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Sociology Collaborative Survey Project Units 1 - 5
Student Work
Family Matters Survey:
Investigating the problems facing American families in society today
Project Overview:
This collaborative research project is designed to turn you into a true sociologist! You and a
group of your classmates will work together to research a problem facing American families in
today’s society. You will develop a survey about the problem, conduct the survey, analyze the
data, and ultimately, report your findings to the class. The final project is due at the end of Unit
5, but each Unit will contain specific steps toward the completion of the project.
Group Formation:
Your teacher will form groups and assign each group a specific problem facing American
families in today’s society. The list of problems is as follows: Abuse and family violence, Divorce,
Poverty, Teen pregnancy, Addiction, Care of elderly family members (ASOC #8.1).
Project Roles:
Everyone in your group is a Researcher and will have individual responsibilities for each step of
the project. In addition, your group must select someone to take on each of the following roles.
These three roles come with additional group responsibilities:
1. Discussion Leader: Each step of the project requires group discussions. The
discussion leader’s role is to make sure his or her group is active in discussions
and being productive toward the project work.
2. Survey Manager: After writing the survey questions, your teacher will post each
group’s survey on SurveyMonkey. The Survey manager’s role is to work with the
teacher on posting the survey and collecting the results.
3. PPT Creator: After analyzing the survey results, your group is responsible for making
one final PowerPoint presentation that covers all information from the project.
Each group member will submit information, but one person needs to compile
the information into a presentation. The PPT creator will take all of the
information from group members and make one PowerPoint Presentation.
Project Grades:
Each unit has a main product associated with it, and each of those products includes both
individual and group tasks:
Unit 1 Project Goal: Source List
Group: Group discussion to select a topic focus and decide roles (15 pts.)
Group discussion to share source information (5 pts.)
Individual: Source list with correct MLA citation (25 pts.)
Unit 2 Project Goal: Survey Questions
Group: Group discussion to create the final list of survey questions (15 pts.)
Individual: Survey question brainstorm sheet (25 pts.)
Unit 3 Project Goal: Background Research
Group: Group discussion to divide the research questions up for research (5 pts.)
Group discussion to share research (5 pts.)
Individual: Research paper on survey questions (60 pts.)
Unit 4 Project Goal: Conduct Survey - Survey Analysis
Group: Group discussion on survey results (15 pts.)
Individual: Take all group surveys (10 pts.)
Complete survey analysis questions (30 pts.)
Unit 5 Project Goal: Final PPT Presentation of Survey
Group: Group discussion to divide up PowerPoint content (5 pts.)
Group discussion to share PowerPoint slide content (5 pts.)
Individual: PowerPoint slide content (30 pts.)
Final project review (15 pts.)
Project Steps by Unit:
Please note that detailed directions are provided within the lessons, and your teacher will
provide the due date information for each step. With that said, it is always a good idea to read
through the project steps before beginning a collaborative project!
Unit 1 Sociology as a Social Science
Project Steps 1 - 3
Step One: After your teacher assigns you to a group and gives you a topic, complete 1.04 Topic
Group Discussion and discuss a topic focus and who in your group will take on the roles of
Discussion Leader, Survey Manager, and PPT Creator.
Step Two: Using your topic focus, work individually to create a source list with correct MLA
citation for your group to use for background information. Submit the source list to the 1.04
Survey Sources Dropbox.
Step Three: Post your source lists to the 1.05 Sources Group Discussion as an attachment to
share information.
Unit 2 Socialization and the Social Sciences
Project Steps 4 - 5
Step Four: Individually, complete the survey brainstorm worksheet and submit to the 2.01
Survey Brainstorm Dropbox. Remember that these surveys will be taken by teenagers, so the
questions should be ones that a typical teenager can quickly answer.
Step Five: Post your brainstorm to the 2.05 Final Survey Group Discussion and then work
together to create a final list of survey questions. Remember that these surveys will be taken by
teenagers, so the questions should be ones that a typical teenager can quickly answer. The
Discussion Leader should make sure everyone shares his or her brainstorm lists. The Survey
Manager posts the Final Survey to the group discussion for teacher review.
Unit 3 Deviance and Poverty
Project Steps 6 - 8
Step Six: Complete 3.01 Research Group Discussion to divide up your research questions for
background research. The Discussion Leader should make sure that the questions are divided
up evenly among group members. Each group member will research two of the survey
questions.
Step Seven: Individually, write a short research paper highlighting information about the
different research questions. Your source lists from Unit 1 should come in handy! This
information can include state and national level information, but remember that all outside
information needs to be correctly cited using MLA citation. Submit your research paper to 3.04
Survey Research Paper Dropbox.
Step Eight: Complete 3.04 Share Research Group Discussion and post your research results.
The Discussion Leader should make sure everyone posts his or her research paper. If you need
to make any edits to your survey questions, be sure the Survey Manager notifies your teacher.
Unit 4 The Inequalities of Age, Gender, and Race
Project Steps 9 - 11
Step Nine: Your teacher will post links to all of the different group surveys. Be sure to take all
group surveys! Remember to take this step very seriously in order to obtain the best results for
the class. To encourage complete honesty, all of the results will be anonymous. As a way to
keep track of your survey completion, complete 4.02 Survey Participation Dropbox.
Step Ten: The Survey Creator will post the survey analysis link on the group discussion.
Individually, complete the survey analysis questions and submit to 4.06 Survey Analysis
Dropbox.
Step Eleven: Complete 4.07 Analysis Group Discussion to discuss your group’s survey results.
The Discussion Leader should make sure everyone has a chance to post his or her thoughts on
the survey.
Unit 5 The Social Institutions of Family and Religion
Project Steps 12 - 15
Step Twelve: Complete 5.01 PowerPoint Group Discussion to divide up the PowerPoint
content. The Discussion Leader should make sure that the slides are divided up evenly among
group members.
Step Thirteen: Individually work to create your PowerPoint slide content. Submit your slides to
5.03 Final PowerPoint Dropbox.
Step Fourteen: Post your slides to 5.03 Share PowerPoint Group Discussion. The PPT Creator
should take all of the content and create one final PPT. Then, post the final group presentation
to 5.03 Family Matters Discussion for the entire class to view. Send the PPT to the teacher.
Step Fifteen: Complete 5.04 Final Project Review and submit it to 5.04 Final Project Review
Dropbox.