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Identifying Information-The Dogon of Africa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice categorizing information.  In this sociology lesson, students categorize information based on a video about the Dogon people of Mali.  Students work to separate information into the following categories: missing,...
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Across the Generations: Grandparents and Grandchildren

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. In this sociology lesson, students analyze and discuss grandparent-grandchild relationships in contemporary times in in recent history.
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What is the Nature of Violence?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners consider the implications of violence in American culture. In this sociology lesson, students analyze the meaning of violence as they define violence and participate in a classroom debate.
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Film and Young People's Liberation; Scripting Agency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the lives of young people. In this sociology lesson, students watch film clips of typical days in the lives of young people. Young scholars pay attention to the processes that young people go through to chart their...
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Stop, Drop, Goal

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how to resolve conflicts quickly and independently in the classroom by connecting putting out fights to putting out fire. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their role plays.
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Fairness

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students distinguish between that which is fair and that which is unfair. They offer solutions as to how to remedy a seemingly unfair situation. They also engage in a role play situation and offer solutions.
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Respect

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students define what having respect or showing respect means. They distinguish between a respectful and a disrespectful situation. They role-play examples of showing respect and disrespect to others.
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The Social Sciences

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students search for examples of social science in and around their school. They create a Social Science scrapbook of the eight social sciences, that includes news articles and summaries that focus on each social science area.
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My City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the job of a city mayor. Using a predetermined website, students participate in a simulated city. Acting as mayor, they are faced with problems and issues which they must solve. High schoolers observe the...
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Media and the Weather

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners research an historical weather disaster and create a group media presentation emphasizing the importance of weather around the world and on the sea. Presentation is in the format of a T.V. news story, a radio news story, or a...
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Measuring Crime and Fear of Crime

For Students Higher Ed
Have your learners delve into the realm of crime statistics using this resource. They use data to answer a series of questions about crime in Britain.
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Contemporary Workplace Inequalities

For Students Higher Ed
Employment and gender is the focus of this activity. Learners answer twelve questions relating to workplace inequalities.
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Consider the Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop and express opinions on personal and societal issues in biology through journal entries (written and other forms), oral position statements and group discussions.
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Friendships Tied in Knots

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson which emphasizes characteristics of healthy friendships and how these characteristics can be utilized to solve the knots in the rope representing an unhappy friend relationship.
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What Happened on Pa Lia's First Day?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils discuss feelings about their first day in a new school and the difficulties of making new friends. They listen to a story about a girl who has moved to a new school, then compare their situation to hers. Nice lesson!
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The Other Drug War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop critical thinking skills as they construct arguments for one of the three debates described in the lesson on "The Other Drug War."
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Video Chat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an online video chat with students from different countries in an effort to learn more about other cultures and to practice foreign language skills. This lesson includes directions for recording the sessions.
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Marriage Around the World

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this marriage around the world worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions, about marriage beliefs, types, and ceremonies, using words from the wordbank.
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What's the Best Age to Retire?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the retirement age. For this global studies lesson, students read a selection (the selection is not included) regarding the retirement age in different countries and discuss the content of the reading selection.
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Setting Boundaries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different relationships they are involved in. In this communication lesson plan, students discuss the importance of setting boundaries in every relationship. They cite the negative and positive consequences when...
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Initiating a Conversation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students brainstorm some good conversation openers. In this communication lesson, students explain the benefits of good conversational skills. They practice conversing to each other in class.
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Deviance: Functionalist Explanations

For Students Higher Ed
In this Deviance: Functionalist Explanations worksheet, students read five pages, then complete several exercises including creating prompt cards, labeling actions appropriately, and deciding what are strengths or weaknesses of theories.
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Post-Modernism and Mass Culture

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the suggestion that the subjective experience of everyday life and sense of identity has changed in America in recent years. In this post-modernism and mass culture lesson, students engage in 4 multi-step exercises that...
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Interactionist View of Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
For this defining deviance, students read extensively about different views on deviance and then complete exercises such as reading scenarios and identifying the theory/theorist that applies.

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