Westside High School Backwards-Sociology
Lesson Plan Unit Two
November 18-December 06
Understanding
(s)/goals:
EU1: Students will
TLW explain why
most social
scientists believe
that both
environment
(nurture and
heredity (nature
affect personality.
TLW describe how
healthy cultural
environment is
essential for a
child’s full
development.
TLW assess
various arguments
for why social
interaction
influences the
views of self.
TLW explain why
adolescence
developed as a
distinct stage in the
life cycle in the
United States.
TLW identify and
analyze the five
general
characteristics of
adolescence..
TLW explain the
essential
arguments put forth
by Daniel Levinson
(adult male
development).
TLW describe and
analyze the typical
life course of an
adult male and
female as related to
childbirth,
education, social
status, work, family,
and health.
TLW argue for or
against the idea
that deviance
defines social
norms.
TLW differentiate
Stage 1 – Desired Results
Essential Question(s): Student Outcomes (objectives): The students will be able to:
1.
How has the
nature –nurture
debate evolved?
2. What is the role
of self in the
socialization
process?
3. What are the
primary agents
of socialization?
4. Why do
sociologists
study people
who were
isolated early in
childhood?
5. In what ways
might mass
media,
especially TV,
reinforce and
counteract the
effects of other
agents of
socialization?
6. What are the
factors that led
to the
development of
adolescence in
the United
States?
7. How did the
practice of
dating develop?
8. What are the
main eras of
adult male
development?
How does
female
development
differ from that
of the adult
male?
9. What are the
main
characteristics
of each stage of
life during the
later years of
adulthood?
10. What is the
nature of
deviance?
11. What are its
TLW identify the four main factors that affect the development of
personality.
TLFW explain how isolation in childhood affects development.
TLW explain how a person’s sense of self emerges.
TLW identify and describe the theories that have been put forth to explain
the process of socialization.
TLW identify the most important agents of socialization in the United
States.
TLW explain why family and education are important social institutions.
TLW explain how adolescence developed as a distinct stage of the cycle
in the United States.
TLW identify the five general characteristics of adolescence.
TLW summarize how dating developed as a form of social interaction.
TLW describe the functions that dating fulfills.
TLW identify some of the social problems facing contemporary teenagers.
TLW trace the causes and consequences of these problems.
TLW summarize Daniel Levinson’s theory of adult male development.
TLW identify and describe the stages of adult female development.
TLW describe how the nature of work in the United States has changed.
TLW explain how the composition of the labor force in the United States
has changed.
TLW described the characteristics of life during late adulthood.
TLW identify the new challenges that older Americans face.
TLW explain the nature and social functions of deviance.
TLW compare the theories that have been proposed to explain deviance.
TLW identify the principal types of crime in the United States.
TLW explain the characteristics of the American criminal justice system.
between label
theory and other
theories of
deviance
TLW identify the
five characteristics
of crime by
category and type.
TLW explain the
purposes of the
corrections
systems for adults
and juveniles.
social
functions?
12. How can we
apply
sociological
perspectives to
our
understanding
of social
deviance?
13. Why is crime
defined as being
at the limit of
social norms?
EU4: Students will
Assessment
Connections
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task(s) and Other Evidence:
Formative
Class participation
Summative
Chapter 5 test
Check for understanding questions.
Chapter 6 test
Review games for chapter tests.
Graphic organizers
Unit project
Entrance and exit cards
Case study
Chapter review worksheets
Chapter prompts
Do Nows
Chapter 7 test
Chapter 8 test
Posters project
Students presentations
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities
Monday.
11/18/2013
TLW write a brief summary about the contents of this chapter.
Define the following terms:
Adolescence, puberty, anticipatory socialization, Discuss the five characteristics of
adolescence.
Tuesday
11/19/2013
Students will write 1 page paper on issue they/teenagers are facing today. Discuss with
Class.
Wednesday
Discussion on
Students will watch video excerpts on movie Mean Girls. Complete questions on movie.
Challenges teenager experiences in today world.
11/20/13
Thursday
11/21/13
Friday
11/22/13
SAME AS WEDNESDAY
Provide graphic organizer for compare and contrast of adolescent and teen characteristics