Alabama Social Studies SS24.S.7b
The Standard
- SS24.S.7
- Analyze how different types of social groups can influence individual and group behavior.*
Trace the development of various types of social groups from hunter-gatherer societies to the present day and explain how the importance of primary and secondary groups has changed over time.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Groups and Socialization
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students place family bands, farming villages, trade guilds, factory unions, and online work teams on a timeline. They explain how close relationships and task-based groups met people's needs in each era.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can label a close family band primary and a trade guild secondary, and explain why. They can describe how cities and factories increased reliance on organized groups without replacing family ties.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think early societies had only family groups, or that secondary groups first appeared with factories. They may label every online group secondary, even when its members are close friends.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask students to place a foraging family band, an ancient trade guild, a factory union, and a modern family chat in time order. Have them label each primary or secondary and explain one change in what groups did for people.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled foraging band, farm village, trade guild, factory union, and family chat; have them arrange and annotate a paper timeline.
Ask: Why might a factory worker rely on both family and a union? Write two sentences naming what each provides.
Play a card sort with family, guild, union, and close friend group; students defend each primary or secondary label.
Use a student council agenda and a made-up family chat to compare how each group meets members' needs today.
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Related Standards
- SS24.S.7a
Compare and contrast types of groups and the reasons for group formation.*
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- SS24.S.7
Analyze how different types of social groups can influence individual and group behavior.*
- SS24.S.10b
Analyze the impact of social stratification on groups and individuals.*
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