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COMM 176: Intercultural Communication
- Chapter 3
- What Are the Essential Cultural
Value Patterns?
Chapter 3 explores cultural value differences. These differences offer guidance as to why people behave the way they do.
Totem from an ancient Peruvian clan.
To Do This Week:
1. Watch these videos
Video: The Ethnic City
Immigration to US American cities from 1870-1910.
Featured Experts:
- Bailyn, Bernard, Ph.D., Adams and Phillips Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University
- Capozzola, Christopher, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Freedman, Estelle, Ph.D., Stanford University
- Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Ph.D., Yale University
- Kessler-Harris, Alice, Ph.D., Hoxie Professor of American History, Columbia University
- Levine, Lawrence W., Ph.D., Byrne Professor of History Emeritus, University of California--Berkeley
- Monkkonen, Eric, Ph.D., University of California--Los Angeles
Click the image to the left to begin the video. It is 6:51 minutes in length.
2. Read Chapter 3
You should read the chapter before completing Discussion Board entries or completing an online exam. It is suggested that you complete the Chapter 3 Guide while reading the chapter.
3. Complete the Chapter Guide
You should complete the chapter guide while you are reading the chapter. You can find Chapter Guides by clicking the "Chapter Guides" button on our main Blackboard page.
Chapter Guides are for your own personal use and should not be turned-in to the instructor.
5. Take the Chapter 3 Exam
You can access the exam by clicking on the "Exams" button on our main Bb page.
The exam must be completed by the exam deadline -- next Monday at noon.
If you do not finish the exam by the deadline, you will not be allowed to make it up.
4. Make Your Discussion Board Posts
Make one Original Post and two Reply Posts on the Discussion Board. Original Posts are due on Wednesday by midnight. Reply Posts are due on Saturday by midnight.
To keep discussion varied and lively, each student has been assigned to a group by last name. To find out which group you are in, click on the "Disc. Board" button above.
Please remember your group designation. You will remain in this group for the duration of the semester.
You must follow all the Discussion Board Guidelines in order to earn all the points possible on this assignment. Click "Disc. Board" link to review guidelines.