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Chapter 1 Section 4Review

How Cultures Change

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Do Now: Take out Chapter 1 Section 4 Notes

Aim: How do cultures change?

Objectives: You will be able to…• Explain and give examples of how cultures

change• Describe ethnocentrism

Agenda: Open Notes QuizChapter 1 Section 4 ReviewBegin Ch. 1 Study Guide

Homework: Chapter 1 Test Monday- begin working on Study Guide and/or Flash Cards

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Causes of Cultural Change

• Many forces can change how people live and thus change their culture– New technology– Environmental changes– New ideas- developed within a group or through

exposure to another group’s ideas (cultural diffusion)

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Cultural Diffusion

• The movement of customs, traditions, or ideas from one place to another

• Can occur through trade, migration, communication, and force

• Causes changes in culture

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Tradition and Change

• For thousands of years, cultures changed slowly…BUT the pace of change has quickened!– Why?– Positive and negative effects?

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Understanding Other Cultures• People’s own culture affects how they think about other

cultures• Leads to ethnocentrism- judging other cultures by the

standards of one’s own culture– Examples of ethnocentrism? (video)– How ethnocentric are we?

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Avoiding Ethnocentrism

• “Always look for the up side”– i.e. there MUST be a positive aspect to every cultural practice

for someone;– OTHERWISE, the culture wouldn’t be doing it

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. If [people] can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” -Nelson Mandela