Defining Culture
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Objective
I can define culture and identify its different elements.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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The official definition of culture is all the ways of life of a population, including their beliefs, behaviors, and institutions that are passed down from generation to generation.
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A cultural hearth is a place where people gather and express themselves, a place where their culture lives and breathes freely, a point from which it spreads.
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Cultural diffusion is the process in which beliefs, behaviors, and institutions are spread to new peoples through travel, trade, and war.
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Practice
7 questions
Define culture in your own words, based on the video's explanation.
What is a cultural hearth, and where were some of the earliest ones located?
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Exit ticket
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“Define culture in your own words. Then, list three elements that make up a culture, based on what you learned in the video.”
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