1.Topic = world conflict

Task = Consider the ideas of five authors we explored this semester.  Use their ideas to help explain one of the clashes of cultures/conflicts/wars in the world today.

List for each author:   

-author’s name, 

-name of study we read, 

-how to apply it to understand the role of cultural differences in a current world conflict

-outcome for potential easing of that conflict?

DO NOT REPEAT ANY PART OF THE ANSWER TO ANY OTHER QUESTION! BUT YOU MAY USE THE SAME AUTHOR REPEATEDLY.

2. Setting: a prison in the U.S. 

Task = Considering the ideas of five authors we explored this semester, how would you use their ideas to improve prisons?  What would you consider? What would be your goals?

List for each author:   

-author’s name, 

-name of study we read, 

-how to apply it to improve incarceration?

-outcome for the prisoners and the staff?

The ideas we explored in this class help us to understand why members of different cultures act or believe in different ways.  For each of 5 authors we read, describe how their ideas explain cultural differences.

List for each author:   

-author’s name, 

-name of study we read, 

-how these ideas help us understand cultural differences’

-how we could use these ideas to BRIDGE these differences.

4.  Setting = politics in the USA

Task = Considering the ideas of five authors we explored this semester, how would you use their ideas to make politics better, more enriching, and more  “healing”?  What would be your goals?

List for each author:   

-author’s name, 

-name of study we read, 

-how to apply it to improve political life in the USA?

-outcome for the citizens and politicians