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Read “Life Without Chiefs” by Marvin Harris and answer the following questions:
1. According to Harris, discuss how leaders evolved in essentially leaderless societies.
2. What was the catalyst that prompted the evolution of leaders?
3. Much as we’d like to consign our leaders to another planet sometimes, can we do without them?

1.   Read this scenario:
Mrs. Smith is a 10th grade English teacher in a local area high school. She also serves as homeroom teacher to 10th grade students. About four months after September 11th, she is alarmed when a tenth-grade African American female (who is a straight A student) shows up in class with her faced covered in a black scarf with only her eyes showing. She asks the student to remove her face covering, but the student replies that she cannot. The teacher again asks the student, but again the student replies that she is unable to remove the face covering. At this point, the teacher is very upset and sends the girl to the Principal’s office. Also at this point, the girl is crying and very upset. When the Principal asks her to remove the face covering, the girl just explains that she is not allowed to remove it. The Principal suspends the girl for a week and calls her parents.
Her parents arrive at the high school very dismayed. They explain to the Principal that the night before their daughter had decided to become part of their Muslim faith and adopt the covering (Please note several other religions have a similar practice of young people wearing a clothing item to signify they have decided to adopt the faith of their parents). They explain to the Principal that this a normal religious practice. The Principal states that the school should have been informed prior to her attendance, so they would have been prepared. The Principal goes on to say that the parents should have let the school know ahead of time. The family tries to explain that it just happened and was not a planned event. Despite their requests for understanding, the Principal does not dismiss the suspension.
The parents take their daughter from the school and as you might guess contact a lawyer. By the way, they did not ask for compensation but just asked that their daughter be allowed to make up the work.
In the meantime, the press is alerted, and the case makes national news. The family decides to remove their children from the school and send them to a Muslim school in Dayton. They cite religious intolerance as their basis.
A.   What are the cultural issues in this scenario?
B.   What could have been done differently?
C.    What should have been done differently?

Talk about it? Or not?
?      Does it help to talk about race and racism?
?      Can talking about race actually reduce racism, by increasing understanding?
?      Why or why not?
?      Can talking about race actually compound the effects of racism by drawing attention to it? Why or why not?
?      If people completed the “Sorting People” exercise linked in this week’s online lesson, would that help to reduce racism?
?      If your respondents for your paper this week completed the “Sorting People” exercise linked in this week’s online lesson, do you suppose they might respond differently to your survey questions?
?      Why or why not?
?      As you read in the article linked in this week’s online lesson, why do so many researchers still treat race as a scientific concept?
https://nightingale.instructure.com/courses/3038286/files/178555624/download?download_frd=1
https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/race-science-angela-saini-new-book-superior-deconstructed.html
https://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm

Your classmate Madeline feels overwhelmed while trying to critique a piece of art. She confides in you that she has a great description of the piece, but she has no idea how to continue with her analysis of the piece. What question should Madeline ask to help her analyze the artwork?
O A. What do you personally like or dislike about the artwork?
O B. What elements of art or design principles are used in the artwork?
O C. What is the theme or subject of the artwork?
O D. When was the artwork created?
3 Different proportions within a piece of artwork relate back to the principles of symmetry and dominance.
O A. True
O B. False
For individuals who wish to work in an art-related career, critiquing art is an important skill.
O A. True
O B. False
It is not uncommon today for businesses and individuals to commission a piece of art. What would you argue is the greatest benefit to an artist of working for a commission?
O A. The artist can create without any guidelines or restraints.
O B. The artist can fully own their work for the rest of their lives.
O C. The artist is guaranteed to get paid for their work.
O D. The artist can take as long as needed to create a piece of art.
While traveling in Greece, you see columns of all different orders. You examine each one carefully. You see one with capitals that have two rows of leaves that fan out from them and four scrolls. Which order do you infer you are observing?
O A. Sumerian
O B. Doric
O C. Ionic
O D. Corinthian
Romans took architecture to new heights by inventing arches, domes, and barrel vaults and by using these structures in their creations.
O A. True
O B. False
Your classmate Cameron feels overwhelmed while trying to critique a piece of art. He confides in you that, although he has started with a great description of the piece, he has no idea how to continue. What is the best advice you have for Cameron to help him with his critique?
O A. Continue with a description of the piece.
O B. Continue by evaluating the piece.
O C. Continue by analyzing the piece.
O D. Continue by interpreting the piece.
10 By using multiple lancet arches on a wall, Gothic architects created an interior space that is full of light.
O A. True
O B. False
11 The invention of the potter’s wheel changed the world of pottery. Which one of these changes was MOST LIKELY a result of the potter’s wheel?
O A. It decreased the production of clay vessels.
O B. It enabled artists to create more decorative elements on the vessels.
O C. It made it difficult for people to create pottery as their “job.”
O D. It assisted in the building of large stone monuments such as dolmens.
12 Thomas wants to take an art course at a local community center. He loves traditional paintings and drawings. He enjoys walking through museums to see the newest works hanging on the walls. What course fits Thomas’s interests best?
O A. visual arts
O B. decorative arts
O C. performing arts
O D. written art
13 Gargoyles are also known as grotesques, which are stone sculptures on buildings that function as water spouts.
O A. True
O B. False
14 In the past, many artists worked under the system of patronage. What would you argue is the greatest benefit to an artist of working for a patron?
O A. The patron allows artists to create without any guidelines or restraints.
O B. The patron allows artists to concentrate on creating artwork as their main occupation.
O C. The patron allows artists to fully own their work for the rest of their lives.
O D. The patron allows artists to take as long as needed to create a piece of art.
15 While studying Egyptian art, your class has learned several terms. Unfortunately, they are all getting confused by your classmate Dara. You offer to help. You tell her all about the ancient funerary text, which was often painted or inscribed on objects and

An emphasis on calligraphy, decorative patterning, muqarnas, nomadism, textiles, aniconism and the paradise garden are all characteristics or elements associated with the visual cultures of ________.

(MC)El Anatsui’s
Old Man’s Cloth
exemplifies which of the following?
Site specificity, because it was commissioned for a particular location.
Serialism, because small, discrete items are pieced together in shifting arrangements.
Racial discrimination, because it marginalizes a specific group of people.
Postnationalism, because the work was designed to avoid regional and national references.

Assignment 14.4 I. Passing 4 chords Write each example in SATB style, using quarter notes. Provide two levels of Roman numerals to show
which harmony is expanded. A. From Roman numerals (1) (2) (4) A: 16 g: 6 Vi i fa: iv6 if iv F: 16 Vi I iVivTHI B. From figured bass (1) (2) (3) (4) Bb:
6 e: 6 CF: 6 5 Ab: 6 16 16
What is passing 6/4 chords from figured base?