Course Title: Sociology
Text: Sociology and You by Shepard and Greene
Course Description:
Technology Integration: The technology tools that are used in World History II are:
v LCD projectors for viewing films, internet resources, and PowerPoint presentations
v Laptops for internet research, note-taking, creating PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents
v SmartBoards for interactive presentations
v Audiovisual equipment for viewing films
Helpful Websites:
http://www.asanet.org/introtosociology/home.html
http://www.procon.org/
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/
http://recommendedwebsites.weebly.com/psychology--sociology.html
Unit I
An Invitation to
Sociology
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expertise
Habits
Suggested Activities
Chapter 1
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What
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Sociological Perspective
Sociological Theory
Historical background on the study
is Sociology?
Know how sociology differs from other social sciences
The empirical basis of sociology
Central sociological concepts: interaction, social structure, social change
Classical sociological theory: functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interaction
Chapter Test
Creative, Collaborative, Strategic
Oral presentation on historical figures in sociology
Unit II
Sociological Research
Methods
Content
Essential Questions
Chapter 2
v Research process
1. Scientific method
2. Stages in research
3. Qualitative and quantitative research
4. Inductive and deductive reasoning
v Methods of Inquiry
1. survey
2. interviews
3. participant observation
4. content analysis
v Research ethics
How do sociologists do research?
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
What is ethical research?
v Evaluate research
v Distinguish between ethical and non-ethical research
v Create and conduct a sociological experiment
Chapter test, scientific journal evaluation, create an experiment
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing, Creative
Unit III
Culture
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Chapter 3
v Sociological theory pertaining to culture
v Characteristics and elements of culture
v Cultural diversity
v Culture in society
v Media and Culture
v Causes and consequences of social change
How does culture influence society?
v Explain the role of culture in society
v Outline the influences of culture on society
v Describe how language shapes perceptions of the world
v Explain the three basic types of norms
v Define ethnocentrism
v Explain cultural universals and why they exist
Chapter test
Social Norm project
Debate on The Good Lie and tie into Immigration laws
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing, Creative
Breaking a social norm project
Reading: Gestures: The Dos and Taboos of Body Language
Bafa Bafa simulation
School culture paper
Unit IV
Socialization
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit V
Social Structure and
Society
Social Stratification
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Chapter 4
v The social construction of the self
v Theories of socialization: Freud, Social Learning theory, Cooley, Mead and symbolic
interaction
v Rites of Passage
v Social Institutions: Family, Religion, Media, Health
v Social Change: Population, Urbanization, and Environmental change
What factors influence an individual’s development?
v Describe the process of role taking
v Recall the stages of development
v Analyze the role socialization plays in development
v Explain the importance of Family, religion, peer groups, and schools as agents of
socialization
Chapter test
Debate on the importance of socialization in forming who we are
SOAPS analysis on Anyone’s Son Will Do
Movie analysis of Merchants of Cool
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
School Culture project, Bafa Bafa simulation
Chapter 5
v Social roles and statuses as building blocks
v Social differentiation and specialization
v Social Class and Social Stratification
v Social Strain theory
v Social Institutions: Migration, demographics, urbanization
How is society organized?
How does the way in which a society is structured affect human relationships?
What is equality?
To what extent are societies unequal?
v Describe the differences is status
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit VI
Groups and Formal
Organizations
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit VII
Deviance and Social
Control
Content
v Describe what defines a society
v Explain how individuals behave in a role
v Outline how societies structure themselves
Chapter Test
Write a thesis on what it would take to change social conditions in their researched country
Blog posting on how to reduce the rate of poverty in 2nd and 3rd world countries
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Movie Mona Lisa Smile, Reading Why Women Still Can’t Have It All, PBS special People Like
Us: Social Class in America
Chapter 6
v Social networks
v Social differentiation- problems of cooperation and coordination in complex social
systems
v Kinship
v Bureaucracy- advantages, limitations, varieties
How do groups function as units of society?
v Explain the iron law of oligarchy
v Explain the differences between primary and secondary groups
v Describe the ways people use social networks
v Define conformity and its social effects
Chapter Test
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
TED talk Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. Collaboration
The Social Network movie
Chapter 7
v Sociological definitions of deviance
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit VIII
Social Stratification
Content
Essential Questions
v Costs and Benefits of deviance
v Theories of deviance
v Deviance subcultures
v Measuring Crime
v Race, Class, Gender, and Crime
v Criminal Justice System
What is deviance?
Who defines deviance?
v Discuss crime and the sociological approach to crime and punishment
v Describe social control
v Differentiate between positive and negative deviance
v Apply strain theory to explain different deviant responses to strain
v Identify how society defends itself against deviance
v Analyze what factors affect attitudes towards capital punishment
Chapter test
Debate on capital punishment
SOAPS on Saints and Roughnecks
Field Trip analysis and discussion
Moot court case
Research paper on restructuring the jails in the US
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Field trip to Mecklenburg County Courts
Movie One Flew Over the Cockoos Nest
Guest Speakers Policeman, Social Worker,
Chapter 8
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Defining and measuring social class
Models of social class
Class structure in the United States
Class consciousness
Poverty and welfare
Global stratification
is “equality?”
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit IX
Race and Ethnicity
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
To what extent are societies unequal?
v Explain the sources of social stratification
v Describe the effects of social stratification
v Analyze how global relations are affected by global stratification
MC test
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Video People Like US
Slumdog Millionaire
Chapter 9
v Definitions of race and ethnicity
v The social construction of race: formal racial theory
v Consequences of racial stratification
v Diversity groups
v Social change in education and race
What challenges do minority groups face?
What are the causes and effects of racial and ethnic discrimination in society?
v Explain the meanings of minority, race, assimilation, etc
v Describe the process of genocide and subjugation
v Explain the phenomena of accommodation, population, and genocide
v Describe the effects of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
v Understand institutional racism and discrimination
v What constitutes hate crimes
Hate Crime debate
MC test
Syrian Refugees: Where should they go?? Research and discussion
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Simulation/Discussion on movie the Color of Fear
Show West of Memphis
Unit X
Inequalities in
Gender and Age
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Chapter 10
v Gender: distinguishing sex and gender
v Patterns of gender socialization
v Gender and sexual identity
v Gender Institutions
v Age: social significance
v Stereotypes
v Ageing and the life course
v Social Institutions: Inequality in education and the work place
v Death and Dying
What are the causes and effects of discrimination in society?
How is gender discrimination reflected in the legal and economic systems?
What are the effects of age discrimination?
v Explain the sociological distinction between the terms sex and gender
v Define gender identity
v Analyze sexism and ageism as sets of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to
justify gender or age inequality
v Explain how the sociological perspectives view ageism and sexism
v Identify patterns of poverty among the elderly
MC test
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Mona Lisa Smile
Unit XI
The Family
Content
Chapter 11
v Group influence: Interpersonal attraction
v Cultural Norms and Values
v Social construction of the self
v Roles and statuses
v Models of social class
v Gendered Institutions
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit XII
Education
Content
Family forms and kinship
Marriage and divorce
Family Violence
Family and social policy
Demographic change
makes a family?
Explain the meaning of the term family and differentiate between nuclear and extended
families
v Apply the sociological perspectives to interpret the family
v Describe trends in marriage and divorce as well as possible future changes in the
American family
v Summarize the extent of family violence in the United States
MC test
Supreme Court Legislation debate
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Show Off and Running
Modern Family: Pilot Episode
Read Changing Rhythms of American Family Life by Suzanne Bianchi
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Chapter 12
v The rise of public education
v Education and social mobility
v Inequality in education: tracking, segregation, testing, funding, digital divide
v Education and social reform policy
What purpose does education serve?
v Explain the function of education
v Outline the merit based nature of public education
v Describe what educational equality means and its social significance
v Outline the ways that education is a socializing process
MC test
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Eyes on the Prize: Southern School Desegregation
Essential Questions
Skills
Unit XIII
Political and
Economic
Institutions
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Suggested Activities
Chapter 13
v Influence of the Industrial Revolution
v Comparative economics
v Work, unionization
v Power Politics and Government
v Media and Culture
How does the interaction between
v Explain the differences among power, coercion, and authority
v Describe the differences among charismatic authority, traditional authority, and
rational-legal authority
v Outline the differences among democracy, totalitarianism and authoritarianism
MC test
Election year debate and candidate critique
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream
Unit XIV
Religion
Content
Essential Questions
Chapter 14
v Measuring Religiosity
v Forms of Religion
v Diverse world religions
v Religious Institutions
v Religion in the courts of law
v Causes and consequences of social change
v Evolutionary theory
What roles does religion play in society?
Skills
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
Unit XV
Population and
Urbanization
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
v Explain the sociological meaning o and approach to religion
v Summarize how functionalism, conflict and symbolic interactionism interpret religion
v Describe the different forms of religious organizations
v Analyze the ways people display religiosity
v Outline the trends in secularization and fundamentalism in the US
v Analyze how religion, class, and politics are related
MC test
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
Cults: Dangerous Devotion
Of Gods and Caesar, episode 6
Chapter 15 and 16
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Demographic processes
Birth and death rates
Migration
Population growth
Urbanization
Evolution of cities
Megalopolis
The rural turnaround
War
Dependency theory
Evolutionary theory
is demography and why do we study demographics?
Explain how sociologists define population and how important demographics are
measured
Analyze how fertility, mortality, and migration patterns affect population change
Outline the reasons for the rapid growth of world population
Define urbanization in a sociological sense
Describe patterns of world urbanization
Summarize the various theories of urban growth
Assessment
Adaptive Expert Habits
Suggested Activities
MC test
Metacognition, Strategic, Reflective, Self-governing
World in the Balance
Water