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6th Grade Social Studies Unit 4, Lesson 2 Characteristics of Culture
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What is a metaphor? A figure of speech
When a term or phrase is applied to something which is not literally applicable Purpose is to suggest a resemblance Example: “Peter is a snake.” What does this metaphor mean?
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Metaphors for Culture Iceberg. 31 December
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Metaphor #1 Iceberg. 31 December
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Clothing Iceberg. 31 December
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Clothing Language Iceberg. 31 December
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Clothing Language Food
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Clothing Language Food Beliefs
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Clothing Language Food Beliefs Attitudes
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Clothing Language Food Beliefs Attitudes Values
Iceberg. 31 December Values
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Metaphor #2 Onion. 31 December
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Metaphor #2 Onion Layers. 31 December
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Metaphor #2
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What you can see, hear and touch
Metaphor #2 Artifacts Rituals
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What you can see, hear and touch
Metaphor #2 Artifacts Rituals
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Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Rituals Institutions
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Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Rituals Institutions
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Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Beliefs Rituals Institutions Attitudes
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Metaphor #2 Government should have limited power Artifacts Systems Beliefs Rituals Institutions Attitudes
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Metaphor #2 Artifacts Systems Beliefs Rituals Institutions Attitudes Values
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Metaphor #2 FREEDOM Artifacts Systems Beliefs Rituals Institutions Attitudes Values
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Complete your own cultural onion for American culture.
ACTIVITY Artifacts Systems Beliefs Rituals Institutions Attitudes Values Complete your own cultural onion for American culture.
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Which metaphor do you think is best? Why?
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Come up with a new metaphor for culture.
ACTIVITY Come up with a new metaphor for culture.
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Analyzing new clues for the Mystery Culture
ACTIVITY Analyzing new clues for the Mystery Culture
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Characteristics of Culture
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Culture is shared.
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Culture is shared. Culture is shared by members of a group.
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Culture is shared. Culture is shared by members of a group.
Each of us is unique and capable of individual thoughts, and behaviors but we do not each have our own individual culture.
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Culture is learned.
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Culture is learned. Culture is learned not inherited.
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Culture is learned. Culture is learned not inherited.
Culture is passed down from one generation to another.
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Culture is dynamic. Dynamic graphic. 1 January
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Culture is dynamic. Cultures change.
Dynamic graphic. 1 January
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Culture is dynamic. Cultures change.
New cultural traits are added and some old ones are lost. Dynamic graphic. 1 January
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Culture is dynamic. Cultures change.
New cultural traits are added and some old ones are lost. Change happens as a result of both invention within a society and diffusion of cultural traits from one society to another. Dynamic graphic. 1 January
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Culture is dynamic. Ger with Satellite Dish. 31 December
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Culture is adaptive. Different Climates graphic. 1 January
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Culture is adaptive. People have been able to adapt to a wide variety of geographic regions. Different Climates graphic. 1 January
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Culture is adaptive. People have been able to adapt to a wide variety of geographic regions. People have been able to adapt in times of conflict and environmental disasters. Different Climates graphic. 1 January
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Culture is adaptive. Mongolian Gers. 31 December Source:
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Culture is integrated.
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Culture is integrated. Relationships exist between the different cultural components of a culture.
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Culture is integrated. Relationships exist between the different cultural components of a culture. Each aspect of a culture tends to be in harmony with every other aspect. Iceberg. 31 December
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Culture is integrated. While horse is strong travel to see places.
You can’t put two saddles on the same horse. It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word.
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Culture is elastic. Iceberg. 31 December
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Culture is elastic. Even though people belong to a certain culture, there is variety in how they reflect the cultural components of that culture. Iceberg. 31 December
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Culture is elastic. Even though people belong to a certain culture, there is variety in how they reflect the cultural components of that culture. People can stretch cultural components to fit their own unique personality.
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Shared Culture is…
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Shared Learned Culture is…
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Shared Learned Culture is… Dynamic
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Shared Learned Culture is… Dynamic Integrated
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Shared Learned Culture is… Elastic Dynamic Integrated
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Shared Adaptive Learned Culture is… Elastic Dynamic Integrated
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Author: Carol Egbo Editor: Amy Bloom
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