Lead-Off Activity On the back of your worksheet: List the different roles that you have “played” today Ex: Son/daughter, student, sibling, etc. (get creative) Name 5-8 Then list the expectations that go along with each one of those roles How are these roles connected?

Worksheet Time Read Section 1 and finish the worksheet for tomorrow

Page 138 – Read Introduction to the Chapter

What is Social Structure? Definition: The underlying patterns of relationships in a group How do you fit into your social structure? Status A position a person occupies within a social structure Ex: What is your status as a baby? Ex: What is the social status of the people in the picture on page 140?

2 Basic Types of Statuses Ascribed Status A position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned Examples? Examples: Gender (maybe…), age, in some societies religion and social class, etc. Achieved Status A position that is earned or chosen Examples: Spouse, parent, plumber, lawyer, nurse, doctor, etc.

What is a Status Set???? All of the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time What are your status sets? Each one of your statuses interacts with other statuses of other people

Are All of a Person’s Statuses Equal? Some are more important than others Master Status Def: A position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life Important because they influence most other aspects of the person’s life May be achieved or ascribed Examples?

Go Over Worksheets

Read Pages 144-145 Answer the 3 Questions at the end of “Focus on Research”

Social Structure and Roles Read Section Preview on page 146 Take out your charts from your last assignment – Have they ever caused role strain or conflict?

What is a Role? An expected behavior associated with a particular status Examples? We have scripts to follow: Last paragraph on 147 With each role comes rights and obligations Rights: A behavior that individuals can expect from others Obligations: A behavior that individuals are expected to perform toward others

Role Performance and Interaction Role Performance is the actual behavior of an individual in a role Social Interaction is the process of influencing each other as people relate

Example of Role Performance Write down on a piece of paper your most embarrassing moment Don’t use your name or the actual names of the people involved Then I will collect them and read a couple of them to the class Was the embarrassment in these situations caused by having to change roles without preparation?

Work Time

Bell Ringer – Work on Map Questions Map Interpreting on page 149 (Do on the back of your worksheet) Discuss

How Does Play-Acting Differ from Social Interactions? Unlike stage performances, most real-life role performance occurs without planning Examples? Differences between role and role performance are far bigger than in a play There is no predictable relationship between cues and responses Read page 148 Second to 3rd paragraph

Role Conflict and Role Strain Everybody holds many statuses and many roles Role Conflict is a condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status Ex: Student and employee, student and athlete Role Strain is a condition in which the roles of a single status are inconsistent or conflicting Ex: College basketball coach has to recruit and coach Other examples?

How can you Manage Role Conflict and Role Strain? May lead to discomfort or confusion to have these… What does it do to us? Makes us set priorities Segregate roles – separate our behavior Examples of these? – Page 151

Work Time Added Assignment – Read Sociology Today on page 152 and answer the “Doing Sociology” Question

At the Bell Take out Assignments Hand in Assignments Go over Section 2 Questions Go over “Doing Sociology” Questions Hand in Assignments

Work Time on Assignment

Answers to Questions on page 157 - #1 Hunting and Gathering: Nomadic – Moving from place to place with seasons Few material goods Societies are small Families are the only real institution Economics based on cooperation and sharing Little or no private ownership

Answers to Questions on page 157 Ctn. Horticultural society: Grows plants More permanent settlements Family is basic to social life Frequently fight Pastoral Society Economics depends on domestic animals More migration than in societies based on cultivation of land Women tend home, and men tend to the animals

Answers to Questions on page 157 Ctn. Agricultural Society: Increased food production frees people for noneconomic activities and the building of cities Appearance of occupations not directly tied to farming Emergence of new political, economic, and religious institutions Government replacing family group as guiding force Distinct social classes Emergence of trade economy

In which type of society did a marked class system first appear? Distinct social stratification first appeared in agricultural societies because the governing class was able to control the source of wealth (land) and accumulate wealth in the form of money

Why does conflict increase as society becomes more complex?

Read Another Place on page 158 together Answer the question in your notes

Work Time on Next Assignment

Bell Ringer: Agricultural Employment Map Take about 5 minutes to answer the questions on the map on page 161 Write the answers on a paper that can be handed in!

Industrial and Postindustrial Societies Read the Section Preview on Page 159

Industrial Societies Definition: A society that depends on science and technology to produce its basic goods and services How is this different than an agricultural society? Move away from simple/traditional technology Toward the application of scientific knowledge and more complex technological devices What are some examples of these movements?

Industrial Societies Ctn. Animal and human labor is replaced by machine power (definition of mechanization) Farmers can then produce enough food for themselves and MANY others Causing Urbanization: The shifting of population from farms and villages to large cities

Durkheim and Social Solidarity What is social solidarity? The degree to which a society is unified 2 Types Mechanical solidarity – A type of social unity achieved by people doing the same type of work and holding similar values Organic solidarity – A type of social unity in which members interdependence is based on specialized functions and statuses

Major Features of Postindustrial Society Read page 162 The majority of the labor force are employed in services rather than in agriculture or manufacturing White-collar employment replaces blue-collar Technical knowledge is the key organizing feature in a postindustrial society Technological change is planned and assessed Reliance on computer modeling in all areas

Social Instability in Postindustrial Society Read Fukuyama’s Quote on pages 162-163 Will it continue???

End of Notes Worksheet due tomorrow Test Monday next week Review day – Kahoot and short video review Test Monday next week Friday we will spend some time on the final project

Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEzwJLb JF-M