This document discusses culture and describes the differences between surface culture and deep culture. It focuses on the Maasai tribe of Eastern Africa. The Maasai culture has deep traditions including distinctive roles for men and women. Men are known as warriors from ages 14 to 30 and wear colorful red clothing and jewelry symbolizing power. Women build homes from cow dung and care for children and crops, with marriages often arranged before birth. The document encourages learning about different African tribes and challenging students to represent their own cultures through crafts.

1. Entry Task:
• What is culture?
• What is the difference between
surface culture & deep
culture?
• Think back to the Advisory
lesson this week!

2. Objective:
• The students will be able to
describe the difference
between surface culture &
deep culture.

3. Interactive Notebook:
•Date =
•Title = Culture
•Page #

4. Culture:
• What is culture?
• Culture has many elements:
• Beliefs
• Customs
• Arts
• Behavior
• More?

5. Explain the Cultural
Iceberg Model

6. African Tribal Culture
• There are around 3000 tribes in Africa!

9. Culture:
• The Masai tribe
lives on the open
plains of Eastern
Africa.
• There are
aproximately
50,000 Masai

10. Cultural Iceberg Model
• Create a “cultural iceberg
model” for the Maasai Tribe.

11. Videos:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XQ7wV9DeEqw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1aXBqzMMYtI

12. Culture:
• Masai males are known as
boys, warriors, and elders
except between the ages
of 14 and 30 then they are
known as Morans. At this
time they live in isolation,
learning tribal customs and
traits to become a Masai
warrior.
• http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=WJElkJNZnY4
Masai Warriors Jumping

13. Culture:
• The Masai wear a
lot of red clothing
and jewelry.
• Red stands for
power, and they
wear elaborate bead
necklaces, earrings,
bracelets, and
headbands.

15. Culture:
Masai women’s marriages
are usually negotiated by
their fathers before they
are born. They are
responsible for raising the
children, building the
houses (constructed from
cow dung), and tending to
crops.
You did
what
with
that?

16. • Discover more
information on
African tribes like the
Maasai:
• All About Maasai Homes –
posted on G.C.
• http://www.maasai-
association.org/maasai.html
• https://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyr
es/D9849C29-4CA5-4A0B-
ACB5-

17. Learning Task:
• Write a
short
paragraph
on what you
learned
about tribes
in Africa.
Things to include in
your paragraph:
•Roles of men and women in the
Masai tribe.
•What color the Masai
predominantly wear and why.
•At least one way your own
culture does and does not
compare to that of the Masai
tribe. Compare and contrast.

18. Challenge Task:
• Create a beaded
necklace or
bracelet that
would depict your
tribe or individual
culture
• Your culture can be your
school culture, family culture,
belief system culture or a
group of friends culture…
whatever you think represents
you.