1. Poster research project
ORIGIN OF SOCIOLOGY AND FAMOUS SOCIOLOGISTS

2. WE START WITH European INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ≈ 1800’s
MOVING FROM RURAL TO URBAN
RAPID GROWTH OF CITIES
LABOR MOVES FROM HOME TO FACTORY
HOUSING SHORTAGES
UNEMPLOYMENT
CRIME
POLLUTION
SCHOLARS SEARCH FOR CAUSES, EFFECTS, SOLUTIONS

3. SPECIFICS STIFLE CREATIVITY
RESEARCH PROJECT GUIDELINES
3 DAYS: LIBRARY - GROUP WORK - PRESENTATION
RESULTS DESIRED
EVIDENCE OF RESEARCH
MINIMUM 1 PG WRITEUP ON BASIC FACTS ON SUBJECT
WHO DID WHAT (GROUP)
SOME SORT OF VISUAL AID
5 -7 MINUTE PRESENTATION
1 WACKY FACT
WORTH A HOMEWORK GRADE – BASED ON RUBRIC
CHECK THE TEXTBOOK – CERTAIN DEFINITIONS MUST BE INCLUDED
SPECIFICS STIFLE CREATIVITY

4. TAKE YOUR PIC AUGUSTE COMTE HARRIET MARTINEAU HERBERT SPENCER
KARL MARX
EMILE DURKHEIM
MAX WEBER
W.E.B. DU BOIS

5. Modern perspectives THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
THESE ARE THE 3 MAJOR “SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT” FOR SOCIOLOGY
THERE ARE MANY OTHER MINOR PERSPECTIVES
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
– OUTLINES SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT NATURE OF SOCIAL LIFE

6. Functionalist perspective (functionalism)
SOCIETY IS ….
SET OF INTERRELATED PARTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A STABLE SYSTEM
(AKA) STRUCTURALISM
HELD TOGETHER BY CONSENSUS
MOST PEOPLE AGREE - THEN ACT ON THOSE AGREEMENTS
EX.) FAMILY, RELIGION, EDUCATION, ECONOMY

7. DEFS FOR FUNCTIONALISM
FUNCTION - THE CONTRIBUTION MADE TO AN ONGOING SOCIAL SYSTEM
DYSFUNCTION – NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE ON STABILITY OF SOCIAL SYSTEM
EX.) CRIME , POLLUTION
MANIFEST FUNCTION – AN INTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCE
EX.) FLORIDE IN THE WATER – HELMET LAWS
LATENT FUNCTION – AN UNINTENTIONAL
CONSEQUENCE

8. Conflict perspective SOCIETY IS …. DRIVEN BY COMPETITION AND CHANGE
MONEY, POWER, ACCESS
WHO HAS IT AND WHO DOES NOT
EX.) FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE –
ARE MEN AND WOMEN TREATED EQUALLY?
PAY?
JOBS?
POLITICS?

9. Interactionist perspective
SOCIETY IS ….
INDIVIDUALS INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER
MEANINGS AND FEELINGS
SMALL GROUP RELATIONSHIPS AND MATE SELECTION
SYMBOL – ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
INTENTIONALLY BROAD AND USES AGREED MEANING
WE INTERACT SOCIALLY TO GAIN:
MEANING, LANGUAGE, THOUGHT

10. WHICH PERSPECTIVE DO YOU PERSONALLY BELIEVE IS CORRECT?
STANDARD FORMAT
1 PAGE
3 PARAGRAPH MINIMUM
1ST PARAGRAPH – INTRODUCE THE TOPIC, DEFINITION, SUBJECT
2ND PARAGRAPH – CHOICE, EXPLANATION, DETAIL
3RD PARAGRAPH – WHY IS THIS YOUR CHOICE, WHY IS THIS BETTER THEN THE OTHER OPTIONS, AND YOUR OPINION
EFFORT