1. How to read like an anthropologist… I study humanity and human culture. I focus on all societies and all aspects of human physical, social, and cultural life. I examine the characteristics that human beings share as members of a single species and the diverse ways that people live in different environments. I investigate culture, the strategies for living that people learn and share as members of social groups. I also analyze the products of social groups, such as beliefs and values. I look systematically for general patterns in human behavior. I develop theories and use scientific methods to test them. I try to determine how people who share a culture view their world.

2. Anthropological Field Notebook Study of the Community “I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” ― Ani DiFrancoAni DiFranco

3. Rituals or routinesStrange words or language unique to the community Rules or codes or the people follow Other: (behaviors, relationships, odd sentences) Directions: As you read, look for how Jonas’s community is unique. Record your observations here in your field notebook. You will want to quote the book and give a page number where you found this unique quality. In this box, choose one observation above to write 3-4 sentences explaining how it is similar or totally different from your world. Do not judge, just notice the similarities and differences. Be specific and provide examples! Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

4. Rituals or routinesStrange words or language unique to the community Rules or codes or the people follow Other: (behaviors, relationships, odd sentences) Directions: As you read, look for how Jonas’s community is unique. Record your observations here in your field notebook. You will want to quote the book and give a page number where you found this unique quality. In this box, choose one observation above to write 3-4 sentences explaining how it is similar or totally different from your world. Do not judge, just notice the similarities and differences. Be specific and provide examples! Dystopias are critiques, challenges to society as we know it.

5. Rituals or routinesStrange words or language unique to the community Rules or codes or the people follow Other: (behaviors, relationships, odd sentences) Directions: As you read, look for how Jonas’s community is unique. Record your observations here in your field notebook. You will want to quote the book and give a page number where you found this unique quality. In this box, choose one observation above to write 3-4 sentences explaining how it is similar or totally different from your world. Do not judge, just notice the similarities and differences. Be specific and provide examples! How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made. Chapter 6, pg. 48

6. Rituals or routinesStrange words or language unique to the community Rules or codes or the people follow Other: (behaviors, relationships, odd sentences) Directions: As you read, look for how Jonas’s community is unique. Record your observations here in your field notebook. You will want to quote the book and give a page number where you found this unique quality. In this box, choose one observation above to write 3-4 sentences explaining how it is similar or totally different from your world. Do not judge, just notice the similarities and differences. Be specific and provide examples! Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. Chapter 12, pg. 95

7. Rituals or routinesStrange words or language unique to the community Rules or codes or the people follow Other: (behaviors, relationships, odd sentences) Directions: As you read, look for how Jonas’s community is unique. Record your observations here in your field notebook. You will want to quote the book and give a page number where you found this unique quality. In this box, choose one observation above to write 3-4 sentences explaining how it is similar or totally different from your world. Do not judge, just notice the similarities and differences. Be specific and provide examples! It's the way they live. It's the life that was created for them. It's the same life that you would have, if you had not been chosen as my successor. Chapter 20, pg. 153