Sociology: Culture Clash and Bystander Effect: Unit III

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Grade Level: / 11/12 / Subject: / Sociology / Prepared By: / L. Korpics 11/14/11-11/18/11
Overview- The society in which we live determines everything from the food we eat to the choices we make. A society consists of people who share a territory, who interact with each other, and who share a culture. Cultures can join us or divide us. Bystander Effect Simulation / Performance Standards Addressed. ASA: American Sociology Association Pre-College Board Prototype for AP Sociology Courses. NYU Sociology Curriculum
To understand, compare and analyze American Core Values with personal values and group expectations
Do Now: / Teacher Objectives / Student Guide
What is your ethnicity?
How do you know this?
How would you feel if this turned out to be false?
Would you still be you?
DO Now: What would you do if you saw someone crying in a crowded hallway? What would you do if you saw them in an empty hallway. If you saw them drop a book in a crowded hallway/empty hallway? DISCUSS? / SWBAT: Understand that Some societies are in fact, groups of people united by friendship or common interests. Describe how our respective societies teach us how to behave, what to believe, and how we’ll be punished if we don’t follow the laws or customs in place Analyze how Sociologists study the way people learn about their own society’s cultures and how they discover their place within those cultures. Examine the ways in which people from differing cultures interact and sometimes clash—and how mutual understanding and respect might be reached.. / Determine how territory can be a cause of culture clash. Most countries have formal boundaries and territory that the world recognizes as theirs. However, a society’s boundaries don’t have to be geopolitical borders, such as the one between the United States and Canada.
Instead, members of a society, as well as nonmembers, must recognize particular land as belonging to that society. / Materials Needed
·  Pen
·  Notebook
·  Text: “Sociology: HOLT.
·  READING: Kitty Genovese: and Bystander Theory
·  Reading: Culture Clash II
Information
(Bystander Effect) SIMULATION: / I do: Notes on Objectives, Inquiry
We do: Activities: Discussion on Bystander Theory / Readings: Kitty Genovese: 38 years later
Readings: 18 Month Old Girl in China hit by car and left to die, CNN
Verification
(Steps to check for student understanding) / PROJECT: Objectives:
What was your initial hypothesis
How did you choose your topic and groups
Did you have any difficulties trying to define groups without feeling as though you were demeaning them in some way? / After your interviews…how did your impressions change?
What did you expect that resulted from your research?
What surprised you from your research?
HOW CAN WE USE OUT RESEARCH AND DATA TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE HERE AT VC? / Other Resources
Smart Board/Computer/Photos
Computer Lab: 10/16, and 10/19/11
PRESENTATIONS BEGIN:
Fri. 10/28/2011
Activity
They Do: : Have you ever been in a situation where you found yourself in any of the above situations. Why do people make their choices? Does culture or self-preservation have something to do with it?