Learn about influencing perceptions.

Influencing Things
Different things like culture and technology influence how people think of countries in a lot of ways. For instance, a lot of times cars are associated with Tokyo, Japan, tea is associated with London, England, and teepees are associated with American Indians.

Stereotypes
Even though those things might be true, they are also steriotypes. I'm sure not all people who live in England like tea, and not all American Indians lived in teepees. Instead they lived in all sorts of housed such as cabins or huts, although some did live in teepees.

Other Things Influenced
It is not just countries that culture and technology influence what people think about them. It might be a town, a city, or a region. Also there might be something other than cultural or technological geography that influences the way people think about that place. It might just be their plant or animal life. For instance when people think of the plains many think of buffalo, though not many are there anymore. All types of things can influence a person's perception of things.

Social Studies/People, Places and Environments

Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms (SS.B.1.3).

Objective 4: Understands how factors such as culture and technology influence the perception of places and regions.

Amusement Park Activity

Amusement Park Associations- Think for a moment about an amusement park. Are certain rides associated with the park or do sections of the park have a certain culture?

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1: Think of a place. What
culture and technology do you
think of that seem to go with it?

Vocabulary

Technology- A capability
given by the practical application
of knowledge.

Stereotypes -To repeat without
variation; make hackneyed.

Six Flags Over Texas is the
original Six Flags park,and
was named for the six different
flags that have flown over the
state of Texas throughout history.