Culture Unit -- Using OpenStax Textbook
Time Frame: 4 weeks
Lesson Arcs
3.1 What is Culture? 2 days
- (3.1 & Teacher-made resources that go along with the OpenStax Sociology Textbook)
- (Material Culture share activity)
*Pluralism & Political Cartoon Analysis
*3.2 Cultural Elements (norms, values, beliefs, symbols/languages)
- (Notes with Powerpoint that go along with the OpenStax Sociology Textbook)
- (Language Webquest)
- (God Grew Tired of Us Analysis)
- (3.2 Quizlet to fill time as needed that go along with the OpenStax Sociology Textbook)
*Crosscultural Perspectives on Time, Language and Eating (Group Activity)
*3.3 Popular Culture, High Culture
- (Reading Notes that go along with the OpenStax Sociology Textbook)
- (Survey: Textbook Feedback) Summary of Responses
*Multiculturalism, Pluralism and the American Melting Pot
*Cultural Appropriation and Sensitivity
*End of unit assessment
UNIT VOCABULARY *Material culture *Nonmaterial culture *Cultural Universals *Ethnocentrism *Values *Norms *Beliefs *Dialect *Folkways *Mores *Cultural Lag *Cultural relativism *Popular Culture *HighCulture | FORMATIVES: --Daily exit tickets --Vocabulary Quiz --Culture Journal SUMMATIVES --End of unit test (? optional) --ACE writing --Mean Girls Essay (performance assessment of cultural analysis/comparison) | *Online Textbook *Other teacher site with links to readings |
INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS
-Encourage use of audio text (right click on chromebooks)
-Modified reading guide for reduced copying
-Extended Time on Assignments