Unit 1: Intro/ Basics (What is the culture?)

EQs: Define what culture and cultural diversity is. Describe how society can affect a culture.  Explain what socialization is?
Standards: SSSocSC1: Students will explain the process of socialization.
a. Identify and describes the roles and responsibilities of an individual in society.
b. Analyze the individual development theories of Cooley and Mead.
c. Identify and evaluate the stages of socialization; include childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and death/dying.
d. Evaluate the factors that socialize the individual; include family, peers, education, media, and religion.
e. Analyze how individuals are socialized by gender and race/ethnicity.

SSSocC1: Students will explain the development and importance of culture.
a. Describe how culture is a social construction.
b. Identify the basic characteristics of culture.
c. Explain the importance of culture as an organizing tool in society.
d. Describe the components of culture to include language, symbols, norms, and values.

SSSocC2: Students will evaluate how cultures develop and evolve.
a. Explain cultural change and diversity include ethnocentrism, cultural relevance, folk culture, pop culture, counterculture, subculture, and culture shock.
b. Compare material and non-material culture.
c. Analyze the impact of globalization on US and other world cultures.

SSSocC3: Students will analyze social structure and interaction within society.
a. Explain the components of social structure; include status, role and social institutions.
b. Describe and compare various types of societies.
c. Categorize groups within a society by comparing primary and secondary groups, in and out groups, reference groups, and social networks.
d. Analyze the components, varieties, and functions of group dynamics; include such factors as group size, leadership and authority, and such processes as bystander effect and groupthink.
e. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of formal organizations and bureaucracies.


Unit Summary.
In this unit, the students will learn the basics about what culture is and they will be given an understanding of what cultural diversity is, what racism is, and how cultures change and grow. They will also learn about how society affects cultures. This unit will give students the ability to identify what culture is and be able to better learn the information about other cultures that will be taught.