Sociology Unit Plan Unit 1
Unit 1 Culture and Social Structure
Essential Questions:
 What are the 3 main sociological perspectives? * What are norms and values in our society?
 What is culture?
* How do and why do people and groups interact?
 What are subcultures?
* Why are bureaucracies important to our social structure?
 What are the components of a culture?
 What role does social structure play in our society?
Georgia Performance Standards:
SSSocFR1
Students will explain the origins of sociology and the sociological perspective, and how sociology relates to the other social sciences.
SSSocFR2
Students will explain the research methodologies used in sociology.
SSSocFR3
Students will explain the major theoretical perspectives in sociology
SSSocC1
Students will explain the development and importance of culture.
SSSocC2
Students will evaluate how cultures develop and evolve.
SSSocC3
Students will analyze social structure and interaction within society.
Common Core Standards:
Craft and Structure
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing
political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
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Essential Vocabulary from Sociology The Study of Human Relationships:
Chapters 1-4
social sciences
function
function
culture
cultural diversity
sociology
interactions
theory
latent function
Components of culture cultural universal
sociological
perspective
sociological
imagination
Psychology
functionalist
perspective
dysfunctional
manifest function
Material/nonmaterial
culture
values
ethnocentrism
achieved status
interactionism
perspective
symbols
symbolic interaction
norms
social structure
Social psychology
Comte
Spencer
Durkheim
Marx
ascribed status
role conflict
role strain
groups
primary and
folkways
mores
roles
societies
preindustrial societies
bureaucracy
levels of bureaucracy
Conflict perspective
counter culture
secondary groups
postindustrial societies
industrial societies
barter
service industries
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Common Formative Assessment:
Create a research study
Culture research and poster
Solving problems by using the perspectives
Personal Space Observation
Role Playing
Test Prep/Review:
Review sheet for Chapter 1
Review of founders and sociological perspectives
Summative Assessment:
Chapter 1 Intro. to Sociology Test and Chapter 2 Culture Quiz
Chapter 4 Test Social Structure