Department:
Assessed Trimester:
Social Studies
A
Course: Sociology
Pacing:
10-15 Days
Anoka-Hennepin Secondary Curriculum Unit Plan
Unit 3 Title:
Social Structure Sociology and You Chapters 5,7, and 8
Grade Level(s):
11-12
Date Created:
Last Revision Date:
6/20/2013
Course Understandings: Student will understand that:
● Students will understand that social status influences individual and group behaviors and how that status relates to the position a person occupies within a social group.
DESIRED RESULTS (Stage 1) - WHAT WE WANT STUDENT TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO?
Established Goals
Students will identify how social status influences individual and group behaviors and how that status relates to the position a person occupies within a social group.
● S.3.1 Describe how social status affects social order. (Economics, History)
Students will explore the impacts of social groups on individual and group behavior. They will understand that social groups are comprised of people who share some common characteristics, such as common interests,
beliefs, behavior, feelings, thoughts and contact with each other.
● S.4.1 Describe how individuals are affected by the different social groups to which they belong.
● S.4.2 Identify major characteristics of social groups familiar to the students.
● S.4.6 Identify the various types of norms (folkways, mores, laws and taboos) and explain why these rules of behavior are considered important to society.
● S.4.7 Discuss the concept of deviance and how society discourages deviant behavior using social control.
● S.4.8 Explain how students are members of primary and secondary groups and how those group memberships influence students’ behavior.
● S.4.9 Discuss how formal organizations influence behavior of their members. (Government, History)
● S.4.10 Distinguish the degree of assimilation that ethnic, cultural and social groups achieve within the United States culture. (History)
● S.4.12 Determine the cultural patterns of behavior within such social groups as rural/urban or rich/poor. (Economics, Geography)
Students will identify the effects of social institutions on individual and group behavior. They will understand that social institutions are the social groups in which an individual participates, and that these institutions influence
the development of the individual through the socialization process.
● S.5.1 Identify basic social institutions and explain their impact on individuals, groups and organizations within society and how they transmit the values of society.
● S.5.6 Identify the factors that influence change in social norms over time. (History)
● S.5.8 Analyze the primary and secondary groups common to different age groups in society.
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to: (product, high order reasoning)
● Recognize how social status influences individual and group behaviors and how that status relates to the position a person occupies within a social group.
Meaning
Unit Understanding(s):
Essential Question(s):
Students will understand that:
Students will keep considering:
● Social structure consists of different patterns of social relationships. How a society is structured affects
● How does group dynamics, status,and roles (ascribed/achieved), social mobility (hidden rules)influence
social relationships within a society.
behavior?
Acquisition
Knowledge - Students will:
Reasoning - Students will:
Skills - Students will:
● Identify basic social institutions and explain their impact on
● Identify the factors that influence change in social norms over time.
● Analyze the primary and secondary groups common to different
individuals, groups and organizations within society and how they
(History)
age groups in society.
transmit the values of society.
● Describe how social status affects social order. (Economics,
● Distinguish the degree of assimilation that ethnic, cultural and
● Determine the cultural patterns of behavior within such social
History)
social groups achieve within the United States culture. (History)
groups as rural/urban or rich/poor. (Economics, Geography)
● Describe how individuals are affected by the different social
● Identify the various types of norms (folkways, mores, lws and
groups to which they belong.
taboos) and explain why these rules of behavior are considered
● Identify major characteristics of social groups familiar to the
important to society.
students.
● Students will understand concepts of social stratification and social
● Explain how students are members of primary and secondary
inequality
groups and how those group memberships influence students’
behavior.
● Discuss how formal organizations influence behavior of their
members. (Government, History)
● Determine the cultural patterns of behavior within such social
groups as rural/urban or rich/poor. (Economics, Geography)
Common Misunderstandings
● people influence society but society does not influence people
● all status equals power, when only some statuses are positions of power
● any gathering of people is a group
● that social status and stratification do not exist in democratic socities
Essential new vocabulary
● Social Structure
● Status
● Social Stratification
● Role
● Class consciousness (social
classes)
● Social Mobility
Students will identify how social status influences individual and group behaviors and how that status relates to the position a person occupies within a social group.
Students will explore the impacts of social groups on individual and group behavior. They will understand that social groups are comprised of people who share some common characteristics, such as common interests,
beliefs, behavior, feelings, thoughts and contact with each other.