Profa. Harcrow. Ballou SHS. Fall 2009. Spanish I&II U1.6. Cultura.

Nombre:_________________________________ Fecha: el 27 de
enero 2010

What are today’s 3 key points?

1. Define ___________________________________.

2. Understand the ____________________ components of ____________________

.

3. _____________________ study Culture?

Intro to New Material: Key Point ONE:

Define Culture
What is culture?

Culture
People ______________________ culture.

From the dictionary:

a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends
upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding
generations
b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or
social group; also the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions
or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time
c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an
institution or organization
d: the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular
field, activity, or societal characteristic
The three components of culture are:
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Intro to New Material: Key Point TWO:

Understand the Three Components of Culture

Products Practices Perspectives

1.Products: The products of the culture are what the culture of a people produces.
It is the “What?” of a culture.

What is produced? A product can be:

What people eat in a certain country.
What people celebrate in a certain country.
What people wear in a certain country.
Other examples:

2. Practices: The practices of the culture are what people DO, or the way people act, in a certain culture.
Practices are the “How?” of the culture.

How is something done? A practice can be:

How people celebrate birthdays.
How people celebrate other holidays.
How people greet each other.
Other examples:

2.Perspectives: The perspective is the “Why?” behind what a culture has or what a culture does.
It is the way people in a culture think. Why? Because….

To discuss a culture’s perspective, you might think about these questions:

Why do they do that?
Why does this country have that food?
Why do they wear that?
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Why do they celebrate that holiday in that particular way?
Other examples of questions to help you think about perspective:

1. One of the products of the culture in the U.S. and many other countries is a car. Identify the practice and the
perspective of
cars in the U.S.

Practice: _____________________________________________________________________________

Perspective: ___________________________________________________________________________

2. A product of the U.S. culture is jeans. One current practice is to wear them very low on the body (far below
the waist). What
do you think the reason is behind this? What is the perspective of people who do that?

Practice: _____________________________________________________________________________

What are the people who do that showing that they value? (What is important to them?)

Perspective: _____________________________________________________________________________

3. One current practice in the U.S. among some teenagers and young adults is getting tattoos. What do you
think the perspective this behind that is? Why do people get tattoos?

Perspective: _____________________________________________________________________________

Intro to New Material: Key Point THREE:

Why Study Culture
.class activity.
What is assigned culture?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
__
Cultures you think you observed:

Reactions to the activity…

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Culture Quote:

Why is it important to UNDERSTAND and LEARN about different cultures?

My Country Group:_____________________________________
Complete the Venn Diagram based on similarities and differences between your culture
and your group’s culture handout.
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