POPULATION AND CULTURELesson Objectives for today… • To begin to think about (or analyze) why

population densities are distributed unevenly around the world.

• To recognize the possible effects of population growth.

• To think about (or contemplate) how cultures change.

Make sure you understandthe meaning of….

• culture

• population density

• birthrate

• immigrant

• emigrant

• urbanization

• rural

• culture hearth

• cultural convergence

• diffusion

• cultural divergence

• demographics

The beliefs and actions that define a people’s

way of life.

What is CULTURE?

The average number of people in a square mile.

What is POPULATION DENSITY?

• U.S. average is 88.08 inhabitants per square mile

• Wisconsin average is 105.2 inhabitants per square mile

• Is Wisconsin’s population more or less dense than the national average?

POPULATION DENSITY

For more stats….

The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.

What is Birthrate?

A person who movesinto a country.

What is an IMMIGRANT?

A person who leavesthe country to livein another place.

What is an EMIGRANT?

Countryside vs. the growth of city populations

Rural vs. Urbanization

Refers to a place where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures.

What is CULTURE HEARTH?

How are ideas and trends transmitted amongst people?

CULTURE HEARTH at WFHS?

Skills, arts, ideas, habits, and institutions

come in contact with another culture

CULTURE CONVERGENCE

The Macarena

The process by which a cultural element is

transmitted across some distance from one group or individual to another.

What is DIFFUSION?

Diffusion often occurs through the migration of people who take their

cultural traits with them to new locations.

The restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences.

Examples include:Berlin Wall

North Korean border

CULTURE DIVERGENCE

“The study of populations…”…the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology, public policy, and marketing.

DEMOGRAPHY

DEMOGRAPHICSThese include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location. Demographic trends describe the historical changes in demographics in a population over time (for example, the average age of a population may increase or decrease over time).

DEMOGRAPHICSBoth distributions and trends of values within a demographic variable are of interest. Demographics are about the population of a region and the culture of the people there.

How can we find them?

Does Weyauwega-Fremont really have

DEMOGRAPHICS?

• Worldmapper• Fedstats• Citydata

Does culture define who we are?

Or do we defineour culture?

What about values? Do they define your culture?

What values are a priority to you?• Authority• Belonging• Competition• Compromise• Cooperation• Devotion• Equality• Family Network• Family Security• Formality• Freedom• Friendship

• Group Achievement• Group Consensus• Group Harmony• Hospitality• Indirectness• Material Possessions• Openness• Parental Guidance• Past and Present• Patience• Privacy• Relationship

• Religious Belief• Reputation• Risk-taking• Self-Reliance• Seniority• Social Recognition• Spirituality• Time• Tradition

P R I O R I T I E S O F V A L U E S

Swedish French American Malaysian Japanese Russian ArabFreedom Self-Reliance Equality Family Security Relationship Family Security Family Security

Relationship Freedom Freedom Group Harmony Group Harmony Freedom Group Harmony

Cooperation Openness Openness Cooperation Family Security Self-Reliance Parental Guidance

Family Security Relationship Self-Reliance Relationship Freedom Openness Seniority

Openness Time Cooperation Spirituality Cooperation Material Possessions Authority

Competition Spirituality Family Security Freedom Group Consensus Cooperation Compromise

Self-Reliance Material Possessions Relationship Openness Group

Achievement Spirituality Devotion

Privacy Equality Privacy Self-Reliance Privacy Equality Patience

Equality Competition Group Harmony Time Equality Time Indirectness

Reputation Group Consensus Reputation Reputation Formality Relationship Hospitality

Time Risk-taking Time Group Achievement Spirituality Reputation Friendship

Group Achievement Authority Competition Equality Competition Authority Formality

Material Possessions Group Achievement Group Achievement Authority Seniority Formality Past and Present

Spirituality Cooperation Spirituality Material Possessions

Material Possessions Group Harmony Religious Belief

Risk-taking Group Harmony Risk-taking Competition Self-Reliance Group Achievement Tradition

Group Harmony Privacy Authority Group Consensus Authority Risk-taking Social Recognition

Authority Family Security Material Possessions Seniority Time Seniority Reputation

Seniority Seniority Formality Privacy Openness Competition Friendship

Group Consensus Formality Group Consensus Formality Risk-taking Privacy Belonging

Formality Reputation Seniority Risk-taking Reputation Group Consensus Family Network

Are you ready for the survey?The responsibility of cellphones…

What could this mean for the next generation of learners?

Ground RulesBe honest & openWe are trying to assess & measure knowledgeDon’t just attend….but take and add to the overall

quality of your education. Let us know how we can enhance this opportunity.

What is DNA?deoxyribonucleic acid

The Genographic ProjectDNA Ancestry Portrait

Want more information?

National Geographic’sATLAS OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY