th 6 Grade Social Studies Unit 4 Lesson

th 6 Grade Social Studies Unit 4, Lesson 2 Characteristics of Culture 1

What is a metaphor? • A figure of speech • When a term or phrase is applied to something which is not literally applicable • Purpose is to suggest a resemblance • Example: – “Peter is a snake. ” – What does this metaphor mean? 2

Metaphors for Culture 3

Metaphor #1 4

Clothing 5

Clothing Language 6

Clothing Language Food 7

Clothing Language Food Beliefs 8

Clothing Language Food Beliefs Attitudes 9

Clothing Language Food Beliefs Attitudes Values 10

Metaphor #2 11

Metaphor #2 12

Metaphor #2 13

What you can see, hear and touch Metaphor #2 Artifacts Rituals 14

What you can see, hear and touch Metaphor #2 Artifacts Rituals 15

Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Institutions Rituals 16

Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Institutions Rituals 17

Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Beliefs Attitudes Institutions Rituals 18

Metaphor #2 Government should have limited power Artifacts Systems Beliefs Attitudes Institutions Rituals 19

Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Beliefs Values Attitudes Institutions Rituals 20

Metaphor #2 FREEDOM Artifacts Systems Beliefs Values Attitudes Institutions Rituals 21

ACTIVITY Artifacts Systems Beliefs Values Complete your own cultural onion for American culture. Attitudes Institutions Rituals 22

Which metaphor do you think is best? Why? 23

ACTIVITY Come up with a new metaphor for culture. 24

ACTIVITY Analyzing new clues for the Mystery Culture 25

Characteristics of Culture 26

Culture is shared. 27

Culture is shared. • Culture is shared by members of a group. 28

Culture is shared. • Culture is shared by members of a group. • Each of us is unique and capable of individual thoughts, and behaviors but we do not each have our own individual culture. 29

Culture is learned. 30

Culture is learned. • Culture is learned not inherited. 31

Culture is learned. • Culture is learned not inherited. • Culture is passed down from one generation to another. 32

Culture is dynamic. 33

Culture is dynamic. • Cultures change. 34

Culture is dynamic. • Cultures change. • New cultural traits are added and some old ones are lost. 35

Culture is dynamic. • Cultures change. • New cultural traits are added and some old ones are lost. • Change happens as a result of both invention within a society and diffusion of cultural traits from one society to another. 36

Culture is dynamic. 37

Culture is adaptive. 38

Culture is adaptive. • People have been able to adapt to a wide variety of geographic regions. 39

Culture is adaptive. • People have been able to adapt to a wide variety of geographic regions. • People have been able to adapt in times of conflict and environmental disasters. 40

Culture is adaptive. 41

Culture is integrated. 42

Culture is integrated. • Relationships exist between the different cultural components of a culture. 43

Culture is integrated. • Relationships exist between the different cultural components of a culture. • Each aspect of a culture tends to be in harmony with every other aspect. 44

Culture is integrated. • While horse is strong travel to see places. • You can’t put two saddles on the same horse. • It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word. 45

Culture is elastic. 46

Culture is elastic. • Even though people belong to a certain culture, there is variety in how they reflect the cultural components of that culture. 47

Culture is elastic. • Even though people belong to a certain culture, there is variety in how they reflect the cultural components of that culture. • People can stretch cultural components to fit their own unique personality. 48

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Property of Oakland Schools Author: Carol Egbo Editor: Amy Bloom 55