Transcript FALL 2006 Abstracts

Beginning of Early
People and their
Culture
Objective: I will recognize, describe, and
explain that people everywhere, past, and
present have lived together in social groups,
and each group has developed its own
culture.
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What helps
you stay
active and
healthy?
Chapter 2 – Lesson 1
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Meeting Basic Needs
• All people have the same basic needs
– Food/water
– Clothing
– Shelter
• Groups of people meet their needs in
different ways
– Working together develops a special way of
life
– Way of life belonging to a group of people is
called its culture
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Meeting Basic Needs
• Different cultures meet their needs in
different ways
– Type of needs often depends on the
customs of their culture
– Customs are social habits or ways of living
in a group such as foods, kinds of shelter,
and clothing.
• climate plays a large role on types of
shelter or clothing that is worn in
different cultures
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Living and Working
Together
language
How did living
and working
together form
another part of
peoples
culture?
social
groups
societies
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Values and
Culture
How should
people act
toward one an
other?
What is right
and what is
wrong?
What is the
purpose of life?
Answers to these questions
depends on people’s values.
• Values
– beliefs, or ideals, that guide the
way people live
– a culture’s values reflect what its
people believe is important
– values affect how people are
governed
• Government
– established form of ruling and is
another part of culture
• Religion
– beliefs of a religion help its
members answer questions
about life’s mysteries
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Cultures
differ in
important
ways
People
have many
different
languages
Legacy
of
Different
Cultures
Traditions
have
developed
over many
years
Cultures
have many
different
values
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