What is culture? Culture –Beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people Cultural Trait – an idea of doing things that is common in a certain culture: ex. Language, values, food, clothing, religion (Fast Write) How do we learn cultural traits? (Fast Write) Can cultural traits change over time?

What is culture? Elements “passed on from generation to generation by learning”. Examples: values norms institutions Artifacts

Values Values are ideas about what in life seems important. (Fast write) Can you think of examples of values that we have in our society?

Norms Norms are a set of expectations of how people will behave in various situations. (Fast write) What are the norms in the United states? In school, for example, how are you expected to behave?

Institutions Institutions are the structures of a society within which values and norms are taught to you. Examples: school, family, clubs (Fast write) What institution do you go to daily or weekly? What values and social norms do you show? How are these values and norms taught to you?

Artifacts Artifacts—things, or aspects of material culture derive from a culture's values and norms. (Fast write) What artifacts in your life describe you?

What are culture regions? Culture Regions – places where people share cultural traits such as language or religion Cultural Hearth is the place where cultural traits first develop

How do cultural traits spread? Cultural Diffusion – the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another Ex. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers brought horses to America from Europe Diversity – cultural variety. It makes people and cultures unique.

Science and Technology Science is the active process of acquiring knowledge about the world. Technology is the way in which people use tools and machines. Stone Weapons and Other Tools. Control of Fire Development of Agriculture