Sociology

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Job Hunting

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The Crucible

The Wave

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UNIT 1 - INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY

What is Sociology?

The Field of Sociology

C. Wright Mills Reading

"Social Creatures" Warmup

Sociology in the News

Theories & Perspectives

Modern Perspectives

Functionalism

Durkheim Excerpt

Conflict Theory

Marx Synopsis

Symbolic Interactionism

Interactionism Reading

People Watching Project

People Watching Journal

UNIT 2 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Methods

Dating Survey

Correlation vs. Causation

Correlation vs. Causation Reading

Developing a Research Question

Designing a Survey

Research Timeline

UNIT 3 - CULTURE

Intro to Culture

Intro to Culture Reading

Cultural Variation

The Meaning of Gestures

Gestures Writing Prompt

Values

Body Rituals of the Nacirema

The American Value System

Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism Reading

Interview Warmup

Changing Social Norms Project

Changing Social Norms Interview

UNIT 4 - THE SOCIAL SELF

The Social Self

The Social Self Reading

Social Structure

Personality

Wild Child Video Guide

Groups

Agents of Socialization Reading

Agents of Socialization Questions

Adolescence

Teen Challenges Project

UNIT 5 - DEVIANCE

Charles Manson Video Guide

Milgram Experiment Writing Prompt

Deviance Reading

Crime in America

Death Penalty Reading

Social Control

Sanctions Warmup

Observing Norms & Sanctions

Stanford Prison Experiment

Social Norms Project

UNIT 6 - INEQUALITY

Social Inequality

Titanic II

99 Percent

Poverty Reading

"Only What You Can Afford"

Social Classes Chart

"Hidden America" Video Guide

Race and Ethnicity

Minority Groups Reading

"He Said, She Said"

"He Said, She Said" Reading

Gender Reading

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