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Kilkenny, Ireland

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this sociology worksheet, learners read an informational sheet about Kilkenny, Ireland. Students then answer 29 questions about what they've read using a variety of formats.
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I Am More Than You See

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the effects of gender bias and stereotyping by identifying personal interests and values. In this sociology lesson, students iscuss the forces in society which cause gender discrimination, create poems about...
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Have a Thai day!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students participate in a fund raiser for the Thai Children's trust.  In this sociology lesson, students prepare for a Thai Day by making puppets, having a cake sale, making fans, and performing Thai dances.
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Laws and Rules

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a role play about laws and rules where they portray an authority figure, or portray someone who has to obey the law. In this sociology and law lesson plan, 1st graders discuss the purpose of laws and rules....
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Talk It Out Lesson #1: Calm Down

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners study communication, feelings, and calming down. In this sociology lesson, students play a game about feelings and discuss how to use I-messages to calm anger.
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Educating Village Girls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the education of village girls. In this sociology lesson, students watch the slide show, "Healthy Girls, Healthy Villages" about Nigerian girls and women. Students compare work in rural Lesotho with their own households.
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We Are Different; We Are Alike........

For Teachers 1st
First graders explain that everybody is unique in their own way by participating in this lively, art and language based series of lesson plans. They would greatly benefit from engaging in these plans in the beginning of the year as an...
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Calamity Sane

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students observe responses to emergency situations by participating in and making observations about a fire drill. They then analyze the fire drill proceedings from the perspective of a sociologist investigating social order during...
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Social Inequality 2

For Students 9th - 11th
In this sociology worksheet, students identify types of work, define 3 terms, identify leisure activities, and answer 4 short answer questions as they evaluate work in modern day society.
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Social Inequality 7

For Students 9th - 11th
In this sociology worksheet, students investigate workplace change and class formation as they respond to 6 short answer questions about the topic.
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Crime and Deviance

For Students 9th - 11th
In this sociology worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions pertaining to crime and defiance and their social construction and relativity.
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Crime and Deviance 11

For Students 10th - 12th
In this sociology worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions regarding some explanations for crimes and deviance.
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Different Ways of Knowing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
 “Words have colors, emotions, numbers, shapes, and personalities.” Daniel Tammet welcomes viewers to his world with a 10-minutes video that illustrates how he, as an autistic savant, perceives the world. Class members are then...
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Data Analysis - AP Statistics

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
What better way to study survey design than to design your own survey! Bring a versatile data analysis project to your AP Statistics class, and encourage them to apply the practices from their instructions to a real-world survey...
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Polling and Public Opinion

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Most people are eager to offer their opinions about topics of interest, but what's the most effective way to collect and assess these opinions as a matter of fact? High schoolers learn about the history of polling, as well as the...
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Brief Encounters

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How are Pandyas different than Chispas? Explore cultural norms and societal behaviors with an engaging role-play activity. Split into groups of two hypothetical cultural groups, the formal Pandyas and the sociable Chispas, and another...
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Women's History: Glass Windows; Glass Ceilings

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Discover stories about women's history in beautiful stained glass windows. The second in a three-part series teaches scholars about a famous artistic style of stained glass windows and the influential women that used art to impact...
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African Americans during the Great Depression

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret patterns of behavior reflecting values and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural exploration. They explain and apply ideas, theories and modes of inquiry drawn from anthropology and sociology in...
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Marriage- What it Means to You.

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this sociology and writing worksheet, students read a short introduction about marriage before writing an essay about what marriage means to them.
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How do people become homeless?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the causes of homelessness.  In this Sociology lesson, 9th graders describe some of the reasons which make it difficult for people who have become homeless to get themselves out of that situation. ...
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Across the Generations: Grandparents and Grandchildren

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners 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
High schoolers consider the implications of violence in American culture. In this sociology activity, 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
Students explore the lives of young people. In this sociology lesson, students watch film clips of typical days in the lives of young people. Students pay attention to the processes that young people go through to chart their own...
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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:...

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