Grade

7 IS
GEOGRAPHY: CULTURAL DIFFUSION
Da Plan
1. Defining cultural diffusion
2. Ways that culture spread
3. Investigation Activity
4. Think-Pair-Share
Cultural Diffusion

Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural beliefs

and social activities from one group to another.
Different Ways Culture Spread

War
Trade
Travel/Exploration
Immigration
Different Ways Culture Spread
Different Ways Culture Spread
Different Ways Culture Spread
Different Ways Culture Spread
Investigation Activity
1. Observe your everyday lives. List out the different things that you rely on. This could be a
thing that is food, drink, tools, objects, clothes, technology, art, music and more!
2. Narrow down the list to five different things
3. Investigate the following about one object:
1. Why did you decide to investigate this thing?
2. Where did this culture originate from?
3. How did the culture get to where you are?
4. What are the effects in your life in using this thing
Think-Pair-Share
Review
1. What two things did we learn today?
2. Why did we do our investigation activity?

Next class . . . How can a culture spread?

Grade 7 IS
GEOGRAPHY: CULTURAL DIFFUSION
Da Plan Pt. II
1. How Culture Can Spread
2. Dramatic Assignment
3. Snowball!
 How Culture Can Spread

1. Spontaneous, local invention

2. Borrowing traits from other cultures
Dramatic Assignment
1. The type of assessment
2. The goal of the assessment
3. How I will assess you
Type of Assessment
 Goal of the Assessment
To show:
The mixing of world cultures through different ethnicities, religions and nationalities has
increased with advanced communication, transportation and technology. Cultures does not
impacts not only societies but the individuals as well.

1. Show that the world is shrinking

2. Show that culture impacts the individuals
Different Parts of the Assessment
Criterion C: Presentation (Primary)
1. communicate information and ideas with clarity
2. organize information and ideas effectively for the task
 Different Parts of the Assessment
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding (Secondary)
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of subject-specific
content and concepts, using descriptions, explanations and
examples.
Splitting the Groups:
SNOWSTORM