Sociology Teacher Resources

First year undergraduate sociology students can prepare for their exams with an application that provides practice questions in six categories: Quantitative and Qualitative Data, Sources of Data, Primary and Secondary Data, Positivism...

The basis of sociology rests in leadership, followers, and core beliefs driving a society. Max Weber's 20th century work Politics as a Vocation examines the path ahead for Germany after World War I, and posits that it is the role of...

Art can express acts of injustice and move society to action. Upper graders analyze contemporary art relating to specific moments in history. They discuss propaganda, anarchy, sociology, and violence as activism. After researching and...

Suicide is one of the most tragic events in human existence, and it is also one of the least understandable phenomena in sociology. Emile Durkheim's 19th century work Suicide is the focus of a short analysis video that connects social...

In this sociology and society worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer questions and match 15 sociology terms on the left to the description on the right.

Students discover methods for writing strong thesis statements. In this writing skills instructional activity, students follow the steps their instructor outlines to review the strengths and weaknesses of their sociology thesis statements.

In this sociology topics worksheet, students read and complete the narrative for the assignment that requires them to compose final papers about social institutions.

To introduce the idea of different theoretical views about the nature of society, class members engage in a sociology activity that asks them to create an analogy between society and another concept, and then to explain the parallels.

Which is worse: imprisoning someone for committing a crime, or intimidating someone into following the law? A short video introduces the main ideas of Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish, including his perceptions of the dangers...

Students read a short novel while filling in a graphic organizer for problem and solution.  In this sociology lesson, students use a prior knowledge and relate the text to theirselves and to think about their own need to fit in versus...

What conditions support racism? What specific actions can we, as a society, take to encourage greater racial tolerance? Using polling data and sociological studies in his research, Nate Silver illustrates the effect racism can have in...

How important is connectedness in a community? Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam details the early 21st century theory of the decreased value of social capital. A short analysis video takes...

Students conduct research in order to debate a topic. In this sociology lesson plan, students conduct research regarding 4 types of schools. Students prepare to debate a topic of their choice.

In this Sociological Research Skills activity, students must write about the strengths, weaknesses, reliability, and limitations of various methods of research.

How do we learn the rules of society? How do beliefs and ideas affect these rules? Introduce your young sociologists to the factors that socialize individuals with a unit that uses observation and experimentation to analyze how factors...

Sixth graders discuss the meaning of sociology. In this advanced lesson plan, 6th graders are led by discussion to learn the main concepts of sociology and get to know others better.

Students examine the combined subjects of anthropology and sociology and explain how the disciplines would study the same issue. On poster board, they locate or draw pictures related to the two subjects. Once this is completed, students...

In this language arts learning exercise, students analyze 20 words in a word bank, then locate them in a word search puzzle. The words are sociology terms but the meaning of the title is not known.

In this collective behavior and social movements worksheet, students match 15 vocabulary terms to the appropriate descriptions and answer 6 multiple choice questions regarding the 2 sociology topics.

In this social change and modernization worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions and answer 6 multiple choice questions regarding these sociology topics.

In this sociology topics worksheet, students read and complete the narrative for the assignment that requires them to compose papers about Jim Crow laws.

Young scholars explore crime within society and the factors that affect it. In this lesson plan about sociology and crime, students are introduced to key ideas concerning crime and society. Young scholars develop an understanding of...

Here's an interesting lesson plan that combines elements of language arts, sociology, and a study of the many ways that people use transportation to get from one place to another. The eight-page plan includes worksheets and a word search...

Students become familiar with the historical and sociological aspects of the boarding house phenomenon in America. As students work in groups, they read and analyze documents that will help them gain a deeper understanding. To...