Give your students an opportunity to gain prerequisite understanding. This activity will help students frame the topics that are associated with the study of sociology. Students are asked to read from a resource and analyze some interesting statistics. After, or as they read, students will pull key information from the resource and record it on to a notes template. Everything you need is included with this lesson: directions, resource link, and a notes template. This activity aligns easily to CCSS and is conducted in a way that allows for all students to be successful.

Building an infographic is a fun and engaging way for students to demonstrate their learning. This learning template can be used with any subject. lt emphasizes learning in the 21st century via content and creativity. It is pre-loaded with content that explores the sequence of major historical eras in U.S. History but you can easily edit in any content to suit your needs. The activity guides your students by taking a simple three part approach: research, practice, and create. I have included everything you will need to coach your students through the process: specific instructions, examples, video tutorial, and a rubric. It even includes an element that addresses fair use and citations.

Are you looking for an activity to help students make connections to your psychology unit on emotions and personality? Let Hollywood help. Inside Out is rated PG and is a great movie that focuses on emotions/personality and how they manifest into behavior. Students love this activity and this movie. As your students get to know the characters, you will have many opportunities to make many connections or refer back to their stories. This lesson includes a movie review, an answer key, and 30 questions that guide your students through the action. You will have to purchase the movie.

A wordsort is a research and organizational technique. This literacy building strategy begins with the reading of content (link included) about social theory. After reading, students need to choose 9 terms or phrases to describe 4 social theories to demonstrate an understanding of the content. They use what they know and the content to organization information from general to specific. The activity ends with students documenting their learning by recording their choices on a pre-designed template (also included) and responding to a writing prompt. Great material for formative assessment. This is a great two day lesson and it also includes a brief video concerning the study of sociology. Answers will be different for each student so an answer key is not part of this package. Included with this purchase: Answer template Video content Directions Link to free online sociology textbook

Are you ready to facilitate a great learning experience regarding culture? This four day activity will scaffold your students from entry level information to higher order application. Students will work through seven mini-activities over the course of four days (50 minute periods). An online sociology resource (textbook) will provide the content that supports this student activity. Students will read, write, answer questions, review data, evaluate topics, and use a resource called NEWSELA. You will need to get familiar with this great free product before you launch this activity (https://newsela.com/). Included with this purchase: Seven Mini-Activities Link to an online sociology textbook Group Signin Sheet Step-by-Step Directions Answer key