Transcript Culture Ch. 3 - Kentucky Department of Education

Sociology
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Culture and Society
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Culture- knowledge, language, values, customs, and
objects passed down through generations
Helps to explain human behavior
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A group of people that live in defined territory
and have common culture
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Way of life for certain groups of people
Different cultural aspects around the world
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyvtCzx
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aM_300qX4
Running with the Bulls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMzM
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Tomato Fight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7IM9f1
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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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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.co
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One of the things that
makes America unique
is the dropping of the
Ball on New Year’s 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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpXU5L
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Brasstown, North Carolina
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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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One of the words that is
common and has multiple
synonyms is the toilet
Who unfortunately did not
invent the toliet in the late
1800’s?
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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Throne; Comfort Station; Commode; Toilet; Pot
Oval Office; Porcelain Throne; John; Head; Thunder Mug
(Box)
http://www.rotorooter.com/blog/101-names-for-a-toiletmarking-101-years-since-thomas-crappers-death/
Ode to Commode Commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpK86OqqROc
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A good way to learn the
culture is by looking at
what it believes, what it
values, and what it
holds as truth
Let’s see if you can
remember any cultural
proverbs from both
America and around the
world
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A penny saved is a penny _____________
Better safe than _______________
Better late than _________________
Hard work beats talent when talent
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No news is ________________
The pen is mightier than the _____________
Rome wasn’t built in a ______________
You reap what you ___________
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A penny saved is a penny earned
Better safe than sorry
Better late than never
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t
work hard
No news is good news
The pen is mightier than the sword
Rome wasn’t built in a day
You reap what you sow
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What you can do today, don’t 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)
Don’t approach a goat from the _________, a horse from
the __________, or a fool from _______________. (Jewish
I don’t want the cheese, I just want to get out of the
____________ (Latin).
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What you can do today, don’t 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 baby’s ugly (Haitian)
In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to her and
she will answer. (Norway)
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the
back, or a fool from anyside. (Jewish)
I don’t want the cheese, I just want to get out of the
trap(Latin).
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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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Cultural Transmission
 The creation and transmission of
culture
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Things that stand for or represent
something else
 Snapping in Brazil
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Language allows us to create culture
 With language, humans can pass
ideas, experiences, and knowledge
to others
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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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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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Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate
behavior
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Senegal
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Never eat with left hand, considered offensive
Zambia
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So engrained in behavior we don’t even realize it
Avoid direct eye contact with opposite sex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ngAuIn
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Folkways
Rules that cover customary ways of thinking
Sleeping on a bed rather than a floor
disapproval is low
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Deals with what is
right and wrong
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Conformity is
supported, and are of
great moral
significance
Taboo
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Norm so strong, if
violated you will get
punished
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Defined and enforced by officials
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Consciously created and enforced
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Broad ideas about what most people consider
desirable
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Form the basis for norms
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Involved in most aspects of daily life
Achievement and Success
Democracy