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"
WHY IS CULTURE SOMETIMES COMPARED TO AN ICEBERG?
1. Facial expressions
2. Religious beliefs
YOU CAN SEE
3. Foods
4. Eating habits
5. Paintings
YOU CAN’T SEE
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???:
writing
Architecture/
religion
Art
Art/mythology
clothing
food
What elements of culture do we see in these images?
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)
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?
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 sources
5. Historian
e. studies how goods and
services are distributed in
societies
6. Anthropologist
f. studies culture and how
people interact with society