Introduction Lesson 1

Objectives  Identify the major elements of culture.  Explore the types of govt and economies that have developed.  Describe factors that cause cultures to change.

Warm Up  Pick a part of the world and list 3 things you’d like to learn about the lives of the people who live there.

Culture  How would you define culture?  “Elements of culture”?  All things that make up a people’s way of life.  Social org, customs, language, arts & lit, religion, govt, economy

Religion  Meaning & purpose of life  Values  Monotheism vs. Polytheism  Major world religions? Judaism Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism

T-P-S: “Think-Pair-Share”  Examples of religious conflicts?  N.Ireland Protestants & Catholics  Middle East Jews & Muslims  Indian Hindus & Muslims (Kashmir)  Russian Christians and Chechen Muslims  African Christians & Muslims (Sudan, Nigeria, et al)  China & Tibetan Buddhists

Government  Person/People in Power, Laws & Institutions  Purpose? Order & Security

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Economy  Wealth & resources  How society mangages limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants & needs  3 Basic Questions: What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?

Economic Systems  Traditional Econ Relies on custom, subsistence (survival)  Command Econ Govt controls production & cost  Market Econ Relies on consumer choice (buy & sell)  Mixed Econ Govt involvement in markets

S-A-T: “Stop and Think”  Describe 3 elements that help give a culture its identity.  Religion  Government  Economy  Language  Arts, Lit, Customs

Meme Generator  Imgflip.com/memegenerator  Respectfully create a meme to illustrate a key tenet of a basic govt/econ system  to me when finished!

Cultural Change  Factors?  Technology  Environment  Diffusion Mvmt of ideas from one place to another ○ War & Conquest ○ Travel & Trade

T-P-S  Identify 3 items from your everyday life that are examples of cultural diffusion – from which culture does it originate? Think music, food, language, clothing…

Cultural Change  New transportation & communication rapidly increased contact & change  Benefits? More goods & ideas to more people  Drawbacks? Threatens foundations/traditions Share bad things (disease, econ collapse)

Closure  Why is it important to increase awareness of other cultures?  Tolerance & acceptance  End ethnocentrism / racism  Interconnectedness

Homework  Reading “Dilemmas of Foreign Aid” Study Guide – Intro and Part I  DO NOT WRITE ON READING!!!!