Grades 9-12: Sociology

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Define the key components of a culture such as knowledge, language and communication, customs, values, norms, and physical objects.SS.912.S.2.1

Explain the differences between a culture and a society.SS.912.S.2.2

Recognize the influences of genetic inheritance and culture on human behavior.SS.912.S.2.3

Give examples of subcultures and describe what makes them unique.SS.912.S.2.4

Compare social norms among various subcultures.SS.912.S.2.5

Identify the factors that promote cultural diversity within the United States.SS.912.S.2.6

Explain how various practices of the culture create differences within group behavior.SS.912.S.2.7

Compare and contrast different types of societies, such as hunting and gathering, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial.SS.912.S.2.8

Prepare original written and oral reports and presentations on specific events, people, or historical eras.SS.912.S.2.9

Identify both rights and responsibilities the individual has to the group.SS.912.S.2.10

Demonstrate democratic approaches to managing disagreements and resolving conflicts within a culture.SS.912.S.2.11

Compare and contrast ideas about citizenship and cultural participation from the past with those of the present community.SS.912.S.2.12

Describe how social status affects social order.SS.912.S.3.1

Explain how roles and role expectations can lead to role conflict.SS.912.S.3.2

Examine and analyze various points of view relating to historical and current events.SS.912.S.3.3

Describe how individuals are affected by the different social groups to which they belong.SS.912.S.4.1

Identify major characteristics of social groups familiar to the students.SS.912.S.4.2

Examine the way that groups function, such as roles, interactions, and leadership.SS.912.S.4.3

Discuss the social norms of at least two groups to which the student belongs.SS.912.S.4.4

Analyze what can occur when the rules of behavior are broken and analyze the possible consequences for unacceptable behavior.SS.912.S.4.5

Identify the various types of norms (e.g., folkways, mores, laws, taboos) and explain why these rules of behavior are considered important to society.SS.912.S.4.6

Discuss the concept of deviance and how society discourages deviant behavior using social control.SS.912.S.4.7

Explain how students are members of primary and secondary groups and how those group memberships influence students’ behavior.SS.912.S.4.8

Discuss how formal organizations influence behavior of their members.SS.912.S.4.9

Distinguish the degree of assimilation that ethnic, cultural, and social groups achieve with the United States culture.SS.912.S.4.10

Discuss how humans interact in a variety of social settings.SS.912.S.4.11

Determine the cultural patterns of behavior within such social groups as rural versus urban or rich versus poor.SS.912.S.4.12

Investigate and compare the ideas about citizenship and cultural participation of social groups from the past with those of the present community.SS.912.S.4.13

Identify basic social institutions and explain their impact on individuals, groups, and organizations within society and how they transmit the values of society.SS.912.S.5.1

Discuss the concept of political power and factors that influence political power.SS.912.S.5.2

Discuss how societies recognize rites of passage.SS.912.S.5.3

Investigate stereotypes of the various United States subcultures, such as “American Indian,” “American cowboys,” teenagers,” “Americans,” “gangs” and “hippies,” from a world perspective.SS.912.S.5.4

Define ethnocentrism and explain how it can be beneficial or destructive to a culture.SS.912.S.5.5

Identify the factors that influence change in social norms over time.SS.912.S.5.6

Use various resources to interpret information about cultural life in the United States and other world cultures, both in the past and today.SS.912.S.5.7

Analyze the primary and secondary groups common to different age groups in society.SS.912.S.5.8

Conduct research and analysis on an issue associated with social structure or social institutions.SS.912.S.5.9

Identify both rights and responsibilities the individual has to primary and secondary groups. SS.912.S.5.10

Demonstrate democratic approaches to managing disagreements and solving conflicts within a social institution.SS.912.S.5.11

Explain how roles and role expectations can lead to role conflict.SS.912.S.5.12

Describe how and why societies change over time.SS.912.S.6.1

Examine various social influences that can lead to immediate and long-term changes.SS.912.S.6.2

Describe how collective behavior can influence and change society.SS.912.S.6.3

Examine how technological innovations and scientific discoveries have influenced major social institutions.SS.912.S.6.4

Discuss how social interactions and culture could be affected in the future due to innovations in science, and technological change.SS.912.S.6.5

Describe how the role of the mass media has changed over time and project what changes might occur in the future.SS.912.S.6.6

Distinguish major differences between social movements and collective behavior with examples from history and the contemporary world.SS.912.S.6.7

Investigate the consequences in society as result of changes. SS.912.S.6.8

Trace the development of the use of a specific type of technology in the community.SS.912.S.6.9

Propose a plan to improve a social structure, and design the means needed to implement the change.SS.912.S.6.10

Cite examples of the use of technology in social research.SS.912.S.6.11

Evaluate a current issue that has resulted from scientific discoveries and/or technological innovations.SS.912.S.6.12

Identify characteristics of a “social” problem, as opposed to an “individual” problem.SS.912.S.7.1

Describe how social problems have changed over time.SS.912.S.7.2

Explain how patterns of behavior are found with certain social problems.SS.912.S.7.3

Discuss the implications of social problems for society.SS.912.S.7.4

Examine how individual and group responses are often associated with social problems.SS.912.S.7.5

Evaluate possible solutions to resolving social problems and the consequences that might result from those solutions.SS.912.S.7.6

Survey local agencies involved in addressing social problems to determine the extent of the problems in the local community.SS.912.S.7.7

Design and carry out school- and community-based projects to address a local aspect of a social problem.SS.912.S.7.8

Describe traditions, roles, and expectations necessary for a community to continue.SS.912.S.8.1

Describe how collective behavior (working in groups) can influence and change society. Use historical and contemporary examples to define collective behavior.SS.912.S.8.2

Discuss theories that attempt to explain collective behavior.SS.912.S.8.3

Define a social issue to be analyzed.SS.912.S.8.4

Examine factors that could lead to the breakdown and disruption of an existing community.SS.912.S.8.5

Discuss the impact of leaders of different social movements.SS.912.S.8.6

Define propaganda and discuss the methods of propaganda used to influence social behavior.SS.912.S.8.7

Discuss both the benefits and social costs of collective behavior in society.SS.912.S.8.8

Identify a community social problem and discuss appropriate actions to address the problem.SS.912.S.8.9

Investigate how incorrect communications, such as rumors or gossip, can influence group behavior.SS.912.S.8.10