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Bellwork September 5, 2017

Bellwork September 5, 2017. With a partner, define culture using six words exactly. Write your six word definition on the top of your notes. The Elements of Culture. Main ideas: Human beings are members of social groups with shared and unique sets of behaviors and attitudes.

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Bellwork September 5, 2017

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  1. BellworkSeptember 5, 2017 • With a partner, define culture using six words exactly. Write your six word definition on the top of your notes.

  2. The Elements of Culture Main ideas: Human beings are members of social groups with shared and unique sets of behaviors and attitudes. Language and religion are two very important aspects of culture.

  3. Defining Culture: • Culture is the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. Culture involves the following factors: • Food and shelter • Religion • Relationships to family and others • Language • Education • Security/protection • Political and social organization • Creative expression

  4. Society – a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture. • Ethnic group – refers to a specific group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage.

  5. Innovation – taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need.

  6. Diffusion – the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior.

  7. Acculturation occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation.

  8. Language • Language helps establish a cultural identity. • Geographers estimate that between 3,000-6,500 languages are spoken across the world today. • Language can be spread by trade or migration.

  9. Using the chart on page 74, answer the following: • 1. List the five languages that come from Latin. • 2. What branch does English come from? • 3. What branch does Persian come from?

  10. World Languages Video Questions • 1. What is the most common language in the world? How many people speak it? • 2. What is second on the list? How many people speak it? • 3. What is third? How many people speak it? How many if you include English as a second language? • 4. Create a chart with the top 12 most common languages. Under each language, list all countries where it can be found. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBuWRld4ws

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