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Sociology
Goal 8: The learner will examine major social problems.
Objective 8.01. Describe major social problems and social issues.
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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.
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- Find additional resources for teaching Social Studies — Grades 11–12.
Aligned lesson plans
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- You Paid How Much for That Ticket?'
- Students explore discrimination by discussing scenarios with a partner. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- International trade in a global village
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students research the spread of AIDS and report on how this problem has been affected by changes in global transportation and trade. Activities in this lesson engage students in online research and whole class discussion.... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Xpeditions
- AIDS in Africa II: More than sympathy
- This Xpeditions lesson focuses on why the disastrous numbers surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Africa exist. Students explore what is being done, and what can be done, to ease the situation. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Geographic
- AIDS in Africa I: The scope of the problem
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students search for data related to the discrepancy between the impact of AIDS on people in sub-Saharan Africa and on people in the U.S. and determine mathematically the relative impact of AIDS on Africa versus its impact on the... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Dance Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Geographic
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