HSP3M
Grade: 11
Unit One: Self and Others
Developed By: Neelu Walia, Julie Simon, Suzanne Sabat
Table of Contents
Title
1. Unit Overview
2. SAP
3. Lesson Overview
4. Lesson One
5. Lesson Two/Three
6. Lesson Four
7. Lesson Five
8. Lesson Six
9. Lesson Seven
10. Lesson Eight
11. Culminating Activity
12. Instructional Organizer
13. Appendix
14. Statement of Design
Pages
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50-51
Unit Overview:
This unit on socialization and human behaviour aims to teach students about the world around them and how this affects their personalities. This is the first unit students will study in the course
Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology. They will learn about the basic foundations of Anthropology,
Psychology, and Sociology in order to learn about themselves and others, including the “forces that influence and shape their behaviour”. This is necessary before they can go on to study other units within the course as it will give them a full understanding of
the agents of socialization and prior knowledge needed so that students can delve into the following units: social structures and institutions, and social organization.
It is necessary that adolescents learn about the process of socialization and how this influences their behaviours. Gaining deeper insights into human actions will assist students in understanding how agents such as the family, peers, and schools, shape an individuals personal beliefs and values.
The unit incorporates the ‘Self and Others’, and ‘Research and Inquiry Skills’ strands of the course curriculum. For the culminating activity students will research a particular agent of socialization and two psychology theorists’. Students will be required to examine the effects the particular agent of socialization has on the lives of teenagers and present the theorists’ points of view on the subject. The presentation will