1. A Powerpoint Presentation
Elements of Culture
A Powerpoint Presentation

2. Ways of seeing culture:
Blue jean black jean Nike gym shoe CowboY boots Cowboy hat socks Hair dryer Rice Wine Television onion and green pepper Cellular phone rice paper Lap top dolls toy ships bikes motorcycle windows floor mat JOHN DEER TRACKER Radio beanie baby Walkman Newspaper Microwave pipe Dish washer tobacco Gum Cloth dryer cookies Cooking stove furnace toaster candy Refrigerator bottle water Battery Coats airplane train bus Shoes CD Player mini CD player Boots picture frame Fishing rod foot stool white castle targets Fried chicken Coffee screw driver Tea Coca cola Pepsi Race car Trucks SUV Hats Footballs Soccer’s Peanut handle bag pan slow cooker George Forman grill Bell bottoms jean mood ring Star Wars Figures smiley face stickers tweed jackets microprocessor lotion nivea Avon computer chip Mexican food Japanese food Chinese food
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3. What is Culture?
Culture is the way of life for a group of people.

4. Defining Culture:
Everything humans perceive, know, think, value and feel is learned through participating in a cultural system
Growing up in close contact with other humans
Natural or Normal or Common Sense or Human Nature or Instinctive are often cultural

5. The Wild Boy of Aveyon Found and brought into human contact
Learned some speech
Could not adjust adequately to human society after being isolated from it for so long

6. Characteristics of All Cultures:
Learned behaviors
Learning culture is a continuous process
Use of language and symbols
Members of a culter have shared values and norms
The way people learn to interact with one another
Types of emotions and expression of emotions is cultural
What are characteristics of Culture specific to Johnson?
Your family?
Your friends?

7. Elements of Culture Language Shelter Clothing Economy Religion
Education
Values
Climate
Government/Laws
Recreation/Entertainment

8. Education
the development of the mind and character through study and training

9. Language spoken or written words; human speech
“private” does not exist as a word in many languages
Eskimos: 24 words for snow
Language that is unspoken
Context... more important than spoken word in high context cultures

10. Shelter something that protects from the weather or from danger.
How are Warm Culture shelters different than Cold Culture shelters?

11. Clothing & Jewelry
- things worn to cover or decorate the body

12. Economy
- the way that money and goods are used by people

13. Religion
- a system of beliefs that goes beyond human powers

14. Values ideals or beliefs that guide the way people live
Why doesn’t McDonald’s sell hamburgers in India?

15. Climate the usual weather that a place has
How has climate effected our education this month at Johnson?

16. Government/Laws
- rules made and enforced by the government of a country
How does having rules effect our culture at Johnson?
What if there were no rules in place? -

17. Entertainment/Recreation
something that is done for fun or relaxation
How do students spend their personal free time when not at Johnson?

18. What do you see when you first look at this image?