• Explore elements of culture:
• language,
• social structure,
• customs,
• economic systems,
• religion,
• education,
• individual,
• family,
• authority structures, and/or
• childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
• Use technology to research and publish a social issue paper on a current U.S. social institution.
• Visit a variety of social institutions:
• prison,
• schools,
• hospitals, and/or
• city hall.
• Participate in seminars, panel discussions, and debates examining opposing view points on social issues.
• Design questions for a variety of guest speakers:
• law enforcement,
• educators,
• physicians,
• politicians,
• social workers,
• elected officials, and/or
• religious leaders.
• Explore careers and work place skills in sociology and related social science.
• Use technology to gather, sort, and organize information for a variety of purposes. |