Objectives: By the end of this Objectives: By the end of this lesson students will be able to:lesson students will be able to:

Identify and explain the following Identify and explain the following vocabulary; culture, material culture, non-vocabulary; culture, material culture, non-material culture, society, technology, material culture, society, technology, language, values, norms, folkways, mores, language, values, norms, folkways, mores, laws, culture trait, culture complexes, laws, culture trait, culture complexes, culture patterns, cultural universals, culture patterns, cultural universals, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, sub-cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, sub-culture, counter cultureculture, counter culture

Objectives ContinuedObjectives Continued

Explain the difference between Society Explain the difference between Society and culture as well as identify the and culture as well as identify the difference between material and non-difference between material and non-material culture.material culture.

Conduct research and give a short Conduct research and give a short presentation on a culture of their choice presentation on a culture of their choice that covers the 5 elements of society to that covers the 5 elements of society to their classmates.their classmates.

Objectives ContinuedObjectives Continued

Examine our culture and its taboos in Examine our culture and its taboos in relation to some “extreme” cultures that I relation to some “extreme” cultures that I will share with them.will share with them.

CULTURECULTUREWhat is it? What is it?

Why do we care?Why do we care?

CULTURE VS. SOCIETY

SOCIETY: group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity.

CULTURE: all the shared products of human groups

2 types:

MATERIAL CULTURE vs. NONMATERIAL CULTURE

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

*What is an American – (What do you think of?)

List ten things that are unique to the American Culture.

(They don’t have to be material objects)

What do you think of when you hear

American Culture? - music example

5 COMPONENTS OF CULTURETECHNOLOGY: combination of physical objects and rules for using those objects.

SYMBOLS: Something that represents something else, very basis of human culture. Shared meanings.

LANGUAGE: organization of written or spoken language into a standardized system.

VALUES: Shared beliefs about good / bad, right vs. wrong

NORMS: Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.

TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES

SYMBOLS EXAMPLES

LANGUAGE EXAMPLES

VALUES EXAMPLES

NORMS EXAMPLES

NORMS – 4 TYPESFOLKWAYS: (example - Holding the door open for a person right behind you

- Describe socially acceptable behavior, but do not have great moral significance attached to them.MORES: (example - Living together before you’re married)

- Have great moral significance attached to themTABOOS: (example – Cannibalism, incest, Muslim – eating pork)

- Norm that society holds so strongly that violating it results in extreme disgust.

LAWS: (example – Driving Drunk)

- Norm that is written down and enforced by an official agency.

NORMSNORMS

DIFFERENTDIFFERENT

SETTINGSSETTINGS

NORMSNORMS

Different settings:Different settings: Wherever we go, Wherever we go, expectations are placed on our behavior. expectations are placed on our behavior. Even within the same society, these norms Even within the same society, these norms change from setting to setting. change from setting to setting.

Example: Example: The way we are expected to behave The way we are expected to behave in church differs from the way we are expected in church differs from the way we are expected to behave at a party, which also differs from the to behave at a party, which also differs from the way we should behave in a classroom. way we should behave in a classroom.

NORMSNORMS

DIFFERENTDIFFERENT

COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES

NORMSNORMS

  Different countries:Different countries: PLACE SPECIFICPLACE SPECIFICAPPROPRIATENESS varies from country to APPROPRIATENESS varies from country to

country.country.Example: Example: In some African countries, it’s In some African countries, it’s acceptable for people in movie theaters to yell acceptable for people in movie theaters to yell frequently and make loud comments about frequently and make loud comments about the film. In the United States, people are the film. In the United States, people are expected to sit quietly during a movie, and expected to sit quietly during a movie, and shouting would be unacceptable. shouting would be unacceptable.

NORMSNORMS

DIFFERENT GENERATIONSDIFFERENT GENERATIONS

NORMSNORMS

Different time periods:Different time periods: Dramatically change between generationsDramatically change between generationsGrandparents to Parents – YOUGrandparents to Parents – YOUShifting over timeShifting over time

Example: Example: In the United States in the 1950s, a woman almost In the United States in the 1950s, a woman almost never asked a man out on a date, nor did she pay for the date. never asked a man out on a date, nor did she pay for the date. While some traditional norms for dating prevail, most women today While some traditional norms for dating prevail, most women today feel comfortable asking men out on dates and paying for some or feel comfortable asking men out on dates and paying for some or even all of the expenses.even all of the expenses.

Folkways / Mores / TaboosFolkways / Mores / Taboos

Directions:Directions:With a group of 2 or 3, come up with at least 5 With a group of 2 or 3, come up with at least 5

examples NOT STATED in class of each on examples NOT STATED in class of each on the back of the taboo paper!the back of the taboo paper!

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFEHOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE

Taught in Home Economics in 1950Taught in Home Economics in 1950

STRAIGHT FROM THE BOOK!!STRAIGHT FROM THE BOOK!!

STEPS TO BE A GOOD WIFE

1.Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him, and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed. 

2.Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. 

3.Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. 

STEPS TO BE A GOOD WIFE

4. Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. 

5.Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him. 

6.Some DON'TS: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. 

7.Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind. 

STEPS TO BE A GOOD WIFE

8. Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first. 

9. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to be home and relax. 

10. The Goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can relax. 

What do you think? Does this fit in with our culture?

IT SAYS THESE TEN STEPS WILL PROVIDE MARITAL BLISS!!!!

The NACIREMAN Culture

Understanding culture is all about perception, and realizing that all components of a culture are unique, but offer the same underlying themes.

*PROCESS THE NACIREMA PEOPLE

After reading, with a group list characteristics of the Naciremas that compare to the present day American

Culture

CULTURAL UNIVERSALSCULTURAL UNIVERSALS

Traits that exist in all cultures.Traits that exist in all cultures.Sports, cooking, courtship, division of labor, Sports, cooking, courtship, division of labor,

education, etiquette, funeral rites, rites of education, etiquette, funeral rites, rites of passage, family, medicine, housing, passage, family, medicine, housing, language, religious rituals, sexual restrictions, language, religious rituals, sexual restrictions, status differences, tool making, housing, status differences, tool making, housing, music, property rights, and so on……music, property rights, and so on……

CULTURAL UNIVERSALSCULTURAL UNIVERSALS

Necessary for existence…..Necessary for existence…..

- REPRODUCTION- REPRODUCTION

- CARED FOR- CARED FOR

- FAMILY STRUCTURE- FAMILY STRUCTURE

SUBCULTURESSUBCULTURES

Part of the dominant culture, but differs Part of the dominant culture, but differs from it in some respects.from it in some respects.

COUNTERCULTURESCOUNTERCULTURES Is a subculture deliberately and consciously Is a subculture deliberately and consciously

opposed to certain beliefs/attitudes of the opposed to certain beliefs/attitudes of the dominant culture.dominant culture.

ETHNOCENTRISMETHNOCENTRISM Strong attachment to one’s own culture, many times Strong attachment to one’s own culture, many times

cannot imagine another way of life.cannot imagine another way of life.

View of one’sView of one’sOwn culture beingOwn culture beingSuperior….Superior….

Examples?Examples?

More examples of EthnocentrismMore examples of Ethnocentrism

Olympics:Olympics:Measure of a Measure of a

countries worth?countries worth?

Vs. Vs.

Can also happen within a countries own borders…..

CULTURAL RELATIVISMCULTURAL RELATIVISM

Keeping an open mind.Keeping an open mind.Belief that cultures should be judged by Belief that cultures should be judged by

their own standards rather than applying their own standards rather than applying standards of another culture.standards of another culture.

Personal disorientation when experiencing Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.an unfamiliar way of life.

CULTURAL SHOCKCULTURAL SHOCK