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Sociology Background Check

Sociology Background Check. What do you already know about sociology?. What is sociology?. Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interaction. Theory and research Relationship between group and individual. Possible Topics in Sociology. Culture Economy Health Law

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Sociology Background Check

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  1. Sociology Background Check What do you already know about sociology?

  2. What is sociology? Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interaction. • Theory and research • Relationship between group and individual

  3. Possible Topics in Sociology • Culture • Economy • Health • Law • Deviance • Media • Education • Environment • Government • Industry • Military • Stratification • Race • Ethnicity • Gender • Sexuality • Family • Knowledge

  4. First --- what exactly is society? • A large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. What societies are you a member of?

  5. Why do we study sociology? • Helps us see connections between our lives, larger patterns of society & of the world • Adds to global interdependence • All people closely intertwined • Any single nation’s problems are part of larger global problems too

  6. The Sociological Imagination • See relationship between individual experience & larger society • Distinguish between personal troubles and public issues • C. Wright Mills (1916-1962)

  7. Forrest Gump & the Sociological Imagination The sociological imagination looks at how historical events impact normal events in an individual’s life.

  8. Why is it important to have a global sociological imagination? • Enables us to distinguish between the world’s high, low and middle income countries • High Income Countries • Industrialized economies • Technologically advanced occupations • High levels of income • Examples? Australia Western Europe United States Canada Japan

  9. Middle income countries • Economies in process of industrializing • Moderate levels of income • Examples: Eastern Europe and Latin American countries • Low income countries • Agrarian economies • Low levels of income • Examples: African and Asian countries

  10. Why is it important to have a global sociological imagination? • Helps us understand that diversity is important to our social, personal and economic well-being What makes people different? • 4 main factors: • Race • Ethnicity • Class • Gender

  11. Origins of Sociological Thinking The Age of Enlightenment (1700s Europe & Colonies) • Dominated by philosophers • Emphasis on individual critical thinking and experiences • Skepticism towards religion

  12. Origins of Sociological Thinking The Age of Revolution, Industrialization and Urbanization (1800s) • Intellectual, political and economic revolutions as a result of the Enlightenment • Increased industrialization • Increased urbanization Liberty Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix

  13. Industrialization and urbanization led to new social problems… • Inadequate housing • Poverty • Pollution • Crime

  14. Early Sociological Thinkers • Interested in analyzing social order and stability Spencer Comte Durkheim Martineau

  15. Early Sociological Thinkers • Interested in analyzing social order and stability Marx Simmel Weber

  16. “Conflict, especially between social classes, is necessary in order to produce social change.” Karl Marx

  17. “The dead govern the living.”Auguste Comte

  18. “If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.”Harriet Martineau

  19. “You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows.”Harriet Martineau

  20. “We all decry prejudice, yet all are prejudiced.”Herbert Spencer

  21. Beginning of Sociology in the U.S. • Jane Addams – founder of Hull House, Chicago • W.E.B. Du Bois – “double consciousness”

  22. Classwork Objective • Students will explain the major contributions of early sociologists by using the textbook to complete a chart.

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