1. ThE MEANING OF CULTURE

2. ELEMENTS OF CULTURE Culture
All things that make up a person’s way of life.
7 Elements
Social Organization
Customs & Traditions
Language
Arts & Literature
Religion
Forms of Government
Economic System

3. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Family Patterns Nuclear Family (Traditional)
Comprised of mother, father, and children
Extended Family (Non-Traditional)
Several generations in one house
Farming communities, religious groups, Economic
Social Classes
Based on money, occupation, education, ancestry, or other factors
How do you increase your social class?
Marriage, Education, Money
You can move down in the social class too.

4. Customs & TRADITIONS & LANGUAGE
Different Customs (Culturally Acceptable)
Greetings
Sitting Cross Legged
Dressing
Business
Social
Language – Cornerstone of culture
Uses
Communicate: thoughts, feelings, and knowledge
Passing on beliefs to new generations
All cultures have a language BUT not all have a written (Ebonics)

8. ARTS & LITERATURE & RELIGION
Styles of Arts and Literature
Art, Music, Books, Movies, Stories
Used to teach culture and entertain
Religion – Linked to Arts
Major World Religions
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Polytheism
Belief in multiple Gods

9. Three questions of religion: 1. Where did we come from?

13. 2. How should we live our lives? 3. Where do we go when we die?

15. Cosmology: The study and explanation of the universe

16. 1 3
Cyclical 2 2 1 3
Linear

17. Theology: A system of religious beliefs

18. Animism: The belief that spirits inhabit nature

19. Agnosticism: Don’t know

20. Atheism: Don’t believe in any divinity or spiritual existence

21. Sect: A religious group, division, “branch” or faction

22. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT Why do we need an organized government?
People Organized Government
Historically
Chiefs or Elders
Today: National Governments
Thousands of officials
Collect taxes, enforce laws, and administer justice
Types of Government’s Today
Democracy
People have supreme power
Republic
Form of Democracy; people select leaders to represent them
Dictatorship
Ruler or group holds power by force

23. Economic system Traditional Economy Produce what they need to survive
Hunting and Gathering, Farming, and Herding
Surplus is traded
Market Economy
Buying and Selling
Command Economy
Government controlled
Individuals have little economic power
Mixed Economy
Individuals and Government make decisions
Cars are a great example: People pick & Government sets standards

24. Market Forces: What makes something valuable?