Understanding Cultural Perspective

Social Studies

In your groups:Write observations and

warrants using your photo about the culture

Jot down observations on a piece of paperA B

# 2

DC

# 3

FE

# 4

HG

Photo key

A = Prisoners, Louisiana State Penitentiary

B = Field working women, Yemen, Arabian peninsula

C = Iranian women weaving rug

D = Worshippers, Buddhist temple, Burma

E = Hawaiian beach resort

F = Kish Island, Iranian “Free Zone”

G = Christmas in Kalamazoo, Michigan

H = Festival, Slum, India

What aspects of a person’s culture can you see on the surface? What assumptions do we make?