Answer:
Activity 1: “The Family Debate” (An Idea for Creative Writing or Role Playing)
The scene: Janet Cooper, a genetic engineer, arrives home very excited. She has
managed to transfer some cattle growth hormone genes into a chicken. She tells
her husband and teenage children (Bob 15 and Lisa 17) that now chickens will grow even
faster. They can be sl@ughTered sooner and therefore farmers will kill more chickens per year
and make more money. She is going to patent her invention and hopes to make a lot of
money from it.
Husband John likes foreign holidays and fast cars.
Lisa is a vegetarian and belongs to a local animal rights group.
Bob is an active member of his local church and has strong views on “man playing
God”.
Imagine how each family member reacts to Janet’s news - and how she reacts to
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Explanation:
1. Uyaoy Dance is an Ifugao wedding festival dance accompanied by gongs and is performed by the affluent to attain the second level of the wealthy class. Wealthy people who have performed this dance are entitled to the use of gongs at their death.
2. Kuratsa is a dance of flirtation and courtship, designed to be danced with a partner. Its movements mimic the mating ritual of a rooster and hen. Alcedo said that different versions of the dance could be found in north and central Philippines.
3. Singkíl is a folk dance of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao depicting one of the episodes in the epic poem Darangen, which was popularised by the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
4. Miligoy de Cebu dance is a dance that originated just north of Cebu City in the Philippines. It usually performed during weddings, baptisms, and special programs. Dancers hold a pair of bamboo castanets in each hand.
5. Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
