UNIT 3: Culture
Culture is the total way of life shared by members of a community. Culture and society are not the same thing. A society is a group of people who live in the same geographic area and are tied by economics and politics. Often these people share a culture, but not aways. Culture, as we will learn in this unit is about material and nonmaterial. Nonmaterial culture is language, rules, norms and values shared by the community. Material culture is the physical objects shared by the society, including, toys, technology, food and more. In today's American culture toys that represent material culture are Barbies and SmartPhones.
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ObjectivesStudents will be able to distinguish between society and culture by giving two examples where they overlap and where they differ.
Students will be able to describe what is meant by "culture is relative" by giving three examples. Students will be able to define nonmaterial culture and material culture. Students will demonstrate their understanding of norms by violating a social norm as described in the assignment. |
Readings / LectureColburn, Kenneth (2012). Introduction to Sociology/Culture from the wiki book. The Global Guide to Hand Gestures. Siohan Harmer. Lifehack.org Gestures That Can Cause Offense. http://yahoo.com (2015) Conversational Distance created by Sheri Prupis. Based on the work of Edward Hall (1966) B., Amy (2011) 5 Unique Ideas for Social Norm Violation Experiments from voices.yahoo.com |
AssignmentsDiscussion Question:
What is Culture? Blog Assignment: Conversational Distance Assignment: Violating a social norm Assignment: Cultural Cocktail party |