Additional themes in the UAB Fiji library
Social Studies (2004)
1.) Describe the development of sociology as a social science field of study.
• Identifying important figures in the field of sociology
Examples: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, W. E. B. Du Bois
• Identifying characteristics of sociology
Examples: functional integration, power, social action, social structure, culture
2.) Identify methods and tools of research used by sociologists.
Examples: surveys, polls, statistics, demographic information, case studies, participant observation, program evaluation
3.) Describe how values and norms influence individual behavior.
• Comparing ways in which cultures differ, change, and resist change
• Comparing the use of various symbols within and across societies
Examples: objects, gestures, sounds, images
5.) Describe how environment and genetics affect personality.
Examples: self-concept, nature versus nurture, temperament
7.) Describe types and characteristics of groups.
Examples: social stratification, gender roles
• Explaining the significance of a social class
Examples: status ascription versus achievement, intergenerational social mobility, structural occupational change
• Identifying the importance of group dynamics
Examples: size, leadership, decision making
• Identifying differences between the terms race and ethnicity
9.) Identify the need for and purpose of social systems and institutions.
Examples: schools, churches, voluntary associations, governments
• Describing origins and beliefs of various religions
11.) Contrast population patterns using the birth rate, death rate, migration rate, and dependency rate.
• Identifying the impact of urbanization
• Describing the depletion of natural resources
• Projecting future population patterns