USD 263-MULVANE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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SOCIAL SCIENCE-Sociology


OUTCOME/ ESSENTIAL QUESTION

 

CONTENT

 

OBJECTIVE/SKILL

 

ASSESSMENT

 

1. What is sociology all about?
2. How do sociologists learn their materials?
3. What is the culture of a society?
 
1. (a) Sociological imagination, (b) Founders of sociology, (c) Sociological perspectives
2. Methods of research
3. Definition of culture, parts of culture, how culture changes, culture and mass media
 
1. (a) Explain how we use the sociological imagination every day, (b) explain the three basic sociological perspectives, (c) use perspectives in various situations
2. Identify the founders of sociology and what they did.
3. Define culture. How does culture affect your life? Four characteristics, parts of culture, difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relatives
 
Role plays, worksheets, notes, quizzes, exams, readings
 
4. How do we become socialized?
5. How and why do people form groups?
 
4. (a) Explain nature vs. nurture, (b) Socializations process, (c) Agents of socialization, (d) Adult socialization, (e) Resocialization
5. (a) Types of groups, (b) Organization in groups, (c) Bureaucracy
 
4. (a) Socialization process, agents of socialization, define nature vs. nurture, (b) affects of social isolation on people, (c) how does socialization take place, (d) theories of adult socialization, (e) total institution
5. (a) Secondary vs. primary group, how to identify a group, (b) leaders and followers, (c) Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy
 
Videos, worksheets, research projects, notes, quizzes, exam, readings
 
5. How and why do people form groups?
6. How is society affected by deviance?
 
5. (a) Types of groups, (b) Organization in groups, (c) Bureaucracy
6. What is deviance? What causes deviance? How does society respond to it?
 
5. (a) Secondary vs. primary group, how to identify a group, (b) leaders and followers, (c) Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy
6. Folkways, mores, laws, relativeness of deviance, criminal justice system, theories of deviance, media and violence
 
Films, worksheets, research projects, notes, quizzes, exams, readings, guest speakers
 
7. How are people and groups identified in our society?
8. What makes up a minority?
 
7. Stratification and differentiation
8. Race, ethnicity, and our society
 
7. Wealth, power, prestige, stratification systems, social mobility
8. Biological and sociological definition of race, difference between race and ethnic group, prejudice and discrimination, institutional discrimination
 
Films, worksheets, projects, notes, quizzes, readings, exam