Post on 21-Dec-2015
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ABC’S OF CULTURECulture Around the World
A: Art
What art forms are typical of this culture?
B: Buildings
What buildings, monuments, types of homes and structures symbolize this culture?
C: Communication
How do people communicate with each other?
How is information spread?
D: Dress
What clothing is typical of this culture?
E: Economy• Who owns the farms and factories? • Are they high-tech, low-tech or no-tech?
F: Family
• What does the typical family look like? • What is the role of women and children?
G: Government
• Who has power? How is the average citizen connected to the government?
H: History
• What experiences have shaped this culture?
I: Icons
What images cause an immediate response
in every person?
J: Jobs • How does the average person make a living?
K: KnowledgeHow is knowledge passed from one generation to the next?
L: Language • What words and expressions have meaning? • What are the most popular forms of literature?
M: Movement and Migration • How does the average person get around? • To where are people moving?
N: National Pride • What people, places, and things spark feelings of loyalty
and patriotism?
O: Organizations
What are the most important organizations
in this society?
P: Population • What are the largest groups - age, sex, religion, language,
ethnic group? Who is in the minority?
Q: Quality of Life • Rate the average person's health and happiness.
R: Religion • What beliefs and values do people hold? What are the
traditional holidays, festivals, and ceremonies?
S: Status • What classes, castes, professions, and groups have high
and low status?
T: Taboos What behaviors are considered to be totally unacceptable?
U: Urban or Rural • Do most people live in the city or the countryside? What
does the typical community look like?
V: Vacation and Recreation • How do people in this culture have fun?
W: Ways of Everyday Life • How do people take care of everyday things?
X: X Marks the Spot • How does geography shape the culture?
Y: Yum • What foods were invented here? • What do people eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
Z: Ztuff • Stuff that is typical of a culture
When Cultures Collide• Culture Clash/ Culture Conflict: racism, “weird” • Ethnocentrism= superiority
• Cultural Diffusion: Add some culture traits from another group to your own.
• by intermingling or forced diffusion
• Cultural Assimilation: lose your special flavor or look, ”Blend in”