.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
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Students will be able to:
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Demonstrate that the sociological perspective
is a valid approach to studying, understanding, explaining, and predicting
patterns of human behaviour, social structure and organisation.
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Define the major concepts of sociology and
use them to examine human behaviour and the social world.
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Identify and describe the major sociological
perspectives of functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interactionism.
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Apply the major sociological perspectives
to examine research, social interaction, culture, inequalities, social
institutions, and social change. Other perspectives will be introduced.
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Identify the historical roots and the current
directions of sociology.
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Describe the influences of social structure
and organisation on their lives, the times in which they live, and their
society.
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Required Materials
Bartle, P. The
Sociology of Communities, An Introduction. 2005. Victoria: Camosun
Imaging.
Web references listed below by lesson.
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www.scn.org/cmp/...
>> Training Modules >> Sociology.
..
Any good quality new or used introductory
sociology text book.
Examples:
Henslin, James M., Dan Glenday, Ann
Duffy and Norene Pupo. 2004. Sociology: A Down–to–Earth Approach,
Third Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson. Or
Schaefer, Richard T and Edith Smith. 2005
Sociology; Canadian Edition. Toronto. McGraw-Hill. Or
Kendall, D., JL Murray and Rick Linden.
2004. Sociology in Our Times. Toronto. Thomson Nelson. Or
Tepperman, L., and J. Curtis. 2004. Sociology,
A Canadian Perspective. Don Mills, Oxford, Or
Students may buy any introductory sociology
textbook printed in the last two decades, and are advised to try St Vincent
de Paul, Value Village, Salvation Army or yard sales.
..
Recommended Materials
Web references as listed below
by topic.
Method of Instruction
..
This course can be studied through the
internet. Read the material. Ask questions by email.
Answer the examination questions regularly. Work at your own pace:
take two months or ten years.
......
Use this course of studies to become
familiar with the discipline, or to supplement a course that you are studying
formally. There is no charge for this course.
...
In the schedule below, each substantive
topic is presented in Bold Font. Required reading is immediately
after in normal font. Recommended reading follows in smaller font.
Also See Web References
for the course, and
Web
References for the Book.
Method. Inform the instructor that
you are beginning the course. Answer the examination questions in
turn, after doing the readings. Send questions to the instructor
by email. For each question you answer, there are only two grades,
pass and fail. You must pass each question before going on to the
next one. On passing all the questions, you can apply for a certificate
for the course. This course is not approved by any authority or institution.
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UNIT ONE
What is Sociology? What is Society?
Perspectives. Finding Out.
....
Lesson One
Introductions
Email Registration.
Bartle, Before you
write any answers; Writing
Errors
Bartle,
Glossary
.
Recommended for
Introductions:
Internet Discussion,
What
Can I get Out of This course?
....
Lesson Two
The Sociological Perspective
Bartle, Chapter
One; What is Society?
Bartle, Sociological
Perspective;
Bartle,
Everyday
Things
...
Recommended for
The Sociological Perspective
Henslin, Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective;
Schaefer, Chapter 1; Understanding Sociology
Tepperman, Chapter 1: What is Society?
Bartle,
Poker
Game;
Bartle, Key Words,
Anthropomorphise;
Bartle, Key Words,
Applied
Sociology;
Bartle, Key Words,
Clinical
Sociology;
The
Dead
Sociologists Society: Meander through this comprehensive site;
Trinity University,
Texas; A Tour Through Sociological
Cyber Space;
The
Free Dictionary: Sociology;
Connect Online,
Top
20 Sociology;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Social Structure.
The Canadian Encyclopaedia,
Sociology.
Henslin;
Web
Companion to Text Book.
John Macionis, The
Sociology Page.
..
♣A:....What
does the word "anthropomorphise" mean? What is its relationship to
understanding the nature of society. Provide an example from your
own experience.
K♠:....
What
value does sociology provide in your current or future profession?
to you? to your community or society?
....
.....
Lesson Three
Three Classical Perspectives; Conflict,
Functional and Symbolic Interaction
Contributions of Marx, Weber and Durkheim
Bartle, Chapter
Three; The Eye of the Beholder.
..
Recommended for
Three Classical Perspectives
Henslin, Chapter
1: The Sociological Perspective;
Schaefer, Chapter
1; Understanding Sociology
Tepperman, Chapter
1
Dead
Sociologists Society: Sociological Perspectives, Marx, Weber, Durkheim
Bartle, Precursor
of the Conflict Perspective: Karl
Marx;
Bartle, Precursor
of the Structural Functional Perspective:
Emile
Durkheim;
Bartle, Precursor
of the Symbolic Interaction Perspective:
Max
Weber;
Bartle,
Durkheim
and Weber; Marx
and Weber;
Bartle, Key Words,
Conflict;
Bartle, Key Words,
Functionalism;
Itgo; Murray State
University, Joe Dunman, The Durkheim
Archives.
...
♣2:....
Start
with an example (event or situation) in your own life. Describe it briefly.
Choose any two of the three classical perspectives, conflict, functional,
or symbolic interaction, and explain how a sociologist might write in different
ways about the event or situation.
....
♣3:....
Start
with an example (event or situation) in your own life. Describe it briefly.
Choose any two of the three "fathers of sociology," Marx, Weber
or Durkheim, and explain how they might write in
different ways about the event or situation.
....
........
Lesson Four
Epistemology and Social Research
How do you know? How do we find out?..
Bartle, Chapter
Fifteen; Search and Research
Mobius: It is not
always what you expect; do not assume.
Bartle,
Knowing;
Bartle,
Kinds
of Research Methods.
...
Recommended for
Epistemology and Research:
Henslin, Chapter
2. What Do Sociologists Do?
Schaefer, Chapter
2; Sociological Research
Tepperman, Chapter
23: Research Methods
Bartle,
Participant
Observation, Unobtrusive
Measures;
Bartle,
Preliminary
Family and Community Data;
Bartle,
Prediction
and Cause
Bartle,
Social
Organization of Family or Community;
Bartle,
Using
the Six Dimensions in Family Research;
Bartle, Key Words,
Causal;
Bartle,
Community
Research;
Trinity, Texas,
Guide
to Writing a Research Paper;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Sociological Research;
The
Web
Centre for Social Research Methods;
CFMC:
Validity.
.....
♣4:
....
Identify
some of the difficulties associated with empiricism. Use an example
from your own life experience, and show what wrong conclusions might be
made by a sociologist observing it, and why they might happen. How
would a sociologist try to correct for or avoid such mistakes?
....
♣5:
....
Bartle
adds an eighth research approach to the seven described by Henslin.
Under what conditions would you use that approach, and in what other conditions
would you avoid it? Why? (Use an example from your own life).
....
....
Lesson Five
Culture
Bartle, Chapter
Two: Re Viewing Culture
Bartle,
Culture;
Different Meanings;
Bartle,
So
You Want to Preserve Your Culture
..
Recommended for
Culture:
Henslin, Chapter
3. Culture
Schaefer, Chapter
3; Culture
Tepperman, Chapter
2: Culture and Culture Change
Bartle,
Is
Culture Inside Us or Outside Us?
Bartle,
Culture,
Symbols and Dimensions
Bartle,
Superorganic;
Another View of Culture;
Bartle, Key Words,
Culture;
Bartle,
Culture
and Social Animation;
Bartle, Key Words,
Aesthetics;
Horace Miner, Body
Ritual Among The Nacirema;
UPENN:
Cultural
Hegemony;
Trinity University,
Texas; A Tour Through Sociological
Cyber Space;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Culture;
Internet Discussion,
Superorganic;
Internet Discussion,
Dimensions;
Internet Discussion,
Technology.
....
♣6...
What
major differences distinguish mainstream Canadian culture from that of
the Nacirema?
...
♣7....
Is
culture inside or outside us?
......
...
Lesson Seven
Six Dimensions of Culture
Bartle; Chapter Five: The Six Dimensions.
..
Recommended for
Six Dimensions
Bartle,
Cultural
Dimensions,
Bartle,
Dimensions,
Six
Dimensions;
Culture,
Symbols and Dimensions.
....
♣8.....
Identify
the six cultural dimensions. Using them, explain how Marx and Weber
differed in identifying causes of social change.
....
♣9....
Distinguish
between the word "culture" as used in everyday life, and "culture"
as we use the word in the social sciences? Provide examples from
your own personal life. Why do we use the metaphor of a strange fish
when describing culture?
....
..
Lesson Six
Socialisation, Social Construction of
Reality
Bartle, Chapter
Four; Becoming Human
Bartle,
Sapir
and Whorf;
..
Recommended for
Socialization:
Henslin Chapter
4. Socialisation;
Schaefer, Chapter
4; Socialization
Tepperman, Chapter
3: Socialization;
Bartle,
Socialization,
Chickens and Eggs;
Bartle, Key Words,
Enculturation;
Dead
Sociologists Society, Socialization;, Sexuality;
Henslin,
Homosexuality;
Dead Sociologists
Society: Education;
UMSL:
Socialization;
Canadian Government,
Ghana
to Canada;
Internet Discussion,
Socialization;
Internet Discussion,
Resocialisation.
....
♣10:
Explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. How do we use colours to illustrate
it?
....
♣J:
How does the process of socialization differ from the point of view of
effects on an individual or the point of view of effects on society?
....
....
Lesson Seven
Social Structure and Social Interaction
....
Recommended for
Social Structure and Interaction
Tepperman, Chapter 4: Roles and Identities
Schaefer, Chapter 5; Social Interaction
Goffman: The Presentation
of Self:;
Bartle, Key Words,
Institutional
Dimension;
Bartle, Key Words,
Interactional
Dimension;
Bartle, Key Words,
Community;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Cooley, Cooley W, Mead; Social
Structure.
Miner:
Nacirema;
The Home Port Collective:
Scott
S Blake; Cultural Power and Discursive Effects;
Adam Barnhart; Goffman;
University of Chicago:
Goffman;
University of Chicago:
Berger;
....
♣Q:
TBA
....
♣K:....
TBA
....
UNIT TWO
Inequality: Class. Stratification. Age,
Race, Sex
....
Lesson Eight
Social Inequality. Class. Stratification
Bartle. Chapter Eight; not Equal
..
Recommended for
Social Inequality:
Henslin Chapter 6: Social Inequality
Schafeer, Chapter 8; Stratification and
Social Mobility
Tepperman, Chapter 14: Class, Status,
Inequality
Dead
Sociologists Society, Social Stratification;
Bartle,
Factors
of Poverty, the Big Five;
Bartle,
Inequality;
Bartle,
Marx
and Weber on class;
Bartle, Mosaic
or Melting Pot?
Internet Discussion,
Inequality.
....
♥A:
Marx used one element to distinguish between two social classes (others
being unimportant) while sociologists later used three elements or criteria
to separate various (more than two) classes. What were the two classes
emphasised by Marx, and what were the elements of inequality that later
writers described? Where would you personally fit in either
of those ways of describing social class?
....
♥2:....
Explain
how a sociology class and a college are institutions for creating and increasing
social inequality. Where would you, as an individual, fit into this
explanation?
....
..
Lesson Nine
Global Inequality
....
Recommended for
Global Inequality:
Schafeer, Chapter 9; inequality Word Wide
Bartle, Key Words,
Factors
of Poverty;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Global Stratification;
Global Policy Reform:
Albert;
Fordham;
Wallerstein;
University of Chicago:
Wallerstein;
Internet Discussion,
External
Aid.
...
♥3:....TBA
....
♥4:....TBA
....
....
Lesson Ten
Gender Inequality
Bartle. Chapter Eight; not Equal
..
Recommended for
Gender Inequality:
Henslin Chapter
7: Inequalities of Gender;
Scheafer, Chapter
11; Stratification by Gender;
Tepperman, Chapter
15: Gender Relations;
Bartle,
Gender
Strategies,
Bartle,
Female
Genital Mutilation;
Bartle, Key Words,
Gender;
Bartle,
Gender
and Language
Bartle, Key Words,
Feminism;
Dead
Sociologists Society; Jane Addams; Harriet Martineau; , Gender
Stratification;
University of Chicago,
Dorothy Smith; The Everyday World As Problematic;
Arizona State University,
Marie Campbell, Dorothy Smith;
Internet Discussion,
Gender;
Internet Discussion,
Feminism.
....
♥5:
....Distinguish
between gender and sex. Why do sociologists make that distinction?
.Take an example from your own observations to demonstrate how some one
has incorrectly identified a gender difference as a sex difference.
How would you rectify the error?
....
♥6:....
Identify
some of the economic and political costs of gender discrimination..
Illustrate from personal observations.
....
....
....
Lesson Eleven
Race Inequality
Bartle. Chapter Eight; not Equal
..
Recommended for
Race Stratification:
Henslin Chapter
8: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
Schaefer, Chapter
10; Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Tepperman, Chapter
16: Ethnicity and Race Relations
Dead
Sociologists Society, Gender Stratification, duBois, Racial and
Ethnic Stratification;
Bartle,
Age,
Race and Sex;
Bartle,
Home
vs Work Conflict;
Bartle,
Mosaic
or Melting Pot?
Bartle,
Racial
Categories and Biology;
Bartle,
Inequality;
Martin Jacques,
The
Global Hierarchy of Race.
Internet Discussion,
Race
....
♥7:....
We
inherit our physical characteristics through genes from our biological
parents. Why, then, is there a problem with using biology to determine
racial categories? Illustrate your answer with an example from your
personal experience.
....
♥8:....
In
describing Canadian society, distinguish between a mosaic and a
vertical mosaic? Describe two events or circumstances in your
own life which illustrates the difference.
....
....
Lesson Twelve
Age Inequality
Bartle. Chapter Eight; not Equal
..
Recommended for
Age Stratification:
Henslin Chapter
9: Inequalities of Age
Schaefer, Chapter
12; Stratification by Age
Bartle,
Age,
Race and Sex
Dead
Sociologists Society: Age Stratification;
Canadian Association
for Retired Persons: http://www.fifty-plus.net/;
American Association
of Retired Persons: http://www.aarp.org/.
..
♥9:....
What
is a "rite of passage?" How and why have these changed as society
changed? Describe such a rite you have undergone, and how it might
have been conducted in an earlier technological phase of society?
....
♥10:....
.Explain
"Dependency Ratio." Where does it fit on an age pyramid? How
does age related dependency affect the social attitudes held about young
and old people?
..
....
UNIT THREE
Organizations and Institutions. Bureaucracy.
Family. Elements of Strength
......
Lesson Thirteen
Bureaucracy, Organization, Organizing
Formal Organizations
Bartle, Chapter
Seven; Organization and Strength
Bartle, The Institutional
Dimension;
Bartle,
Organization
Bartle,
Sixteen
Elements of Organizational Strength;
..
Recommended for
Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations::
Henslin, Chapter
10: Bureaucracy and Formal Organisations
Schaefer, Chapter
6; Groups and Organizations
Dead
Sociologists Society, Weber on Bureaucracy; , Bureaucracy and Formal
Organizations. : Weber, : Marx, Alienation: : Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations.
..
♥J:...
Identify
a bureaucracy with which you have had some experience. Examine each
of Weber's five characteristics, and how they might apply to the organization
you chose. How do each contribute, or not contribute, to its strength.
Identify a sixth element which Weber may have missed, and why you would
include it.
....
♥Q:....
Identify
an organization with which you have had some experience. List each
of Bartle's sixteen elements of strength. Choose six. How do
each contribute, or not contribute, to its strength.
....
....
Lesson Fourteen
Economy, The Economic Dimension, Corporations..
Bartle; Chapter Five: The Six Dimensions.
Bartle: The Economic
dimension.
..
Recommended for
Economy:
Henslin, Chapter
11: The Economy, Money and Work
Schaefer, Chapter
17; The Economy and Work
Tepperman, Chapter
9: Work and the Economy
Bartle,
So
What About Corporations
Dead
Sociologists Society, Economic Sociology. Economy
Bartle,
Economic
Dimension of Community;
Bartle,
Factors
of Poverty; The Big Five;
Bartle, Key Words,
Economy;
....
♥K:....
Corporations
are required to make a profit in order to survive and grow. What
are the consequences of this on the nature of society? Identify a corporation
with which you have had some personal experience. To what extent
does it concentrate on its major goal, making a profit? Analyse how this
affects its contribution to society.
Q♦:....Describe
an economic transaction, where wealth has been distributed, without using
market exchange principles, in your own life, in the last 48 hours. Why
is this part of the economic dimension yet commonly not seen as part of
the economy?
....
..
Lesson Fifteen.
Politics, The Political Dimension. Power
Bartle; Chapter Five: The Six Dimensions.
Bartle. The Political
Dimension.
..
Recommended for
Politics:
Henslin, Chapter
12: Politics, Power and Authority
Schaefer, Chapter
16; Government
Tepperman, Chapter
12: Politics and Political Movements
Bartle,
Family
Politics.
Bartle,
Political
Dimension of Community;
Bartle, Key Words,
Political;
Bartle,
The
Power of Suns;
Dead
Sociologists Society: Politics.
..
A♦:....
Choose
the economic dimension, the Worldview dimension or the political
dimension of society. How does it differ from the everyday notion
of economics, religion or politics? Indicate an event or condition
in your own life which illustrates this difference. How would that
incident or condition need to change if it were to be part of the everyday
(orthodox) notion of economics, religion or politics?
J♠:....
Describe
a political transaction, where power has been exercised, without using
national plitical institutions, in your own life, in the last 48 hours.
Why is this part of the political dimension yet commonly not seen as part
of politics?
....
....
Lesson Sixteen
Family, Kinship, Marriage
Bartle, Chapter Nine, Family.
Bartle: The
Incest Taboo
.
Recommended for
Family and Kinship:
Henslin Chapter
13, The Family; Initiation into Society
Schaefer, Chapter
13; The Family and Intimate Relationships
Tepperman, Chapter
7: Families
Dead
Sociologists Society: Family;
Bartle,
Seven
Biases in Family Literature;
Bartle, Love
and Marriage;
Bartle,
Family
Politics;
Bartle: Families
in First Nations,
Visible Minorities and Immigrants;
Bartle,
Home
vs Work Conflict;
Bartle,
Mosaic
or Melting Pot;
Trinity, Texas:
Marriage
and Family Processes;
Texas;
Singlehood
and Alternative Family Forms.
Internet Discussion:
Nuclear
Family;
Internet Discussion,
The
word "family";
Internet Discussion,
Divorce..
....
2♦:....
Explain
how the search for "what is" not for "what should be" affects our notion
of a conjugal nuclear family and its role in society. Use an example
from your own experience.
....
3♦:....
How
are families changing today? Compare them with the past fifty years,
and what is expected over the next fifty years. Identify a family
in which you consider, or once considered, yourself a part. How does
it fit into that change you have just described?
Q♠:....
Identify
the seven biases in family literature. How should sociology study the family
in contrast with these?
....
....
Lesson Seventeen
More on Family, Kinship, Marriage. Matriliny.
Ethnicity.
Bartle,
Akan
Case Study
....
Recommended for
Akan Kinship:
Bartle:
Cross
Cousin Marriage;
Bartle,
Covert
Gynocracy
:
4♦:....
Explain
how Bartle's description of the Akan matrilineage throws doubt on the notion
of the nuclear conjugal family being a cultural universal.
....
5♦:....
Where
there is lineage exogamy, how does this permit some kinds of cousin marriage
while treating others as equal to incest?
....
....
Lesson Eighteen
Education
Bartle, Chapter Four; Becoming Human.
Bartle, Chapter Nine It Takes a Village.
Bartle, Education;
Bartle:
Social
Promotion; Failing Grades, Passing Students;
....
Recommended for
Education:
Henslin Chapter
14: Education and Religion
Schaefer, Chapter
15; Education
Tepperman, Chapter
8: Education
Dead
Sociologists Society, Sociology of Education;
Electronic Journal
of Sociology, Commodifiction of Education, Peter
Roberts;
Electronic Journal
of Sociology, Commodifiction of Education, Beckett.
.....
6♦:....
What
reasons can you give for giving a child a pass (promotion) into a higher
level even when that child has not completed the grade requirements?
What reasons against? Can you use the same reasoning to give a university
level student a higher grade than earned by the course requirements?
Illustrate with personal experiences.
....
7♦:....
What
is a "hidden curriculum" in schools? Why is it associated with one
of the three classical perspectives? Identify two examples, including
at least one not in the text book, referring to your own experience.
....
..
Lesson Nineteen
Religion
Bartle; Chapter Five: Worldview, Belief.
Bartle, Chapter Ten, Religion.
Bartle, Notes
on Religion.
Bartle,
Values
Aesthetics Dimension;
Bartle,
Worldview
Dimension;
..
Recommended for
Religion:
Henslin Chapter
14: Education and Religion
Schaefer, Chapter
14; Religion
Tepperman, Chapter
11: Religion
Bartle, Key Words,
Belief;
Bartle, Key Words,
Worldview;
Dead
Sociologists Society, Sociology of Religion; : Durkheim;: Weber;
Moriyuki Abukuma,
Japan; Weber's Sociology
of Religion;
Itgo: Durkheim:
Religion;
Isizoh;
African
Traditional Religion;
Land Reform: Liberation
Theology;
Socinian:
Liberation
Theology;
Earthlink:
Liberation
Theology;
University of Chicago:
Geertz.
....
8♦:....
How
does the beliefs dimension of society differ from a religion? Demonstrate
how this difference would apply in your own experience.
....
9♦:....
What
kinds of transformations in leadership, and in institutions for succession
when leaders die, are expected in cults, but expected to change when a
cult becomes a religion?
....
............
Lesson Twenty
Comparative Religion, Bartle's "Three
Souls"
Bartle,
The
Spirit in Us and illustrated essays in the series.
...
Recommended For
Akan Religion
Bartle, Slide Presentation;
Bartle,
Three
Souls:
....
10♦:.......
Explain
what is meant by "being possessed." Using Bartle's material, show
how this can describe both human and inanimate objects. Describe
some socio-cultural functions of possession.
....
J♦:....
When
missionaries went to Africa to convert people to Christianity, they met
with syncretism. Using the Akan material of Bartle, show how this
related to historical beliefs and practices, and to the social process
stimulated by the missionaries' activities.
.
Q♦:....
....
....
UNIT FOUR
Variation, Deviation. Change
.........
Lesson Twenty One
Deviance and Social Control
Bartle; Chapter Eleven: Deviates and Control;
Bartle, Deviance.
..
Recommended for
Deviance and Social Control:
Henslin Chapter
16: Social Deviance and Social Control
Schaefer, Chapter
7; Deviance and Social Control
Tepperman, Chapter
6: Deviance
Dead
Sociologists Society, Crime and Deviance;
Restorative Justice:
Circles;
Justice
Reform;
Turtle
Island.
Internet Discussion,
Deviance.
..
K♦:....
What
is the difference between a deviant and a criminal? Who determines
the boundary? What are the social consequences of making that distinction?
Illustrate with personal experiences or current events.
....
A♠:....
What
is a social norm? Explain different forms. How do these affect you in your
daily life? How does your personal network of friends deal with minor
transgressions?
....
....
Lesson Twenty Two
Crime, Justice and Restorative Justice
Bartle,
Criminal
Sentence Purposes;
Bartle,
Restorative
Justice;
....
Recommended for
Crime and Justice:
Bartle,
Law
as a Tool of Oppression;
Henslin Chapter
16: Social Deviance and Social Control
Internet Discussion,
Law.
..
2♠:....
Explain
how sociologists cast doubt on official crime statistics?
....
3♠:....
Explain
restorative justice and community justice fora. How and where would you
apply these in your own society?
....
.....
Lesson Twenty Three
Population and Demography
Bartle Chapter Twelve: More People; More
Strangers
Bartle. Demography,
Age
Pyramids
..
Recommended for
Population:
Henslin Chapter
17: Population, Urbanisation and the Environment
Schaefer, Chapter
20; Population, the Environment and Technology
Tepperman, Chapter
18: Population and society
Dead
Sociologists Society, Population and Urbanization;
Statistics
Canada.
..
4♠:....
Populations
in least developed countries have shallow sloped age pyramids, while those
in wealthy countries have narrow age pyramids. Explain the causes and consequences
of those differences.
....
5♠:....
Describe
two typical age pyramid patterns, what are the characteristics of the countries
where they are found? How does that relate to social organization?
....
......
Lesson Twenty Four
Urbanisation
Bartle Chapter Twelve: More People; More
Strangers
Bartle, Cities
and Urbanization
..
Recommended for
Urbanization:
Henslin Chapter
17: Population, Urbanisation and the Environment
Schaefer, Chapter
19; Communities and Urbanization
Tepperman, Chapter
19: Cities and Urbanization
Dead
Sociologists Society, Population and Urbanization.
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6♠:....
From
the time of Mohenjo Daro on the Indus River, up to today, cities needed
to have farms nearby. Explain the sociological interpretation of this.
How does this relate to the social organization of Victoria? How
does it affect you?
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7♠:....
Explain
how gemeinschaft and gesellschaft relate to degree of urbanism,
and what human groups might do to counter the process. Illustrate with
personal examples.
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Lesson Twenty Five
Social Change
Bartle, Chapter Twelve; More People; More
Strangers;
Bartle, Social
Change, Social
Evolution, Constructed
Communities, Neo
Gemeinschaft
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Recommended for
Social Change:
Henslin Chapter
18: Social Movements and Social Change
Schaefer, Chapter
21; Social Change
Bartle:
Karl
Marx; Max Weber;
Marx and Weber;
Dead
Sociologists Society, Social Change; Marx; Weber;
Bartle, Key Words,
Acculturation;
Bartle, Key Words,
Community
Empowerment;
ICAAP:
Social
Change Site;
University of Chicago:
Revolution.
Canadian Government,
Ghana
to Canada.
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8♠:....
Discuss
culture lag, giving examples. Refer to the six dimensions.
Illustrate with your own life experience. How will you be affected
by social change thirty years from now?
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9♠:....
Compare
the approaches of Marx and Weber to social change related to nineteenth
century capitalism and the industrial revolution. Relate these issues
to social change today, and your own life.
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10♠:....Identify
three sociological principles or concepts that you have learned in this
course. Show how your own perspective has been modified, from what
to what, for each of them.
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Lesson Twenty Six
Review of the Course
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