APHuG Learning Targets Unit 3A: Folk & Popular Culture Essential Questions

APHuG Learning Targets Unit 3A: Folk & Popular Culture
Essential Questions
1. Where do folk and popular cultures originate and diffuse?
2. Why is folk culture clustered?
3. Why is pop culture widely distributed?
4. Why does globalization of popular culture cause problems?
KABAT’s (Know and Be Able To)
By the end of this unit, you should be able to answer yes to the following statements:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I can explain the origin of folk and popular cultures.
I can explain the diffusion of folk and popular cultures.
I can give and explain examples of folk and popular cultures.
I can explain why folk culture is clustered (isolation and physical environment).
I can compare and contrast the food, clothing, and housing preferences of folk and popular
cultures.
6. I can describe how the diffusion of pop culture is influenced by the media (tv, internet,
magazines, etc.).
7. I can explain and give examples of the effects that popular culture has on society (cultural
threats and environmental impact).
8. I can give examples of how values and priorities differ among various cultures.
EQ#1
Habit
Custom
Folk Culture
Popular Culture
@Hearths
@Hierarchical Diffusion
@Stimulus Diffusion
@Relocation Diffusion
@Culture regions
EQ#1
*Menifact
*Sociofact
*Artifact
*Culture Complex
*Cultural Convergence
*Syncretic
EQ #2
Taboo
Terrior
EQ#4
*Cultural Imperialism
*Westernization
EQ#3
(Formal/uniform, Core,
Periphery, Functional/nodal,
Vernacular)
@Built landscape
@Cultural Landscape
*assimilation
*culture trait
*acculturation
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