Learning UNDERSTANDING CULTURE,

SOCIETY, AND POLITICS Through

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UNIT 1: STUDYING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS

Chapter 1: Introduction to Culture, Society, and Politics
What is Anthropology?
http://www.americananthro.org/AdvanceYourCareer/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=215
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What is Sociology?
http://www.soc.cornell.edu/undergrad/what-is-sociology/
What is Political Science?
https://www.polisci.washington.edu/what-political-science
What is cultural identity?
https://nobullying.com/cultural-identity/
What is social identity?
http://people.howstuffworks.com/what-is-social-identity.htm
What is political identity?
http://classroom.synonym.com/concept-political-identity-8043.html
Chapter 2: Understanding Culture and Society
What is the difference between culture and society?
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/sociology/culture-and-societies/culture-and-
society-defined
UNIT 2: THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Chapter 3: Becoming a Member of Society
What is socialization?
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter5-socialization/
What is deviance?
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter7-deviance-crime-and-
social-control/
What is the relationship between human rights and human dignity?
http://www.peterjepson.com/law/CIT2-6%20Burt.pdf
Chapter 4: How a Society is Organized
What are groups?
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter6-groups-and-
organization/
UNIT 3: CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 5: Looking Back at Human Biocultural and Social Evolution
How did humans evolve?
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution
How did human societies evolve?
http://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/5-2-the-development-of-modern-society/
Chapter 6: Social Institutions
What is a social institution?
https://www.reference.com/world-view/definition-social-institution-
7e8cbdab1f5dc18d
What are family, marriage, and kinship?
http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp201/files/2011/06/201-4-Chapter-6-Ties-that-
connect-Marriage-Family-and-Kinship-by-Abraham-Rosman-and-Paula-Rubel-in-
Tapestry-of-Culture-An-Introduction-to-Cultural-Anthropology-2008-pages-113-
125.pdf
What are economic systems?
http://www.economicsonline.co.uk/Competitive_markets/Economic_systems.html
What is an educational institution?
https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=743
What is religion as an institution?
http://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/17-1-religion-as-a-social-institution/
http://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/17-4-types-of-religious-organizations/
http://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/17-6-trends-in-religious-belief-and-activity/
Chapter 7: Political Institutions
What are political institutions?
https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/comppol/pubb/pdfs/Immergut2010.pdf
What are politics, power, and authority?
http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/9547_017533ch2.pdf
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter17-government-and-
politics/
Chapter 8: Social and Political Stratification
What is social stratification?
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter9-social-stratification-in-
the-united-states/
UNIT 4: CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL CHANGE
Chapter 9: Sources of Social and Cultural Change
What is social change?
http://www.sociologydiscussion.com/sociology/theories-of-social-change-meaning-
nature-and-processes/2364
What is cultural change?
http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/change_1.htm
http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/change_2.htm
Chapter 10: Sources of Political Change
What is political change?
http://study.com/academy/lesson/political-change-definition-lesson-quiz.html
What is political revolution?
http://www.iep.utm.edu/pol-rev/
Chapter 11: New Challenges to Human Adaptation and Social Change
What is climate change?
https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/science-booklets-0/science-
climate-change/1-what-climate-change
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082015/climate-changes-overlooked-
sociological-side
What is ethnic conflict?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ethnic-conflict
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/2008-06-01/ethnic-conflict-inevitable
What is religious conflict?
http://www.academia.edu/5701344/Religious_conflict_Definitions_problems_and_the
oretical_approaches
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/10572342/Religious-
conflict-in-global-rise-report.html
What is ideological conflict?
http://www.forumjournal.org/announcement/view/61
http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/132962
Why is immigration a global problem?
http://www.globalissues.org/article/537/immigration
http://www.unfpa.org/migration
Chapter 12: Responding to Social, Political, and Cultural Change
What is inclusive citizenship?
http://www.drc-citizenship.org/system/assets/1052734474/original/1052734474-
kabeer.2005-introduction.pdf
What is participatory governance?
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/CUSP_110108_Participatory%20Gov
.pdf
How does use of social media affect citizenship?
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/politics/digital-democracy/social-media-
influence-politics-participation-engagement-meta-analysis
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/politics/digital-democracy/using-social-media-
to-improve-citizen-engagement-with-government-research-brief