What is Culture?
Culture consists of all the different things that identify you and where you come from. These include race, ethnicity, religion, country or city, languages, age and financial status.
Culture means all these things -- all the ways people live together and define themselves. We each participate in family, community, economic, linguistic and religious cultures based on who we are and the people with whom we associate.
Culture is learned and transmitted from one generation to another. Children learn their culture from their families and their various communities.
In groups of 4, brainstorm a few examples of each of the following examples of what culture is.
Culture is…
Customs
Beliefs
Way of Life
Religion
Ethnicity/Race
Language
Gender
Age group
Sports
Hobbies
City/State/Country
Holidays
Traditions
Food/Drink/Eating
Dress
Transportation
Written Information (for example, books, sacred texts)
Unwritten Information (for example, sayings, stories, jokes)
Education
Entertainment (for example, music)
Art
Culture consists of all the different things that identify you and where you come from. These include race, ethnicity, religion, country or city, languages, age and financial status.
Culture means all these things -- all the ways people live together and define themselves. We each participate in family, community, economic, linguistic and religious cultures based on who we are and the people with whom we associate.
Culture is learned and transmitted from one generation to another. Children learn their culture from their families and their various communities.
In groups of 4, brainstorm a few examples of each of the following examples of what culture is.
Culture is…
Customs
Beliefs
Way of Life
Religion
Ethnicity/Race
Language
Gender
Age group
Sports
Hobbies
City/State/Country
Holidays
Traditions
Food/Drink/Eating
Dress
Transportation
Written Information (for example, books, sacred texts)
Unwritten Information (for example, sayings, stories, jokes)
Education
Entertainment (for example, music)
Art