World Cultures

World Cultures

APEX lesson 2.3

Culture is shared by a group of people.

• Beliefs

• Values

• Practices

Multiple Select

What sorts of things are part of culture?

• Beliefs

• Churches

• Values

• Road construction

Culture is

• A way of life that shapes the language you use, the beliefs you hold, and how you behave.

• Expressed in many ways

• Changing over time

• Passed down from generation to generation

Culture is made up of

• Language

• Religion

• History

• Traditions

• Foods

• And more

Open Ended

Talk about a tradition your family practices. It could be a holiday, a celebration, or other event.

Cultural Regions

• Share common characteristics like religion.

• Can cross national borders.

• Can overlap each other

• Examples include Latin America, the Middle East, ad Sub-Saharan Africa

Multiple Select

Which cultural regions exist right here in Alaska?

• Religions

• Languages

• Traditions

• Foods

• None of these

Social Institutions are Part a Society's Culture

• Governments pass laws that uphold a society's values

• Economic institutions create ideas about how people should earn money and make a living.

• Religious institutions influence how people live, their cultural practices, and traditions.

Multiple Select

What are two social institutions mentioned in this presentation?

• Government

• Dog parks

• Language

• Religion

Education Influences Culture

• Passes on knowledge

• Provides job training

• Promotes cultural norms

Open Ended

What is one way education affects culture?

Cultural Diffusion

• The spread of culture from one place to another

• New ideas, technologies, religions and practices

• Through migration, trade, war

• And finally communication

Poll

Which method of cultural diffusion do you think has had the biggest impact on the world?

• War

• Television

• Modern transportation

• The internet

Examples of Historical Cultural Diffusion

• Buddhism spreads from India to China along the Silk Road

• Muslim merchants spread Islam to western Africa

• The Crusades bring knowledge back to Europe from the Middle East

• Europeans colonize South America, destroying the indigenous populations

Multiple Choice

What was spread from India to China?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

Cultural Diversity

• The coexistence of many cultures.

• Or multiculturalism

• Sometimes a challenge for cultures becasue of differing values, ideas, and traditions

• Supports human rights

Open Ended

What do you remember from this presentation? Describe something you larned about culture.

Poll

Would you rather?

• Learn using this sort of presentation

• Learn using a video

• Learn using APEX

• Learn doing projects