Download Brainstorming - McCullough Junior High

The ABCs of World Culture
A - Art
What art forms are
typical of this culture?
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Crafts
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Paintings
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Drama
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Music
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Dance
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Literature
B - Buildings
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How do the buildings
symbolize this culture?
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Buildings
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Monuments
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Structures
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Homes
C - Communication
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How do people
communicate with each
other?
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How is information
spread?
D – Dress (What dress is typical?)
E - Economy
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Who owns the farms &
factories?
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Is the country:
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High tech
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Low tech
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No tech
F - Family
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What does the typical
family look like?
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What is the role of
women & children?
G - Government
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Who has the power?
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How is the average
citizen connected to the
government?
H - History
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What experiences have
shaped their culture?
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War?
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Famine?
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Government?
I – Icon
What images (religious or secular) cause an
immediate response in the people?
J – Jobs
How does the average person (or family) make a living?
K- Knowledge
How is knowledge passed from one generation to the next?
L - Language
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What words and
expressions have special
meaning?
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What are the most
popular forms of
literature?
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Poems
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Dramas
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Comedies
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Etc....
M – Movement & Migration
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How does the average person get around?
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To where are people moving?
N – National Pride
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What people, places, and
things spark feelings of
loyalty and patriotism?
O – Organizations
What are the most important organizations
(formal or informal) in this society?
P - Population
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What are the largest
groups?
United States
Age: 67% between the ages of
15-64
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Age?
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Race?
Race: 79.9% white
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Religion?
Religion: 53.1% Protestant
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Language?
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Ethnic group?
What are the smallest
or (minority) groups?
Language: 82.1% English
Q – Quality of Life
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Rate the average
person's health and
happiness.
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Medical care
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Life expectancy
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GDP per capita (Gross
Domestic Product per person) =
Avg. amount of money per
person
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Infant mortality rate (how
many babies out of 1,000 die before
the age of 1)?
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United States
– Life expectancy: 78.11 years
– GDP per capita:$46,000
– Infant mortality rate: 6.22
R - Religion
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What beliefs and values do people hold?
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What are the traditional holidays, festivals, and
ceremonies?
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Examples:
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Christianity – Christmas and Easter
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Judaism – Yom Kippor, Hanukka
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Islam - Ramadan
S - Status
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What classes, castes, professions, or groups (racial,
ethnic, religious, cultural) have high or low status?
T – Taboo
What behaviors are considered to be
totally unacceptable?
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U – Urban or Rural?
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Do most people live in
the city or the country?
What does a typcial
community look like?
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United States
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Urban: 82%
Vacation & Recreation
How do people have fun?
W – Way of Everyday Life
How do people take care of:
X – X marks the spot
How does geography shape the culture?
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Movement: How do people, goods, and ideas move?
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Human – Environment Interaction:
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Are the people changing the environment to meet their
needs?
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Are the people adapting to the environment to survive?
Location: Where it is located determines how people
dress, where they can live, and what types of jobs they
can have.
Y – Yum!
What foods are eaten here? What do people
eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
Z – Ztuff (Extra Stuff)
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You know, like eating
with chopsticks in
China....