Professional Documents
Culture Documents
HW Pick five artifacts in your home, describe the item, and describe why it is important to your culture?
1. Facial expressions 2. Religious beliefs YOU CAN SEE 3. Foods 4. Eating habits 5. Paintings
6. Concept of self
7. Work ethic 8. Styles of dress
9. Literature
10. Concept of fairness 11. Childraising beliefs
writing
Architecture/ religion
Art
Art/mythology
clothing
TAPAS/ FOOD
ARCHITECTURE
DANCE/ CLOTHING
*NOTES* Cultural diffusion- the exchanging of ideas from one culture to another usually done through trade and warfare Example: baseball in Japan Cultural Assimilation- taking elements of ones culture and making it your own (absorbing into a new culture)
Everyone has a culture. It shapes how we see the world, ourselves, and others.
1. Geographer
2. Political Scientist
3. Archaeologist
4. Economist
5. Historian
6. Anthropologist