1. Quick Write: in your composition journal
Guess the definition of each of the following British slang terms. Write a definition for each, even if you have no idea what they mean:
Damp squib
Gobsmacked
Chunder
Kerfluffle
If you didn’t turn in your notebook yesterday, staple it and put it on the front table.

2. Write the following in your composition journal
Take your best guess at the following British slang words
Know One’s Onions
Hard Cheese 
Laughing Gear
Honk
Argy-bargy

3. The 8 Elements of Culture

4. What is Culture?????
Culture is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs.
Civilization is a society that has a highly developed culture and technology.
Cultural Hearth – Where your culture comes from – the place it spreads from.

5. Look Ahead: Fill in the 8 elements of Culture

6. 8 Elements of Culture
1. Social Groups 2. Language 3. Religion 4. Daily Life 5. History 6. Arts 7. Government 8. Economy

7. “Social Groups”

9. Think-pair-share: Part 1
Are the roles of women and men different in America? How so?

10. Family Family is the smallest, most basic social group.
Families can have patriarchal dominance (the oldest male makes the final decisions) or matriarchal dominance (the oldest female makes those decisions).

11. Element 2. Language

12. Language

13. Video Quick Write:
Let’s say two people have different cultures, which have different customs. How can this affect communication?
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14. Element 3: Religion
Religion helps people answer basic questions about life’s meaning.
There are many conflicts about religion in the world.
Major Religions:
Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism

15. Element 4. Daily Life
Daily life addresses how a culture addresses basic human needs.
Food, Clothing, Shelter reflects the culture and the physical surroundings.

16. History

17. Element 6: The Arts
The arts involve how people express what they think is meaningful.

18. Think Pair Share
Types of Art

19. Rules and laws are created by government.
Element 7: Government
Rules and laws are created by government.
How a country is run varies from country to country.

20. Think-pair-share: How can government affect every other element of culture?

21. Video: Saudi Arabia

22. Element 8: Economy
The economy deals with how the people in a society earn a living.
An economic system answers 3 basic questions: how to produce, what to produce, for whom to produce.

23. Fill in graphic organizer on Cultural change

24. Discussion:
What cultural changes have occurred during your lifetime in America?