Intercultural Communications
Problem Solving Assignment
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Problem solving grading rubric
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Bloom's Taxonomy Questions
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Instructions for Tumblr journal
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Group discussion guidelines
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Group discussion grading rubric
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Checklist for the "letter home".
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New Day Films is a unique, filmmaker-run distribution company, providing award-winning films to educators, community groups, government agencies, public libraries and businesses since 1971. Democratically run by more than 150 filmmaker members, New Day delivers hundreds of titles that illuminate, challenge and inspire. |
Out of Eden Walk: A Journey Through Time
From 2013 to 2020, writer Paul Salopek is recreating that epic journey on foot, starting at humankind’s birthplace in Ethiopia and ending at the southern tip of South America, where our forebears ran out of horizon. Along the way he is engaging with the major stories of our time — from climate change to technological innovation, from mass migration to cultural survival — by walking alongside the people who inhabit these headlines every day. Moving at the slow beat of his footsteps, Paul is also seeking the quieter, hidden stories of people who rarely make the news.
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Seven Years Around the World and Still Counting
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Global Connections Television (GCTV)
Global Connections Television (GCTV), the only talk show of its type in the world, has featured a wide range of guests ranging from leaders at the UN to the private sector to academics to non-governmental organizations. |
Links to Reliable Sources:
The term "Developing Countries" might have made sense once. Today it's impossible to make a clear distinction between "developing" and "developed" countries. Click play to see how the world has changed since 1950. Source: GapMinder
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Al Jazeera digital video news channel Al Jazeera is an independent news organization funded in part by the Qatari Government.
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Public Radio International (PRI) is a global non-profit media company focused on the intersection of journalism and engagement to effect positive change in people’s lives.
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WITNESS helps people use video and technology to protect and defend human rights.
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Beyond Conflict assists leaders in divided societies struggling with conflict, reconciliation and societal change by facilitating direct contact with leaders who have successfully addressed similar challenges in other settings.
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The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.
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A non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
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Culturelink lists worldwide cultural E-resources on its site.
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Join us in our quest to bring information to Americans and open the dialogue with Arabs across the world.
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. We provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
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The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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Professor Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture.
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The United States Institute of Peace is an independent national institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and essential for U.S. and global security. USIP pursues this vision on the ground in conflict zones, working with local partners to prevent conflicts from turning to bloodshed and to end it when they do. The Institute provides training, analysis, and other resources to people, organizations, and governments working to build peace. |
The Voice of America (VOA), a dynamic multimedia broadcaster funded by the U.S. Government, broadcasts accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information to an international audience.
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The Vanishing Cultures Project partners with indigenous groups worldwide to safeguard cultural values and practices, collaborating to document lifestyles and traditions, compile an open digital archive, educate the public about global diversity, and fund indigenous cultural initiatives.
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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
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Monitor, launched February 13, 2012, features unmatched reporting and analysis by prominent journalists and experts from the Middle East, including through its Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey Pulses.
Racialicious is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture. Check out our daily updates on the latest celebrity gaffes, our no-holds-barred critique of questionable media representations, and of course, the inevitable Keanu Reeves John Cho newsflashes.
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The online companion to California's Newsreel 3 part documentary about race in society, science and history. |
NPR's partnership with The Race Card Project explores a different kind of conversation about race. We ask people to think about their experiences, observations, triumphs, laments, theories or anthem about race or cultural identity. Then they take those thoughts and distill them down to one six-word sentence.
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When you visit the website you will see candid submissions from people who have engaged in a little exercise. Here’s how it works. Think about the word Race. How would you distill your thoughts, experiences or observations about race into one sentence that only has six words?
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The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.
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The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the Federal Government's primary training institution for officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community, preparing American diplomats and other professionals to advance U.S. foreign affairs interests overseas and in Washington.
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Founded in 1996, Youth Speaks Inc. is a multi-faceted organization that understands and believes that the power, insight, creativity, and passion of young people can change the world. Brave New Voices was created by Youth Speaks, Inc in 1998 after the inaugural Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam in San Francisco—the first poetry slam dedicated to youth in the nation’s history. To learn more, get involved, and attend other events, visit youthspeaks.org.
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Zhanna Dosmailova, Vannovka, Kazakhstan - view the video for discussion as part of the introductory class participation assignment.
The Global Lives Project is a volunteer-based creative collaboration focused on the cultivation of empathy across cultures. We curate an ever-expanding collection of films that faithfully capture 24 continuous hours in the life of individuals from around the world. We celebrate the diversity of human experience through the study and exploration of culture, status, ethnicity, language, and religion.
Article to read for discussion:
Girl wins International Children’s Peace Prize for promoting the rights of children with disabilities As you read the article think about Michaela Mycroft's identity and how it shapes her experience and choices.
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Zhanna is from Vannovka, Kazakhstan
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Michaela is from Cape Town, South Africa
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View the video of Muttu Kumar of India.
We will discuss the events that happened in his life. We will also speculate on how his experiences might have influenced him. Muttu is from Hampi, India
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Brasslands
A vibrant ethnography of the cultures, lives and stories that collide in the Balkans at the world's largest brass band festival.
Brasslands explores the explosive recent popularity of Balkan brass music through the stories of three musicians whose lives revolve around playing the music for very different reasons: a Serbian trumpet master, a virtuosic Roma street musician, and a dedicated American who isn’t from the Balkans but has been playing this music in New York for the last 30 years. Their stories all converge at the 50th anniversary of the world’s biggest trumpet competition in a hidden valley in Serbia.
Created by a unique interdisciplinary filmmaking team of Americans, Serbians, musicians and ethnomusicologists, the film offers an unconventional and unique window into ethnomusicology and Balkan culture.
Brasslands explores the explosive recent popularity of Balkan brass music through the stories of three musicians whose lives revolve around playing the music for very different reasons: a Serbian trumpet master, a virtuosic Roma street musician, and a dedicated American who isn’t from the Balkans but has been playing this music in New York for the last 30 years. Their stories all converge at the 50th anniversary of the world’s biggest trumpet competition in a hidden valley in Serbia.
Created by a unique interdisciplinary filmmaking team of Americans, Serbians, musicians and ethnomusicologists, the film offers an unconventional and unique window into ethnomusicology and Balkan culture.
To view the film off-campus you must have an active Camden County College library card!
Web site that accompanies film.
You will find a background story, photo gallery and more.
Brasslands tells the story of the first Americans ever to compete in the world's largest trumpet competition.
You will find a background story, photo gallery and more.
Brasslands tells the story of the first Americans ever to compete in the world's largest trumpet competition.
The Self-Awareness Imperative
With the resources below, read the materials and come prepared to discuss what you found in the way of positive and negative aspects of categorizing based on identity.
Answer the question:
What are the different ways that identity plays a role in how people behave, are treated, organize (around a cause such as feminism), or are discriminated against?
At the Global Fund For Women website search "success stories" |
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. (Go to "news and events".)
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Founded in 1974 by tennis legend, Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is dedicated to creating leaders by ensuring all girls access to sports.
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Conflict
Information/ Resource |
August - 2016Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart |
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Pulitzer Center - On Crisis Reporting
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Pulitzer Center - Fragile States
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Anti Islam Rallies in the United States
June - 2017
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October - 2015
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Suppose you could talk to the protestors, what would you say to them (using what you learned from Communication, Culture & Conflict)?
Sikh Professor Prabhojt Singh Attacked in NYC
September - 2013
Sikh Professor Attacked in NYC - Huff Post story including interview with Mr. Singh after the attack. |
September - 2013
A Message of Hope In Response to The Attack On Prabhojt Singh |
Suppose you could talk to the young men that attacked Prabhjot Singh, what would you say to them (using what you have learned from Communication, Culture & Conflict?
Tales From Arab Detroit
Tales from Arab Detroit - New Day Films (preview)
September - 2015 - Food and Nationalism
On today's show, chef-turned-political scientist Ronald Ranta examines the world through a “gastro-national” lens, where political differences arise in the form of cultural custody battles over a dish’s provenance. The food fights highlighted here stretch to some of the furthest corners of the international community, responding to disparate societal and economic pressures, but at their core, they share a common cause — the defense of national pride. |
Listen to the Podcast...you will need to search "food and nationalism" to find the podcast edition from September 2015. There is also a news segment at the start of the podcast that you can skip over to about 3 minutes into the podcast.
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Self-Awareness
Class Participation instructions... |
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The materials above this point are ideal for use in discussion of the positive and negative aspects of categorizing based on identity. The Self-Awareness Imperative.
The website provides useful references to European educational Internet resources on key intercultural issues.
Websites are collected under the following themes: intercultural learning, non-formal learning, participation, minorities, conflict resolution, human rights, and human rights education. |
The Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia) offers journalism study-abroad courses and internship programs that help prepare students for the complex demands of 21st century global journalism. Our programs combine training in a range of media skills — photography, videojournalism, international reporting and writing for digital media — with hands-on practice reporting on a foreign culture.
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Anthony Bourdain Parts Unkown
Get a taste for the unexpected! Travel with Anthony Bourdain as he takes incredible adventures to extraordinary locations. Parts Unknown recently received its third Emmy award since the show debuted last year. |
November - 2019
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September - 2019
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July - 2019
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Hundreds of bloggers from across the Middle East met in Tunis, Tunisia, in early October 2011 to discuss cyber-activism and political change. This is their third annual gathering, and it follows a dramatic year since Arab uprisings began last December. Saudi blogger Ahmed Al Omran, an NPR social media intern, talks to Renee Montagne about the role bloggers played in inspiring change.
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Listen to the story...
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Excerpt from Anthony Bourdain's commentary found on the CNN website for the program Parts Unknown.
"But the people are now, for the very first time in more than half a century, relatively free to speak their minds. From a society where huge segments of the daily papers were routinely -- and without explanation -- hacked out by censors, where having an opinion could be a very dangerous thing, and where just about everybody with an opinion has been to jail -- it's pretty remarkable to see what's happening." "Most remarkable, I think, was how open people were with us -- how willing they were to talk -- how not shy they were with our cameras, when only a little more than a year ago, talking with a Western film crew could land you in prison." |
View the story... View segment between 7 - 15:12 minutes View segment between 20:15 - 27:16 |
Refugees
New Start for Refugees, Germany
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Cuba
Reconciliation Nonprofit Helped With U.S.-Cuban Relations
Listen to the story from WBUR Boston and Public Radio International |
Chance Meeting Makes Cuba Trip A Home Run
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Cuba In Flux
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February 2016
In a revealing photo gallery for National Geographic, Yana Paskova takes fraying and faded family photos from pre-1989 Bulgaria and overlays them with images of present-day Cuba, one forlorn communist era juxtaposed on top of another. |
Russia
On Morning Edition, Alix Spiegel finds out what happened when McDonald's told employees in the Soviet Union that they had to smile.
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1. Summarize the impact McDonald's had on communication activity in the Soviet Union?
2. How would you apply what you learned to develop your own approach to communication with strangers?
3. Can you assess the value or importance of this program to your understanding of communication practices with other cultures?
2. How would you apply what you learned to develop your own approach to communication with strangers?
3. Can you assess the value or importance of this program to your understanding of communication practices with other cultures?
The Ethical Imperative
October - 2014
Read both parts of the story and prepare to discuss relevance to the ethical imperative. Why Do So Many Pakistanis Hate Their Nobel Peace Prize Winner?
Malala Yousafzai Is the Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner in History
Recognize examples of social justice:
What facts can you compile to show social justice is happening in the world? Explain their relevance. Use resources (see various links on this Weebly site) to find specific examples of social justice and explain their relevance. |
The Demographic Imperative
October - 2014
Listen to the program: Ghosts Of The Past Still Echo In Beirut's Fragmented Neighborhoods Question: What facts can you compile from the program that can be explained using the "demographic imperative" (from the text)? Identify facts (examples from the program) and match them to topics from the demographic imperative such as "religious diversity". |
October - 2015
The Immigration Act That Inadvertently Changed America |
A World Without Strangers
A World Without Strangers - is a documentary that links five college-age women from the United States and the Middle East in a media-based dialogue that explores and challenges cross-cultural misconceptions. |
China
Streets of Shanghai
NPR Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt once drove a taxi as a summer job. He decided to do it again, this time offering free rides around Shanghai in exchange for stories about one of the world's most dynamic cities. A series of programs document his travels during 2014-15. |
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October - 2017
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May - 2017
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December - 2016
How China's Clampdown on Korean Pop Culture Has Affected Advertising |
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October - 2016
It’s so Dangerous Being a Bridesmaid in China |
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August - 2016
In China, Brands Are Casting More Two-Child Families in Ads |
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December - 2014
Read the article and watch the short video How Brands Are Manufacturing Christmas Cheer In China |
November - 2014
China's Baby Boom Plan Goes Bust Chinese couples are failing to take advantage of the country's newly loosened one-child policy. |
January - 2013
Read the article and watch the program Love in China: Navigating an $80 Billion Wedding Market An example of the dialectical approach emphasis of the processual nature of intercultural communication. |
India
December - 2019
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September - 2018
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September - 2018
The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India |
Iraq
August - 2019
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Japan
December - 2018
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Ukraine
October - 2014
Listen to the program: When Russia took over the Ukrainian peninsula, Crimea, the government said it would respect the rights of ethnic minorities like the Sunni Muslim Tatars. But some young Tatar men have gone missing, and the disappearances are causing anxiety in Tatar communities. |
August 4, 2017
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June 2019
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Venezuela
Oil Smuggling Brings Environmental Disaster to Venezuela's Economic Ruin
Watch the program and answer the question: Suppose you could offer help to the people what would you do? |
South Sudan
South Sudan’s Civil War Spirals into Genocide, Leaving Ghost Towns in its Wake |
My So-Called Enemy
Accompanying website for updates on the story |
Questions for the discussions |
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Various Stories - 2020
2020: A Year in Stories
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Various Stories - 2018 |
March - 2018
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Various Stories - 2017
November - 2017
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Various Stories - 2016
August - 2015
Pokémon Go Fever Hits Russia, Making Kremlin Nervous |
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Various Stories - 2015
October - 2015
America's Halloween Obsession Exported Back to U.K. |
August - 2015
An Enchanting Sojourn In Slovakia |
May - 2015
Saudi Prince Debuts Video Game Featuring Female Warriors |
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Various Stories - 2014
September - 2014
UN Women Chief Urges Pacific Governments To Ensure Women's Rights |
July - 2014
Young Girl is Leading a Revolution Via YouTube, 6,000 Miles From Home (Syria) |
June - 2014
How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan's Government |
June - 2014
Iran Says Take Off The Veil And Be Raped |
January - 2014
The New Chinatown |
First part of the story.
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Second part of the story.
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The Economic Imperative
December - 2013
Our Planet Money team is making a T-shirt and following the shirt around the world as it gets manufactured — from the farms where the cotton is grown to the factories where the shirts are sewn together. All this week on Morning Edition and All Things Considered we'll be hearing stories about the fascinating world behind that T-shirt. |
Episode 458: Bangladesh's T-Shirt Economy - May 2013
Episode 497: Love, Betrayal And The Planet Money T-Shirt - November - 2013
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When Corruption Becomes Oppression in Bangladesh
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Maybe these "Crash Course" videos help to explain globalization!
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Globalization Part 1
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Globalization Part 2
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PLANET MONEY
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Race, Culture, Ethnicity
October - 2013
Political Statement or Racism? Discussion topic to follow.... |
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National Public Radio
Continuing series of reports on race, culture and ethnicity |
Identity
February - 2018
In Iraq, the Best Digits Cost a Mint |
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Intercultural Relationships
National Public Radio
Intercultural Relationships: Can They Work? |
Link to the NPR Podcast "Code Switch"
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The Technological Imperative
November - 2013
Listen to the program: Around The World...In A Lot of Steps What information has increased your knowledge about peoples and cultures? What have you done on your own to use technology to increase information about peoples and cultures? |
May - 2013
Arab Magazine Challenges Attitudes About Arab Women Yara Mashour, editor of Lilac magazine, wants to confront and challenge stereotypes of Arab women. Photo Credit: Pierre Klochendler/IPS |
Read the article....
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April - 2013
Mai El Shoush is a journalist in Dubai who got interested in comics by accident. But one thing bothered her: Female characters were always in skin-tight clothing, looking busty but not adding much to the story. Mai El Shoush decided she'd write her own comic book series. |
Listen to the story...
Read the comic...
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Stories of Interest - 2014
December - 2014
North Korea's Secret Movie Bootleggers |
April - 2014
Kimberly-Clark's New Hispanic Program Aims at General Market |
Stories of Interest - 2013
March - 2013
Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition On The Wane |
Listen to the story and answer the question:
How could you determine the impact on British culture if these brass bands vanished? Why do you think it is difficult to attract young people to the brass bands? Use research from reliable sources to support your answer. |
Listen to the program...
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March - 2013
A Vacation Spent Building Homes in Argentina Read the article... |
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