Ch. 3 Culture

. How are you different because of the culture you were raised in? What did your culture give you? What in your culture could be detrimental to you?

. What T.V. programs or video games support our cultural values of money, competition, beauty, youth, individualism and self-expression?

. Should a culture ever make a decision not to use technology? Cloning Electronic eavesdropping

. How could electronic information chips implanted in your arm to track you on the internet change our culture? Currently driver’s licenses and passports can have info. Chips. Would it reduce crime? Would you be willing to give up your privacy?

. Why is it important to understand people’s cultural differences? How can it help in international and business relations, personal relations, or in your personal self concept?

. Does one country have the right to tell another country what should be acceptable in that culture? FGM? Women’s rights?

. What judgments do you make about someone with tattoos, piercings, Goth dress or hair, or gang symbols? How did you make these judgments? Could this be a subculture or counterculture?

. Do you see a global culture emerging? Is that good or bad? What is gained or lost?

Mystery: Why did the Dad kill the daughter who married for love? Your response Culture

What happens when you go to another culture? Your response Culture shock Examples

What type of culture?

What type of culture?

How does culture effect you? Your ideas Norms Folkways Mores Taboos

Big idea you can use! Think about how your culture influences your beliefs and judgments of others.

How did the ipod change society

How do conflict, and ideas change society?

How did the plow create Seattle?