Barnes/Cox
The Unit Organizer
4
NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
Culture defines how people behave in relation
to others and physical objects.
LAST UNIT
2
Foundations of Sociology
8
UNIT SCHEDULE
5
1
3
CURRENT
CURRENT
UNIT UNIT
Culture
NEXT UNIT/Experience
Socialization
UNIT MAP
1. Unit Organizer
2. Learning Goals Outline,
C3, S1 & 2
3.Analyze the Body
How a Society
Functions
Rituals of the Nacirema
Cultural
Diversity
&
Ethnocentrism
4. Group ProjectCreate/present a society
5. LGO., C3S3
6. Graphic OrganizerElements of Culture in
Lord of the Flies
7. Vocab Quiz-S1-3
8. LGO, C3S4 & 5
9.Vocab Journal Due
Culture
&
Heredity
Material
&
Nonmaterial
Culture
Cultural
Universals
Identify/define
Compare/contrast
Analyze
Evaluate
6
UNIT
7
1. *Why is culture more important than instinct in determining human social behavior?
2. *What are the components of nonmaterial culture? How do they affect our thoughts and
behaviors?
3. *How are group norms, values, and beliefs reinforced?
4. *Why is it important to recognize cultural universals and to appreciate diversity?
5. *Does ethnocentrism help or hurt society?
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
10. Paper-original/new
account of the Nacirema
Culture
The Unit Organizer
9
NAME
DATE
Barnes/Cox
Expanded Unit Map
How a Society
Functions
Cultural
Diversity
&
Ethnocentrism
Culture
&
Heredity
Nature vs. Nurture
Debate-p73
Culture-blueprint
for behavior-p. 72
Instincts, Reflexes
& Drives-p. 73
Twin Studies-p.73
NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
10
Cultural
Universals
Material
&
Nonmaterial
Culture
Material Culture-p. 92-93
Concrete, Tangible
objects (cars, etc..)
Nonmaterial
Culture:
Symbols-p. 77
Language-p.77-79
Norms
Values-p. 89
Sanctions
Beliefs-p. 92
General traits
that exist in all
cultures-p.. 102
(70+ traits)
Cultural changesp.95
Social categoriesp.98
Subculture-p. 98
Counterculture-p. 98
Ethnocentrism-p. 98
pros and cons
Folkways, Mores,
Laws, Taboos-p. 81-85
Formal vs. Informal, Positive vs.
Negative-p. 87-88