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Human Variation

Learning Objectives:

• (^) Articulate observations on human cultural variation,

social differences, social change, and political

identities.

• (^) Demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the

origins and dynamics of culture, society and political

identity.

• (^) Justify why race is a limited schema as a human

classification tool.

Unlock these words:

• Anthropology
• Culture
• Cultural diversity
• Political identities
• Political Science
• Social Science
• Social Change
  • Society
  • Sociology
  • State
  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • Ethnecity

NATIONALITY & ETHNECITY

• (^) Guess what nationality are them.

Nationality is the identity that is tied to being part of a nation or country. can be acquired by being born in a country or by the process of legal application called naturalization. Ethnic Groups smaller cultural groups within a nation that share specific environments, traditions, and histories. 180 indigenous ethnic groups in the Philippines. http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/people/ethnic-groups-in-the- philippines/

Activity 1 Assignment: (by group) Create a powerpoint presentation of an ethnic group that interests you. The presentation should contain data (visual, text, numerical) on the ethnic group. Your data may include the group’s clothes, food, environment, and language.

SEX VS. GENDER

• Biologically determined
• Universal
• Relatively fixed
• Categorized as boy or girl
  • Socio-physiological
  • Culture-bound
  • Inter-changeable
  • Categorized as masculine or feminine

Types of Gender

1. Heterosexual sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
2. Homosexual Lesbian Gay
3. Bisexual
4. Asexual a person who has no sexual feelings or desires.
5. Polysexual is sexual attraction to multiple, but not all, genders
6. Pansexual refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others

Political Identity

• a social category refers to the set

of attitudes and practices that an

individuals adheres to in relation to

the political systems and actors

within his or her society.

Religion

Human Variation