1. Indonesian Cultural Diversity
By Maya Treacy

2. What is Culture? Definition: (Oxford Dictionary) Characteristics:
‘The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society’.
Characteristics:
learned from people around us
passed down through generations
shared but also unique
(It is shared by groups of people but even in this group, different individuals might have different ways to express certain aspects of the same culture).
cumulative and dynamic (It is constantly changing)
long term exposure leads to cultural exchange
Read more on ‘What is Culture’ in this link:

3. Why is Culture important?
It’s the system of social control
It’s the pattern of human activity
It’s the invisible bond that ties the community
It’s part of living
It’s the moral values
It’s the lifestyle
It’s the attitude

4. Which culture influenced Indonesian Culture?
Research Task – Indonesia Historical Timeline
Step-by-step process:
> Watch this video on Vimeo about Indonesian religious history:
> Continue by researching and preparing an Indonesian Historical Timeline following the guideline sets in the QuestGarden.
> Use these links below to get more info on the topic:
> Get more images of different cultural influences using google images
> Prepare the Historical Timeline presentation
> Don’t forget to do the Self-Assessment part!!

5. Selamat Belajar!!