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

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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

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Access Points

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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