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Welcome to Sociology

Welcome to Sociology. Mr. Brock Mislan period 7 Room C12. About me. 15 th year in education, 4 th at BTHS Social Studies cluster chair Adjunct lecturer in the Teacher Preparation Program at Rutgers University

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Welcome to Sociology

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  1. Welcome to Sociology Mr. Brock Mislan period 7 Room C12

  2. About me • 15th year in education, 4th at BTHS • Social Studies cluster chair • Adjunct lecturer in the Teacher Preparation Program at Rutgers University • Husband of an educator (14 years); we have two boys, aged 10 and 5

  3. A summary of the learning experience • Student as sociologist • Hypothesis testing • Survey research • Most of our assessments consist of “lab” activities and written reflection • This class is co-taught with Mr. Charles Murphy • Student observations and conclusions drive the learning

  4. Focus questions and activities • So far this semester: • What is “anti-social” behavior? • What are the elements of culture? • What are the elements of culture here at BTHS? • How do sociologists “know what they know”? • Lab #1: testing a hypothesis about culture at BTHS • Explaining Gallup Poll data about American attitudes on September 11 • Group jigsaw on cultural concepts

  5. Curriculum • What is sociology? • Cultural Diversity and Conformity • Social Structure • The Individual • Socializing the individual • The adolescent • The adult • Deviance and social control • Crime

  6. Curriculum, continued • Social inequalities • Social stratification • Racial and ethnic relations • Gender, age and health • Social institutions • The family • The economy and politics • Education and religion • Sports, science and the mass media

  7. Curriculum, final slide • The changing social world • Population and urbanization • Collective behavior and social movements • Social change and modernization

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