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Sociology Standards Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society

Sociology Standards Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society A Welcome from the ASA Team Lessons and Teaching Resources Hurricane Katrina Discussion NCSS Annual Conference Friday, November 13, 2015 New Orleans, LA. ASA National Standards for High School Sociology.

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Sociology Standards Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society

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  1. Sociology Standards Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society A Welcome from the ASA Team Lessons and Teaching Resources Hurricane Katrina Discussion NCSS Annual Conference Friday, November 13, 2015 New Orleans, LA

  2. ASA National Standards for High School Sociology First Part of the Document: Background and Content • Introduction • Why Sociology is Important • Development of the Standards • Using the National Standards • Learning Domains

  3. ASA National Standards for High School Sociology Second Part of the Document: How to Use Them • How the Standards Address Larger Curricular Goals • Future Considerations • Conclusions • Appendix: Enrichment Concepts • Contributors

  4. Domain 2: Social Structure – Culture, Institutions and Society

  5. Introduction to TRAILS Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org

  6. Domain 2: Lesson Plan Ideas Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society https://trails.asanet.org/Pages/default.aspx From TRAILS • Norm Violation Video Presentation (Author – Medora W. Barnes, John Caroll University) • Qualitative Methods – Cross Cultural Images (Author – Susan Goodrich Lehmann and Noah P. Schultz) • Sports and American Culture (Author – Jamie L. Gusrang, University of Connecticut) Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org

  7. Lesson Plan Ideas for Domain 2 Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society http://www.asanet.org/introtosociology/home.html From IntroSocSite • Guidelines for Write Up of Breaking A Social Norm Assignment • Culture – TV Media and Reality: An Observation Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org

  8. Comparing American Values to Vulnerability with Your Sociological Imagination Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  9. Culture and U.S. Values • Robin Williams • L. Robert Kohl • The Values Americans Live By • American Values                                                         vs. Other Cultures’ ValuesPersonal control/responsibility                                   vs Fate/destinyChange seen as natural and positive/Progress          vs. Stability/traditionTime and its control                                                     vs. Human InteractionEquality/fairness                                                         vs. Hierarchy/rank/statusIndividualism/independence/freedom                           vs. Group welfare/dependenceSelf-Help/initiative                                                        vs. Birthright/inheritanceCompetition                                                                   vs. CooperationFuture orientation                                                         vs. Past orientationAction/work                                                                   vs. “Being”Informality                                                                    vs. FormalityDirectness/openness/Honesty                                       vs. Indirectness/ritual/”face”Practicality/efficiency                                                   vs. Idealism/theoryMaterialism/Acquisitiveness                                         vs. Spiritualism/detachmentAchievement/Success                                                    vs. Acceptance/Status QuoMorality/judgement                                                      vs. Consequentialism/situational ethicsRobin Williams (The sociologist, not the actor), studied American culture in the 1970s and came up with his own list of values, which is largely still applicable today. Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  10. Use a Case Study • Tuesdays with Morrie • God Grew Tired of Us • Bemused in America Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  11. Apply to Student’s Life • Make it experiential. • Close your eyes.  Think of someone influential in your life.  Now write down who you thought about and why you thought about that person. • Now take out your cell phones and call that person and read what you wrote. Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  12. Science of Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  13. For Discussion • How might American values of freedom, independence, individualism and personal control make it difficult to admit that we are dependent on other people? • Why might this unwillingness make it difficult to complete the exercise? Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org

  14. For more information and resources, visit Sociology Sal http://sociologysal.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit2culture

  15. Domain 2: Social Structure: Culture, Institutions, and Society “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society.” C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  16. Hurricane Katrina Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  17. After the Levees Failed: Flooding in New Orleans Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  18. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – New Orleans Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  19. 1372 Madrid Street, New Orleans, LA. Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  20. Social Institutions • Family • Education • Religion • Economy • Government • What happens when fundamental social institutions stop functioning? Dennis R. McSeveney , Ph.D. University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu

  21. Family: FEMA Trailer Park

  22. Family: Housing for 8 Beds: Queen, Sofa, Table Kitchen, Dining, Bath, Bunks

  23. Religion St. John’s AME Church Church after School Center

  24. How to Contact Us • Jean Shin, ASA, shin@asanet.org • Beth Floyd, ASA, bfloyd@asanet.org • Margaret Weigers Vitullo, ASA, mvitullo@asanet.org • Chris Salituro, Stevenson High School, csalituro@d125.org • Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School, hayley.lotspeich@cusd200.org • Dennis R. McSeveney, University of New Orleans, dennis.mcseveney@uno.edu • ASA Website: www.asanet.org • ASA High School Program Email: highschool@asanet.org

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