Course Description: In this interactive web-based course, students become familiar with their own culture, and are introduced to cultures from around the world and from different periods in history. The course uses five Roots of Culture: Family, Land, Death, Identity, and Power to explore the similarities and differences in cultural roles in various times and places. Basic computer skills are recommended.

Course Contents:
Students will learn about:

• Death as a root of culture
• Mortuary customs
• Land as a root of culture
• Values based on sense of place
• Identity as a root of culture
• Sources of identity
• Power as a root of culture
• Uses and abuses of power
• Cultures from around the world and from different times in history

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