1. WarmUp: Make a List! What is a social movement? Make a list of all the social movements you can think of from history.

2. Chapter 17.2 Collective Behavior & Social Movements

3. Collective Behavior Review Collective Behavior & Social Movements Video

4. Objectives Describe the types of social movements that exist & explain how they differ. Identify the stages present in the life cycle of social movements & describe ways in which the existence of social movements can be explained.

5. Social Movements a long-term, conscious effort to promote or prevent social change Prohibition Documentary

6. Reactionary, Conservative, Revisionary, Revolutionary

7. Reactionary Movements main goal is to reverse current social trend or “turn back the clock” example: Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street

8. Conservative Movements try to protect what they see as society’s prevailing values from change that they consider to be a threat to those values example: Republican Party within USA

9. Revisionary Movements goal is to improve or revise some part of society through social change example: women’s suffrage movement (1820s- 1920) End Women’s Suffrage?

10. Revolutionary Movements goal is a total & radical change to the existing social structure example: French Revolution

11. Agitation, Legitimation, Bureaucratization, Institutionalization

12. Agitation begins with belief that a problem exists small group begins to stir up public awareness

13. Legitimation social movement becomes more respectable as it gains increasing acceptance

14. Bureaucratization movement develops a ranked structure of authority, official policies & efficient strategies for the future

15. Institutionalization movement becomes established as a part of society

16. Relative Depravation Theory, Resource Mobilization Theory

17. Relative Deprivation Theory economic theory that suggests that social movements arise when large numbers of people feel economically or socially deprived of what they think they deserve

18. Resource Mobilization Theory not even the most ill-treated group will be able to bring about change without resources  money ($$$)  people  media outlets

19. Case Study: Social Movements & Technology Read the case study on pg. 453 & answer the questions in your journal. What other social movements have originated as a result of new technology? How do you see technology affecting social movements in the future? What sorts of possible future movements, do you see coming as a result of technological aid?

20. Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Rally Highlights Jon Stewart: Final Speech In what ways is Stewart’s speech related to, or a commentary on, social movements? Would you define the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear as a social movement? Why or why not? If you would classify it as a social movement, what kind of movement is it? How do you know? If you would not classify it as a social movement, what would it need to become one? Will it?