Intro to Culture

What is culture?

• Is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

• How people act

• What people eat

• What people say/think

How is culture expressed?

• It's Not

• Through body language

• Through art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, dance, music, theater, and literature

• Through food

Which is NOT a characteristic of culture?

• Religion

• Region

• Language

• Economy

What is a ethnic group?

• The way someone looks.

• The food someone eats

• People who share a common language, history, religion, and some physical characteristics

• The way someone acts

What does dialect mean?

• Words that differs from the main language

• A painting

• Food

• A crime one commits.

Which is an example of southern dialect?

• You all

• You guys

• Yinz

• Y'all

Which is an example of midwestern (where we live) dialect?

• soda

• pop

• drank

• coke

Which item might be apart of daily life.

• cars you drive

• school you attend

• family you see

• FOOD you prepare or eat

Which is an example of a christian holiday?

• Christmas

• St. Patricks Day

• Halloween

• The 4th of July

Which is an example of a Jewish holiday?

• Easter

• Good Friday

• Hanukkah

• Memorial Day