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Culture

Culture. Ms. Crathorne. What is culture?. Culture is a reflection of who and what we are. It refers to everything connected with the way humans live in groups. . Canadian Culture. Canadian Flag Beaver Money The Loon Hockey Poutine Tim Hortons Maple Leaf.

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Culture

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  1. Culture Ms. Crathorne

  2. Whatis culture? • Culture is a reflection of who and what we are. It refers to everything connected with the way humans live in groups.

  3. Canadian Culture • Canadian Flag • Beaver • Money • The Loon • Hockey • Poutine • Tim Hortons • Maple Leaf

  4. What is included in culture? • Physical environment (interaction with environment) • History (origins/changes over time) • Political Life (organization/security) • Social Life (interaction/values/traditions) • Economic Life (earning a living)

  5. Values and Traditions Values Traditions

  6. Is there a culture specific to Atlantic Canada? • The Bluenose • Anne of Green Gables • Acadian Culture • Farmer’s Dairy • Highland/Irish Dancing

  7. Two different traits • Cultural Traits • Hereditary Traits • What is the difference?

  8. Two different traits • Hereditary traits : The genetic transmission of traits or characteristics that are passed from generation to generation • Cultural traits : Traits that are based on your culture

  9. Which is Which? • Art • Beliefs about good and evil • Calendars • Community organization • Cooking • Education • Government • Hairstyles • Language • Marriage • Music • Religion • Personal names

  10. Material Culture vs Non-Material culture Non-material culture Elements of culture that are not physical. Examples? Material Culture Physical objects produced by/used by the society to which you belong Examples?

  11. Popular Culture vs Tradition Culture Popular Culture Tradition Culture Made up of practices established over many generations. Example: Each family may have their own Christmas traditions, birthday traditions etc Ceremonies • Culture shared by many groups in society. • Examples?

  12. Can you think of different types of material culture from around the world?

  13. Non-material Culture • Spoken language, ideas, stories, myths, legends, religious beliefs, and ways of behaving • Examples from Atlantic Canada • Evangeline • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIJKmFisrPg

  14. Behaviour : Non-material Culture Do all cultures have the same type of acceptable behaviour? • What are some examples of behaviour that is acceptable in some cultures but not others?

  15. Behaviour Examples • In India it’s very normal to have physical contact with someone you don’t know when walking down the street • In Islamic culture the right hand is used for food and the left hand is used for when in the bathroom and cleaning • Reason: The right hands of thieves and other criminals are punitively amputated. It was inconvenient but he or she is thereby virtually excluded from many social interactions.

  16. Behaviour • We don’t stand in an elevator facing the other people • Not everyone shakes hands • In other cultures men often don’t shake hands with women

  17. Scott Manor House

  18. Scott Manor House - Story • It was the first house built in Bedford • The very last family to live in that house claim that there is a ghost • The daughter did not make her bed one day but when she arrived home from school – her bed was made • This happened everyday • This is a story about that house that gets passed along

  19. The Music Room • Built by Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent • Built for his mistress – Thérèse Bernadine Mongenent • Built in the late 1700s • Legend says that when it was built the paths spelled her name • There is a legend that she roams along the shore by the building

  20. Popular Culture • Movies, music, books • Items that are shared by many groups in society • Does pop culture change over time? Why? What influences it? • What are items of popular culture today?

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