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HCS Curriculum: Social Studies 6 – 12
Sociology
Hoover City Schools Secondary Curriculum
Social Studies, 2005-06
Course Information:
Course Title: Sociology
Grade Level: 11-12
Course Description: Sociology is a year-long course that focuses on
human society and the formation and action of
human groups. The course will include the topics of
culture, society, social inequality, social institutions,
and social change
State COS Correlate: Sociology
Calendar Type: Year
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Textbook Title: SOCIOLOGY AND YOU, 2nd edition
Textbook Publisher: Glencoe
Textbook ISBN: 0-07-828576-3
Textbook Copy Year: 2003
Accountability Standards: None
LEA Curriculum Authors: J. Sloan, K. Trotman
Origination / Revision: Spring 2005, reviewed and revised Fall 2007
Topical Scope and Sequence:
Unit #
1
2
3
1st Nine Weeks: Understanding the Basics
Sociology as a Social Science: Current Research
Methods and Tools
Cultural Diversity
Social Structure, Social Movements, and Social Change
Unit #
4
5
6
2nd Nine Weeks: Life Cycle Applications
Personality Development and Socialization
Life Cycle
The Family Unit
Unit #
7
8
9
3rd Nine Weeks: Specialized Topics
Population & Urbanization
Crime and Deviance
Social Stratification / Race & Ethnic Relations
Unit #
10
11 - 14
4th Nine Weeks: Social Institutions
Education and Religion
Choice of two (2), selected from the following as
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4th Nine Weeks: Social Institutions
determined by the teacher:
Science & Sport
Social Change and Modernization
Gender, Age and Health
Cultural Conformity and Adaptation
Sociological Research (Independent Work)
Unit #
15
Units and Outcome-Based Objectives:
Unit 1- Sociology as a Social Science: Current Research Methods and Tools
Essential Questions:
What is sociology, and how does having a sociological imagination help us to
understand society and ourselves?
What is sociology’s place in the social sciences?
How did early sociologists view society and the role of the sociologist?
How do the three main theoretical perspectives in sociology differ in their focus?
Conceptual Connections:
Social Psychology
Statistics
Research
History
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
Unit 1 Objectives
1
Describe the development of sociology as a social
science field of study.
2
3
4
List important figures in the field of sociology.
Identify the characteristics of sociology.
Identify methods and tools of research used by
sociologists.
COS
Alignment
1
Accountability
Alignment
NA
1
1
2
NA
NA
NA
Unit 2- Cultural Diversity
Essential Questions:
What is culture?
What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?
What are the five basic components of culture?
What are the cultural universals and why do they exist?
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What is meant by ethnocentrism and cultural relativism?
What factors account for variations among and within cultures?
Conceptual Connections:
Culture
Critical Thinking
Relativism
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
Unit 2 Objectives
Define and describe the concept of culture.
Contrast material and nonmaterial culture.
Describe how values and norms influence
individual behavior.
Compare ways in which cultures differ, change,
and resist change.
Compare the use of various symbols within and
across societies.
Explain ethnocentrism.
COS
Alignment
3
Accountability
Alignment
NA
3
NA
3
NA
3
NA
3
NA
Unit 3- Social Structure, Social Movements, and Social Change
Essential Questions:
What are the two major components of social structure and how do they affect
human interaction?
What types of societies exist in the world today?
What are the five most common types of social interaction?
What preconditions are necessary for collective behavior to occur?
How do the various types of collectivities differ?
What types of social movements exist and how do they differ?
What theories have social scientists offered to explain the process of social
change?
What are some of the positive and negative consequences of modernization for
social life and the natural environment?
Conceptual Connections:
Change
Social Psychology
Equality
Critical Thinking
Outcome-Based Objectives:
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#
1
2
3
4
5
6
Unit 3 Objectives
Describe types and characteristics of groups.
Identify the importance of group dynamics.
Compare social movement and social change.
Compare various forms of collective behavior.
Identify major social issues facing modern
society.
Contrast the impact of the modern Civil Rights
Movement, Women’s Movement, Gun Rights
Movement, and Environmental Movement in the
United States.
COS
Alignment
7
7
10
10
10
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
10
NA
Unit 4- Personality Development and Socialization
Essential Questions:
What is personality and what four factors affect the development of
personality?
What effect does isolation in childhood have on development?
How does our sense of self emerge and what theories attempt to explain the
process of socialization?
What are the most important agents of socialization in the United States?
Conceptual Connections:
Social Psychology
Biology
Critical Thinking
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 4 Objectives
Describe how environment affects personality.
Describe how genetics affect personality.
List the theories of personality development.
Describe the agents that affect socialization.
COS
Alignment
5
5
5
5
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
Unit 5- Life Cycle
Essential Questions:
List the factors that led to the development adolescence as a distinct stage of
the life cycle in the United States.
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What are the five general characteristics of adolescence?
What factors led to the development of dating and what function does dating
fulfill?
What are some of the social problems facing contemporary teenagers?
What is Frieze’s theory of adult female development?
What is Levinson’s theory of adult male development?
What are the characteristics of life during late adulthood?
How do sociologists study social development?
Conceptual Connections:
Research Methods
Statistics
Social Psychology
Critical Thinking
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
5
Unit 5 Objectives
Identify stages of development across the life
cycle.
Describe the value of birth cohorts as a research
device
Describe adolescence as a distinct life stage.
Describe the theories of adult male and female
development.
List different problems experienced during each
of the life stages.
COS
Alignment
6
Accountability
Alignment
NA
6
NA
6
6
NA
NA
6
NA
Unit 6- The Family Unit
Essential Questions:
How do norms influence the ways in which marriage patterns around the world
are organized?
What basic societal needs does the family institution satisfy?
In what ways can family life be disruptive for family members?
What are some of the trends in American family life currently being examined
by sociologists?
Conceptual Connections:
Social Psychology
Outcome-Based Objectives:
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#
1
2
3
Unit 6 Objectives
Describe the structure and function of the family
unit.
Compare traditional, extended, nuclear, singleparent, and blended families.
Identify trends and problems facing families in
the United States and around the world.
COS
Alignment
8
Accountability
Alignment
NA
8
NA
8
NA
Unit 7- Population & Urbanization
Essential Questions:
What factors affect the size and structure of populations and how do
sociologists measure these factors?
What theories have been proposed to explain population change?
How did cities evolve and why is urbanization such a recent event?
Conceptual Connections:
Statistics
Critical Thinking
Research Methods
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 7 Objectives
Contrast population patterns using the birth rate,
death rate, migration rate, and dependency rate.
Identify the impact of urbanization.
Describe the depletion of natural resources.
Project future population patterns.
COS
Alignment
11
Accountability
Alignment
NA
11
11
11
NA
NA
NA
Unit 8- Crime and Deviance
Essential Questions:
What is deviance and what are its social functions?
What theories have been proposed to explain deviance?
What are the principal types of crimes in the United States?
What are the characteristics of the American criminal justice system?
Conceptual Connections:
Social Psychology
Justice
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Sociology
Punishment
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 8 Objectives
Identify antisocial behaviors.
Contrast violent crime, property crime, and
victimless crime with white-collar crime.
Compare methods for dealing with antisocial
behavior.
Describe the different aspects of the American
criminal justice system.
COS
Alignment
4
4
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
4
NA
4
NA
Unit 9- Social Stratification / Race and Ethnic Relations
Essential Questions:
What are the characteristics of caste and class systems?
What are the major theories that have been proposed to explain social
stratification?
What are the characteristics of the American class system?
What five characteristics distinguish minority groups from other groups?
What are the three main sources of discrimination and prejudice?
Conceptual Connections:
Inequality
Hate
Prejudice
Discrimination
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 9 Objectives
Describe types and characteristics of groups.
Explain the significance of social class.
Identify differences between the terms race and
ethnicity.
List the sources of discrimination and prejudice.
Unit 10- Education and Religion
Essential Questions:
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COS
Alignment
7
7
7
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
7
NA
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How do the conflict and functionalist sociologists differ in their views of
education?
What are some of the current issues in American education?
What basic societal needs are met by religion?
How does the nature of religion vary around the world?
What are the distinctive features of religion in American society?
Conceptual Connections:
Morality
Knowledge
Critical Thinking
Institutions
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
Unit 10 Objectives
1
Describe differing views on the function of
education.
2
List current issues facing the American education
system.
Describe the function of religion in society.
Contrast world religions.
3
4
COS
Alignment
9
Accountability
Alignment
NA
9
NA
9
9
NA
NA
Optional Units (Teacher will choose two units from #11 through #14)
Unit 11- Science and Sport (Optional)
Essential Questions:
What factors led to the institutionalization of science?
How do the norms of scientific research differ from the realities of scientific
research?
What seven characteristics distinguish sport as an institution?
What are the sociological findings concerning racial discrimination in
organized sports?
What is the state of women’s athletics?
Conceptual Connections:
Research
Discrimination
Equality
Outcome-Based Objectives:
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#
Unit 11 Objectives
1
Explain what is meant by the institution of
science.
Describe how the norms of scientific research
differ from the reality of research.
Explain what is meant by the institution of sport.
Describe racial and gender discrimination in
sport.
2
3
4
COS
Alignment
NA
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Unit 12- Social Change and Modernization (Optional)
Essential Questions:
What theories have been presented to explain the process of social change?
How do the modernization and world-system theories differ in their views on
modernization in less developed nations?
What are some of the positive and negative consequences of modernization for
social life and the environment?
Conceptual Connections:
Change
Environment
Inequality
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
Unit 12 Objectives
1
2
Define modernization.
Contrast the theories of modernization and worldsystem in their views of modernization.
List the pros and cons of modernization for social
life and the environment.
3
COS
Alignment
NA
NA
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
Unit 13- Gender, Age, and Health (Optional)
Essential Questions:
How do gender roles affect the life chances of men and women in society?
What effect is the aging of the population having on society and on the life
chances of the elderly?
What is the state of healthcare in the United States?
Conceptual Connections:
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Inequality
Gender Roles
Geriatrics
Healthcare
Medicare
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 13 Objectives
Describe gender roles in the United States.
Define sexism and ageism.
Describe the desired effect of the Equal Rights
Amendment.
Describe the view of the elderly in American
society.
COS
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Unit 14- Cultural Conformity and Adaptation (Optional)
Essential Questions:
What are the basic values that form the foundation for American culture?
What is the most significant new American value?
What forms of social control exist to help ensure that the norms of society are
upheld?
What are the main sources of social change?
What factors lead individuals to resist social change?
Conceptual Connections:
Societal Values
Americanism
Control
Societal change
Outcome-Based Objectives:
#
1
2
3
4
Unit 14 Objectives
Describe the values that are, as a whole,
considered uniquely American.
Describe the value of self- fulfillment.
Describe the most common forms of social
control.
List the main sources of social change in
American society.
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COS
Alignment
NA
Accountability
Alignment
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
10
NA
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#
Unit 14 Objectives
5
Describe factors that lead people to resist change.
COS
Alignment
10
Accountability
Alignment
NA
Alabama Course of Study Correlation: Social Studies
COS Title
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Sociology
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HCS UnitCOS Objectives
Objective
Describe the development of sociology as a social science field of study.
1.1
(a) Identifying important figures in the field of sociology
1.2
(b) Identifying characteristics of sociology
1.3
Identify methods and tools of research used by sociologists.
1.4
Describe how values and norms influence individual behavior.
2.1
(a) Comparing ways in which cultures differ, change, and resist
2.2
change
2.3
(b) Comparing the use of various symbols within and across
2.4
societies
2.5
2.6
Identify antisocial behaviors.
8.1
(a) Contrasting violent crime, property crime, and victimless crime
8.2
with white-collar crime
8.3
(b) Comparing methods for dealing with antisocial behavior
8.4
Describe how environment and genetics affect personality.
4.1, 4.2
4.3, 4.4
Identify stages of development across the life cycle.
5.1, 5.2
(a) Describing the value of birth cohorts as a research device
5.3, 5.4
5.5
Describe types and characteristics of groups.
3.1, 3.2
(a) Explaining the significance of a social class
3.3
(b) Identifying the importance of group dynamics
9.1, 9.2
(c) Identifying differences between the terms race and ethnicity
9.3, 9.4
Describe the structure and function of the family unit.
6.1
(a) Comparing traditional, extended, nuclear, single-parent, and
6.2
blended families
6.3
(b) Identifying problems facing families
Identify the need for and purpose of social systems and institutions.
10.1, 10.2
(a) Describing origins and beliefs of various religions
10.3, 10.4
Describe social movement and social change.
3.3
(a) Comparing various forms of collective behavior
3.4
(b) Identifying major social issues facing modern society
3.5
(c) Contrasting the impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement,
3.6
the Women’s Movement, the Gun Rights Movement, and the
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COS Title
#
11
Sociology
COS Objectives
Environmental Movement in the United States
Contrast population patterns using the birth rate, death rate,
migration rate, and dependency rate.
(a) Identifying the impact of urbanization
(b) Describing the depletion of natural resources
(c) Projecting future population patterns
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HCS UnitObjective
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4