Sociology Online Textbook

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Georgia Sociology

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Welcome to Sociology! Unit 1 Culture and Social Structures

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

Spring 2019 Calendar

Please sign-up TODAY for our class remind!

https://www.remind.com/join/grovesoc

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

The Looney Goons Stratification Info

Welcome Back!

Let's play SPENT:    http://playspent.org/html/

Poverty in the USA:  https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/what-is-the-federal-poverty-level-14690998

What does poverty look like today: http://time.com/poorest-states-america-photos/

Income Gap:
https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/
https://www.businessinsider.com/income-inequality-highest-united-states-2018-8
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2018/08/29/income-inequality-us-cities/#4d528e1b5d4a

VIDEO: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2018/08/29/income-inequality-us-cities/#4d528e1b5d4a

What income class are you?
https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/which-income-class-are-you.aspx







https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/204497/determines-americans-perceive-social-class.aspx

The Breakfast Club Socialization Info

Let's talk about birth order:

Please take the following quizzes and note your results.

http://hmclarke12.tripod.com/id16.html/
https://www.parents.com/baby/development/social/quiz-whats-your-birth-order-personality/
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/rm-quiz-birth-order


ASSIGNMENT:  After discussing the three components of personality (birth order, parental characteristics and cultural environment), rank the components in influence on your own personality.  List and explain one characteristic shaping your personality in each category.

Genie : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers
Video : Feral Children

Speech Soc Capstone Project Info

WOW!  We are almost finished with our inaugural classes for 2019!

Barber and Blackmon want to hear from you.

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 3 minute speech you will discuss the following:
JUNIORS:
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
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:
Speech 30% - 5 components of a speech will be graded
Sociology 30% - Patterns, Culture, Socialization, Nature/Nurture, Adolescence, Adulthood, Deviance
Pros/Cons 15 % - 5 total ; Be honest!
Advice to future students 15% - outlook and contributions
Multimedia component: 10% - what platforms were utilized? (tech, interviews, surveys of at least 40 people etc.)

Project #3 Hillgrove Person of the Year

This is a group presentation. 

The speech is a minimum of 6 minutes. 

The speech will be an individual grade whereas the content of the speech and the TIME cover is a group grade.

We made your groups. (Max 4 people)

The purpose of this project is for you to identify and research...
--- the contribution(s) to the Hillgrove community. (25 points)
--- the influence on the Hillgrove community. (25 points)
--- notable characteristics (material, nonmaterial culture) (25 points)
--- TIME magazine cover: use this template - http://www.stevenkatz.com/blog/2016/01/23/time-magazine-template/  (10 points)
--- Conclusion (15 points)
SUBMIT your info for the project here: https://goo.gl/forms/ndKD2kThjoSZTjG72
RUBRIC for Group Grade:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NVt3pMubxwcn9OqIMrD5CuoZskAO0RzVgpJx6LRRZ78/edit?usp=sharing 

FORM to VOTE and VENT!  https://goo.gl/forms/2hSUVqGxZz53QA8f2 

Claire Terrin Savannah Kevin Race relations	Zoe Haley Chloe Chris Joseph Hawk Hour	Zharia Evelyn Nate Peyton Josh Social Media	Lanayah Owen Sean Mikaila Amiya Paul	Taylor Sona Alexis Julia VAPE	Griffin Angela Austin Jordan Logan Mosser	Kennedy Brett Lauren Alanna Tyler ExtraCurriculars
Ashley Brian Abby Aly Sonny	Luna Soleil Tanner Nick VANS/VAN culture	Erin  Xavier Chris Destiny Ms. Stewart	Gio Aja Jasmine Jalen Dress Code	Maggie Lauren Marissa Ane Rivalry	Ethan Ayannah Brianna Andres Hillgrove Football	Areesha Jonahtan Kiki Cameron Ms. Williams
Riley Princess Bailey Ann Kameroi TJ Pope

Project #2 Checklist

I am so excited to see your work!  Please refer to the questions below to get this 100.
1. Do you have all group members names listed on the Google form?
2. Did you select the correct class?
3. Does the infographic clearly describe and represent each of the 8 components of culture?
4. Does the infographic have a title?/
5. Does the infographic have one set of statistics listed about Hillgrove?
6. Does the infographic have the results of your survey listed in some way?

Unit 2 Subculture of Hillgrove Project Directions

Go to this link for directions for this project.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uOcHLOogFCWYgE2VtpXy1T4xEBq3edLq30NmQu2LTSA/edit?usp=sharing

Project #1

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCoSg74LtgqzpoBA-JoFqkrQimWDhahuHF1nkoWiZtM/edit?usp=sharing

My Life As an Undocumented Worker...People Say I Am

ARTICLE:
Part 1
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html?pagewanted=all

Part 2

Questions:  STOP!

What have your learned so far?

What are your questions?

How do you anticipate this article will end?

If this article politically skewed? How?

Links:
Vargas' Docu
https://documented.vhx.tv/products/define-american-package

Separation Policy is Not New:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-didnt-invent-family-separation-but-his-administration-was-eager-to-try-it/2018/06/19/f32f11f6-73d6-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ebedfdb1c171

There is NO Crisis At the Border per US Customs and Border Protection: Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/06/25/there-is-no-crisis-at-the-border-and-dhs-stats-prove-it/#31acf994112a

What has Immigration Reform looked like in the past?  Reagan
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128303672

Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants.html

CNN News:
https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/immigration

Infographic - Where did all these folks come from?
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/america-immigration-1820/

Major Sociological Paradigms: Crash Course Sociology #2

Sociology Textbook Link

Georgia Sociology

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Presentation Rubric for Speech #1

After evaluating your assigned presenter, complete the following form.

Presentation Rubric for Speech #1