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
Guiding Questions How does your sociological imagination help you understand the world? How does culture impact an individual’s behavior? What are the ways in which society enforces social control? How does society create statuses and roles for individuals to balance? Unit Two: The Individual in Society Length of Unit Core Content/POS Key Concepts/Skills/Guiding Questions Activities/Assessments/ Resources 3 weeks Program of Studies (understanding): (skills and concepts): Core Content SS-HS-2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Outline: Socializing the Individual The Adolescent in Society The Adult in Society Deviance and Social Control Terms: Personality, heredity, instinct, sociobiology, aptitude, feral children Socialization, self, self, role-taking, significant others, generalized other, I, me Agents of socialization, peer group, mass media, total institution, resocialization Adolescence, puberty, anticipatory, socialization Dating, courtship, homogamy Drug, social integration Life structure, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, novice phase, mentor Labor force, profession, unemployment, unemployment rate Gerontology, social gerontology, young-old, middle-old, old-old, dependency Activities: Modified lecture/discussion Analysis of graphs/charts Debate Students will create a group socialization graph; write an adolescent analysis paper; complete Merton’s Strain Theory chart; and write a criminal justice system purpose paper. 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
1 ½ week Program of Studies (understanding): (skills and concepts): Core Content SS-HS-2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Outline: Social Stratification Racial And Ethnic Relations Gender, Age, and Health Terms: Social stratification, social inequality, caste system, exogamy, endogamy, class system, bourgeoisie, proletariat, social class, wealth, power, prestige, socioeconomic status Reputational method, subjective method, objective method, social mobility, horizontal mobility, vertical mobility, intergenerational mobility Poverty, poverty level, life chances, life expectancy, transfer payments Race, ethnicity, ethnic group, minority group Discrimination, prejudice, legal discrimination, institutionalized discrimination, stereotype, self-fulfilling prophecy, racism, scapegoating, cultural pluralism, assimilation, segregation, de jure segregation, de facto segregation, subjugation, slavery, genocide, ethnic cleansing White ethnics Gender, gender roles, gender identity, patriarchy, sexism, women’s movement, suffrage, wage gap, glass ceiling, second shift Ageism, graying of America, baby-boom generation, dependency ratio, Medicare, Medicaid Managed care, alternative medicine Students will Contrast the theories of social stratification Explain how different motivations and cultural values influence the American class system Describe the steps that have been taken by the federal government to lessen the effects of poverty Summarize how sociologists define the terms race, ethnicity, and minority group Explain how government policies have affected the lives of minority groups in the United States Activities: Modified lecture/discussion Analysis of graphs/charts Debate 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
Explain how gender roles are affected by socialization Describe and analyze the sociological ramifications of the state of health care in America Guiding Questions What factors create social inequality in a society? How do societal institutions and individuals deal with social inequality? Unit Four: Social Institutions Length of Unit Core Content/POS Key Concepts/Skills/Guiding Questions Activities/Assessments/ Resources 3 weeks Program of Studies (understanding): (skills and concepts): Core Content SS-HS-2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Outline: The Family The Economy and Politics Education and Religion Science and Mass Media Terms: Family, nuclear family, family of orientation, family of procreation, extended family, kinship, marriage, monogamy, polygamy, polygyny, polyandry, patrilocality, matrilocality, bilocality, neolocality, patrilineal descent, matrilineal descent, bilateral descent, patriarchy, matriarchy, egalitarian, incest taboo Economic institution, factors of production, primary sector, secondary sector, tertiary sector, capitalism, socialism, law of supply, law of demand, laissez-faire capitalism, free-enterprise systems, communism, totalitarianism, corporations, oligopoly, protectionism, free trade, multinational, e-commerce state, political institution, legitimacy, authority, traditional authority, rational-legal authority, charismatic authority, coercion, democracy, monarchy, constitutional monarchy, democratic socialism, authoritarianism, absolute monarchy, dictatorship, junta, political party, Activities: Modified lecture/discussion Analysis of graphs/charts Debate Students will design the ideal school system; choose a leader activity; and write an evaluation of the role of religion paper. 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 and assessments will be application/essay.