1. Introduction Lesson 1

2. Objectives  Identify the major elements of culture.  Explore the types of govt and economies that have developed.  Describe factors that cause cultures to change.

3. Warm Up  Pick a part of the world and list 3 things you’d like to learn about the lives of the people who live there.

4. Culture  How would you define culture?  “Elements of culture”?  All things that make up a people’s way of life.  Social org, customs, language, arts & lit, religion, govt, economy

5. Religion  Meaning & purpose of life  Values  Monotheism vs. Polytheism  Major world religions? Judaism Christianity Islam Hinduism Buddhism

6. T-P-S: “Think-Pair-Share”  Examples of religious conflicts?  N.Ireland Protestants & Catholics  Middle East Jews & Muslims  Indian Hindus & Muslims (Kashmir)  Russian Christians and Chechen Muslims  African Christians & Muslims (Sudan, Nigeria, et al)  China & Tibetan Buddhists

7. Government  Person/People in Power, Laws & Institutions  Purpose? Order & Security

8. Handout

9. Economy  Wealth & resources  How society mangages limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants & needs  3 Basic Questions: What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?

10. Economic Systems  Traditional Econ Relies on custom, subsistence (survival)  Command Econ Govt controls production & cost  Market Econ Relies on consumer choice (buy & sell)  Mixed Econ Govt involvement in markets

12. S-A-T: “Stop and Think”  Describe 3 elements that help give a culture its identity.  Religion  Government  Economy  Language  Arts, Lit, Customs

13. Meme Generator  Imgflip.com/memegenerator  Respectfully create a meme to illustrate a key tenet of a basic govt/econ system  Email to me when finished!

14. Cultural Change  Factors?  Technology  Environment  Diffusion Mvmt of ideas from one place to another ○ War & Conquest ○ Travel & Trade

15. T-P-S  Identify 3 items from your everyday life that are examples of cultural diffusion – from which culture does it originate? Think music, food, language, clothing…

16. Cultural Change  New transportation & communication rapidly increased contact & change  Benefits? More goods & ideas to more people  Drawbacks? Threatens foundations/traditions Share bad things (disease, econ collapse)

17. Closure  Why is it important to increase awareness of other cultures?  Tolerance & acceptance  End ethnocentrism / racism  Interconnectedness

18. Homework  Reading “Dilemmas of Foreign Aid” Study Guide – Intro and Part I  DO NOT WRITE ON READING!!!!