Alabama Social Studies SS24.S.2b
The Standard
- SS24.S.2
- Explain methods and tools of research used by sociologists.*
Explain the usefulness of discerning and sharing insights into human behavior of individuals and groups.*
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Sociology Overview
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students observe how one person and a group make choices. They describe what the evidence shows and explain how sharing that insight could help someone make a decision.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given notes on one student's study choices and a class study poll, they separate observations from guesses about motives. They explain how sharing each finding could help a teacher plan study time.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat one person's choice as proof of what a whole group wants. They may assume they know why someone acted a certain way, even when they only observed what happened.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Three students join a crowded table after a friend sits there. Name one observation, one unsupported guess, and one way sharing the observation could help a teacher arrange seating.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students choose a study spot on a private slip, vote again after seeing the class tally, and compare the two counts.
Ask: When does one student's choice tell us too little about a whole group? Write two sentences using a lunchroom example.
In pairs, sort cards reading 'four students moved tables' and 'they felt unwelcome' into observations and guesses, then explain each choice.
Use a bus stop crowding tally to write a note to a transit planner explaining where a new bench might help.
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Related Standards
- SS24.S.6
Identify and describe human behaviors that deviate from social norms.*
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Describe how attitudes, conditions of obedience and conformity, and other influences affect actions and shape human behavior, including actor-observer, self-ser...
- SS24.S.7
Analyze how different types of social groups can influence individual and group behavior.*
- SS24.P.1c
Describe how modern psychologists utilize multiple perspectives to understand behavior and mental processes, citing examples.*
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