High School Workshop Toolkit: Danish Baby Carriage on the Curb: An Introduction to Ethnocentrism

Abstract

This interactive lesson introduces students to the concepts of ethnocentrism, cultural relativity, and cultural discontinuity using the parenting of babies as a case study.

In 2022, ASA assembled a workshop with high school sociology teachers and sociology professors to develop resources for a new “High School Sociology Toolbox.” The goal of...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Children and Youth, Family, Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems

Resource Type(s):

Class Activity

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. 1) Students will describe the components of culture.
2. 2) Students will analyze how culture influences individuals, including themselves.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. 1) Small group response table and annotation activity (for students to complete toward the end of the lesson’s first part).
2. 2) Large group discussion of the article’s cultural explanations (for students to complete at the beginning of the lesson’s second part).
3. 3) Individual exit slip (for students to complete at the end of the lesson’s second part).