Stratification & Social Status Unit
$29.95
This unit explores social stratification and its connections to status, class, and privilege to strengthen your students’ empathy for others.
By the end, students will be able to answer, “How does society place in its hierarchy?”
Description
This unit can be done well in 3-4 weeks and aligns with standards from various states. All student materials come in print-and-go PDF and editable Google files!
Included in this Stratification & Social Status 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
- Ever Notice?: simulate the world from a left-hander’s perspective with everyday objects to understand the subtly of privilege
- 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)
- Caste System in Silicon Valley Case Study: investigate and discuss how India’s ancient system is cropping up in the US’s tech sector
- Job Prestige Ratings: analyze the occupational prestige rating of dozens of professions and reflect on how that factors into one’s class standing
- Our Privileges: collaborate to develop a safe experience in which privileges of all kinds are considered and reflected on
- People Like Us: watch this powerful documentary on class in the US from the lens of the three sociological perspectives
- Views on Stratification: answer various survey questions, comparing answers to Pew data results, then analyze various data charts about attitudes on stratification in a gallery walk
- Philosophical Position: complete an inquiry arc on a chewy inquiry question, collaborating to develop and answer research questions, then form a supported final position
Lecture Kit
- 70-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 does society place in its hierarchy?”
- 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 143 PDF pages, plus Google files.
Note: this unit includes the documentary People Like Use (clips of what are available on YouTube, the full-length is available on Kanopy). Common household items are needed for the Ever Notice? simulation activity.
What grades is this intended for?
This was designed for an upper high school level course.
Can I use this in a homeschooling setting?
Sure! Everything in this kit can still be used in a solo or a small-group setting.
Is this editable? What file types does this resource come in?
The main resource is a secured, non-editable PDF file intended to be printed.
Included are links to editable Google files, to customize to your classroom needs and assign digitally if you choose.
What standards does this address?
Several! Standards vary, but this resource supports these from various states:
- Define stratification and open and closed systems with examples
- Describe characteristics of class structure in the United States, their causes, and consequences
- Define status and provide examples of how differing ascribed and achieved statuses interact and can create status inconsistency and master statuses
- Explain various privileges and disadvantages people navigate life with and how those affect one’s social status
- Analyze the attitudes, biases, and stigmas held about people in different classes
- Compare the three sociological perspectives on social stratification and analyze their limitations in explaining stratification issues
What are the terms of use for this resource?
This resource, including all ancillary files, may be used as needed for regular, non-commercial single-classroom use between a teacher and their students.
This includes printing copies and sharing digital files with students through a secure platform, like Google Classroom or Canvas, email, or a classroom-only shared drive.
The using and sharing of any part of this resource in any manner outside the above-mentioned capacity is strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to,
- posting files on the open internet or in a Facebook group
- emailing files to or sharing print copies with others (without purchasing additional licenses)
- uploading or storing files in a shared cloud drive accessible by anyone other than students
- including any part, or any derivative work, within any commercial endeavor like curriculum development, professional training, or for-profit teaching like Outschool, or selling this resource as your own in either print or digital formats
Doing so violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), copyright law, and these terms.
By downloading this resource from Let’s Cultivate Greatness, the original user has been granted one license for a single teacher (or number of teachers matching the number of licenses purchased) and their students at any one time.
Let’s Cultivate Greatness retains the full copyright of this resource.
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