't pay  
c : some people treat people by race
d : people preferences to other people
Watch  Class Divided

Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place ? in USA
Describe the experiment. : good experiment that show us the way the children thinking before the experiment and after the experiment
What were the results? the children understood that there is no deference between  colors  
How successful do you believe it was? it was very successful because the children believe it
Going Deeper
In groups of four, discuss the following:
a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination
a time she or he discriminated against somebody else
a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it
a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it