Standard 2 : Culture/Examine the influence on the individual and the way cultural transmission is accomplished.



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General Information

Number: SS.912.S.2
Title: Culture/Examine the influence on the individual and the way cultural transmission is accomplished.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Sociology

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks
Code Description
SS.912.S.2.1: Define the key components of a culture, such as knowledge, language and communication, customs, values, norms, and physical objects.
SS.912.S.2.2: Explain the differences between a culture and a society.
SS.912.S.2.3: Recognize the influences of genetic inheritance and culture on human behavior.
SS.912.S.2.4: Give examples of subcultures and describe what makes them unique.
SS.912.S.2.5: Compare social norms among various subcultures.
SS.912.S.2.6: Identify the factors that promote cultural diversity within the United States.
SS.912.S.2.7: Explain how various practices of the culture create differences within group behavior.
SS.912.S.2.8: Compare and contrast different types of societies, such as hunting and gathering, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial.
SS.912.S.2.9: Prepare original written and oral reports and presentations on specific events, people or historical eras.
SS.912.S.2.10: Identify both rights and responsibilities the individual has to the group.
SS.912.S.2.11: Demonstrate democratic approaches to managing disagreements and resolving conflicts within a culture.
SS.912.S.2.12: Compare and contrast ideas about citizenship and cultural participation from the past with those of the present community.


Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SS.912.S.2.AP.1: Recognize a key component of a culture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.2a: Identify an element of culture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.2b: Identify an element of society.
SS.912.S.2.AP.3a: Recognize an influence of genetic inheritance on human behavior.
SS.912.S.2.AP.3b: Recognize an influence of culture on human behavior.
SS.912.S.2.AP.4a: Identify an example of a subculture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.4b: Recognize a unique characteristic of a subculture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.5: Recognize a difference in a social norm between two subcultures
SS.912.S.2.AP.6: Recognize a factor that promotes cultural diversity within the United States.
SS.912.S.2.AP.7: Recognize a practice of a given culture that creates differences within group behavior.
SS.912.S.2.AP.8: Recognize a characteristic of different types of societies.
SS.912.S.2.AP.9: Prepare an original product on a specific event, person, or historical era.
SS.912.S.2.AP.10a: Recognize a right an individual has to a group.
SS.912.S.2.AP.10b: Recognize a responsibility an individual has to a group.
SS.912.S.2.AP.11a: Recognize a democratic approach to managing disagreements within a culture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.11b: Recognize a democratic approach to resolving conflicts within a culture.
SS.912.S.2.AP.12: Recognize an idea about citizenship and cultural participation from the past.


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