Unit One: Culture and Social Structure Length of Core Content/POS Key Concepts/Skills/Guiding Questions Activities/Assessments/ Unit Resources 2 ½ weeks Program of Studies Outline: Activities: (understandings): The Sociological Point of View Modified lecture/discussion Cultural Diversity Analysis of graphs/charts Cultural Conformity and Adaptation Debate Social Structure Students will create an (skills and concepts): individualized group chart; Terms: a whole class Sociology, social sciences, social interaction, social material/nonmaterial culture phenomena, sociological perspective, sociological board; whole group values imagination board; sanctions chart; and Core Content Social Darwinism, function, ideal type, theory, a status/role chart. theoretical perspective, functionalist perspective, SS-HS-2.1.1, dysfunction, manifest function, latent function, conflict Assessments: 2.2.1, 2.3.1, perspective, interactionist perspective, symbol, symbolic Students will write a 2.3.2 perspective response to a bellringer Culture, material and nonmaterial culture, society, question everyday. This technology, language, values, norms, folkways, mores, will be used as either a quiz culture trait, culture complex, culture pattern of previous day’s material Cultural universals, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, or a spring board to the subculture, counterculture new day’s topic. Self-fulfillment, narcissism Terminology quizzes: Internalization, sanctions, positive sanctions, negative These will be 5-10 term sanctions, formal sanctions, informal sanctions, social quizzes to check control vocabulary. Ideology, social movement, diffusion, reformulation, All larger tests and cultural lag assessments will be Social structure, status, role ascribed status, achieved application/essay. status, master status, reciprocal role expectations, Students will need to apply role performance, role set, role conflict, role strain, their knowledge to a social institution sociological situation. Exchange, reciprocity, exchange theory, competition, conflict, cooperation, accommodation Resources: Group, subsistence strategies, preindustrial society, Sociology: The Study of hunting and gathering society, pastoral society, division Human Relationships of labor, horticultural society, agricultural society, barter,
Unit One: Culture and Social Structure Length of Unit Core Content/POS Key Concepts/Skills/Guiding Questions Activities/Assessments/ Resources 2 ½ weeks Program of Studies (understandings): (skills and concepts): Core Content SS-HS-2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Outline: The Sociological Point of View Cultural Diversity Cultural Conformity and Adaptation Social Structure Terms: Sociology, social sciences, social interaction, social phenomena, sociological perspective, sociological imagination Social Darwinism, function, ideal type, theory, theoretical perspective, functionalist perspective, dysfunction, manifest function, latent function, conflict perspective, interactionist perspective, symbol, symbolic perspective Culture, material and nonmaterial culture, society, technology, language, values, norms, folkways, mores, culture trait, culture complex, culture pattern Cultural universals, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, subculture, counterculture Self-fulfillment, narcissism Internalization, sanctions, positive sanctions, negative sanctions, formal sanctions, informal sanctions, social control Ideology, social movement, diffusion, reformulation, cultural lag Social structure, status, role ascribed status, achieved status, master status, reciprocal role expectations, role performance, role set, role conflict, role strain, social institution Exchange, reciprocity, exchange theory, competition, conflict, cooperation, accommodation Group, subsistence strategies, preindustrial society, hunting and gathering society, pastoral society, division of labor, horticultural society, agricultural society, barter, Activities: Modified lecture/discussion Analysis of graphs/charts Debate Students will create an individualized group chart; a whole class material/nonmaterial culture board; whole group values board; sanctions chart; and a status/role chart. Assessments: Students will write a response to a bellringer question everyday. This will be used as either a quiz of previous day’s material or a spring board to the new day’s topic. Terminology quizzes: These will be 5-10 term quizzes to check vocabulary. All larger tests and assessments will be application/essay. Students will need to apply their knowledge to a sociological situation. Resources: Sociology: The Study of Human Relationships
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