AIM: How does culture influence peoples’ lives?

Do now: Identify one thing that represents your culture.

Example: American culture - baseball

HW – Pick five artifacts in your home, describe the item, and describe why it is important to your culture?

*NOTES*

WHAT IS CULTURE?????

(1) The unique way in which a group of people live

(2) Generally refers to the patterns of human activity

(3) "The total, generally organized way of life, including values, norms, institutions, and artifacts, that is passed on from generation to generation by learning alone"

YOU CAN SEE

WHY IS CULTURE SOMETIMES COMPARED TO AN ICEBERG?

YOU CAN’T SEE

1. Facial expressions

2. Religious beliefs

3. Foods

4. Eating habits

5. Paintings

6. Concept of self

7. Work ethic

8. Styles of dress

9. Literature

10.Concept of fairness

11. Childraising beliefs

Whose culture is being identified in the following images???:

What elements of culture do we see in these images?

writing Architecture/ religion

ArtArt/mythology

foodclothing

Whose culture is identified in these images?

TAPAS/ FOOD

ARCHITECTURE DANCE/ CLOTHING

SPORTS/ GAMES ARCHITECTURE

*NOTES*

Cultural diffusion- the exchanging of ideas from one culture to another usually done through trade and warfare

Example: baseball in Japan

Cultural Assimilation- taking elements of one’s culture and making it your own (absorbing into a new culture)

Everyone has a culture. It shapes how we see the world, ourselves, and others.

1. How does my culture shape me?

2. How does culture shape the way we see ourselves, others, and the world?

3. Why is it important to understand culture?

SUMMARY: ANSWER #1-3 ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. (TO BE COLLECTED!!!!!!!!!)

MATCH THE FOLLOWING.

1. Geographer a. studies the past by examining artifacts and ancient ruins

2. Political Scientist b. studies the world’s landscapes and climate

3. Archaeologist c. studies the operations of different forms of governments

4. Economist d. studies the past by examining primary and secondary sources5. Historian e. studies how goods and services are distributed in societies

6. Anthropologist f. studies culture and how people interact with society