1. Warm Up 3/13 Make a prediction! What percentage of the world’s population: Lives in North America? Is Christian? Is literate (can read)? Has a high school education? Has a computer?

2. Unit Question How have the patterns of American immigration changed over time?

3. Lesson Question What is culture? and Why is American culture so varied?

4. Vocabulary Assimilation Innovation Diffusion

5. What elements make up a culture?

6. Culture Is… All the features of a society’s way of life passed down from generation to generation. Think: Santa Claus

7. Culture Is… Society’s shared values, beliefs, institutions, and technologies. Think: US Flag, Freedom of Speech

8. Culture Is… The roles given to individuals and that establish relationships within groups in a society. Think: School relationships

9. Cultural Traits Activities and behaviors that people repeatedly practice. Think: eating US: fork, knife, spoon China: chopsticks Malaysia: fingers/hands They can vary and change through time Think: clothing styles

11. How Do Cultures Change? Assimilation Innovation Diffusion

12. Assimilation When one culture group adapts to the attitudes, belief systems and ways of life of another culture. Think: Native Americans

14. Innovation New ideas that are accepted into a culture. Think: Horse v. cars, bow and arrow v. rifle etc.

15. Innovation Sometimes culture traits clash…

16. Innovation And then it becomes a way of life! LOOK!

17. Diffusion The spread of a cultural trait from one society to another. Could be rapid (Think: Rap Music) or gradual (Think: popular dance style) How has the process of diffusion changed?

18. MY Culture Is…

19. Closer What foreign cultures are you most interested in learning about? Why?