Appendix on Implementing District Standards
Oklahoma Social Studies Practices
- 4B. Students will apply critical reading and thinking skills to interpret, evaluate, and respond to a variety of complex texts from historical, ethnic, and global perspectives.
- 5B. Students will engage in authentic inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge through written presentations related to social studies.
While other practices will be applied in this unit, 4 and 5 are the central practices. Students will achieve practice 4B regarding reading and critically analyzing texts through reading an academic monograph. They will engage with practice 5B by using the inquiry process to plan and conduct their own ethnographic observations.
Oklahoma State Standards for Social Studies
- US History. 8 The student will analyze the impact of foreign and domestic policies from 1977 to 2001.
- US History. 9 The student will examine contemporary challenges and successes in meeting the needs of the American citizen and society, 2002 to the present.
- Sociology. 4 The student will examine how social groups are composed of people who share common characteristics including interests, beliefs, behaviors, and feelings.
- Sociology. 4.5 Investigate stereotypes of different groups including gangs, generational groups, immigrants, and the homeless.
- Sociology. 5.1 Analyze the impact of social institutions on individuals, groups, and organizations within society; explain how these institutions transmit the values of society including familial, religious, educational, economic, and political.
Both US History and Sociology standards apply here. Students will achieve US History 8 and 9 by studying the historical context for Ralph’s ethnography. Students will engage with sociology 4 and 5 by exploring the meaning of social groups, how they develop and transmit values and practices, and will critique stereotypes.
IB Social and Cultural Anthropology Assessment Objectives
- Knowledge and understanding (AO1): Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of anthropological concepts and theories and anthropological research methods and ethics
- Application and analysis (AO2): Recognize anthropological concepts in ethnographic materials.
- Synthesis and evaluation (AO3): Compare and contrast characteristics of specific cultures and societies.
- Selection and use of a variety of skills (AO4): Identify an appropriate context, anthropological concept, and research question for investigation; select and demonstrate the use of methods and skills to gather, present, analyze, interpret, and reflect on ethnographic data.
While reference to the IB Area of Inquiry “Belonging,” students will demonstrate their understanding (AO1) of concepts such as caste, “the other,” belonging, and exclusion. They will show their knowledge of ethnographic research ethics. Students will closely read the text in order to identify concepts in it (AO2) and compare and contrast the society in Eastwood and the U.S. urban context with other places we have studied (AO3). Students will complete parts of their IB internal assessment by identifying anthropological themes to study, conducting fieldwork, and summarizing the data (AO4).
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