SOCIOLOGY

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1 MR. KRUZICH SOCIOLOGY THE COURSE: Sociology is the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. It is concerned with people s relationships, roles, responsibilities and organization. In short, it is the study of people in society. TEXT: Sociology: The Study of Human Relationships. W. LaVerne Thomas. Holt McDougal, Bring this to class each day, please. OTHER MATERIALS: You will need a writing utensil and paper. It is recommended that you have a notebook and folder as well. EXPECTATIONS: 1. Respect yourself. Be on time, prepared, and ready to learn. Put away your phones and keep them away for our time together. 2. Respect each other. Participate willingly, be respectful of all opinions, and contribute to the class' efforts to learn. 3. Respect the facilities. Keep food & drinks away, please. Water is OK. 4. Respect your instructor. I will make decisions in order to best create a culture of learning & growth in our classroom. Do your best to respect those decisions. GRADING BASICS: Be responsible for your progress. Avoid unnecessary absences. Make up your work in a timely manner when you are absent (2 days after absence). Come in when you need help (I am available before school M-T-Th-F, 8th period each day and 4 th period on days when I don t have required PLC meetings.) LATE WORK: Mature students meet deadlines. My first priority is to grade work turned in on time in all of my classes. When I am caught up on that, I will get to late work. Late work must be turned in with a blue sheet attached, and will not be allowed past 4 weeks. RETAKES: Allowed after filling out a retake worksheet, and only allowed until the next unit test (or presentation) occurs. See retake sheet for details. *Retakes are a privilege, not a right. GRADING: We use the ACHS scale. All grades will be kept up-to-date online PLAGIARISM/ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: This will not be tolerated. Any work that is copied (either from another student or from a professional source, such as the internet) will automatically receive a zero, and you will be turned in to the office. Cheating of any kind will result in the same action. Any allowance of a retake for cheating will be worked out with the instructor, and will not be allowed until certain requirements are met. The following are considered plagiarism: (for a complete list, consult your student handbook) -Failing to cite sources -Giving out information about tests - Cutting & pasting from internet sites -Copying somebody else s work -Changing minor words from somebody else s writing

2 What will we learn? Course Content & Grading Standard 1: Principles & Foundations of Sociology (30%) What is Sociology? What do Sociologists do? How do people organize themselves in societies and produce cultures? Chapter 1: What is Sociology? A.1 - Examining Social Life A.2 - The Development of Sociology A.3 - Modern Perspectives A.4 - Conducting Sociological Research Key Vocab: Sociology, Social interaction, Social phenomenon, Sociological Perspective, Sociological Imagination Chapter 2: Culture A.1 - The Meaning of Culture A.2 - Cultural Variation A.3 - The American Value System Key Vocab: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture, Mores, Norms, Folkways, Narcissism, Mean, Median, Mode. Correlation, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Cultural Transmission Standard Two: Examining the Social Life (35%) What are the structures of our social interactions? How do we internalize societal beliefs, values, and norms? What distinct stages of life will we pass through? Chapter 3: Social Structure A.1 Social Structure A.2 Groups within Society Vocab: primary group, secondary group, in-group, out-group, social structure, master status Chapter 4: Socializing the Individual A.1 - Personality Development A.2 - The Social Self A.3- Agents of Socialization Vocab: Agents of Socialization, Sociobiology, Heredity, Self, Aptitude, Personality, Feral, Looking Glass Self, Roles, Anticipatory Roles, Role Exit, Institutionalization

3 Chapter 5: Adolescence A.1 - Understanding Adolescence A.2 - Teenagers and Dating A.3 - Challenges of Adolescence Vocab: Nuclear Family, Extended Family, Puberty, Adolescence, Homogamy Chapter 6: Adulthood & Chapter 11: The Family A.1 - Early and Middle Adulthood A.2 - The World of Work A.3 - The Later Years C.1 - Family Systems and Functions C.2 - Families in the US C.3 - Recent Trends in Marriage and Family Vocab: Blended Family, Kinship, Polygamy, Courtship, Gender, Sexism, Sandwich Generation Standard Three: Social Problems (35%) -How do we control societal behaviors? -What is deviance, and how do we respond to it? -How do individuals influence groups, and vice versa? Chapter 7: Social Control & Social Psychology A.1 - Social Control A.2 - Deviance A.3 - Crime Vocab: Deviance, Crime, Stigma, Recidivism, Norms, Sanctions, Theories of Deviance, Social Control Chapter 8: Social Stratification A.1 - Systems of Stratification A.2 - The American Class System A.3 - Poverty Vocab: Poverty, Stratification, Class, Socioeconomic Status, Wealth, Power, prestige, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Social Inequality Chapter 9: Race & Ethnicity A.1 - Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure A.2 - Patterns of Intergroup Relations A.3 - Minority Groups in the United States Vocab: Race, Accommodation, Ethnicity, Pluralism, Genocide, Assimilation, Stereotype, Prejudice, Discrimination, Apartheid, Racism, Minority, Segregation

4 HOW TO STUDY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES TESTS 1. Understand that reading is not studying. You need to read the text & materials as you go through the chapter(s). Studying involves going back over materials and re-viewing. 2. When you read, be an active reader. Take notes, annotate, recite, quiz yourself when you get done. Do something. 3. Use spaced practice. Many touches with material over time beats massed practice (cramming), and it s not even close. Study for minutes and take a minute break. Learn information in small chunks. Warm up your brain for new reading/studying by reviewing old material. 4. Start early so that you have time to visit with your teacher if you don t understand something. You should always walk into a test knowing what you don t know. Quiz yourself so that you have feedback in your learning. 5. Activate your auditory channel by reciting. Reciting is re-stating a reading out loud and in your own words. Summarizing anything is very effective. 6. Use elaborative rehearsal. Go beyond rote memorization. Ask yourself questions about terms: why is this important? How does it relate to the major themes of the chapter? What are its major characteristics? Yes, you need to know the definition and a term s characteristics. But you also need to ask the most important question: so what? 7. Be an active studier. Take notes, summarize, quiz yourself. Take your original notes and re-format them any time you change formats or reorganize your notes it is considered elaborative, and therefore good. 8. Find a quiet place to study without distractions. The research is clear: multi-tasking results in doing many things poorly. Turn off the TV. Don t listen to music with lyrics. Turn off your phone. Get away from the computer. Focus, man. Focus.

5 MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Kruzich Graduated Ankeny High School, Participated in cross country, basketball, track, journalism, and NHS University of Iowa, Bachelor's Degree, History -Practicum: 7th grade global studies, Southeast JH, Iowa City Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids, IA Student taught Intro to Social Studies, U.S. History, and Psychology -Student coached boys cross country Louisa-Muscatine Junior/Senior High School, Letts, IA Taught U.S. History, World History, Modern U.S. History, Geography, & Sociology -Head Girls Basketball Coach -Assistant Girls & Boys Track Coach Drake University, Masters of Science in Education, 2000 Saint Albert Junior/Senior High School, Council Bluffs, IA Taught U.S. History, Government, Modern U.S. History, Current Events, 8th Grade Social Studies, and Junior High PE -Head Boys Track Coach -8th/9th/JV/Varsity Asst. Boys Basketball Coach Ankeny High School, Taught U.S. History, Government, Western Civ, Study Strategies, American Culture & AP U.S. History Boys Cross Country -V Girls Track (assistant: 400 s, high jump) Iowa State University, Licensure, Educational Administration (2009) Ankeny Centennial High School, 2013-Present -Teaching Government, A.P. U.S. History & Sociology -Head Girls Track Coach

6 SEMESTER REVIEW: SOCIOLOGY What is Sociology? (Chapter 1) -Sociology -social interaction -sociological perspective -Three perspectives: functionalist, interactionist, conflict -Sociologists: Marx, Durkheim, Weber -function (manifest & latent) -dysfunction -symbol -symbolic interaction -scientific method -hypothesis Culture (Chapter 2) -Culture -Society -5 elements of culture -Cultural universal -Subculture -Counterculture -Ethnocentrism -Cultural relativism -Norms: mores & folkways Childhood & Socialization (Chapter 4) -personality -sociobiology -socialization -looking-glass self -"I" vs. "me" -agents of socialization -Genie/feral children -heredity -aptitude -self -role-taking -dramaturgy -Lawrence Kohlberg -Harlow monkeys Adolescence (Chapter 5) & Groups (Chapter 3.1, 3.4) -adolescence -characteristics of adolescence -dating vs. courtship -functions of dating -puberty -anticipatory socialization -teenager -topics in adolescence: sex, drugs, & suicide -status (ascribed, achieved, master) -role, role conflict & role strain -groups: in-group vs. out-group, primary vs. secondary, formal vs. informal

7 Social Control (Chapter 7) -Sanctions: positive, negative, formal, informal -social control -deviance -stigma -Strain theory: means/goals, conformity, retreatism, rebellion, ritualism, innovation -anomie -conflict theories of deviance -Interactionist theories: control, cultural transmission, labeling theory -differential association -primary & secondary deviance -crime -types of crime -corrections -recidivism Social Psychology (Class materials) -deindividuation -diffusion of responsibility/bystander apathy -Stanford Prison experiment -Asch & Milgram experiments -characteristics of gangs -methamphetamine -Cults: characteristics, common techniques & examples Stratification (Chapter 8) -Social stratification -social inequality -caste vs. class system s -wealth, power, prestige -SES -theories of inequality: functionalist, conflict -social mobility -poverty, generational poverty -poverty level -effects of poverty -theoretical perspectives on inequality Race (Chapter 9.1, 9.2) -race -ethnicity -dominant vs. minority group -discrimination & prejudice (& sources of) -stereotype -racism -pluralism -Merton s patterns of prejudice -patterns: assimilation, accommodation, segregation, subjugation, amalgamation -genocide -ethnic cleansing

8 Retake Sheet: Mr. Kruzich *This checklist must be completed before retakes can occur. Mr. Kruzich will initial these as they occur. All homework for unit completed All notes for unit completed Test corrections submitted for each wrong answer on test: 1. Correct answer for test question 2. Page number in text 3. Key learning (what you need to remember for next time) Ex: Max Weber is the founder of the interactionist perspective Pg. 26 Since Weber focused on individual interactions and the symbols that people use, he is a micro-sociologist. Behavioral issues addressed with intervention: Date for retake: