Week 1 Speech/Sociology

Welcome to Sociology! Unit 1 Culture and Social Structures

Thank you for choosing to take this class.  

We are embarking on a new journey together.  

Here is your syllabus and calendar for this course:

Syllabus

County Link to Digital Textbook: 

http://www.cobbk12.org/centraloffice/learningresources/hs.aspx#socialstudies

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We should have online text links and a class set of books soon.  In the mean time, here are your

RESOURCES for Unit 1 - The Foundations of Sociology.

Unit 1 Essential Questions and Vocabulary

Unit 1 QUIZLET Vocab

Crash Course Style:

What is Sociology? 

How do Sociologists Conduct Research?

Examples: Sociological Imagination

Causation and Correlation

Most People Are Bad At Arguing

Sociology Terms to Know for Final

I will miss you all. Have a great break!

Sociology terms to know:

1. sociology
2. social sciences
3. sociological perspective
4. sociological imagination
5. society
6. culture
7. non material culture
8. material culture
9. norms
10. subculture
11. counterculture
12. cultural relativism
13. ethnocentrism

Speech-Soc Capstone Speech

Barber and Blackmon want to hear from you.

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The last project will be a mulit-media project of your choosing with this message:   

What is the Hillgrove Soc/Speech class about? 

What is Hillgrove all about?  

What advice would you give for future students?

Through this multimedia project and  2-3 minute speech you will discuss the following:
JUNIORS: Answer all questions.
1.  Why take this class? What is the point of the course to you? (Juniors)
2.  What was gained?  What was lost by taking this course? (Juniors)
3.  What advice would you give future students of this course? (Juniors)

SENIORS - Answer all 3 questions.
1.  What has Hillgrove High School meant to you? (Seniors)
2.  What was gained?  What was lost by being a student at Hillgrove? (Seniors)
3.  What advice would you give future students of Hillgrove? (Seniors)

RUBRIC: Rubric
Speech 30% - 5 components of a speech will be graded
Sociology 30% - Patterns, Culture, Socialization, (You are to use vocabulary/theories/sociological perspectives to show your understanding of sociology.)
Pros/Cons 15 % - 3 total ; Be honest!
Advice to future students 15% - outlook and contributions
Multimedia component: 10% - what platforms were utilized? (Pick a visual...any visual! We know you can get creative here. Enjoy it!)