Social Issues--Course Outline
(Topics are tentative and subject to changes—Not all sections in chapters used)
Mr. Prissel
Text is used as topical guide—other materials will be implemented as well.
(First Day or Two of class--Welcome & Classroom policies & procedures)
***We will study the topics/themes outlined below, but interweave more of an issues/problems focus when appropriate as we study the content material***
Unit 1—Culture & Social Structure (Quarter 3)
- Cultural Conformity
- Cultural Diversity
- Social Structure
- End of Unit Test/Project-Evaluation or Assessment
Unit 2—Individual in Society (Quarter 3-4)
- Socializing the Individual
- Adolescent in Society
- End of Unit Test/Project--Evaluation or Assessment
Unit 3—Adult World & Societal Problems (Quarter 4)
- Adult in Society
- Deviance and Social Control
- End of Unit Test/Project--Evaluation or Assessment
Unit 4—Social Inequality (Quarter 4)
- Social Stratification
- Racial and Ethnic Relations
- Gender, Age, and Health
- End of Unit Test/Project--Evaluation or Assessment
Unit 5-Social Institutions & The World Today (If Time Permits) (Quarter 4)
- Various topics within the final chapters of the textbook—Student Driven Individual Learning Activities (ILA) in this last unit
- End of Unit Test/Project--Evaluation or Assessment
*****END OF SEMESTER*****
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