1. October 17
Cannon
Ch. 4

2. What’s the most recent song you’ve listened to? What was it about?
Bellwork 10/15-16/18
What’s the most recent song you’ve listened to?
What was it about?

3. Homework: Chapter 4, Key Issue 3
Agenda:
Pop Quiz - Rules
Notes: Introduction to Culture
Homework:
Chapter 4, Key Issue 3

4. Objective:
You will be able to describe the differences between folk culture and popular culture.

5. Fun Fact:
Guinness World Records says the oldest living person is Susannah Jones, at 116. The oldest verified age was 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997.

6. Please take out a sheet of paper and write your heading
Please take out a sheet of paper and write your heading. The assignment title is Pop Quiz

7. Review Rules and Procedures: Pop Quiz
Where does late/absent/extension work get turned in?
What is the extension policy?
What is the late policy?
What goes in the upper right hand corner of EVERY assignment?
What is Ms. Cannon’s signal to get your attention?

8. Ch. 4: FOLK AND POPULAR CULTURE

9. I. Introduction to Culture

10. Two Categories of Culture
Folk Culture
Popular Culture

11. Folk Culture: practiced by small homogenous groups in isolated, rural areas
Popular Culture: practiced by large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite being different

12. Table Talk
Come up with 1(each) local example of folk and popular culture. List them in your Geographic Connections.

13. C. Characteristics Habit: repetitive act of a person
Custom: repetitive act of a group
ORIGIN:
ALL Culture comes from a hearth
Popular Culture comes from developed nation

14. List a habit that you may have.
Table Talk
List a habit that you may have.
List a custom that your family may have.

15. DISTRIBUTION DIFFUSION OF CULTURE: Folk culture = relocation diffusion
Pop. Culture = hierarchical diffusion
DISTRIBUTION
Folk Culture= limited by physical features and access to materials
Pop. Culture= Everywhere!!

16. Trait: a common unique feature of culture (like chopsticks)
5. Culture is made up of
Trait: a common unique feature of culture (like chopsticks)
Complex: a BUNCH of culture traits for behavior or activity

17. Table Talk
Think about the American culture. List some of the characteristics of the American culture?

18. Differences Between Folk & Popular Culture
Regions covered by folk culture typically smaller
Regions dominated by folk culture change very little over time

19. Differences Between Folk & Popular Culture
Popular culture moves rapidly through modern technology platforms
Rapid diffusion is the norm
Popular culture becoming more dominant and erasing much of folk culture

20. Two Elements of Culture
Material Culture: food, clothing, and shelter
Leisure activities: arts and recreation

21. What are the differences between folk culture and pop culture?
Table Talk
What are the differences between folk culture and pop culture?

22. D. Development of Culture
Cultural Autonomy: cultures develop independently of their environment
Cultural Convergence: Cultures become the same b/c of being connected via tech and travel
Cultural Divergence: cultures become different over time

23. 4. Multilinear evolution: theory that similar places developed similar cultures without being connected

24. Table Talk
Using an electronic device, “Google” examples of the following and write them in your Geographic Connections:
Cultural Autonomy
Cultural Convergence
Cultural Divergence
Multi-linear Evolution

25. E. Culture and Geography
Region: a thematic or functional region based on common cultural traits/complexes
Like: government, language, religion, food, ethnicity
Realm: collection of cultural regions

26. Anglo-American Slavic European Sino- Japanese Insular Oceanic Austral-
Indic
Latin America
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Southeast Asia
Islamic

27. Folk culture has become popular culture millions of times.
Table Talk
Folk culture has become popular culture millions of times.
Do you think it is possible for popular culture (or a piece of it) to become folk culture?
Why/Why not?

28. Ticket Out the Door
Describe the differences between folk culture and popular culture.
Origins
Diffusion
Regions
Distribution

29. Tucson Or Arizona Culture Poster
You are going to create a tourist brochure for Arizona. The brochure must include:
Examples of folk culture
Explanation of a specific folk culture’s habits, customs, traditions, traits and complex, material culture, cultural development theory, and highlight one major belief
Description of how folk culture is sustained and diffuses/influences Arizona

30. What are examples of folk culture in Arizona?
Primer – Table Talk
What are examples of folk culture in Arizona?