Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture

Leisure and recreation elements of folk culture and popular culture are distributed across Earth’s space. Compared to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to originate at a specific time and place and to diffuse over a wider region. Material folk culture and popular culture include food, shelter, and clothing. Folk culture is more likely to vary between places, whereas popular culture is more likely to vary between points in time.

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Weekly Objectives

-Topic 4 Folk and Popular Culture-

Key Issue 4.1 Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?

Objectives: Introduce concepts of folk and popular culture. Compare processes of origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk and popular culture. Compare patterns of regions and connections between folk and popular culture. Compare differences in geographic dimensions of folk and popular music. Describe the transformation of sports from folk to popular culture.

Key Issue 4.2 Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?

Objectives: Introduce environmental and cultural features of material culture. Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popular culture. Understand reasons for folk food preferences and taboos. Describe regional variations in popular food preferences. Understand factors that influence patterns of folk housing.

New Assignments Due 10/26

1. Key Issue 4.1 Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed?
2. Key Issue 4.2 Where Are Folk and Popular Material Culture Distributed?