Alabama Social Studies SS24.S.5b

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Self and Socialization

The Standard

SS24.S.5: Compare and contrast the phases of development in the human life cycle, including birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood, middle age, and late adulthood.*

Differentiate among primary, secondary, and adult socialization and identify the key influences of socialization for each stage.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Self and Socialization

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students sort examples of learning social rules by when and where that learning happens. They identify who teaches those rules, such as caregivers, classmates, friends, or coworkers.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain why learning table manners from a caregiver is primary socialization, learning classroom norms from classmates is secondary socialization, and learning workplace rules at a new job is adult socialization. They can name an influence in each example.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think primary means the strongest influence, rather than learning that begins early in life. They may label all learning outside the home as secondary, even when an adult is learning a new job or family role.
How to Assess It: On an exit ticket, ask students to label three examples: a toddler copies a caregiver's greeting, a ninth grader learns lunchroom norms from friends, and a new employee learns office routines from a supervisor. Have them name the influence in each example.

Lesson moves

Give pairs nine scenario cards and have them sort the cards into early home, school and peer, and adult role groups.
Ask students to write about one rule they learned from family and one they learned from friends, naming how each was taught.
Play a quick matching game with scenario cards and influence cards, such as new employee orientation and supervisor.
Show a sample employee orientation checklist and ask students which workplace rules a new hire must learn from coworkers or a supervisor.

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