Theme 4

What is
Culture
?
 Principle #4
To be human is to live in
a culture of shared
beliefs, values and
meanings.

• We create cultures in
communities.
• All humans live in a
particular culture.
 The
Components of Culture has to do with human actions:
Culture

• Working • Dating
• Speaking • Praying
• Playing • Fashion
• Eating • Media
 The Components of Culture
Share some of the images you found in yesterday's activity
to describe what culture is to you.
 Culture is....
• The way of life of a
society or community.
• The way we speak, act,
laugh, dress, etc.
• The pattern of human
thought and behaviour in
society.
Culture is....
Examples:
• Farming methods
• Food service
• Transporting and marketing food
• Architecture – kitchens and dining
rooms
• Food preparation
• Family meal customs
• Restaurants
 • For Sunday dinner our family always....
Culture • On Canada Day, our town always....
Identifies Me... • At Christmas our family always....
Culture identifies me • Before we begin our meals, our family always....
as belonging to a • On the last afternoon before March Break, Notre
particular group: Dame always....
 Definitions:

Culture - is the set

of meanings,
beliefs, values, and
rules for living
shared by groups
and societies as the
source of their
identity.
 • Culture is literally everything; it
Definitions: pervades all we do, how we think,
speak, act, dress, eat, sing, etc.
Definitions:

• Tradition – the passing

on of customs or
beliefs from generation
to generation.
 • Institution - an important organization
Definitions: or public body, such as a university,
Church, school, healthcare.
Definitions:

• Identity -
Characteristics
that set us apart
from others and
define who we
are.