https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal Write something you have learned about a different culture or time period as a result of your reading your multicultural novel. Don't give anything too plot related away! en-us 2016-11-11 13:16:58 UTC 2016-11-11 14:52:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/136999531 We hear a lot about Muslim women being forced to wear a burka, but it is actually up to the husband if they have to wear it or not. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/136999531 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/136999775 Japanese society was/is much more strict than ours. They respect everyone in their community, especially elders, a whole lot more than we do. Girls especially are supposed to be quiet and submissive. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/136999775 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000153 Blacks in southern America were up for anything and when Joe Starks came into the town and showed authority to the growing community they did not resist. His growing power is developing rivalries against him which may lead to the town's downfall]]> 2016-11-11 13:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000153 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000720 In the Dominican Republic, many woman get married at really young ages and often have a kid by the age of 20]]> 2016-11-11 13:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000720 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000775 In the middle eastern the women are supposed to show their feet]]> 2016-11-11 13:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000775 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000804 2016-11-11 13:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000804 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000825 It was common for woman to have multiple kids by 20 and married by 15. Also if you were unmarried my 25 it was said that you'd never get married then]]> 2016-11-11 13:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000825 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000860 I learned that the USSR had troops in Afghanistan and that they were supporting the communist government in Afghanistan and once the USSR collapsed the government was overthrown in Afghanistan]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137000860 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001035 I learned that Japanese society had much stricter customs that were highly respected, such as the training of samurai, and how they treated elders and people in power. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001035 shaypetree https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001063 MIddle Eastern society in the 1980's was very controversial. As Middle Eastern men & women began to gain access to more educational opportunities, tradition Islamic practices & customs began to take less priority. The wearing of hijabs, burkas, or a lack there of began to become the man's choice for his wife and was often associated with his level of education. The more educated the man the more open he was to less conservative women ideals. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001063 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001083 It was very common for men to treat women's lives poorly in Afghanistan in the 1980's for their own needs such as:  the house is not cleaned properly, rice is not cooked through all of the way, or they fail to produce offspring for them. The punishments would vary depending on how the man saw fit; which led to cruel acts that are inhumane.]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001083 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001111 I learned that in the Dominican Republic there was a history of corrupt leaders. Many citizens viewed the leaders like gods, but some groups of people would try to overthrow the dictatorship.]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001111 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001124 One thing that took me by surprise in this book was Joe Starks' ability to show up in a different and new town and begin making changes without resistance. It just shows how towns were created and taken charge of by people that had just arrived. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001124 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001149 The process of marriage was much more complicated in Japan. In many cases there would be a go between to deliver messages and the families would meet all together. A formal proposal would be delivered by the go between and the families would meet again.]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001149 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001154 I have learned that some African Americans made their own town named Eatonville. Joe Starks just walks in adn starts making changes and is later made mayor]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001154 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001168 Women wear burkas based on their husbands choice. If their husband isn't too fond of other men seeing their wives face, they wear the burka in public.]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001168 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001212 Something I learned is that basically anything a woman does in Afghan culture is up to their husband, they have nearly no say in anything. -Aaron Lewis]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001212 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001214 While blacks in southern America were able to live together in their own communities, they still live in a certain state in which they still struggle to make their communities truly theirs. Eatonville was nothing but a few shacks until Joe showed up and made it a town.

]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001214 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001273 Burka's Cover the entire body and don't even show eyes. There is a type of cloth vent that allows sights out but not sight in.]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001273 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001275 Women were expected to marry very young and have multiple children.  Society viewed women more in a material way than as individual people.

]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001275 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001308 I have learned that men made up amusing stories to entertain themselves. Obviously they did not have a TV to watch shows to amuse themselves, so they were forced to come up with their own forms of entertainment.]]> 2016-11-11 13:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001308 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001356 2016-11-11 13:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001356 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001813 I have learned a lot about the customs of Muslim women wearing burkas. Many are being forced to wear the burkas but it is actually up to the husband if they need to wear one. If the husbands decide that they don't want other men to see their wife's face they force her to wear a burka]]> 2016-11-11 13:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001813 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001822 That Communists actually helped muslim women in Afghanistan, but once muslims came back into control women lost all rights ]]> 2016-11-11 13:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001822 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001926 Women usually married young and then had many children quickly after getting married. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137001926 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002116 I learned that it was culturally normal for girls to marry and have children very young. ]]> 2016-11-11 13:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002116 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002434 During the communist occupation of Afghanistan women gained many first world rights that they had been denied for generation due to the tribal traditions of most of Afghanistan people. However when the communist regime fell women's rights also took a plunge yet again.
- Cody Goode]]> 2016-11-11 14:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002434 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002944 I learned that in the Dominican Republic many women married young. I also learned that people viewed their presidents like they were gods.]]> 2016-11-11 14:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137002944 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137004497 In the middle eastern women were not aloud to show their feet.]]> 2016-11-11 14:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137004497 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137005140 Women in the Mid-East suffered rights that men had. Such as they could not show much skin or any skin in public, and could only leave the house if they were accompanied by their husband.]]> 2016-11-11 14:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137005140 https://padlet.com/myowell/zr8ghh4ozqal/wish/137005312 I learned through the book that love cannot be bought and it has to be mutual. 
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