Social Studies

Sociology

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

73 standards
  • Foundations of sociology (1)
    • SOC.SS.1.A

      Describe the development of the field of sociology.

    • SOC.SS.1.B

      Identify leading sociologists in the field of social science, including Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer, Max Weber, and Karl Marx, and interpret their contributions to the foundation of sociology.

    • SOC.SS.1.C

      Identify sociologists such as W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Robert E. Park, Harriet Martineau, Jane Addams, Robert Nisbet, and Julian Samora and interpret their contributions to the field.

  • Foundations of sociology (2)
    • SOC.SS.2.A

      Differentiate types of societies such as hunting and gathering, agrarian, pastoral, industrial, and post-industrial.

    • SOC.SS.2.B

      Identify and describe the types of societies that exist in the world today.

    • SOC.SS.2.C

      Examine changes in U.S. institutions and society resulting from industrialization, urbanization, and immigrant assimilation.

    • SOC.SS.2.D

      Analyze information about cultural life in the United States and other countries over time.

  • Culture and social structure (3)
    • SOC.SS.3.A

      Identify the elements of culture to include language, symbols, norms, and values.

    • SOC.SS.3.B

      Explain how the elements of culture form a whole culture.

    • SOC.SS.3.C

      Give examples of subcultures and describe what makes them unique.

  • Culture and social structure (4)
    • SOC.SS.4.A

      Describe models of primary, secondary, formal, informal, and reference groups and e-communities.

    • SOC.SS.4.B

      Analyze groups in terms of membership roles, status, values, mores, role conflicts, and methods of resolution.

  • Culture and social structure (5)
    • SOC.SS.5.A

      Compare cultural norms such as ethnicity, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, and gender among various U.S. subculture groups.

    • SOC.SS.5.B

      Describe stereotypes of various U.S. subcultures.

    • SOC.SS.5.C

      Analyze social problems in selected U.S. subcultures.

    • SOC.SS.5.D

      Examine counterculture movements and analyze their impact on society as a whole.

  • Individual and society (6)
    • SOC.SS.6.A

      Define socialization and describe how the process of socialization is culturally determined.

    • SOC.SS.6.B

      Differentiate the agents of socialization and evaluate their functions and roles.

    • SOC.SS.6.C

      Trace socialization as a lifelong process.

  • Individual and society (7)
    • SOC.SS.7.A

      Explain how education, exclusion from the labor force, and the juvenile justice system led to the development of adolescence as a distinct stage of the life cycle.

    • SOC.SS.7.B

      Identify and interpret the five characteristics of adolescence: biological growth and development, an undefined status, increased decision making, increased pressures, and the search for self.

    • SOC.SS.7.C

      Identify issues and concerns facing contemporary adolescents such as dating, dating violence, sexuality, teen parenting, drug use, suicide, and eating disorders.

    • SOC.SS.7.D

      Identify and discuss the skills adolescents need to make responsible life choices.

  • Individual and society (8)
    • SOC.SS.8.A

      Identify the stages of adult development and compare the differences between male and female development.

    • SOC.SS.8.B

      Analyze the traditional roles of work and how the composition of the labor force has changed in the United States.

    • SOC.SS.8.C

      Analyze the characteristics of late adulthood and changes on the individual and society such as retirement, physical and mental functioning, dependency on others, and death.

  • Individual and society (9)
    • SOC.SS.9.A

      Compare theories of deviance such as the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives.

    • SOC.SS.9.B

      Interpret differences in crime and arrest rates by social categories such as ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and age, including cross-reference with the National Crime Victimization Survey.

    • SOC.SS.9.C

      Analyze the criminal justice system in the United States in relation to deviant behavior.

  • Social inequality (10)
    • SOC.SS.10.A

      Analyze the characteristics and components of caste and class systems and social mobility and how motivation affects each.

    • SOC.SS.10.B

      Define poverty and its components and analyze poverty's impact on the individual and society.

    • SOC.SS.10.C

      Contrast theories of social stratification.

    • SOC.SS.10.D

      Recognize and examine global stratification and inequality.

  • Social inequality (11)
    • SOC.SS.11.A

      Define race and ethnicity and differentiate among the distinguishing characteristics of minority groups.

    • SOC.SS.11.B

      Contrast the terms discrimination, prejudice, and bias.

    • SOC.SS.11.C

      Discuss the ramifications of stereotyping.

    • SOC.SS.11.D

      Analyze the varying treatment patterns of minority groups such as African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and American Indian.

    • SOC.SS.11.E

      Explain instances of institutional racism in American society.

  • Social inequality (12)
    • SOC.SS.12.A

      Analyze how gender roles affect the opportunities available to men and women in society.

    • SOC.SS.12.B

      Analyze the effects of an aging society.

    • SOC.SS.12.C

      Compare the nature of health care in a global society.

    • SOC.SS.12.D

      Evaluate the nature of health care in different segments of American society.

  • Social institutions (13)
    • SOC.SS.13.A

      Define the functions and rituals of the family and how the family has changed over time.

    • SOC.SS.13.B

      Define family systems and patterns.

    • SOC.SS.13.C

      Analyze the trends in American society regarding family life and the needs that the institution of family satisfies.

    • SOC.SS.13.D

      Analyze ways in which family life can be disrupted.

  • Social institutions (14)
    • SOC.SS.14.A

      Define and differentiate between the economic models of free enterprise and socialism and how they impact society.

    • SOC.SS.14.B

      Define and differentiate among different types of government and discuss the legitimacy of those in power and the impact of each on its citizens.

    • SOC.SS.14.C

      Trace the changes in ideas about citizenship and participation of different groups through time.

  • Social institutions (15)
    • SOC.SS.15.A

      Explain functionalist, conflict, and interactionist theories of education.

    • SOC.SS.15.B

      Argue and defend some current issues in American education.

    • SOC.SS.15.C

      Examine religion from the sociological point of view.

    • SOC.SS.15.D

      Analyze the functions of society and the basic societal needs that religion serves.

    • SOC.SS.15.E

      Compare and contrast distinctive features of religion in the United States with religion in other societies.

  • Social institutions (16)
    • SOC.SS.16.A

      Identify factors that have contributed to the institutionalization of science, explain the norms of scientific research, and explain how these norms differ from the realities of scientific research.

    • SOC.SS.16.B

      Trace major developments in the history of mass media and identify the types of mass media in the United States.

    • SOC.SS.16.C

      Explain the differences between the functionalist and conflict perspectives of mass media.

    • SOC.SS.16.D

      Examine contemporary mass media issues.

  • Changing world (17)
    • SOC.SS.17.A

      Describe the study of demography, the basic demographic concepts, and changes in settlement patterns on society.

    • SOC.SS.17.B

      Explain and critique various theories of population growth and its impact on society.

  • Changing world (18)
    • SOC.SS.18.A

      Compare and contrast various types of collective behavior and social movements and how they affect society.

    • SOC.SS.18.B

      Discuss theories that have been developed to explain collective behavior and social movements.

    • SOC.SS.18.C

      Illustrate three social processes that contribute to social change and discuss and evaluate how technology, population, natural environment, revolution, and war cause cultures to change.

  • Social studies skills (19)
    • SOC.SS.19.A

      Create a product on a contemporary sociological issue or topic using critical methods of inquiry.

    • SOC.SS.19.B

      Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions.

    • SOC.SS.19.C

      Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret sociological information.

  • Social studies skills (20)
    • SOC.SS.20.A

      Use sociology-related terminology correctly.

    • SOC.SS.20.B

      Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation.

    • SOC.SS.20.C

      Transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and written or visual to statistical, using computer software as appropriate.

    • SOC.SS.20.D

      Create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.

  • Social studies skills (21)
    • SOC.SS.21.A

      Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

    • SOC.SS.21.B

      Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.

    • SOC.SS.21.C

      Participate in conflict resolution using persuasion, compromise, debate, and negotiation.