Sociology Standards
Domain 2: Social
Structure: Culture,
Institutions, and Society
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ASA National Standards for High School Sociology
First Part of the Document: Background and Content
• Introduction
• Why Sociology is Important
• Development of the Standards
• Using the National Standards
• Learning Domains
ASA National Standards for High School Sociology
Second Part of the Document: How to Use Them
• How the Standards Address Larger Curricular Goals
• Future Considerations
• Conclusions
• Appendix: Enrichment Concepts
• Contributors
Domain 2:
Social Structure – Culture,
Institutions and Society
Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society
Assessable Competencies
Essential Concepts
2.1
2.1.1- Nonmaterial culture, including norms and values
Students will describe the components of 2.1.2- Material culture
culture.
2.1.3- Subcultures
2.2
Students will analyze how culture
influences individuals, including
themselves.
2.3
Students will evaluate important social
institutions and how they respond to
social needs.
2.4
Students will assess how social
institutions and cultures change and
evolve.
2.2.1- Ethnocentrism
2.2.2- Cultural relativity
2.2.3- Culture shock
2.2.4- American values
2.3.1- Social institutions such as: family, education, religion,
economy, and government
2.3.2- Social statuses and roles
2.4.1- Shifting historical context such as: industrial
revolution, urbanization, globalization, the internet age
2.4.2- Countercultures
2.4.3- Social movements
Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society
Assessable Competencies
Essential Concepts
2.1
2.1.1- Nonmaterial culture, including norms and values
Students will describe the components of 2.1.2- Material culture
culture.
2.1.3- Subcultures
2.2
Students will analyze how culture
influences individuals, including
themselves.
2.3
Students will evaluate important social
institutions and how they respond to
social needs.
2.4
Students will assess how social
institutions and cultures change and
evolve.
2.2.1- Ethnocentrism
2.2.2- Cultural relativity
2.2.3- Culture shock
2.2.4- American values
2.3.1- Social institutions such as: family, education, religion,
economy, and government
2.3.2- Social statuses and roles
2.4.1- Shifting historical context such as: industrial
revolution, urbanization, globalization, the internet age
2.4.2- Countercultures
2.4.3- Social movements
Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society
Assessable Competencies
Essential Concepts
2.1
2.1.1- Nonmaterial culture, including norms and values
Students will describe the components of 2.1.2- Material culture
culture.
2.1.3- Subcultures
2.2
Students will analyze how culture
influences individuals, including
themselves.
2.3
Students will evaluate important social
institutions and how they respond to
social needs.
2.4
Students will assess how social
institutions and cultures change and
evolve.
2.2.1- Ethnocentrism
2.2.2- Cultural relativity
2.2.3- Culture shock
2.2.4- American values
2.3.1- Social institutions such as: family, education, religion,
economy, and government
2.3.2- Social statuses and roles
2.4.1- Shifting historical context such as: industrial
revolution, urbanization, globalization, the internet age
2.4.2- Countercultures
2.4.3- Social movements
Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society
Assessable Competencies
Essential Concepts
2.1
2.1.1- Nonmaterial culture, including norms and values
Students will describe the components of 2.1.2- Material culture
culture.
2.1.3- Subcultures
2.2
Students will analyze how culture
influences individuals, including
themselves.
2.3
Students will evaluate important social
institutions and how they respond to
social needs.
2.4
Students will assess how social
institutions and cultures change and
evolve.
2.2.1- Ethnocentrism
2.2.2- Cultural relativity
2.2.3- Culture shock
2.2.4- American values
2.3.1- Social institutions such as: family, education, religion,
economy, and government
2.3.2- Social statuses and roles
2.4.1- Shifting historical context such as: industrial
revolution, urbanization, globalization, the internet age
2.4.2- Countercultures
2.4.3- Social movements
Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society
Assessable Competencies
Essential Concepts
2.1
2.1.1- Nonmaterial culture, including norms and values
Students will describe the components of 2.1.2- Material culture
culture.
2.1.3- Subcultures
2.2
Students will analyze how culture
influences individuals, including
themselves.
2.3
Students will evaluate important social
institutions and how they respond to
social needs.
2.4
Students will assess how social
institutions and cultures change and
evolve.
2.2.1- Ethnocentrism
2.2.2- Cultural relativity
2.2.3- Culture shock
2.2.4- American values
2.3.1- Social institutions such as: family, education, religion,
economy, and government
2.3.2- Social statuses and roles
2.4.1- Shifting historical context such as: industrial
revolution, urbanization, globalization, the internet age
2.4.2- Countercultures
2.4.3- Social movements
Introduction to TRAILS
Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org
Domain 2: Lesson Plan Ideas
Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society
https://trails.asanet.org/Pages/default.aspx
From TRAILS
• Norm Violation Video Presentation (Author – Medora W.
Barnes, John Caroll University)
• Qualitative Methods – Cross Cultural Images (Author – Susan
Goodrich Lehmann and Noah P. Schultz)
• Sports and American Culture (Author – Jamie L. Gusrang,
University of Connecticut)
Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org
Lesson Plan Ideas for Domain 2
Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society
http://www.asanet.org/introtosociology/home.html
From IntroSocSite
• Guidelines for Write Up of Breaking A Social Norm Assignment
• Culture – TV Media and Reality: An Observation
Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org
Comparing American Values to Vulnerability with
Your Sociological Imagination
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
Culture and U.S. Values
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Robin Williams
L. Robert Kohl
o The Values Americans Live By
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American Values
Personal control/responsibility
Change seen as natural and positive/Progress
Time and its control
Equality/fairness
Individualism/independence/freedom
Self-Help/initiative
Competition
Future orientation
Action/work
Informality
Directness/openness/Honesty
Practicality/efficiency
Materialism/Acquisitiveness
Achievement/Success
Morality/judgement
vs. Other Cultures’ Values
vs Fate/destiny
vs. Stability/tradition
vs. Human Interaction
vs. Hierarchy/rank/status
vs. Group welfare/dependence
vs. Birthright/inheritance
vs. Cooperation
vs. Past orientation
vs. “Being”
vs. Formality
vs. Indirectness/ritual/”face”
vs. Idealism/theory
vs. Spiritualism/detachment
vs. Acceptance/Status Quo
vs. Consequentialism/situational ethics
Robin Williams (The sociologist, not the actor), studied American culture in the 1970s and came up with
his own list of values, which is largely still applicable today.
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
Use a Case Study
• Tuesdays with Morrie
• God Grew Tired of Us
• Bemused in America
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
Apply to Student’s Life
• Make it experiential.
• Close your eyes. Think of someone influential in
your life. Now write down who you thought about
and why you thought about that person.
• Now take out your cell phones and call that person
and read what you wrote.
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
Science of Happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
For Discussion
• How might American values of freedom,
independence, individualism and personal control
make it difficult to admit that we are dependent on
other people?
• Why might this unwillingness make it difficult to
complete the exercise?
Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org
For more information and resources, visit
Sociology Sal
http://sociologysal.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit2culture
Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture,
Institutions, and Society
“The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and
biography and the relations between the two within society.”
C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination
Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu
Hurricane Katrina
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After the Levees Failed: Flooding in New Orleans
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Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – New Orleans
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1372 Madrid Street, New Orleans, LA.
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• Social Institutions
o Family
o Education
o Religion
o Economy
o Government
 What happens when fundamental social institutions
stop functioning?
Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu
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Family: Housing for 8
Beds: Queen, Sofa, Table
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Religion
St. John’s AME Church
Church after School Center
How to Contact Us
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Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org
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