1. AP Human Geography Week #8.
Fall 2013

2. AP Human Geography 10/20/14 http://mrmilewski.com
OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate mastery of Chapter#3-Migration. APHugII-C
Language objective: Write about migration and culture.
I. Administrative Stuff
-Attendance & Test Directions
II. Chapter#3 Test
III. Journal#22
-Chapter#4 Vocabulary
Homework: Read p

3. 1.) Culture
The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society. (hundreds of others exist)
Examples- French Culture, American Culture, British Culture, etc…

4. 2.) Pop Culture
Popular Culture – Cultural traits such as the dress, diet and music that identify and are part of today’s changeable, urban-based, media-influenced western societies.
Example - MTV

5. 3.) Local Culture
Group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others.
Examples- Frankenmuth

6. 4.) Material Culture
The things a group of people construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance, and food.
Example:

7. 5.) Hearth The area where an idea or cultural trait originates.
Example- Crocs & Soccer
Gangnam Style

8. 6.) Commodification
The process through which something is given monetary value. Occurs when a good or an idea that previously not regarded as an object to be bought and sold is turned into something of value in a market economy.
Example - Tebowing

9. 7.) Authenticity
In the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy with which a single stereotypical or typecast image or experience conveys an otherwise dynamic and complex local culture or its customs.
Example: Lafayette v. American Coney

10. 8.) Placelessness Every place looks like the next. Loss of uniqueness.
Example – Look anywhere in America
Rossville, Minnesota-a suburb of St. Paul-it could be anywhere in the US

11. 9.) Nonmaterial Culture
The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people.
Examples-religion, language, traditions & customs
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church Wyandotte, MI

12. 10.) Assimilation
The process through which people lose original traits (dress, speech, mannerisms) when they come in contact with another society or culture.
Example: Americanization

13. Homework Tonight
Begin work on guided reading.
Read p

14. AP Human Geography 10/21/14 http://mrmilewski.com
OBJECTIVE: Continue examination of culture. APHugIII-A.1
Language objective: Write about culture.
I. Finish Film Hotel Rwanda
-complete film on genocide
II. Quiz#13
III. Return of Chapter#3 Test
III. Journal#23
-notes on culture
Homework: Read p
NOTICE: Midterm Exam Monday! (Oct 27th)

15. Cultural Systems
What we eat, when we eat and how we eat is an example of cultural differences
Some Asian cultures eat with the right hand, East Asian cultures use chopsticks, Western cultures use knife, fork and a spoon.
Certain foods are considered delicacies by some cultures, unclean and unfit for consumption by others. E.g. shrimp, snails, worms, insects, etc.
Voice-tone and level are very culturally specific.
Body gestures-Japanese bowing, Western shaking hands, tipping of the hat
Various marriage customs-intermarriage is accepted in some societies, but not others

16. Chapulines (grasshoppers) in the Market in Oaxaca, Mexico
Fried Grasshoppers in Oaxaca, Mexico
Toasted chapulines-grasshoppers fried with garlic and lime-sell for about $5 a pound
Chapulines (grasshoppers) in the Market in Oaxaca, Mexico

17. Habit-a repetitive act by an individual.
Custom-when an entire group does it.
Tradition-the same as a custom-the term implies longevity.
Folk culture-the enduring, traditional practices of a people.
Popular culture-the rapidly changing tastes and customs of a group.
Folk culture example-traditional Dutch costumes worn on festival days in Marken, Holland.
Right-a young lady who worked in a flower stall in Amsterdam. Popular culture-blue jeans, Boston Rags jacket and a pack of cigarettes.

18. Left-an Apache girl nears the end of her Sunrise Ceremony which is a coming of age ceremony for young girls reaching puberty. The sacred pollen on her face invests her with healing powers. A good example of a cultural trait.
Right-festival in Tarabuco, Bolivia. The revelers wear wool hats that mimic the steel helmets that were worn by the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century.

19. Folk or Local Culture
A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others.
Folk culture is typically rural-cohesive
Cossacks in Ukraine wear traditional military uniforms

20. Homework Tonight
Begin work on guided reading.
Read p

21. AP Human Geography 10/22/14 http://mrmilewski.com
OBJECTIVE: Continue examination of culture. APHugIII-A.1
Language objective: Write about culture.
I. Journal#24 pt.A
-Watch the following:
-American Hand Gestures in Different Cultures
-Gestures, meanings and cultures
II. Journal#24 pt.B
-notes on culture
Homework: Read p
NOTICE: Midterm Exam Monday! (Oct 27th)

22. Hutterite Colonies in North America The Hutterites
are an example of a local culture.
Hutterites are the only Anabaptist group that lives communally in a colony of about 100 people. Unlike the Amish, the Hutterites readily accept technologies that help in agriculture.
Hutterites are the only Anabaptist group that lives communally in a colony of about 100 people. Unlike the Amish, the Hutterites readily accept technologies that help in agriculture.

23. Why are
Hutterite
colonies
located
where
they are?

24. Popular Culture
A wide-ranging group of heterogeneous people, who stretch across identities and across the world, and who embrace cultural traits such as music, dance, clothing, and food preference that change frequently and are ubiquitous on the cultural landscape.
Madonna wearing a red string Kabbalah bracelet.

25. Distance Decay v. Time-Space Compression
With Distance Decay, the likelihood of diffusion decreases as time and distance from the hearth increases.
With Time-Space Compression, the likelihood of diffusion depends upon the connectedness among places.
Which applies more to popular culture?

26. How are hearths of popular culture traits established?
Typically begins with an idea/good and contagious diffusion.
Companies can create/manufacture popular culture. (ie. MTV)
Individuals can create/manufacture popular culture. (ie. Tony Hawk)-video games involving extreme sports popularized skateboarding and other sports.

27. Homework Tonight
Continue work on guided reading.
Read p

28. AP Human Geography 10/23/14 http://mrmilewski.com
OBJECTIVE: Continue examination of culture. APHugIII-A.1
Language objective: Write about culture.
I. Administrative Stuff
-Watch the following:
-Growth, Cities, & Immigration: Crash Course US History#25
II. FRQ Day#5
-Practice FRQ’s
1.)2012 FRQ#3 Answer
2.)2006 FRQ#1 Answer
Homework: Review for Midterm Exam
NOTICE: Midterm Exam Monday October 27th

29. AP Human Geography 10/24/14 http://mrmilewski.com
OBJECTIVE: Examine the history of Halloween. APHugIII-A.1
Language objective: Write about culture.
I. Administrative Stuff
-Attendance
II. Quiz#14
III. Film: The Haunted History of Halloween
-questions on The Haunted History of Halloween
REMINDER: Midterm Exam Monday!