10.21 - Individualism v. Collectivism

We started today's class with the following writing prompt which people responded to in their writer's journal:

If you were to be associated with a certain type of vehicle, what sort of vehicle would it be and why?

After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, people went around and shared their responses.

Next, we looked at the way in which people divided up the $20,000 from yesterday's activity. We focused particularly on the reasons why people divided up the money evenly, according to percentage of work contributed by someone else, and by other systems that individuals devised on their own.

This lead us into a discussion of individualist and collectivist societies. We talked about the U.S. as an individualist society and how that compares to other, collectivist societies (like Taiwan or China).
We will continue more with this work tomorrow.

Handouts:

Individualism v. Collectivism

Roots and Prefixes - Set 5 word list

Homework:

Based on your perspectives gained from class today, complete the individualism or collectivism identification on the back of the "Individualism v. Collectivism" sheet.

Complete the set 5 roots and prefixes identification sheet.