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63600 *SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL ISSUES
Open to: 11-12
Length: 1 Semester
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1/2 credit
NOTE: This course is approved for Fox Valley Technical College Advanced Standing
Content: What makes you who you are? How much control do you have over your own identity? How much control does society have over your identity? Sociology gives us these answers. Sociology is the study of our society and our relationship to it. This course offers a distinctive look at our social world and our place in it. Students in this course will study and analyze the five modern social institutions – Economy, Religion, Family, Education, and Government – and how they affect each individual’s social development. Topics to be discussed and related to your own social development include cliques, social classes, public vs. private schools, love and marriage, violence in our country, tracking and curriculum in schools, corporations and capitalism, organized religion, cults, and democracy. Students enrolled in this class will participate in an “in the field” observational research field trip in this class.
Activities: Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading and internet activities.
Cost: None
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