Antrhopologist's Instructions:
- Interview as many people as you can from each culture.
- Ask people
the same questions and check for consistency in response. Try
to ask each question to at least two different people.
- After ten minutes, you will be asked to describe the culture.
Questions you may want to ask:
- Are all of you from the same culture?
- Do all of you speak the same language?
- Are you friendly to outsiders?
- Do you practice the same religion?
- Is the same food prepared by all culture members?
- Do you live in extended families?
- Are children educated in public schools?
- Are most people in cities?
Please add your own questions:
Questions for you to consider:
How friendly and cooperative were the people you interviewed?
L. Robert Kohls and John M. Knight, Developing
Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-Cultural Training
Handbook (Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press Inc., 1994.)
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