Where do our values come from and how does this

affect us?

What are we going to learn?

• The sources, nature and the importance of cultural values.

• How far cultural values are shared throughout society.

• How values may change in society.

Starter• Suppose you smoke. • Your parents tell you it is bad for your

health.• Teachers say it is bad for your health.• Doctors say it can cause cancer.• But you still smoke! Why?

Discuss in pairs why this student may have started smoking, and why they still continue to.

Glossary• Culture

Culture is the distinctive way of life conducted

by an entire community or society.

Including codes of conduct,

dress, language, religion.

Glossary• Cultural activities

Which include art, song dance, story telling or poetry.

What cultural activities have you been involved in either past or present?

GlossarySocialisation

Is the process by which we learn the behaviour, values, attitudes considered appropriate

in the culture and society in which we live.

A A societysociety is a is a groupinggrouping of of individuals, individuals, which is characterised which is characterised by common interest and may have distinctive by common interest and may have distinctive

cultureculture and and institutions. institutions. In a society members can be from a different In a society members can be from a different ethnic groupethnic group..

A A societysociety

Cultural values- where do they come from?

• In your pairs again discuss where you think cultural values come from.

• Each pair will come up with 2 points & during the feedback the pairs must make a list of 10 points for their notes.

Cultural values- where do they come from?

• Cultural values and their sources are very personal and individual.

• They are created from our history and traditions.

Link with feedback from

previous task

Student activity

• In groups of 3, consider the various ways in which life in different parts of the UK maintains its differences.

Consider the following points in your discussion language, dialect,

wealth, impact of religion, employment andsport.

Thinking point – why do values change?

• How do your values and beliefs differ from your parents/grandparents? Why might this be?

Why do values change?

Economic circumstances influence the development of values. Pressure groups and the media can encourage change. They seek to persuade society

and government to modify existing values, often by changing the law.

Examples of changing values are ……

• acceptance of alternatives to marriage

• attitudes to abortion and divorce

• employment opportunities for married woman

• equal opportunities (race and gender)

• using medical knowledge to aid human life

•What do you think has caused this change in values?

Past Exam Question

• Have a look at the source handout from the June 2011 Unit 2 paper

• It discusses the impact soaps may have on social behaviour

• In pairs, write a plan for how you might go about answering this question