1. Warm Up  Imagine that you’re going to live in a new country with a host family. You don’t know the country. You have no Internet access.  What questions will you ask as you’re getting off the plane to learn about your new country? Write them down in the classwork section of your binder.

2. Your Culture  What is something that represents your culture?

3. SWBAT define culture and identify traits belonging to all cultures Objective

4. Announcements  Grading Update  Re-takes – must be completed by Thursday, November 5 th  Next test – Thursday, November 5 th

5. What is culture?  Culture is the way of life of people who share similar beliefs and customs.  It is a learned behavior.  Culture includes basic stuff like dress and language  But is deeper than just what we see  It includes why we do what we do

6. Culture as an Iceberg  Easy to see stuff: clothing, food, language, housing  Hard to see: Beliefs about respect, tradition, importance, family, future, God, etc.

7. 6 Elements of Culture  Language  Family Structure  Food  Beliefs/Religion  The Arts  Clothing

8. Chart  We’re going to watch a few videos that show elements of people’s culture.  As we’re watching, please fill in information about customs that you notice from these other cultures.

9. What Elements Do You See?  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/the-changing-face-of-beauty-in-northeast- india?gc=%2Fvideo%2Fpeople-culture http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/the-changing-face-of-beauty-in-northeast- india?gc=%2Fvideo%2Fpeople-culture  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/the-amazing-art-of-bread-baking-in- tajikistan?source=searchvideo http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/the-amazing-art-of-bread-baking-in- tajikistan?source=searchvideo  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/meet-the-last-speaker-of-a-dying- language?source=searchvideo http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film- showcase/meet-the-last-speaker-of-a-dying- language?source=searchvideo

10. Culture in the U.S. As a group, you’re going to complete a list of cultural practices/beliefs that relate to the following categories: School What is school like in the U.S.? Who gets to go? Dress/Appearance What do clothes look like in the U.S.? What do people wear to “dress up”? What types of jewelry do people wear? Food What types of food do people eat? How do they eat that food? Religion What type(s) of religion is practiced in the U.S.? What are some of the traditions associated with religious holidays? One person should be note-taker.