Culture Geography September 8 & 9, 2015

Culture Objective: –Students will examine the themes of culture and trace its significance to geography. Essential Question –What is culture? –How do we define culture? –When is it okay to reject culture?

Warm-Up CNN Student News Write a ONE SENTENCE summary on TWO news stories from CNN Student News. You may take notes during the video. After the video you will have 5 minutes to write your 2 summaries. Summary: “A brief statement or account of the main points of something.” Discussion to follow: What do you think?

What place (as in where) is this picture from?

Bruce Lee

What is Culture? Ethnicity: a shared culture Race: inherited physical or biological traits Multicultural : people from different cultures living in the same country

Culture …..knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society…..

What is cultural geography? –Cultural geography: The study of how cultural groups differ and how they relate and vary by space and place

Culture Region A region in which there are common cultural characteristics.

Cultural Characteristics Dance Dress Music Religion Tradition

Culture Realm A cluster of regions in which related culture systems prevail. In North America The USA and Canada form a culture realm but Mexico belongs to a different culture realm

Cultural Diffusion Cultural innovations and ideas that spread to other areas.

Assimilation : acquiring the characteristics of another group

Global Sports are the best example of Global Cultural diffusion assimilation Example By the British Empire A) Soccer B) Rugby C) Cricket D) Tennis E) Polo American culture has had a major impact on the spread of A) Baseball B) Basketball

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