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Population and Culture

Population and Culture. Lesson Objectives for today… To begin to think about (or analyze ) why population densities are distributed unevenly around the world. To recognize the possible effects of population growth. To think about (or contemplate ) how cultures change.

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Population and Culture

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  1. Population and Culture Lesson Objectives for today… • To begin to think about (or analyze)why population densities are distributed unevenly around the world. • To recognizethe possible effects of population growth. • To think about (or contemplate)how cultures change.

  2. Make sure you understandthe meaning of…. culture population density birthrate immigrant emigrant urbanization rural culture hearth cultural convergence diffusion cultural divergence demographics

  3. What is CULTURE? The beliefs and actions that define a people’s way of life.

  4. What is POPULATION DENSITY? The average number of people in a square mile.

  5. POPULATION DENSITY • U.S. average is 88.08 inhabitants per square mile • Wisconsin average is 105.2 inhabitants per square mile • Is Wisconsin’s population more or less dense than the national average? For more stats….

  6. What is Birthrate? The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.

  7. What is an IMMIGRANT? A person who moves into a country. What is an EMIGRANT? A person who leaves the country to live in another place.

  8. Rural vs. Urbanization Countryside vs. the growth of city populations

  9. What is CULTURE HEARTH? Refers to a place where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures.

  10. CULTURE HEARTHat WFHS? How are ideas and trends transmitted amongst people?

  11. CULTURE CONVERGENCE Skills, arts, ideas, habits, and institutions come in contact with another culture The Macarena

  12. What is DIFFUSION? The process by which a cultural element is transmitted across some distance from one group or individual to another. Diffusion often occurs through the migration of people who take their cultural traits with them to new locations.

  13. CULTURE DIVERGENCE The restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences. Examples include: Berlin Wall North Korean border

  14. DEMOGRAPHY “The study of populations…” …the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology, public policy, and marketing.

  15. DEMOGRAPHICS These include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location. Demographic trends describe the historical changes in demographics in a population over time (for example, the average age of a population may increase or decrease over time).

  16. DEMOGRAPHICS Both distributions and trends of values within a demographic variable are of interest. Demographics are about the population of a region and the culture of the people there.

  17. Does Weyauwega-Fremont really have DEMOGRAPHICS? How can we find them? • Worldmapper • Fedstats • Citydata

  18. Does culture define who we are? Or do we define our culture? What about values? Do they define your culture?

  19. What values are a priority to you? • Authority • Belonging • Competition • Compromise • Cooperation • Devotion • Equality • Family Network • Family Security • Formality • Freedom • Friendship • Group Achievement • Group Consensus • Group Harmony • Hospitality • Indirectness • Material Possessions • Openness • Parental Guidance • Past and Present • Patience • Privacy • Relationship • Religious Belief • Reputation • Risk-taking • Self-Reliance • Seniority • Social Recognition • Spirituality • Time • Tradition

  20. Are you ready for the survey? Ground Rules Be honest & open We are trying to assess & measure knowledge Don’t just attend….but take and add to the overall quality of your education. Let us know how we can enhance this opportunity. The responsibility of cellphones… What could this mean for the next generation of learners?

  21. What is DNA? deoxyribonucleic acid The GenographicProject DNA Ancestry Portrait

  22. Want more information? National Geographic’s ATLAS OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY

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