STUDY GUIDE – UNIT III

KNOW	DON’T KNOW	TERM/QUESTION AND YOUR DEFINITION/ANSWER
		Race vs ethnicity
		Discrimination vs prejudice
		Stereotype
		Legal Protection
		Assimilation
		Extermination
		Subjugation
		Aparteid
		Segregation, de facto segregation, de jure segregation
		Cultural pluralism
		Population transfer
		Minority group
		Gender vs sex
		Nature vs nurture

KNOW	DON’T KNOW	TERM/QUESTION AND YOUR DEFINITION/ANSWER
		Socialization
		Agents of socialization
		African Americans – death penalty
		African Americans – police arrests and racial profiling
		African Americans – education
		African Americans – use of n-word
		African Americans – and the Confederate Flag
		African Americans – affirmative action
		African Americans – AIDS
		African Americans – unwed women with children
		African Americans – lack of baseball players
		Gender roles
		Social inequality – nature of reproduction, conflict theory, and institutionalized discrimination
		Suffrage/19^th Amendment
		ERA

KNOW	DON’T KNOW	TERM/QUESTION AND YOUR DEFINITION/ANSWER
		Title IX
		Women – education
		Women – glass ceiling, wage gap, leisure gap
		Women – politics
		Women – sexual harassment
		Women – abortion
		Gay adoption
		Gay marriage
		Gay clergy
		Gays in the military & don’t ask don’t tell
		Boy Scouts of America vs Dale
		Ageism
		Graying of America
		Baby boom generation
		Social security

KNOW	DON’T KNOW	TERM/QUESTION AND YOUR DEFINITION/ANSWER
		Medicare
		AARP
		Universal health care
		Problems with universal health care
		Americans with disabilities – prejudice and discrimination against
		Education for All Handicapped Children
		Fair Housing Amendments Act
		Americans with Disabilities Act
		Hispanics – illegal immigration pros and cons
		Solutions to border with Mexico issue
		Immigrants – domestic abuse
		Asian Americans – “model” immigrants
		American Indians – problems

ESSAY QUESTIONS

Directions – Please pick two of the following five questions to write about. Remember that a good essay is at least the entire length of the front of a page and includes higher level thinking. Please view the rubric for further details. The questions are worth 20 points each.

1.)

· What is socialization?

· How do the agents of socialization affect us?

· In your opinion, which agent of socialization affects us the most?

· Use details and examples to support your answer.

2.)

• Why is the educational gap between whites and blacks due to de facto segregation?
• What are the results of this educational gap?
• In your opinion, what can be done to erase the educational gap?
• Use details and examples to support your answer.

3.)

• Explain the possible solutions to illegal immigration.
• In your opinion, do you think that illegal immigrants are an economic burden to the U.S.?
• Use details and examples to support your answer.

4.)

• Explain some of the main arguments for and against abortion.
• Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Explain your reasoning.
• Use details and examples to support your answer.

5.)

• What are the arguments for and against gay marriage?
• In your opinion, should gay marriage be allowed?
• Use details and examples to support your answer.

SOCIAL STUDIES RUBRIC

Level	Thinking	Parts of the Question That Are Answered	Details & Examples	Factual Errors
4	Higher level – lots	All	Many	None
3	Higher level – some	Most	Some	Tiny
2	Lower level – some	Some	Few or None	Small
1	Lower level – little	Few	None	Large
0	None	None	None	All

Lower-Level Thinking

• Facts
• Lists
• Definitions
• Descriptions

Higher-Level Thinking

• Cause-and-Effect Reasoning
• If _____, then _____, because _____.
• Comparison
• _____ is better/worse than _____, because _____.
• Application to the Constitution
• The Constitution states _____ about _____.
• Examples
• For example, _____.
• Analogies
• _____ is like _____, because _____.

How To Do A BCR

1.) Read the question.

2.) Reread the question.

3.) Think about how you’re going to answer the question for a moment.

4.) Briefly jot down what you’re going to say.

5.) Write an introductory statement, restating the question.

6.) Explain the answer, whether the question says to or not.

7.) Use higher level thinking to answer the question.

8.) Write a concluding statement, restating the question.

9.) Reread the question to make sure you have answered it completely.

10.)Reread your answer to ensure that is makes sense and you left nothing out.