Cultures of the World

Cultures of the World What is Culture?

Culture: • Is the way of life of a people, including their beliefs, customs, and practices. • The language people speak • The way they dress • The work that people do • What people do after work or school • The ideas that influence all the above http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnNhSKiHtfg

Imagin you went to Africa. What culture differences would you be worried about?

First off what is Africa like????? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRj6bUxv4A

Cultural Landscape The culture of a certain place may have a lot to do with the cultural landscape of a place. Cultural Landscape: is the parts of a people’s environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it.

Group Discussion: • I will give you 15 to 20 mins to discuss and come up with a poster and a mini presentation about what you think your worries would be if you were going to Africa. • I will chose your groups and everyone in the group has a specific job to do. If you do not like your job you can switch with someone else or if you can’t find anyone to switch with you suck it up and do the job you were given. If there is someone missing in your group it is the responsibility of the group to work together and make sure each job is done. • The cards will tell you what job you have!!!!!

Here are the groups: A) B) C) D)

Here are the jobs: WRITER: this person will write the information and ideas of the group down on the poster. Please make sure it is neat and organized. PRESENTATOR: you will be Presenting the information to the class DELEGATOR: it is this persons job to make sure you stay on task and to create discussion. DECORATOR: it is up to you to insure that the writer writes the work in an organized fashion and to decorate the project with pictures about the ideas your group has come up with. PRESENTATOR: you will be Presenting the information to the class

Where does Culture come form? Why is Africa's culture so different from ours? What are the elements of culture?

Elements Of Culture: Parents pass culture on to their children, generation to generation. Ideas and ways of doing things are called cultural traits. Over time, cultural traits may change. Some elements of culture are easy to see. They include material things, such as houses, television sets, food, and clothing. Sports and literature are visible elements of culture as well. Things you cannot see or touch are also part of culture. They include spiritual beliefs, government, and ideas about right and wrong. Finally, language is a very important part of culture.

For Homework: To be past in tomorrow!!! Write me a minimum of a page double spaced of the elements of culture in your family. What makes your family unique? Some questions to ask yourselves: • Is my family from different backgrounds? • Do you have any traditions you celebrate together? • What is your family made up of? Mom, Dad, brother, sister? • Think of the cloths you have does your family have the same sense of style?

Review of yesterday: What is culture? Culture is the way of life of people, including their beliefs, customs, and practices What are some elements of culture? Parents pass on culture from generation to generation. Such as material things, spiritual beliefs, government, and ideas about right and wrong. Language is also a very important part of an element of culture. What are cultural traits? Ideas and ways of doing things are cultural traits. Over time we see these cultural traits change. What is cultural landscape? Is the parts of a people’s environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it.

The Development of Culture: Scientists think that early cultures has four major advances in technology. • First was the invention of tools millions of years ago • Second and Third were control of fire and the beginning of agriculture. • Fourth was the development of civilization. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxhfdhxJOog

This will be a question on your exam hint hint ********** Explaining the MAJOR ADVANCES: For most of human existence people were hunters and gatherers. While traveling from place to place, they collected wild plants, hunted game, and fished. Later, people discovered how to grow crops. They tamed wild animals to help them with work or to raise for food. Over time, more and more people relied on farming for most of their food. Historians call this great change the Agricultural Revolution. Agriculture provided a steady food supply. Agriculture let farmers grow more food than they needed. In parts of Asia and Africa, some people worked full time on crafts such as metal working. They traded their products for food. People began to develop laws and government. To store information, they developed writing. These advances in culture produced the first true civilizations about 5,000 years ago. Early civilization development new technologies, such as irrigation, that let people grow more crops. Over time, farming and civilization spread throughout the world. Then, about 200 years ago, people began to invent new technologies that used power-driven machinery. This change marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. It led to the growth of cities, Science and even more advanced technologies, such as computers and space.

Tableau I will put you into groups and you will have to come up with a tableau of one of the 4 MAJOR ADVANCES in technology. A tableau is where you come up with a scene, but you do not move and the rest of the class has to interoperate what it is you are trying to portray. Ex:

Here are your groups A) B) C) D) I will give you cards as to which major advances you will interoperate. I will give you 10 mins to come up with something with your group. The best group that works well together gets a little prize from me!

TECHNOLOGY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_pC76iuj8&feature=relatedDubai! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUcRjo9Yv4 Dubai world island! Anything is possible today if you have the money and the imagination! Let us take a look at Dubai the richest place in the world! Technology is changing Our culture and beliefs Faster than ever before why is that? (discussion)

Picture In Dubai we see how architecture is shaping culture. I would like you to come up with a building (use your imagination) and explain in a paragraph how your design with shape our culture in Canada. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSfIYpUbrE The ideas that changed our world architecture!

Review of yesterday: What is the definition of Civilization? Advanced cultures with cities and the use of writing. Technology and civilization Explain to me the 4 major advances in the development of culture? 1. Hunting and gathering 2.Grow Crops (agricultural revolution) 3. Trading product for food, laws and gov 4. A) Technology for farming B) technology inventing What did we learn about what is happening in Dubai?

Development of institutions Before the Agricultural Revolution, people had simple institutions, customs and organizations with social, educational, or religious purposes. These included Extended families and simple political institutions, such as councils of elders. As people gathered in larger groups and formed cities, they needed more complex institutions. People developed organized religions, with priests, ceremonies, and states. Teachers started schools. In the modern world, we have many different kinds of institutions, including museums, sports clubs, corporations, political parties, and universities. These institutions are important parts of our culture. Why are they so important?

Review questions: • What allowed civilization to develop? • Place the fallowing events in the order in which they occurred: A) the development of civilization, B) the invention of tools, C) the development of industry, D) The beginning of agriculture. • Define Cultural landscape? • What are the most important cultural traits that shape a people’s cultural landscape? • If two cultures occupy similar environments, why might their cultural landscape still differ? • What was the agricultural revolution? • What cultural advances fallowed the agricultural revolution? • Writing activity: Think of all the ways that the culture of your region has shaped its landscape. Write a short paragraph describing your cultural landscape and the cultural traits that shaped it? (to be passed in) Define: Culture, Elements of culture, Culture traits, civilization, 4 major advances in technology, institutions.

Review answers: • Advances in culture such as agriculture and writing allowed civilization to develop. • The invention of tools, the beginning of agriculture, the development of civilization, the development of industry. • Cultural landscape: the parts of a people’s environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it. • Culture traits: a group’s customs, ideas, and ways of doing things. • Because of the way they have developed and applied technology or because of their customs. • The Agricultural revolution was change in which people began growing crops and taming wild animals. They began to depend more on farming for food than hunting and gathering. • The rise of birthrates population, the ability to grow excess crops, the development of crafts, the institution of laws and government, and the development of writing. • To be passed in ************************

Definitions: Culture: is the way of life of people, including their beliefs, customs, and practices. Elements of Culture: parents pass culture on to their children from generation to generation. They include material things, such as a house, tv, food, cloths, sports and literature are visible elements of culture as well as language, beliefs, gov and ideas. Cultural traits: Ideas and ways of doing things. Civilization: Advanced cultures with cities and the use of writing. 4 Major advances in technology: 1. Hunting and gathering 2.Grow Crops (agricultural revolution) 3. Trading product for food, laws and gov 4. A) Technology for farming B) technology inventing Institutions: Customs and organizations with social, educational, or religious purpose

Homework: Drawing of a building and an explanation how architecture can change our culture. If you are not done your questions or your write up for question #8. It is for homework! Question # 8 is to be passed in to me.

Cultures of the World