7 Elements of Culture Unit Essential Question How
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7 Elements of Culture Unit Essential Question: How does time and place drive individual and social identity? Learning Target Students will identify and explain the elements of culture by matching the element with the function it serves.
Culture A group of people with shared characteristics Beliefs History Practices Way of life
Elements of Culture • Social Organization • Relationship among individuals – Family • Nuclear • Extended – Social classes • Money • Job • Education
Elements of Culture • Customs and Traditions • Can be customs, traditions, rules, or written laws • Celebrations and expressions • Rules for behavior – reinforce ideas of right and wrong – De facto (practice) vs De jure(law) segregation in C Springs
Elements of Culture • Languages • Cornerstone of culture • All cultures have a spoken language • Speak the same language share a culture • Each language can have several different dialects
Elements of Culture • Arts and Literature • Products of the human imagination • Help us pass on the culture’s basic beliefs • Examples: – art, music, literature, and folk tales
Elements of Culture • Forms of Government • Governments – provide for their common needs – keep order within society – protect their society from outside threats. • Laws and political institutions • Why is it important? – To what extent do people make decisions? – Participate/Power/Influence
Elements of Culture Economic System • How people use limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs. • Answers the basic questions: what to produce, how to produce it, and for whom.
Elements of Culture • Religion • Answers basic questions about the meaning of life • Supports values that groups of people feel are important • Can be a source of conflict between cultures • General types of religions – Monotheism is a belief in one god. – Polytheism is a belief in many gods. – Atheism is a belief in no gods.
World Religions Pre-Test Directions • Complete the pre-test to the best of your ability. • Write in PENCIL only • If you don’t know an answer don’t guess. Just move on.