Monday, February 8, 2016

Unit 7B: A Tribe Without Numbers

Home Learning:

Please read this interesting article about Brazil's Piraha tribe, the tribe without numbers! 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/brazil-s-piraha-tribe-living-without-numbers-or-time-a-414291.html 

Answer and turn in:
What is the main idea of this article? 
Can the tribe people understand math the same way you do?
What would each the following psychologists say about this tribe?
Benjamin Whorf
Noam Chomsky
BF Skinner

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