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Standard 10.1
The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate“.
Culture refers to the universal human capacity to classify, and communicate their experiences symbolically.
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Culture - has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behaviors and systems of belief.
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
A common way of understanding culture is to see it as consisting of four elements that are "passed on from generation to generation by learning alone":
values
norms
institutions
Artifacts.
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Values comprise ideas about what in life seems important.
(Fast write) What are the Values in the United States and why?
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Norms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations.
(Fast write) What are the norms in the United states?
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Institutions are the structures of a society within which values and norms are transmitted.
Fast write) What institution do you go to daily and show values and social norms?
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Artifacts—things, or aspects of material culture derive from a culture's values and norms.
Fast write) What artifact in your life describes you?
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What is culture? Standard 10.1
Subcultures,
Melting Pot:
Multiculturalism: