Unit 6 - Cultural

Folk v. Pop Culture

• 1. I can compare the origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture.

  2. I can compare the characteristics of folk and popular music, sports, clothing, food, and housing patterns.

  3. I can examine the effects of electronic diffusion on popular culture

  4. I can summarize the challenges for folk culture from diffusion of popular culture.

Language

• 1. I can identify the names and distribution of the major language families.

  2. I can describe the origin and diffusion of the major language families.

  3. I can examine how individual languages vary among places. (e.g. dialects)

  4. I can identify the complexities associated with language diversity. (preservation of local languages, isolated languages, and extinct languages)

Religion

• 1. I can compare and describe the distribution of the major branches of the major religions.

  2. I can describe the differences in the origins and characteristics of universalizing and ethnic religions.

  3. I can analyze the spatial distribution, patterns, and importance of sacred places of various religions.

  4. I can summarize and analyze the reasons for religious conflicts around the world.

Ethnicities Learning Targets

• 1. I can compare and contrast where ethnicities are distributed.

  2. I can explain why ethnicities have distinctive distributions

  3. I can analyze why conflicts arise among ethnicities.

  4. I can analyze why ethnicities engage in ethnic cleansing and Genocide.

Concepts of Culture

Sports Kahoot!

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Housing Kahoot!

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Music Kahoot!

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Food Kahoot!

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Clothing Kahoot!

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