Culture

Culture

1/12 To Do List

• Sharing our cultures

• Culture is

• Where culture begins

• The spread of culture

Open Ended

One interesting fact about your culture!

Vocabulary

• Behavior: The way in which one acts.

• Generation: The production of something.

• Diffusion: The spreading of something more widely.

Culture is...

• Shared behaviors of a group.

• Culture can include food, language, clothing, tools, music, arts, beliefs and religion.

• Determines how we view the world around us.

• Culture is passed down from one generation to the next.

Multiple Choice

What is culture?

• The shared behaviors of a group.

• A type of music.

Multiple Choice

How is culture passed down?

• Only from the time you live in.

• From one generation to the next.

Where culture begins...

• Cultural Hearth: Where culture begins.

• The start line of the idea.

• Historical examples:

• Hinduism religion started in India.

• The invention of the wheel started in Mesopotamia (this changed farming)

Multiple Choice

Where does culture begin?

• Cultural Hearth

• Culture Heart

The spread of culture.

• Cultural diffusion is the movement of culture from one place to another.

• This happens when people migrate, travel, and trade goods/ideas.

• Historical Example:

• Christianity spread from Europe to North America when missionaires traveled to spread their religion to others.