Safowan Raiyean Period 07 Now WebQuest: Culture In this digital quest you will be looking at a couple of different websites that talk more about culture and the modern world. Please make sure the follow the directions in each section. Section 1 Directions: Go to the website listed below and answer the questions. American Sociological Association https://tinyurl.com/txfcve9 Questions 1-3 “Culture”: 1. According to the American Sociological Association, Sociology understands culture as the ________languages_________, _______customs_______, _______beliefs_______, ______rules_______, _____arts_____, _______knowledge_______, and collective identities and memories developed by members of all social groups that make their social environments meaningful (6 pts.) 2. Sociologist study cultural meaning by exploring ______individual________ and ______group______ communication (2 pts.) 3. List one way that cultural meaningfulness is expressed ________________social narratives, ideologies, practices_____________ (1 pt.) Section 2 Directions: Go to the website listed below and answer the questions. ThoughtCo https://tinyurl.com/y62xj28w Questions 4-13 “So What Is Culture, Exactly?” 4. Culture is important for shaping_____social______ ___relationships____, maintaining and challenging _____social_____ ___order___, determining how we make ___sense___ of the world and our place in it, and in shaping our everyday actions and _______experiences_________ in society (6 pts). Safowan Raiyean Period 07 Now 5. How do Sociologist define non- material aspects of cultures? (2 pts.) ____Sociologists define the non-material aspects of culture as the values and beliefs, language, communication, and practices that are shared in common by a group of people._____ 6. Culture is also the ____rules_______, _____norms_______, ___laws____, and morals that govern society (2 pts). 7. What is “disclosure?” (2 pts.) __Disclosure is the words we use as well as how we speak and write them.___ 8. Culture also includes the collective practices we participate in, such as___________ ceremonies, the celebration of __________________ ___________, and attending _________ ______________ (5 pts.) 9. What is Material Culture? (2pts.) __Material culture is composed of the things that humans make and use.____ 10. Give 3 examples of material culture (3 pts.) 1. ___________buildings_____________ 2. _____________technological gadgets_____________ 3. _________clothing_______________ 11. Aspects of material culture are more commonly referred to as ____cultural products______ (2 pts.) 12. Explain the connection between material and non-material culture in your own words (4 pts): __The connection between material and non-material culture is that non-material tends to be what we speak, describe and feel, where else the material culture is the cultural things people make which can also be about a non-material such as a language book.__ 13. Explain why culture is so important to Sociologist in your own words (this should be detailed) (4 pts.) : __Culture is so important to sociologists because it gives them the information about how people in different places live their lives. To add on, this helps with the ____ Safowan Raiyean Period 07 Now Section 3 Directions: Go to the website listed below and answer the questions. Forbes https://tinyurl.com/tq33wkt Questions 14-22 “The Culture behind Technology” 14. According to, “The Culture behind Technology,” is informed by _____cultural___ ____norms____ and ____social____ ____conventions___ (4 pts.). 15. What does the author say about driver less cars? (2 pts.) __________Culture and technology can conflict where drive less cars are not trusted by 50% of the customer._______________________________ 16. Much of our technology is driven by __cultural__ norms and political _realities_. (2 pts.) 17. Until the late____18th century___, travel took place in Europe on the left-hand side of the road (2 pts.). 18. In 1773, as ___horse traffic____was increasing and the width of roads decreasing, the British Government introduced the __General Highways Act_ which recommended keeping _left__(6 pts). 19. In a post-Revolutionary ____France__, this practice became prevalent as part of a general re-ordering of _society__ and was continued by Napoleon who ordered his armies to keep __right___ (3 pts.). 20. With Napoleon’s __revolutionary wars_, right-handed driving spread to the countries surrounding France_Spain__, __Germany__, Switzerland, __Italy__, and then even further afield in _Poland___and Denmark (6 pts) 21. The US started off with __right__-hand driving thanks to _General Lafayette_ who gave advice during the War of Independence (3 pts). Safowan Raiyean Period 07 Now 22. The rules of technology and the _social___ __conventions__ that lead to certain innovations has far more to do with social and personal conditions than the __technology___itself (3 pts.)
