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1.05 Analyzing Components of Culture

Complete Parts 1-4 below. Submit your completed work to 1.05 Analyzing Components of Culture Dropbox.

Part 1 directions: Identify each item in the chart below as an example of material or symbolic (non-material) culture by placing an “X” in the corresponding box.

Material or Symbolic Culture? / Material / Symbolic
1.  Your school building
2.  Religious beliefs
3.  A hamburger
4.  A cross
5.  Knowing the President’s name
6.  A history textbook
7.  Listening to music
8.  A baseball glove
9.  Your favorite shirt
10.  Spoken language

Part 2 directions: Identify each item in the chart below as an example of a folkway, a more or a taboo in American society by placing an “X” in the corresponding box.

Folkway, More or Taboo? / Folkway / More / Taboo
11.  Eating with chopsticks
12.  Public nudity
13.  Speeding in a car
14.  Incest
15.  Wearing shoes in a grocery store
16.  Shaking hands as a greeting
17.  Driving on the right side of the road
18.  Cannibalism
19.  Vandalism
20.  Using foul language in public

Part 3 directions: Identify each item in the chart below as an example of an informal sanction or a formal sanction by placing an “X” in the corresponding box.

Informal or formal sanction? / Informal / Formal
21.  Verbal praise
22.  Pat on the back
23.  Speeding ticket
24.  Glaring
25.  Written commendation
26.  Winning an Oscar
27.  A “high five”
28.  Detention slip
29.  Gossip
30.  Avoidance/shunning

Part 4 directions: Write a 1-paragraph short story using EXAMPLES of the terms in each chart above.

Your story should include: material or symbolic aspect of culture; a folkway, more or taboo; and a formal or informal sanction

Note the following style changes: Change the font color for your example of material or symbolic culture to red. Change the font color for your example of a folkway, more or taboo to blue. Change the font color for your example of informal or formal sanction to green.