All People Have a Culture

1. All People Have a Culture

2. Vocabulary • culture • custom • society • values • government • religion • legacy

3. Meeting Basic Needs • We all have basic needs • food • water • shelter • We meet these needs by living and working together. • Although we all have the same basic needs cultures meet them in different ways • For example what people eat or wear depends on their customs • Customs are social habits or ways of living in a group • Culture • The way people meet their basic needs • Includes the ways that its people live, think, believe and feel • All people have culture

4. Shelter • What it is like depends on where you live

5. Society • Society is a group of people who are bound together by the same culture

6. Values and Culture • How should people act toward one another? • What is right and what is wrong? • What is the purpose of life? • The way people answer such questions often depends on their values • Values are beliefs, or ideals, that guide the way people live • Values show what people believe is important

7. Government • The established form of ruling • This is another part of culture

8. Religion • Values are part of religion • Religion is a belief in God or gods • Members of a religion have a common way of worship • There are thousands of religions around the world

9. Legacy • Each culture is built upon a legacy of the past • A legacy is made up of traditions that have developed over many years • A legacy is handed down from one generation to the next • We will try to answer the following questions as we explore cultures of the past: • What are their legacies? • What are their achievements? • How have they contributed to world history and caused today’s world to be a better place?

10. What is Culture?