1. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 2205

2. Read the scenario on p. 18 of your text
Read the scenario on p. 18 of your text. Write down what you would take with you and think about why you chose those items.
(worksheet)

3. What is culture? The way of life and values of a group of people
Includes tangible (touchable) and intangible (non-touchable) elements.

4. Culture traits – the smallest elements of a culture (ex
Culture traits – the smallest elements of a culture (ex. song, saying, food, etc.)
3 categories:
1. Artifacts – objects made by humans (ex. cell phones, cars, jewelry, etc.)

5. Example of artifact:

6. 2. Sociofacts – the way we act around other
2. Sociofacts – the way we act around other people and rules that govern our behaviour. (ex. How we act in school, rules of a game, hand gestures, etc.)
The OK sign, the index finger and thumb forming a circle, is an obscene gesture in Brazil, impolite in Greece and in many areas of Russia. In Japan it means money and in France, zero or valueless.

7. Belief in the importance of being physically fit
Mentifacts – the beliefs, ideas, values, and knowledge that influence us.
(ex. family values, traditional beliefs, and ideas about right and wrong behaviour.
Belief in the importance of being physically fit

8. Culture complex – the interaction of two or more culture traits.
Cultural landscape – the imprint of human activity on the natural landscape. Examples include fish plant, roads, school, houses, monuments, lighthouses, etc.

9. DESCRIBING CULTURE

10. Culture region – an area where one or more identifiable culture trait exists. Culture regions can range from very small to very large.
3 categories:

11. 1. Local culture – expressions of culture
1. Local culture – expressions of culture that are not widely practiced. (ex. - a tradition that is usually only practised in Newfoundland)

12. 2. Regional culture – expressions of culture
2. Regional culture – expressions of culture that are practiced over a broad geographic area. (ex. a Canadian tradition)

13. 3. Popular culture – when a culture. complex is widely accepted and
3. Popular culture – when a culture complex is widely accepted and practiced by people around the world. (Ex. commercial products that are conveyed through mass media)

14. Traditional culture – culture traits that have been passed down to us from our ancestors. (ex. Holidays)

15. Contemporary culture – culture traits that originate in modern times
Contemporary culture – culture traits that originate in modern times. (ex. Use of cell phones)
Questions p. 25

16. PHOTOGRAPHY

17. Symmetrical Composition

20. Assymmetrical Composition

23. The Rule of Thirds

26. Line

29. Shape

31. Texture

34. Perspective