Description

This unit can be done well in 5-6 weeks and aligns with standards from various states. All student materials come in print-and-go PDF and editable Google files!

Included in this Socialization & Social Development unit:

Overview Materials

• Teacher Unit Overview with general notes, links, standards, and a pacing guide
• Daily Lesson Plans with step-by-step details, planning, and lesson takeaways
• Detailed Answer Keys for each activity
• Student Unit Review and Skills handouts with self-checking questions and “I Can…” standards statements in student-friendly language
• Student Unit Notes sheet for building deep and nuanced mastery of concepts of the unit
• Editable Parent Permission form to inform families about sensitive topics that are covered in this unit

Student Activities

• Unit Hook: survey self to identify one’s own personality tendencies and values, then reflect on how they are rooted in one’s upbringing
• 2 Crash Course Guided Notes: provide an overview of concepts with these videos and embedded “pause and talk” real-world application tasks (perfect lecture or textbook replacement or for a flipped classroom experience)
• Feral Children: view a documentary, Wild Child, that explores the detrimental experiences of young children who suffered from limited socialization
• Piaget’s 4 Stages and Gift Guide Project: identify the stages of childhood social development then develop a gift guide of toys to support learning and proper socialization for each stage to share with others
• Three Identical Strangers: view the compelling documentary, Three Identical Strangers, which explores the ethical issues of studying socialization; in this case, the outcomes of triplets separated at birth
• Agents of Socialization Stations: gain a solid foundation of 6 different agents and connect to own life and real-world examples
• Case Study: Free Play: investigate and discuss the socialization benefits of unstructured free play and the causes for its decline
• Hidden Rules of School: closely examine the behavior rules expected and taught throughout the school day
• Hidden Stories: re-read childhood classics and analyze for the socialization messages they missed the first time
• Looking-Glass Self & Meme Project: walk through Cooley’s and Mead’s theories about self-identity and then create a fun meme poster of how one believes others see them
• The Truman Show: view this comedic dystopian classic with a sociologist’s lens to explore just how impactful small daily messages can shape a person’s reality
• Case Study: Gen Z in the Workplace: investigate and discuss the socialization issues that Gen Zers are encountering as they enter the workforce

Lecture Kit

• 90-Slide Deck: introduce concepts with images and real-life examples; broken into four 30-45-minute lectures to deliver throughout the unit
• Guided Notes & Quizzes: support and assess learning with these no-prep tools

Assessments:

• Open-Ended Essay: encapsulate understanding of concepts by forming a personalized and supported answer to the not-so-simple question, “How have I been taught to be?”
• Short Answer Test Questions: succinctly assess students’ mastery of concepts and application to the real world and their own lives
• Sociologist’s Journal: builds deep reflection on personal beliefs and experiences about concepts

This resource includes 111 PDF pages, plus Google files. 

Note: this unit includes viewing two films and a made-for-TV documentary (Three Identical Strangers, The Truman Show, and Wild Child)). An editable parent permission slip is included if needed.