AIM: How does culture influence peoples’ lives?

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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?
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NOTES
WHAT IS CULTURE?????

• 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"
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WHY IS CULTURE SOMETIMES COMPARED TO AN ICEBERG?

• Facial expressions
• Religious beliefs
• Foods
• Eating habits
• Paintings
• Concept of self
• Work ethic
• Styles of dress
• Literature
• Concept of fairness
• Childraising beliefs

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Whose culture is being identified in the
following images???
writing
Architecture/ religion
Art
Art/mythology
clothing
food
What elements of culture do we see in these
images?
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Whose culture is identified in these images?
TAPAS/ FOOD
DANCE/ CLOTHING
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
SPORTS/ GAMES
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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 ones
culture and making it your own (absorbing into a
new culture)
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SUMMARY ANSWER 1-3 ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF
PAPER. (TO BE COLLECTED!!!!!!!!!)
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?
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MATCH THE FOLLOWING. 1. Geographer
a. studies the past
by

examining artifacts and
ancient
ruins 2. Political Scientist
b. studies the worlds

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 sources 5.
Historian
e. studies how goods
and
services are distributed in

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