Themes/Social Science Grid

	Theme 1	Theme 2	Theme 3	Theme 4	Theme 5	Theme 6	Theme 7	Theme 8	Theme 9	Theme 10
	Conflict and Cooperation	Civic Ideals, Practices and Engagement	People, Places and Environment	Material Wants and Needs	Cultural Development, Interaction and Change	Global Transformation	Science, Technology and Society	Individualism, Equality and Authority	Patterns of Social and Political Interaction	Human Expression and Communication
ANTHROPOLOGY	conflicts; interdependence	tribal justice	differences between rural & urban life	human migration; types of economic systems	system of beliefs, knowledge, values & traditions	cultural traditions balanced w/human rights	shamans; folk medicine	disparity between rich & poor; investigate core values of individual, community, state, or nation and ways values are expressed	ethnicity, race & gender in social/political relations; social movements	popular culture; language development
ARCHAEOLOGY	rise of walls, fortresses & other defense structures	cultural artifacts representative of religious values	changing relationships between people & their physical setting	artifacts: development of “needed” tools & money; residence patterns	domestication of plants/animals; settlement patterns	impact of early empire building	development of weapons of war	“American Garbage”	archaeological digs	consequences of invention of writing
SOCIOLOGY	interdependence; functionalism; conflict theory; explanation of social life	civil rights movement; ideals vs. practice	interaction of individuals, groups and societies w/ each other & w/physical & social environments	social stratification; classless castes; feudal estates; closed/open social systems; social/economic class differences	system of beliefs, knowledge, values, & traditions	“McDonaldization” of the world	impact of technology on society; role of shaman/medical scientists; ethics	investigate core values of individual, community, state, or nation and ways values are expressed; disparity between rich & poor	changing patterns of class, ethnicity, race, & gender in social/political relations; social movements	popular culture; cultural transmission; instinctive, arbitrary or symbolic communication/inter-action
PSYCHOLOGY	interdependence	studies of conformity	interaction of individuals, groups and societies w/ each other & w/physical & social environments	reinforcement: operant behavior; motivation	system of beliefs, knowledge, values, & traditions; gender differences; self-esteem	communication	experimental method	investigate core values of individual, community, state, or nation and ways values are expressed: culture & self	persuasion:  changing attitude	popular culture; language acquisition