1 - Introduction

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Population, Culture & Migration

Geography

Bilingual Education year 1

Mister De Graaf

Boss of Geography

This lesson

This lesson

New topic: population,

culture and migration

Test discussion

Agreements:

Only a pencil on the table

General Question: Raise your hand

Personal question: remember, come back to later

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What topics do you expect to learn about in this chapter?

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At the end of this chapter, you will be able to...

Describe what culture is and recognise different cultural elements

Explain what it means when two countries are part of the same cultural region

Describe the main reasons for cultural diffusion, both in the past and present

Explain the differences between cultural homogenisation and heterogenisation

Describe the global migration pattern and use push and pull factors to explain this pattern

Name the biggest groups of immigrants in the Netherlands and explain when and why they came here

Describe the situation of refugees and why they are forced to flee 

Write down words you don't know yet

www.worldometers.info

So we're with more and more people across the globe. Why could this be a problem?

The overpopulation gives all kind of challenges

Global warming 

Resource sharing problems

Food shortage

Water scarcety

Housing problems

Migration worldwide

The unequal distribution of wealth is the main driver behind migration

Migration = movement of a person either across an international border (international migration), or within a state (internal migration) for more than one year.

And migration meanwhile is an important driver behind cultural encounters

But what does culture mean?

Culture

Culture is basically a collection of unwritten social laws

We would call most of these things ‘normal behaviour’

Although they’re almost impossible to understand for foreigners

Note: Nature: everything which you’re born with (f.e. skin colour or hair colour) Culture: everything which you’ve been taught (f.e. religion, language, habits)

 

Summarized

Nature = everything which you’re born with (f.e. skin colour or hair colour)

Culture = everything which you’ve been taught (f.e. religion, language, habits)

Cultural region = a region with people who share common cultural characteristics.

The unequal distribution of wealth is the main driver behind migration

--> Migration meanwhile is an important driver behind cultural encounters

--> Misunderstanding between different cultures can give conflict 

Dress codes?

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Your turn

Write a dress code you think is appropiate for Walburg College.

(minimum of 50 words)

Could your dresscode be universal?

Explain why it could or couldn't be.

Present in front of the class