1. Section C: Folk Architecture (Vernacular Architecture)

2. Folk Housing Reflect both cultural and environmental influences
Often based on the resources available
Houses from different regions can be vastly different even in similar environments.

3. Types of Materials

4. Materials: Thatching

5. Materials: Mud brick

6. Materials: Sod

7. Materials: Timber

8. Materials: Stone

9. Vernacular Housing in the US

10. New England
Salt Box
Two Chimney
Cape Cod
Front Gable and Wing

11. Salt Box House

12. Two Chimney House

13. Cape Cod House

14. Front Gable and Wing House

15. Swiss-German Barn House
Middle Atlantic
I-House
Swiss-German Barn House
Lower-Chesapeake
Steep Roof

16. I-House

17. Barn House

18. Part 3: Popular Culture

19. Popular Culture Introduction to Popular Culture
Causes of Popular Culture Diffusion
Impacts of Popular Culture

20. Section A: Introduction to Popular Culture

21. What is popular culture?

22. Popular Culture is made up of large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits.

23. Traits of Popular Culture:

24. Popular Culture Urban Based. Product of Industrialized Countries.
Heterogeneous people practicing homogeneous culture.
Easily defined origins.

25. Popular Music
Music that is written by specific individuals for the purpose of being sold to a large number of people.

26. Popular Clothing
Clothing developed by a specific individual to be sold. Largely based on cultural perception rather than environmental need.

27. Discuss: What are other cultural elements that could be considered popular culture?

28. Section B: Causes of Popular Culture Diffusion

29. Communication Technology
A cell phone repair shop in India.

30. Travel Technology
A high-speed rail in Japan.

31. Globalization
A Coca-Cola shop in China

32. Mass Production and Industrialization
An automobile assembly line.

33. Section C: Consequences of Popular Culture

34. Predict: How would popular culture adversely affect local cultures, climate, and natural resources?

35. Cultural Imperialism
Popular culture can often clash with ethnic culture(s) as it spreads.

36. Uniformed Landscapes
How might the spread of popular culture affect diversity?

37. Overuse of Natural Resources
Deforestation in the Madagascar Central Highland Plateau.

38. Pollution
Air-pollution in China has increased due to a rapid growth of commerce.

39. End of Unit 3: Part 1
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