Module 1, Lesson 1: Returning to the Concept of CULTURE
Student Handout #1: Culture: What Is It?
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DIRECTIONS:
Watch the video clip of aspects of culture, and complete the questions below.
1. According to the video, what is CULTURE made up of?
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2. What are the TWO PARTS of culture? Give examples of each.
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3. Name a cultural difference which people hold about food.
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4. Why might people in different cultures wear different types of clothing?
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5. List two other examples of areas of life where people have cultural differences.
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Module 1, Lesson 1: Returning to the Concept of CULTURE
Document #1: Culture: Design for Living
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FROM: Cohen, Irwin. (2005) Anthropology Through The News: Introduction to
Cultural Anthropology, LynCoh Press.
Module 1, Lesson 1: Returning to the Concept of CULTURE
Student Handout #2: Culture: Design for Living
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DIRECTIONS:
Read Document #1: Culture: Design for Living, and answer the following questions in
your own words.
1. What point is the cartoon on the first page making about how people (or aliens!)
sometimes see differences?
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2. How would you answer the question first asked by the author: Do you think
Koestler was wrong? Why? Do you think he would be wrong about every
culture?
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3. Why do you think we aren’t consciously aware of our culture?
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4. How does the story of Yellow Robe’s death and how the Crow people mourned
him show the power of culture?
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5. How do we “get” our culture?
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6. Think of two symbols, and write or draw them.
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Student Handout #2: Culture: Design for Living
7. What is a “world view”? What do you think the “world view” of the U.S. is?
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8. Where does the anthropologist George P. Murdock think “cultural universals” come
from?
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SUMMING UP:
From your previous study of culture, both from lessons you have already had or from the
video you saw today, write THREE concepts or ideas about culture which were also
discussed in this article, and describe what they mean.
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