Social Studies, Grade 9 - 12, Sociology, 2004
1.) Describe the development of sociology as a social science field of study.
• Identifying important figures in the field of sociology
Examples: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, W. E. B. Du Bois
• Identifying characteristics of sociology
Examples: functional integration, power, social action, social structure, culture
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2.) Identify methods and tools of research used by sociologists.
Examples: surveys, polls, statistics, demographic information, case studies, participant observation, program evaluation
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3.) Describe how values and norms influence individual behavior.
• Comparing ways in which cultures differ, change, and resist change
• Comparing the use of various symbols within and across societies
Examples: objects, gestures, sounds, images
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4.) Identify antisocial behaviors.
Examples: social deviance, addiction, terrorism, recidivism
• Contrasting violent crime, property crime, and victimless crime with white-collar crime
• Comparing methods for dealing with antisocial behavior
Examples: imprisonment, restitution, community service, rehabilitation, education, therapy
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5.) Describe how environment and genetics affect personality.
Examples: self-concept, nature versus nurture, temperament
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6.) Identify stages of development across the life cycle.
Examples: birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood, middle age, late adulthood
• Describing the value of birth cohorts as a research device
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7.) Describe types and characteristics of groups.
Examples: social stratification, gender roles
• Explaining the significance of a social class
Examples: status ascription versus achievement, intergenerational social mobility, structural occupational change
• Identifying the importance of group dynamics
Examples: size, leadership, decision making
• Identifying differences between the terms race and ethnicity
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8.) Describe the structure and function of the family unit.
Examples: structure-two parents, single parent; function-role of parent, role of child, role of spouses
• Comparing traditional, extended, nuclear, single-parent, and blended families
• Identifying problems facing families
Examples: abuse, teen pregnancy, poverty, addiction, blended families, care of elderly family members
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9.) Identify the need for and purpose of social systems and institutions.
Examples: schools, churches, voluntary associations, governments
• Describing origins and beliefs of various religions
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10.) Describe social movement and social change.
• Comparing various forms of collective behavior
Examples: mobs, riots, fads, crowds
• Identifying major social issues facing modern society
Examples: ethics of technology, ethics of government
• Contrasting the impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Movement, the Gun Rights Movement, and the Environmental Movement in the United States
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11.) Contrast population patterns using the birth rate, death rate, migration rate, and dependency rate.
• Identifying the impact of urbanization
• Describing the depletion of natural resources
• Projecting future population patterns
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