Values & Customs

Values & Customs

Open Ended

When Lesley is leaving the girls’ restroom sees a twenty dollar bill on the floor. No one else is in the restroom. Lesley picks up the money and turns it into the school’s front office.

Explain which core value Lesley is demonstrating.

Criteria for success:

· Identify a core value.

· Describe what the core value means by providing details.

· Explain how Lesley’s action are showing that value

Lesley demonstrated the core value of… because…

Her actions are showing this value because…

Multiple Choice

Values & Customs are considered to be

• how people in an area live, behave, and think- it’s the beliefs, customs, and practices of a group of people

• cultural traits

• cultural diffusion

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to define and infer cultural values and customs based on behavior and actions and identify examples of customs.

Values

The values of a cultural group can be inferred through their behavior and actions (customs). 

Some values that are common among many cultures are: education, family, hard work, respect for elders, and gratitude

Open Ended

In Costa Rica, families often live close together and spend a lot of time

together. Cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents will all meet at one house at least once a week to have a wonderful time joking and telling stories. Costa Ricans enjoy spending time with their family so much that at school, students are given long lunch breaks so that they can go home and eat with their family!

Based on the passage, what is one thing that many people in Costa Rica think is important?

CFS: Based on the passage…

Customs

Common practices with a long-standing history/tradition.

Multiple Choice

A recent survey of people living in the Netherlands showed that 37% of the population had volunteered in the last year and 70% of people had given money to charities.

Based on their actions, what could be one cultural value in the Netherlands?

• A cultural value in the Netherlands could be working hard in order to make money.

• A cultural value in the Netherland could be selfishness.

• A cultural value in the Netherlands could be giving gifts to family.

• A cultural value in the Netherlands could be helping others.

Open Ended

Describe a tradition that you do with your family. (hint: Think of something you do every holiday or every year that is special in some way.)

CFS: A tradition my family has is…

Open Ended

It might look like vandalism, but these people are spraying milk on a billboard to show love. Shivaji Rao Gaekwad is one of India’s most popular actors. For decades, fans have bathed pictures of him in milk. This practice is a ritual reserved for Hindu idols. It has caused controversy in the country of 1.3 billion people. When Shivaji Rao Gaekwad releases a new movie, fans spray up to 16,000 gallons of milk a day. Because of this, India has experienced milk shortages.

Junior Scholastic, December 12, 2016

Describe what some fans in India do each time their favorite actor releases a new movie.

CFS: Some fans in India…

Open Ended

Pagmamano is a gesture that symbolizes respect for one’s elders. It is bowing, with taking an elder’s (oldest members of the family) hand and pressing it to one’s forehead. The practice is mostly found in the Philippines and some parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. It is quite common at family gatherings to instruct children to ask for a blessing in this manner from their elder relatives.

Identify a value held by some individuals in the Philippines.

CFS: A value held by some individuals in the Philippines…