Standards - Social Studies

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

Explaining the impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement, the women’s movement, the gun rights movement, the green movement, and other minority movements in the United States

Contrast population patterns using the birth rate, death rate, migration rate, and dependency rate.

Identifying the impact of urbanization on human social patterns

Analyzing factors that affect the depletion of natural resources for their impact on social and economic development

Projecting future population patterns