Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Story in a box- Inventory

1. Chestnuts used as decorations and foods
2. Spanish Farm-Finka
3. Masai Figurine
4. 12 inch ruler
5. Coin Collection "Year of the Dog"-Singapore
6.Wooden Carving from Peru
7. Chinese Jade Stamp
8. Chinese Throw made in the 1800s
9. Mongolian hand stitched wallet
10.Handblown glass from Gozo
11.Head carved of wood made from a puppiteer- Bulgaria
12.Native American cannoe

Who am I?

During discussion the class was asked "What do people answer when they are asked the question "Who am I?""  Many answers were similar to the other classmates and other answers varied tremendously.  Popular answers to the question were family, background, hobbies, education, and religion.  This shows that it doesn't matter what culture or ethnic background that you grew up in many people would describe themselves in the same way no matter where they are from.  Some answers that varied to the question were travel, personalities, and taste preferences.  This too shows a person that in some cultures people would describe themselves in different ways.  Perhaps they do this because those answers could define who they actually are from where and how they grew up.  No matter where all of us grew up we have some similarities to the question and some differences, but in the end all those answers are what the students felt explained themselves.