1. Welcome to World Cultures!
Mr. Mathews
Room 230

2. Today’s Schedule

3. Today’s Goals Learn about Mr. Mathews Get to know each other.
Find out why we study World Cultures

4. Mr. Mathews

5. Class of 2002

6. Class of 2006

8. The Dunes

11. The Avett Brothers
Dispatch
Favorite Bands

12. This is what I am about

13. Would You Rather

14. 1.
Would you rather sweat broccoli cheddar soup or have every movie that you watch turn into Shrek half way through.

15. 2.
Would you rather wet your pants in public once a year for the rest of your life, or wet your pants everyday in private?

16. 3.
Would you rather be missing multiple fingers on each hand or have one hand with all its fingers and one without any?

17. 4.
Would you rather never have to wait in line or have a dog that laughs at all of your jokes and your jokes alone.

18. 5.
Would you rather be the best in the world at something but no one knows it or be very famous with no talent at all

19. What is history?

20. Why do we study World Cultures?
Take out a piece of scratch paper
Take a minute and answer the question above.

21. “The goal of education is to make inescapable the truth so that we have no other choice but to think and to act.”

22. Why study World Cultures?

23. Understanding the past is the key to understanding the present.
Appreciate multiple perspective
Understanding of other cultures
Find patterns and trends
Think for ourselves
Solve Problems
Best Stories Ever!

24. Teach you how to rule the world!

25. Jaywalking (if time) Start at 0:48