Relate the functions and services of institutions in the community (e.g., schools, churches, local governments, parents, Elders, traditional knowledge keepers) to the needs of the people in that community.

Investigate the roles of individuals in the institutions of the local community, including the expectations attached to those roles (e.g., school: student, principal, teacher, caretaker, secretary; hospital: doctor, nurse, traditional healer, receptionist, paramedic, medical technician, patient).

Research a list of characteristics and attributes that formulate a definition of a society.

Compare two different societies studied including the attributes of leaders, the roles of various individuals, cultural traditions and ceremonies, and means of sustenance.

Apply the definition of society to one of the civilizations studied, and detail ways in which the civilization meets the criteria to be considered a society (e.g., How can Mesopotamia be called a society according to the formulated definition? Would Aboriginal groupings of the plains and woodlands in North America meet the criteria?).

Investigate diverse historical views regarding the terms 'primitive' and 'civilized', and analyze the effect of the perceptions of the concepts on ethnocentrism in colonizers.

Analyse the effects of ethnocentrism on indigenous peoples.