1. Warm UP
Who can define culture?
What goes into culture?

2. Culture and Culture Diversity

3. Why does Culture Exist? Structural Functionalists
Culture provides order and organization to people- a way to belong to something
Symbolic Interactionists
Culture is what people make of it- They either try to fit in or stand out
Conflict Theorists
Culture is a way of defining and dividing the haves and have-nots

4. How to Behave Norms Taboos
Behaviors that are considered appropriate, “normal,” and accepted in society
We usually do not realize our society’s norms until someone breaks them
Taboos
Behaviors that are outside of the norms in a culture
Acting in this way can lead to formal and informal sanctions
Ex: Drugs, excessive tattoos, incest

5. List of various groups
School Church Scouting Choir Family Student Union Clubs Sports Fraternities Sororities Work Force (after school job) Band or Orchestra

6. Group Activity
Take Your list with you and to move into groups of 4 students (or less.)
compare their individual lists with other people in their group.
Identify three things that everyone in their group has in common on their individual lists.
On a piece of Chart Paper write down the name of the 3 groups you and your group members have in common
Name
Purposes of that group (why it is in existence)
The beliefs of that group
The rules of the group
Is membership voluntary or involuntary?
You will share one of the three things you and your group had in common with the class, and state the answer(s) you chose for a-e above.

7. Reflection Would you like to live in a place where everyone:
Is the same? (Homogeneous) or
Is different? (Heterogeneous)

8. What is Diversity?
Cultural diversity refers to the wide range of cultural differences found between and within nations
Can be a result of natural circumstances (climate, geography) or social circumstances (technology or demographics)
Societies can be homogeneous or heterogeneous

9. Have you ever been made to feel like an outsider?
When societal tensions arise, people may look for others on whom they can place blame or single out persons or groups who are the “outsider”, who do not belong.

10. Subcultures Countercultures
Groups that share many elements of mainstream culture but maintain their own distinctive customs, values, norms, and lifestyles
Based on:
Age, gender, wealth, sexual preference, education, occupation, ethnicity, music, SES, etc.
Examples:
Residents of China town, circus people, soldiers in the military
Countercultures
Deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the mainstream culture
Organize because of:
Inequalities of class, race, age, gender, etc.
Examples:
Skinheads, Gang members, Hippies

11. Ethnocentrism
The practice of judging all other cultures by one’s own culture
Based on the assumption that one’s own way of life is superior to all others
Can be positive or negative

12. Ethnocentrism Culture Shock Cultural Relativism
Judging all other cultures by your own culture’s standards
Women’s rights
Dress/ social behavior
Thinking your country’s ways are the best
Cultural Relativism
The belief that all countries should be judged by your country’s standards
Culture Shock
Disorientation that is felt when encountering a radically different culture
Hand signals
Language
Foods
Ways of acting in public

13. Why might this map be considered ethnocentric?

14. Cultural Relativism
The belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture’s own standards

15. Types of Sanctions
Informal Sanctions- Positive or negative consequences given out by members of the group
Positive
Inviting someone to sit with you in the cafeteria because they helped you in class
Negative
Giving someone a dirty look for telling on you in class
Yelling at someone talking/texting loudly in a movie theater
Formal Sanctions- Positive or negative consequences that are applied by officials
Positive
good grade given by a teacher
Medal of Honor- Gov’t
Negative
Speeding ticket given by a cop
Detention given by principal

16. Folk Culture High Culture
Tastes and creations used by working-class and minorities
Produced for and by ordinary people:
Spontaneous
Familiar
Practical
Ex. Quilt making, graffiti, break dancing
High Culture
Tastes and creations used by the upper classes
Sets them apart from the rest of society
Requires:
elaborate training
technical proficiency
considerable resources
Ex. Opera, ballet, fine works of art

17. Popular Culture Multiculturalism
Encourages respect and appreciation for cultural differences
Seeks to reverse centuries of cultural intolerance and oppression of minority groups
Brought changes to American education and society
Global languages
Different ethnic literature and perspectives
Popular Culture
Tastes and items that appeal to the masses
Consists of products and items designed for
Leisure
Entertainment
Mass consumption
Fashion
Fads- short-lived, widespread items/ideas
Ex. Baseball cards, Santa Claus, *NSYNC

18. Complete the Assignment
Use one of the magaizines to answer the following handout with your shoulder partner