Sociology: :Language, Beliefs and Values and Our Cultural Reality:

Grade Level: / 11/12 / Subject: / Sociology / Prepared By: / L. Korpics
Overview- Think of and write down four words that didn’t exist 20 years ago
Think of two words and write down two words that didn’t exist 5 years ago
(The area of Linguists in Sociology uses words, gestures and other interaction symbolic features to determine our “sociological reality” / Performance Standards Addressed
To examine symbolic interactionism, linguism and gestures in cultural reality
Do Now: / Teacher Objectives / Student Guide
What is the English Translation for these words?
Tartle
Scottish– The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name
Prozvonit
Czech – This word means to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. / SWBAT:Speakers of different languages think about the world in quite different ways.
This view is sometimes called theWhorf-Sapir hypothesis, after the linguists who made it famous - that we know the world only in terms of our language.
Language then determines our cultural reality
SWBAT:Values are defined as the standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty; they are broad principles
Beliefs - specific statements that people hold to be true. Beliefs are learned through socialization and help shape how we perceive our surroundings and how our personality develops. / Notes: The Whorf-Sapir hypothesis states that we know the world only in terms of our language.
Values are defined as the standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty; they are broad principles
Beliefs - specific statements that people hold to be true.
Culture is defined as the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. Material Culture is the objects we use and Non-material Culture is the values we give them. Mores distinguish between right and wrong
Folkways distinguish between right and rude
Proscriptive Norms: mandate what we should not do
Prescriptive Norms: stating what we should do.
Deviance: not conforming to the “norm”. Relative to time and place.
Ideal Culture: The way things SHOULD be...not how they are. / Materials Needed
  • Pen
  • Notebook
  • Text: “Sociology: HOLT.

Information
(Give and/or demonstrate necessary information) / I do:Notes on objectives
We do:
Verification
(Steps to check for student understanding) / They do:
  • What was one belief you had that changed?
  • What is one belief you have that hasn’t changed?
  • If you were to choose one word to sum up your value system…what would it be?
/ Inquiry – Discussion
Sociologists describe two interrelated aspects of human culture: the physical objects of the culture (Material Culture) and the ideas associated with these objects. (Non-material Culture). / Other Resources
Smart Board/Computer/Photos
Activity
(Describe the independent activity to reinforce this lesson) / Independent: HW find an article that expresses material and nonmaterial culture
  1. What is it
  2. Who are the individuals that would use these articles/constructs
  3. What groups are not included
  4. Think of 2 reasons not mentioned in the article for the possible reasons for these items in a latent fashion
/ Homework Due: Friday 9/9/11
Article:
Assessment: Quiz, Unit Exam, HW Article Assignment / Exit Quiz
HW / Summary: