Our Mother Tongues
Our Mother Tongues
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1:Our Mother Tongues
visit "Our Mother Tongues" at www.ourmothertongues.org/languagemaps.aspx. (You can also search with “PBS Our Mother Tongues.”)
Explore the language group.
Read the information on this page, and then view and listen to each of the individual voices included in “Hear Our Voices” language group.explore specific details of
tribal language experiences, the struggle to preserve language, and the impact on identity of language restoration
2:Describe the “deepening of capitalism” in the last quarter century. Focus on one of the following: How has this affected consumer markets? How has this affected
American workers? How has this affected Social life in America?
3: Social Psychology: Group Identity and Group Dynamics
Order Description
Case Assignment
In 2004 there were allegations of abuse and human rights violations that occurred in the Abu Ghraib prison. There have been many interpretations of what happened, and
there are many aspects of Social Psychology that could have been at play in this situation. familiarize yourself with three examples of famous social experiments --
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Asch’s Conformity Experiment and the Milgram Obedience Experiment, and apply the concepts and theories associated with one of these to
the Abu Ghraib prison situation.
Assignment Expectations
Paper should be 4-5 pages in length, and should give a synopsis of the experiment you chose to use, and you need to explain how it is similar to what took place at Abu
Graib, and what Social Psychology factors and theories you felt were involved. Comment on what has been done or might be done to prevent this from occurring again.