1. Warm Up
Complete the questions on adaptation and modification from the back bookshelf.
This should be done INDEPENDENTLY and you will be turning in as mastery practice for the adaptation/modification objective.

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

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

4. 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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What Elements Do You See?
showcase/the-changing-face-of-beauty-in-northeast- india?gc=%2Fvideo%2Fpeople-culture
showcase/the-amazing-art-of-bread-baking-in- tajikistan?source=searchvideo
showcase/meet-the-last-speaker-of-a-dying- language?source=searchvideo

9. 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.