Cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static for Kids – Who Am I?

Culture for Kids willa document stating how a person wants real and personal property divided after death More make you wonder.  Why do I speak the languagea system of symbols that allow people to communicate with each other, also the MOST symbolic way that culture is passed down I speak?  What makes me different from others in the world?  Culture for Kids will also make you wonder about others your age who are from different countries.  Culture for Kids will get you thinking about your ancestors.  Do you have any famous ancestors?  What if you are related to an outlaw?  Or a King? What if long long ago your ancestora person from whom you descend; grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-great grandparents, etc., direct-line ancestor, forefather or forebear More was a famous General in a warWar:  A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.? Or an Indian Chief?  Maybe your great-great-great-great-grandfather was a gold miner, a sailor, or a Pict (people who tattooed themselves with bright colors).  Culture for Kids will help you learn about those before you – not just their names.  You will learn what Global Villagea place in the world where your ancestor may have lived,  the world is divided into cultural areas, each area designated as a global village, see the Global Villages Map. they came from and how they lived.

You are probably related to some amazing people!  They may have come from some amazing places, too.  Some of your ancestors may have been explorers, conquerors, slaves, or just plain everyday folks.  Don’t you want to know how they lived?  That is what culture is all about – how people live their lives everyday.

Be proud of your culture; learn more about it.  What familya family is  group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household values does your culture teach? What language did your ancestors speak? What kinds of music, artthe expressive or application of human creative skill and imagination in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, or in music, literature, or dance; art is created primarily for beauty and emotional power; and "holds art is anything the viewer or listener finds aesthetically pleasing.", and dance did they enjoy?  What was their religionbelief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe; a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship; a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader?  What holidays did they celebrate?  Did they have rites of passagea rite of passage occurs when a member of a society or group has been transformed in some way; for instance from a boy to manhood, a girl to womanhood, a boy to a warrior, a woman to a wife; marriage is a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood in some societies; graduation, first communions, baptisms, and bar-mitzvahs are all rites of passage? What is a rite of passage? Do you or your family belong to an ethnic group?  What is an ethnic group? These are important things to know because they all represent a part of who you are.   If you live in America, but you are not a Native American, your ancestors came from somewhere far away.

Wouldn’t you like to know why they risked their life to travel across an ocean?  Maybe your ancestors were seafarers and left their homelands to end up in Australia or New Zealand, or the thousands of other islands that occupy the oceans.

The following short video introduces you to various cultures around the world.  Which one did you or your ancestors come from?

This course will help you learn who you really are.  You will discover which Global Village, or culture regiona culture region, or culture area (or Global Village)  is an area where common cultural components, traits, or characteristics have developed over time, and are shared among various societies, due to a variety of causal factors such as immigration, war, colonialism, forced acculturation, technology and travel advances, etc. are part of your cultural heritagesomething that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth;  ancestors may be considered a kind of heritage; also traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation; something passed down from preceding generations.  Learning new words and new terms adds to your learning potential in the future.

You will learn that everyone is different and that differences, and diversitythe state of being diverse or different, variety and/or diversity is more than exhibiting "different" outward appearances; diversity is often much more about cultural differences, are more about culture than about outward appearances.  Understanding culture will empower you to be respectful, accepting, tolerant, and less inclined to bullying.

Until you know you are more than your name, you cannot be well prepared  for your adventurous future!

Culture for Kids – Part I – Who am I?

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Parents:  Please join in the fun, learn with your child. Culture is more than the languages we speak, the foods we eat, or what we look like on the outside.

Register for this course – a special Parent-child-work-together course.