1. Nine Traits of Culture

2. What are the Nine Traits of Culture?
The “Nine Traits of Culture” serve as a framework for the study of culture in human societies.
Language
History
Food and Shelter (Types / Styles)
Education Systems
Security/Protection
Relationships – Family and Others
Political and Social Organizations
Religion (beliefs / morals / mores)
Creative Expression – Recreation

3. 1. Language
Allows for communication to exist, helps establish cultural identities
Oral tradition - Helps pass cultural traits along through generations
There are between 3,000 and 6,500 different languages spoken in the world today
Dialect – different versions of the same basic language

4. 2. History Every culture has a past, present, and a future.
Events in the past often directly shape the elements of a modern culture .
Includes festivals and holidays that celebrate or remember the past.

5. 3. Food and Shelter – The places we live and the things we eat

6. 4. Education How culture is taught or learned
Formal – Schools, Universities, Religion (church)
In-Formal – Family, Friends, Social Clubs / Groups

7. 5. Security/Protection Organized Military Forces
Organized Police Forces
Family/Tribal Militias and Gangs
Individual Self-Defense

8. 6. Relationships – Family and Others
Relatives
Family Living Arrangements
Friendships
Romantic Relationships and Marriages
Classmates / Co-Workers

9. 7. Political and social organization
Government System
Make rules and laws to keep society in order
Clubs
Examples? Boys and Girls, Boy Scouts, FFA, Optimists,
Fraternal organizations
Kiwanis, University, Veterans, Masonic Lodges etc.

10. 8. Religion
The belief in a supernatural power or powers, responsible for the creation and maintenance of the universe, and associated practices.
Major Types of Religions?
Monotheistic – belief in one god
Polytheistic – belief in many gods
Animistic or Traditional – belief in the forces of nature

11. 9. Creative Expression - Recreation
Music
instruments, singing
Art
Paintings, sculpture, photography
Dance
Theater
Literature
Novels, Poems
Architecture
Sports
Outdoor activities
Hobbies

12. What is your culture?