Sociology Guide: Questions on Social Stratification

Chapter 5 of a sociology textbook. It looks at the history of social stratification perspectives in American sociology; the functional theories of Davis and Moore, and of Talcott Parsons; the concept of occupational prestige; the...

Why do countries create boundaries? Scholars explore similar ideas using prompts from the 2012 AP Human Geography test. Pupils also test their acumen with questions on agriculture and the growth of Islam. 

How can social media help or hinder civil dialogue? How can information shared on social media be verified? As the investigation of media reports of the events surrounding the shooting of Michael Brown continues, class members read...

This video focuses on social stratification; it is the 21st episode of the sociology course. How do different societies establish a social hierarchy? This video begins a unit on social stratification, starting with four basic principles...

This video focuses on social stratification; it is the 22nd episode of the sociology course. It returns to the three sociological paradigms. How to structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism each think...

This video [9:33] focuses on social stratification in the U. S.; it is the 23rd episode of the sociology course. Social class in America is hard to talk about. As Sociology, the difficulty lies in pinning down what we mean by "Social...

A thought-provoking resource guides learners as they interview agents of social change and share their findings. Scholars select an individual, create questions, conduct the interview, and create a profile of the person they selected....

Connect art to social issues with a extended inquiry project. Individuals or small groups select a social issue and a type of art to explore. They complete a KWL chart for both the social issue and the art strand and take time to create...

The war on drugs doesn't have definite results. An interesting instructional activity examines the social, political, and economic effect of the war on drugs. Academics learn how the war on drugs has led to mass incarcerations and...

Did the New Deal fundamentally shift the role of the American government in the economy? Your class members will examine the interpretations of various historians in answering this question, and use a variety of primary and secondary...