2.3 Culture (V1P)

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Welcome

• Phone in front of the class (in the phone bag).
• Laptop closed and in your bag.
  
• Pen and paper on your desk to make notes AND a glossary.

2.3 Culture

Page 36 and 37 of the textbook.

1. Instruction 2.2 (10 min.)
   
2. Instruction 2.3 (10 min.)
3. Work on practical assignment (35 min.)

Learning goals of two weeks ago

• You can point out on a map where densely populated and sparsely populated regions are located in the world.
• You can give an explanation for the high birth rate and low life expectancy in poor countries.
• You can calculate the population density of a country.

Learning goals of last week

• You know the causes of population growth.
  
• You understand why people migrate.
  
• You can draw and understand a population graph and calculate the populaton growth of a country.
  

TERMS

The inhabitants of a country can be classified into age groups. This is called age distribution.

The age distribution of a country can be seen at a glance in a population graph.

Japan

Uganda

Natural and social population growth

The population can change in two ways:

•  by births and deaths: natural population growth.
•  by migration: social population growth.

People who die or leave a country have to be deducted from the growth.

Migration

People move > migration.

When people move to another country, it is called international migration.


Arne, Juliet and their children have moved from Uganda to the Netherlands.
For Uganda they are emigrants.
For the Netherlands they are immigrants.

What reasons do people have to migrate?

• Labour migrant: Economic reasons > people looking for work.
• Refugees: Political reasons. Due to war or because people are not allowed to have their own opinions.
• Ecological reasons. For example a long drought.
• Social reasons, such as family reunification and family forming.

Homework check

2.2 assignment 7 (p. 41 workbook)

Learning goals of today

• You know how you can describe a culture with three types of cultural elements.
  
  • You understand why cultures diffused and blended in the past and present.

Culture

What is culture?

Culture is the way a group of people live together. Culture is taught.

The most important cultural characteristics are:

• language and religion
• laws, family ties and upbringing
• clothing, food, buildings and art

The European culture has spread over large parts of the world. In which way was this European culture spread?

Cultural diffusion

Cultural diffusion took place due to countries conquering other lands > colonisation.

Besides colonisation there are other ways of cultural diffusion. Which?

• trade
• war

Why is this ‘colour festival’ an example of cultural diffusion?
This festival comes from India and the youth of Europe and North America now celebrate this in their own land.

Cultural blending

Cultural elements mix in three ways. Via:

1. mass media
2. migration
3. tourism

The strongest culture that has been mixed into others comes from the USA > Americanisation.

Practical assignment

Work on the assignment. What can you do today?

o    Type of migrant/refugee. Use paragraph 2.2.
o    Demographical data of the country of origin (for example population distribution). Use paragraph 2.1 and 2.2.
o    Hopes of the migrant.

o    Fears of the migrant.

o Cultural identity of the migrant (for example religion). Use paragraph 2.3.
o Cultural identity in the country of his/her dreams. Use paragraph 2.3.

You should finish these points before next lesson to stay of schedule!

Next week

Homework:

Work on practical assignment

2.4 Cultural regions

Work on practical assignment

In which areas do the people live close together?

Calculate the population density