Take a look at the links below and record conclusions in your notes about the following:
Compare the number of people in poverty and the percentage of people in poverty from different racial/ethnic groups. Why are these different?
How do poverty rates compare across geographic regions of the US? What about in Nebraska?
Watch the Video “Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children” then answer these questions:
Based on the video you should:
1. Describe TWO different cases of feral children for each explain
The name that the movie uses to refer to the child or case
Abnormal social and physical behavior of the child (at least 3 things)
2. What do these feral child cases tell us about how personality can be affected by social environments?
Twins Research
Read the case of Paula and Elyse on p 88-89 then answer these questions ON THE BACK OF THE WORKSHEET
3. Describe the differences that each twin had growing up.
4. Describe 3 similarities that the twins shared as adults.
Drawing conclusions
5. Explain what these twin studies show about whether or not we are more impacted by nature or nurture.
Here is the study guide for the Unit 2 Sociology Tests.