Academic Interactions

IECP, Fall 2015, Nikki Mattson

Groups

Hassan Xun

Mohammed Eman

Ahmed Hamad

Faisal Juan

Hameed Bora

MJ Altaf

Hussain Abdulla

Abdullah Aziz

Agenda

• Conversation Starters• Human migration – video, discussion +

group presentations• Pathways 9 – Ancient Civilizations

Conversation Starter

• Negative calorie foods contain calories which require more effort from the body to digest. For example, a piece of fruit contains 60 calories, but your body uses 75 calories to digest this fruit, so you have burned 15 calories. Do you think that this kind of food is useful or harmful? Why ?

(Nutrition and Food Science)

Conversation Starter

• Immigrants who migrate across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country are called illegal immigrants. Why is the idea of immigration so controversial?

(Law)

Conversation Starter

• Some people in my country think that native civil engineers are better than foreign engineers, because they know more about the surrounding environment. However, some other people think engineers who are educated abroad have more potential than native engineers. Which statement do you think is more true? Why?

(Civil Engineering)

TED Talk (graded note taking)

Scored for: Content and organization

Tasks•1) Listen + take notes•2) review and complete your notes•3) participate in group discussion•4) present your group’s discussion results (5 minute presentation)

TED Talk

• Video

Review and Complete Notes

Group Discussion• 1. What do your group members think about

the Human Genome project? Why?• 2. What do your group members think about

the claim that humans originated in Africa? Why?

• 3. What other reactions do you have to the videos?

• 4. What remaining questions does your group have? (choose 3 to share)

Group Presentations (5 minutes)

• - make sure to answer all of the discussion questions in your presentation

• - create an outline of your presentation• - decide who will say which parts• - practice presenting

• -be sure to include an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion

Break

Pathways 9 – The Legacy of Ancient Civilizations (pg. 161)

• What is anthropology?– Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, past and present, that draws

and builds upon knowledge from the social sciences, life sciences, and humanities. (Wikipedia)

• Anthropology is often divided into subcategories. Can you think of any of these categories?

– Linguistic anthropology– Sociocultural anthropology– Physical anthropology– Philosophical anthropology– Theological anthropology

Chapter’s Themes

• Think and discuss – pg. 161• Exploring the Theme questions, pg. 162

Ancient Civilizations• Skim and scan the handout and discuss the following

questions:• 1) What similarities do you see between these ancient

civilizations? (find at least 3)• 2) What differences do you see between these ancient

civilizations? (find at least 3)• 3) Which ancient civilization do you know the most

about? What interesting information do you know about it?

• 4) What can we learn from ancient civilizations?

Civilizations Over Time

Ancient Inventions from China

• What inventions can you think of from China?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmHkOHs00Bo

Chinese Inventions

• 1. Which inventions do you think had most significant impact on the modern world? Why?

Middle Eastern Inventions

• What inventions can you think of from the Middle East?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6SIcHMF9Y0

Middle Eastern Inventions

• 1. Which inventions do you think had most significant impact on the modern world? Why?

Vocabulary

• Complete pg. 164 A and B• Complete pg. 165 A

The Lost Temple of the Mayans

• Pg. 172 – A + B• Video + + pg. 173 B• check Mayan Quiz answers• Pg. 172 – Discussion Questions (B)

HW

1. PSU Interview Video + Analysis DUE 10/23 by midnight (BOX)

2. English Central Goal 6 = Sunday by 8