The social system focuses on culture and so much more. We are going to look at how people live in a particular place and what we can learn about their lives based on certain aspects, such as healthcare and education. Do they take care of their citizens? We would be able to know based on their life expectancy rate, how many children are born in year, and how many doctors are available. How well educated are their people? Do a majority of people (males and females) read and write, have access to the internet, and go to school for a certain amount of years? Where do people live? Do people have access to clean water? We will get to see how looking at statistics can actually provide a window in their citizens' world. On cia.gov, you need to look under the tab "People and Society" to find certain facts.
Learning Targets
Let's look up terms to determine what certain words mean so we can better understand the next parts. You will use the cia.gov glossary to get down the basic understanding.
physician density, major infectious diseases
These can be delicate terms in a society. When we discuss these concepts it is best to be culturally relative and try not to be ethnocentric (judging a culture as right or wrong compared to you). The seven elements of culture are commonly known and understood so you may encounter many resources to help you better understand how we will define culture. Here is a YouTube video if you would rather watch a video. Note, we covered two elements of culture (political and economic elements) when studying the other systems of PEGS.
ENRICHMENT
How did the world get to 7 Billion people? Apply 3 things you learned about this system to explain HOW/WHY the population grew.
What do lunches look like around the world? LINK
During our unit on terrorism and the Middle East, we will come back to looking at culture and how religions, differences in languages and roles of the people impact relationships.
When we build a culture of understanding and uphold human dignity, we build a better world. Ban Ki Moon