10 Cultural Universals

Vocab ANTHROPOLOGISTANTHROPOLOGIST CULTURECULTURE A person who studies past and present culture A way of life passed on from generation to generation Thoughts, feelings, actions, customs, habits, goals & values LEARNED

Handout #1 List 5 things you have been taught by your ▫Parents ▫School ▫Friends

1) Basic Needs All people need food, clothing and shelter How people satisfy these needs is mostly based on where they live HAND OUT #2 NEEDS vs. WANTS

2) Geographical Setting Physical aspects of the earth as well as weather Geography & climate affects ▫Food ▫Clothing ▫Shelter ▫Tools ▫Economy ▫Recreation HANDOUT #3 How does geography & Climate affect Chicago ? (Give an example for each of the categories listed)

3) Family Life Family leadership, make-up & size change between cultures Father leader, mother leader, shared leadership, live with extended family… HANDOUT #4 If or when you marry what kind of family organization & leadership would you want?

4) Political Organization Government Rules, laws, leaders and ways of enforcing these laws HANDOUT #5 If there was a society with no Laws, and you could only make ONE law, what would it be? Why?

5) Technology Technology is anything humans make or the way they make things Tools are anything humans use to make a job easier HANDOUT # 6 List five things you have at home that your great grandparents did not have that makes life easier

6) Economics How people satisfy their needs by produces goods and services to trade

7) The Unknown People try to explain or understand the unknown through ▫Myths ▫Which-craft ▫Religion Create Mores: unwritten laws HANDOUT #7 Write a short paragraph explaining thunder (pretend you don’t know the scientific reason)

8) The Arts How cultures express themselves Art, crafts, music, dance & theater HANDOUT #8 How does music today express the feelings of young people, name a song as an example

9) Recreation What a person does with their spare time…. Leisure time HANDOUT #9 Write 5 activities specific to Chicago

10) Communication Expressing ones, thoughts, ideas, feelings through ▫Language ▫Hand movements ▫Facial expressions HANDOUT #10 How would you communicate with a person who did not speak or understand your language if you are lost?

HANDOUT #11 List the 10 Cultural Universals