Indonesian Cultural Diversity By Maya Treacy

What is Culture? Definition: (Oxford Dictionary) Characteristics: ‘The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society’. Characteristics: learned from people around us passed down through generations shared but also unique (It is shared by groups of people but even in this group, different individuals might have different ways to express certain aspects of the same culture). cumulative and dynamic (It is constantly changing) long term exposure leads to cultural exchange Read more on ‘What is Culture’ in this link: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-is-culture.html

Why is Culture important? It’s the system of social control It’s the pattern of human activity It’s the invisible bond that ties the community It’s part of living It’s the moral values It’s the lifestyle It’s the attitude

Which culture influenced Indonesian Culture? Research Task – Indonesia Historical Timeline Step-by-step process: > Watch this video on Vimeo about Indonesian religious history: https://vimeo.com/103031359 > Continue by researching and preparing an Indonesian Historical Timeline following the guideline sets in the QuestGarden. > Use these links below to get more info on the topic: http://www.indonesia.travel/en/discover-indonesia#tab1 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/historical-time-periods.html > Get more images of different cultural influences using google images > Prepare the Historical Timeline presentation > Don’t forget to do the Self-Assessment part!!

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