Lesson 21: Social Movements and Social Change Attention
Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:
Teaching Changing Society We have studied many factors that define, sustain, and teach culture in different societies, but how does society itself change? We know that some factors are important in changing our culture:
But there are many other factors as well...changes that can occur because people who care get together or are bound by a unified experience. Collective Behavior First we need to define the different ways in Sociology defines collective behaviors. Some entail a certain connection among the members and some don't. This part is not included in the book:
However, we know from Social Psychology that an aggregate can sometimes act in ways that influence each member and they may seem like a group. Consider the "wave" that can occur among fans in a stadium or everyone singing along with the band at a concert. Theories of Crowd Behavior When people are in crowds they may act in accord with one another based on a number of theories:
Social Movements Social Movements are purposeful groups that strive to bring about a change. They fall in to one of these categories:
Assessment The Online Discussions are for students who are taking Online and Hybrid versions of this class. Your Instructor will inform you if you have to pay attention to these...otherwise you can ignore them. Lesson 21 Discussion Look up social movements through history and find at least two examples of different categories of social movements. Discuss what characteristics of the movement make you consider it in the identified category. Was the movement successful? Lesson 21 Quiz
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