Culture

​Culture

1. Use maps to identify the common cultural traits of different regions

2. Describe elements of surface culture and deep culture using case studies and personal examples

3. Explain how people learn the culture

Objectives/Goals

• Deep Culture

• Language Family

• Native Speaker

• Religion

• Surface Culture

​Vocabulary

​Essential Question: What is culture and how do people learn it?

Draw

Draw an image of what you think of when you hear the term "American Culture".

Culture: the shared beliefs, customs and behaviors of a group of people, including language, religion, values, and ways of interacting

Culture influences what people do and how they interact.
Culture impacts the 3T's and how people interact with geography, or how geography affects people.

Example:
The religions and philosophies of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism impact East Asia's history.
East Asia's writing system has roots in China
East Asia respects elders and focuses on Group Unity

Christianity impacts Europe's history
European Countries' writing system has roots in Latin
Europe respects independence and personal identity

Not everyone in a culture has the same beliefs, religion, or values. However, geographers group places into cultural regions to help find the similarities and differences in cultures

​Culture and Geography

Physical Geography's Impact on Culture

Traditions, Foods, etc... are impacted based on the physical geography.

1. Working

   1. Siesta: short break/nap in warmer locations (Tropics) around the hottest time of the day

2. Cooking

   1. Tropics region cook food in smaller, cut cubes to lessen cooking time during hot periods

   2. Colder regions cook stews and simmer food so the heat from the stove warms the house

1. A culture's rules, behaviors, and ways of thinking

2. Can be learned by detailed conversations or interviews

3. More complex and subtle

4. Examples: Manners, Morals, Attitudes, Expectations, Ways of Interacting

Deep Culture

1. The culture that is easy to observe

2. Can be learned by looking at a picture or a short conversation

3. Examples: Dance, Music, Food, Art, Festivals

Surface Cultre

Surface Culture and Deep Culture

Categorize

Options (7)

what clothes people wear

what food people eat

what happens during a celebration

what responsibilities an older sibling has

how people are expected to speak to strangers

what behaviors are considered rude or polite

what actions at a celebration symbolize

Organize these options into the right categories

Surface Culture

Deep Culture

Language

1. Language is an important part of culture and gives a shared identity, and can make a certain place feel distinct from others. 

2. People use language to share ideas from generation to generation

3. Language is part of Surface Culture and Deep Culture

4. Example:

   1. Greek Language has many words for "Love" - (Philia = love between friends)(Storge = Family Love)

   2. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages have different words for older and younger siblings (Korean older brother - oppa (Female speaker), Korean older brother - hyeong (male speaker)

   3. Scots have 400 different words for snow (shows precise words to describe the physical geography)
      

Language and Geography

Language Family: is a group of languages that come from the same language and might share similar words or pronunciations

1. Some languages share similar words and pronunciations

   1. Indo-European languages include English, Spanish, French, Russian, and others

2. 13 Different language groups with 7,000 languages worldwide

   1. Some languages are small and only have a few thousand speakers and are endangered of disappearing

   2. Native Speakers: people who have learned the language since birth

3. English Language

   1. 1.5 Billion people speak English

   2. Most English speakers learn English as a second language

   3. English is used in global trade and business

​What are some things you notice about the main language families in Africa?

Religion

Religion: a system of beliefs and practices, especially related to beliefs about one or more gods

1. Religion is an important part of culture

2. Deep Culture Religion...

   1. Explain how people (in that religion) should live their lives

   2. Explain the difference (in that religion) between right and wrong

   3. Teach ideas about god or gods

   4. Shapes how people (in that religion) live their daily lives and how they behave

3. Surface Culture Religion

   1. observed in celebrations, festivals, and important days of observance

4. Religion and Population

   1. Not every citizen in a country belongs to one religion but in some countries, religion creates laws that all citizens must follow

Some cultures are easy to see, such as architecture or clothing, but other cultures can be harder to identify, such as ideas or values. 

Religions and the Landscape

1. Physical Geography can impact culture. 

2. Religions Impact on Physical Geography

   1. Building places of worship

   2. Resources used to make religious items

   3. Sacred Sites: places that are considered holy or very important

Match

Locate each of these regions on the map. Then, match the region to the majority world religion for that region.

• South America

• North America

• South Asia

• Southeast Asia

Christianity

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

How do people learn culture?

1. Culture is learned in different ways/places

   1. Family - Adults teach right and wrong and how to interact with others

   2. Schools - Teach Behavior (communication), values (assignments allow students to express themselves), and learning from the past to improve the future

   3. Community - Teach acceptable behavior by observing others, practicing traditions, and acting or talking similarly to those around you

   4. Media - Spreads ideas (TV and Movie roles), News, and Surface Culture

2. Culture is different in different places

Open Ended

Share one way that you have learned culture from one of the following: Family, school, community, media?