Family

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• Today
• Education
• Religion
• Spirituality

To what degree is religion a part of your
life?   1. Religion is a huge part of my life. My
religious views guide my day to day actions. 2.
Religion is part of my life. I pray/mediate/attend
religious services often. 3. I believe in my
religion but dont practice it that much. 4. I
believe in God/a higher power but no particular
religion. 5. I am spiritual not religious. 6. I
do not believe in God or have a religion. 7.
Prefer not to state.
Namaste The highest in me salutes the highest
in you
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Functionalist View

• Role of education is to
• Instruct-Train for occupations, knowledge
• Socialize
• respect, responsibility, obedience
• Sort society into groups/statues
• (graduate, honors, student, college-bound)
• Promote change

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Conflict Theory

• Education forces an agenda
• Rewards conformity
• Creativity not
• allowed to flourish

Hidden curriculum teaching obedience and not to
question authority
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Conflict Theory
Work with 1-3 partners. How many similarities can
you think of between how children are treated in
schools and how inmates are treated in prison?
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Conflict View
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Conflict Theory
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Conflict View

• Education produces and reproduces inequality in
  society
• -resources
• -racial segregation

View Trading Schools, Inequality in education
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Conflict Theory

• Education and socio-economic status cycle
• 75 of students at top universities come from
  families in the top 25 of income

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Bronx NY (low-income, high minority) 8,000 per
child annual spent on education
Bronxville NY (middle-income, low
minority) 12,000 per child annual spent on
education
Long Island suburb (high income, low
minority) 18,000 per child annual spent on
education
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Conflict view allocation of funds

• Gov. funding for schools does not always reach
  students
• Facilities often funded
• Corporations influence policy makers

South Region HS 9 South Gate CA
213,996,616 200 million on construction
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Conflict view allocation of funds
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Symbolic Interactionst View

• Interaction during schooling influences success
• Student get labeled
• GATE, Honors, Special Needs, behavioral problems
• Self-fulfilling prophecy (living up to the label)

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Symbolic Interactionst View

• Tracking separating students by ability
• Ex Reading groups

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Symbolic Interactionst View

• Tracking pros and cons

Pros Cons
Focused instruction Often based only on a few tests
Challenges for advanced students Students get stuck
Repetition for struggling students Limit opportunites
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What is religion?

• A system of beliefs and practices that unites
  believers into a moral community

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Religion in todays world
1 minute quick write Think of religion as a
structural functionalist. How is religion
functional in society? How does it help?
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Functions of religion in todays world

• Religion can be functional
• Place for emotional support
• Safe place to be after school

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Functions of religion in todays world
Religion can be functional 3. Support for
couples having marriage difficulty 4. Support for
those with depression
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Function of religion in todays world
Religion can be functional 5. Promotes community
service
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Function of religion in todays world
Religion can be functional 6. Interfaith
dialogue
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Dysfunctions Groups that misuse religion
Matt Hale World Church of The Creator
Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vev-jPT5M9cU
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Ruby Bridges New Orleans, Louisiana 1960, 6 years
old, first African-American child to attend an
all-white elementary school in the South
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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Emile Durkheim
• Religion is functional for society
• Holds societies together
• 15 years studying indigenous people of Australia

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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Emile Durkheim
• Studied religions around the world
• India, East Asia
• Found no society without religion
• 3 Basic Elements
• Beliefs some things are sacred
• Practices centering on sacred things,
  supernatural
• A moral community resulting from a groups
  beliefs, practices, and rituals

1912
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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Max Weber
• Religious beliefs lead to action or inaction
• Shape a person's image of the world

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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Max Weber
• People need to know why?
• Why undeserved good fortune?
• Why suffering in the world?
• Religion offers answers - afterlife

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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Max Weber
• Spirit of Capitalism
• Protestant beliefs helped capitalism grow

1934
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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Karl Marx
• Religion is used to oppress people
• Religion is the sigh of oppressed people, the
  sentiment of a heartless worldthe opiate of the
  masses.

• Oppressed workers find escape in religion
• Diverts attention towards the afterlife

1848
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Sociological Theories of Religion

• Karl Marx
• Religion is used to legitimize inequality
• Divine rights of kings
• Pharaoh as God
• Manifest Destiny

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To what degree is religion a part of your
life?   1. Religion is a huge part of my life. My
religious views guide my day to day actions. 2.
Religion is part of my life. I pray/mediate/attend
religious services often. 3. I believe in my
religion but dont practice it that much. 4. I
believe in God/a higher power but no particular
religion. 5. I am spiritual not religious. 6. I
do not believe in God or have a religion. 7.
Prefer not to state.
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Answer the questions while watching I Am.
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Before next class
Extra Credit Power Points save to flash drive,
e-mail me a copy ahead of time. 4 points
possible. Read directions on website. Work on
Research Paper
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Extra Credit Videos related to religion
Axis of Evil Comedy Tour The Calling God In
America National Geographic Inside Mecca
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Understanding Religion
What is Religion?

• A system of beliefs and practices related to
  sacred things that unites believers into a moral
  community.

Christianity
Islam
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Prevailing religions world wide
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Extra Credit 4 point optionImportant Sociologists

• 5 minute Power Point Presentation
• Select a sociologist. Describe the following
  brief background of their life, 2 major
  contributions to sociology, how is their work
  relevant today? 
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