SS10.P.18.1
Identifying gender differences and similarities
Identifying gender differences and similarities
Identifying gender differences and similarities
Explaining ways in which gender differences are developed
Describing ways in which gender roles are assigned in different cultures
Describe the development of sociology as a social science field of study.
Identifying important figures in the field of sociology, including Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, and W. E. B. Du Bois
Identifying characteristics of sociology, including functional integration, power, social action, social structure, and culture
Explain methods and tools of research used by sociologists to study human society, including surveys, polls, statistics, demographic information, case studies, participant observations, and program evaluations.
Differentiating between qualitative and quantitative research methods
Describe how values and norms influence individual behavior.
Comparing ways in which cultures differ, change, and resist change, including countercultures, subcultures, and ethnocentric beliefs
Comparing the use of various symbols within and across societies
Examples: objects, gestures, sounds, images
Explaining the significance of socialization in human development
Illustrating key concepts of socialization, including self-concept, looking-glass self, significant others, and role-taking
Determining the role of family, school, peer groups, and the media in socializing young people
Explaining the process of socialization in adulthood
Identify antisocial behaviors, including social deviance, addiction, terrorism, anomie, and related arguments for the strain theory and the conflict theory.
Contrasting violent crime, property crime, and victimless crime with white-collar crime
Comparing methods for dealing with antisocial behavior, including imprisonment, restitution, community service, rehabilitation, education, and therapy
Describe how environment and genetics affect personality, including self-concept and temperament.
Identify stages of development across the life cycle, including birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood, middle age, and late adulthood.
Describing the value of birth cohorts as a research device
Describe types and characteristics of groups.
Explaining the relationship between social stratification and social class, including status ascription versus achievement, intergenerational social mobility, and structural occupational change
Relating the importance of group dynamics, including size, leadership, decision making, and gender roles
Distinguishing between the terms, race and ethnicity and prejudice and discrimination
Describing social inequalities experienced as related to gender and age
Describe the structure and function of the family unit, including traditional, extended, nuclear, single-parent, and blended families involving the roles of parent, child, and spouse.
Identifying problems facing families, including abuse, divorce, teen pregnancy, poverty, addiction, family violence, and care of elderly family members
Explain the purpose of social systems and institutions, including schools, churches, voluntary associations, and governments.
Describing origins and beliefs of various religions
Distinguishing among the concepts of power, coercion, and authority
Comparing charismatic, traditional, and rational-legal authority
Describe social movement and social change.
Comparing various forms of collective behavior, including mobs, riots, fads, and crowds
Identifying major ethical and social issues facing modern society
Examples: technological, governmental, medical