Pre-activity questions:

1) What is a group?

2) How do groups work together to ensure all voices are heard?

3) What is the best way to solve a problem within a group?

RULES of ACTIVITY To be the winner, you must build the

tallest building or structure possible. You can only use resources provided by

me. It must be free-standing (not propped up

by anything) and stay standing for one minute after measuring…

You cannot eat the resources as you build- you will be asked to leave your group.

Post-activity questions:

1) How did you pick a leader?

2) If given a second chance, what would you do differently?

3) Did you notice the CONTROL group?

*PRIMARY vs SECONDARY groups*

Groups, Organizations, and Social Institutions

What is a group?

A group contains people who are… 1. in regular contact with one another 2. share some way of thinking, feeling,

and/or behaving 3. take one another’s behavior into

account 4. have one or more interests or goals in

common

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GROUPS

tend to draw lines

Group Socialization

Sometimes groups have certain boundaries These boundaries help you identify the group

clothes/appearance fav. music activities

1. Band

2. Football

3. Nerds

4. Partiers

Be careful…

Many people are confused about the following.

These are NOT groups:

Social category-

share a social characteristic

Social aggregate-

in the same place at the same time

Types of Groups1. Primary groups-

“we” feeling, close ties

How do primary groups develop?They are smallLots of face-to-face contactContinuous contact

What is the point?Emotional support, socialization, encourage conformity

2. Secondary groups-i.e. cashier and customer

3. Reference groups-i.e. families, friends, a band

*You do not need to be a member of the group to use them as a reference or get ideas

4. In-groups-Exclusive, Extreme loyalty, Exclude others

5. Out-groups-

think “we” and “they”

6. Social network-

your WEB

**In your notebook

create your own web

SAMPLE WEB

5 Types of Social Interaction

*Social Interaction is CRUCIAL to groups! You take on roles and behaviors according

to your group.

1) Cooperation- Work together to meet a goal

2) Conflict- This causes unity within groups

3) Social Exchange- “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine!”

4) Coercion- you follow other people’s rules

i.e. the government or your parents

5) Conformity- Lets conform a freshman!

Pg. 184

(THINK) Write a half page response IN YOUR

NOTEBOOK :– Do you agree or disagree with the following

quote?

“If a student sends 120 (or more) text messages a day or spends 3 hours (or more) on facebook, they are more likely to have sex

and use drugs.”

(PAIR then SHARE)

• Information from Case Western Study (released Nov. 2010):• According to the research, hyper-texting, defined

as texting more than 120 messages per school day, was reported by 19.8 percent of teens surveyed, many of whom were female, from lower socioeconomic status, minority and had no father in the home. Drawing from the data, teens who are hyper-texters are 40 percent more likely to have tried cigarettes, two times more likely to have tried alcohol, 43 percent more likely to be binge drinkers, 41 percent more likely to have used illicit drugs, 55 percent more likely to have been in a physical fight, nearly three-and-a-half times more likely to have had sex and 90 percent more likely to report four or more sexual partners.

• “The startling results of this study suggest that when left unchecked texting and other widely popular methods of staying connected can have dangerous health effects on teenagers,” said Frank. “This should be a wake-up call for parents to not only help their children stay safe by not texting and driving, but by discouraging excessive use of the cell phone or social websites in general.”

• Additionally, hyper-networking, defined as spending more than three hours per school day on social networking websites, was reported by 11.5 percent of students and associated with higher odds ratios for stress, depression, suicide, substance use, fighting, poor sleep, poor academics, television watching and parental permissiveness. Teens who are hyper-networkers are 62 percent more likely to have tried cigarettes, 79 percent more likely to have tried alcohol, 69 percent more likely to be binge drinkers, 84 percent more likely to have used illicit drugs, 94 percent more likely to have been in a physical fight, 69 percent more likely to have had sex and 60 percent more likely to report four or more sexual partners.