Culture
encompasses similarities and differences among people,
including their beliefs, knowledge, changes, values, and
tradition. Student will explore these elements of society to
develop an
appreciation of and respect for the variety of human
cultures.
Compare ways in which people
from different cultures think about and deal with their
physical environment and social conditions.
Culture Quest
I
Identify and explain the
significance of selected individual writers and artists and
their stories, poems, statues, paintings, and other examples
of cultural heritage from regions around the world.
Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Indian Fairy Tales
D
Explain the significance of
selected ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in Tennessee,
the United States, and other nations such as St. Patrick’s
Day, Cinco de Mayo, and Kwanzaa.
North American Holidays
I
Retell the heroic deeds of
characters from folktales and legends.
State Folklore
Explain governmental efforts to restrict immigrants entering
into the United States.
D
Explain how art, music, and literature reflected the times
during which they were created.
I
Give
examples and describe the importance of cultural unity and
diversity within and across groups.
I
Identify significant examples of art, music, and literature
from various periods in United States history.
I
Describe how language,
stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as
expressions of culture and influence behavior of people
living in a particular culture.
I
Summarize the contributions of people of selected racial,
ethnic, and religious groups to our national liberty.
D
Identify the similarities and differences within and among
selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Tennessee.
D
Describe customs, celebrations, and traditions of selected
racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Tennessee.
A
Analyze graphs to discover cultural trends (i.e., clothing,
music, or radio sales).
Identify the founders of the world’s major religions.
D
Identify characteristics of a physical environment that
contribute to the growth and development of a culture.
D
Evaluate the effect of technology on a culture.
D
Explain why individuals and groups respond differently to
their physical and social environments.
D
Explain how information
and experiences may be interpreted differently from people
of diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference.
D
Describe instances in
which language, art, music, belief systems, and other
cultural elements can facilitate understanding or cause
misunderstanding.
D
Explain and give
examples of how language, literature, the arts,
architecture, other artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values,
and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission
of culture.
M
Define cultural diffusion.
M
Compare different ways in which cultural diffusion takes
place.
M
Construct a timeline of technological innovations and rate
the importance of technological advancements.
D
Show through specific
examples how science and technology have changed people’s
perceptions of the social and natural world.
D
Describe examples in which values, beliefs, and attitudes
have been influenced by technological knowledge.
Identify and describe
the location of major cultural attributes such as language,
religion, political systems, economic systems, and
population centers locally, regionally, and globally.
