Please read through Chapter 1 (Human Geography: A Cultural Approach) in your textbook and then choose* (and view) any three of the short PBS Frontline World films from their website (http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/) with the following questions in mind:
Why might knowing about cultural geography and/or utilizing a geographical perspective be significant in understanding today’s world?
To help expand on my knowledge about the way of life in other cultures, I decided to watch as my first video, the clip about the rape situation in South Africa. I was appalled on how out of control it is there. I went right into researching why it is so predominant there, and come to find out the main reasons are: the high rate of violence (used …show more content…
educational system and if this a problem for the country or no big deal and why?
The education system here in the U.S., in my personal opinion, needs to incorporate more classes covering the cultural aspect of geography, as they do with the traditional history classes. If we were educated more about the human geography during our educational years, we would not be as closed minded and judgmental of people when other cultures come into our country.
However, I would also like to share that if other countries were better educated on the truth about America we wouldn’t have this stereotype of being stuck up and the ‘know it all’ country. Understanding at a young age that there are many different cultures around the world and learning the reasons why they act or do certain things such as; clothing, attitude and their life style diversity overall. We as Americans wouldn’t be so offended because we would be more understanding and accepting other countries cultures. While trying to avoid saying this, but can’t resist; if Americans took the time to be informed about other cultures and lifestyles, the United States of America would really appreciate after we seriously evaluate our freedom and abundant life we have
Why might knowing about cultural geography and/or utilizing a geographical perspective be significant in understanding today’s world?
To help expand on my knowledge about the way of life in other cultures, I decided to watch as my first video, the clip about the rape situation in South Africa. I was appalled on how out of control it is there. I went right into researching why it is so predominant there, and come to find out the main reasons are: the high rate of violence (used …show more content…
educational system and if this a problem for the country or no big deal and why?
The education system here in the U.S., in my personal opinion, needs to incorporate more classes covering the cultural aspect of geography, as they do with the traditional history classes. If we were educated more about the human geography during our educational years, we would not be as closed minded and judgmental of people when other cultures come into our country.
However, I would also like to share that if other countries were better educated on the truth about America we wouldn’t have this stereotype of being stuck up and the ‘know it all’ country. Understanding at a young age that there are many different cultures around the world and learning the reasons why they act or do certain things such as; clothing, attitude and their life style diversity overall. We as Americans wouldn’t be so offended because we would be more understanding and accepting other countries cultures. While trying to avoid saying this, but can’t resist; if Americans took the time to be informed about other cultures and lifestyles, the United States of America would really appreciate after we seriously evaluate our freedom and abundant life we have