Culture Ch. 3

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CultureCh. 3

• Sociology

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Basis of Culture

• Culture and Society
• Culture- knowledge, language, values, customs,
  and objects passed down through generations
• Helps to explain human behavior

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Society

• A group of people that live in defined territory
  and have common culture
• Way of life for certain groups of people

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Section 1 Cultural Travels and Events

• Different cultural aspects around the world

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Cheese Rolling

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v9pyvtCzxQDk

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Spanish Culture

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v9aM_3-00qX4
• Running with the Bulls
• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vxdMzMdfDJ1A
• Tomato Fight

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Finnish Wife Carrying

• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vp7IM9f16QZ4

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Culture from around the world

1. I have given you several different cultural
   experiences from around the world. I would like
   for you to go online and see what crazy and
   unique things happen around the world, and write
   down 1 that you think is crazy or unique and
   briefly explain about it (1-2 sentences)

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American Cultural Aspects

• Think about America and what it offers the world
  in response to crazy and unique things that we
  do. Try and list as many as you can, getting
  help from a partner when needed
• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vzfYhaqNAF70
• https//www.youtube.com/watch?v6QW_ve1TlmI

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Cultural Aspects

• One of the things that makes America unique is
  the dropping of the Ball on New Years Day
• Please go online and look up other items that are
  dropped in different places around America and
  list two of the craziest items that you can find

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North Carolina Possum Drop

• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vkpXU5Li7TxY
• Brasstown, North Carolina

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Section 2
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More Words, More Meaning

• When something is important or common, it can
  sometimes have several different words that can
  mean the same thing (soda/pop)
• When something is not important or more unique,
  it may have few or only one word to describe it
  (tmesis)
• Words can also have several different meanings
  associated with them (crane, net, rose, foil,
  type)

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Crap, I forgot this slide

• One of the words that is common and has multiple
  synonyms is the toilet
• Who unfortunately did not invent the toliet in
  the late 1800s?
• How many different ways can you write down for
  toliet?
• Please go online and look up different names for
  toliet, and write down at least 1 you
  particularly like

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Different names for Toliet

• Throne Comfort Station Commode Toilet Pot
• Oval Office Porcelain Throne John Head
  Thunder Mug (Box)
• http//www.rotorooter.com/blog/101-names-for-a-toi
  let-marking-101-years-since-thomas-crappers-death/
  
• Ode to Commode Commercial https//www.youtube.com
  /watch?vtpK86OqqROc

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Cultural Proverbs

• A good way to learn the culture is by looking at
  what it believes, what it values, and what it
  holds as truth
• Lets see if you can remember any cultural
  proverbs from both America and around the world

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Famous US Sayings

• A penny saved is a penny _____________
• Better safe than _______________
• Better late than _________________
• Hard work beats talent when talent
  ________________________
• No news is ________________
• The pen is mightier than the _____________
• Rome wasnt built in a ______________
• You reap what you ___________

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Answers

• A penny saved is a penny earned
• Better safe than sorry
• Better late than never
• Hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work
  hard
• No news is good news
• The pen is mightier than the sword
• Rome wasnt built in a day
• You reap what you sow

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Famous International Sayings

• What you can do today, dont put it off
  ___________________ (Germany)
• A bird in the hand is worth ___________________
  (England)
• A closed mouth ____________________________
  (Italy)
• A good husband is _________________________
  (Japan)
• A monkey never thinks ___________________
  (Haitain)
• In every woman there is a ___________. Speak to
  her and she will answer. (Norway)
• Dont approach a goat from the _________, a horse
  from the __________, or a fool from
  _______________. (Jewish
• I dont want the cheese, I just want to get out
  of the ____________ (Latin).

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Answers

• What you can do today, dont put it off until
  tomorrow (Germany)
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  (England)
• A closed mouth catches no flies (Italy)
• A good husband is healthy and absent (Japan)
• A monkey never thinks her babys ugly (Haitian)
• In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to her
  and she will answer. (Norway)
• Dont approach a goat from the front, a horse
  from the back, or a fool from anyside. (Jewish)
• I dont want the cheese, I just want to get out
  of the trap(Latin).

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Cultural Proverb

1. Is there a cultural proverb that you use quite a
   bit or that your family uses often? If so write
   it down. If not, go online and find one that you
   really like, think is important, think is true,
   think is funny, etc.

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Symbols, Language, Culture

• Cultural Transmission
• The creation and transmission of culture

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Symbols

• Things that stand for or represent something else
• Snapping in Brazil

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Language and Culture

• Language allows us to create culture
• With language, humans can pass ideas,
  experiences, and knowledge to others

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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

• Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity
• Our perception of the world depends on our
  language we learned
• Since languages differ, so do perceptions

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v-_xUIDRxdmc
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Other Factors

• How we see things is influenced by more than just
  language
• Cultures differ, and this may influence them
  experiencing things differently

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Sec 3Norms and Values
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Norms

• Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate
  behavior
• So engrained in behavior we dont even realize it
• Senegal
• Never eat with left hand, considered offensive
• Zambia
• Avoid direct eye contact with opposite sex
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7ngAuInK7SA

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Folkways, Mores, and Laws

• Folkways
• Rules that cover customary ways of thinking
• Sleeping on a bed rather than a floor
• disapproval is low

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Mores

• Deals with what is right and wrong
• Conformity is supported, and are of great moral
  significance
• Taboo
• Norm so strong, if violated you will get punished

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Laws

• Defined and enforced by officials
• Consciously created and enforced

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Values

• Broad ideas about what most people consider
  desirable

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Why important?

• Form the basis for norms
• Involved in most aspects of daily life
• Achievement and Success
• Democracy