Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Social Interactions and Organization SIO
    The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 9: Learning Objective E
    Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained and challenged over time.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-6.3.III.i
    Rights-based discourses challenged old assumptions about race, class, gender, and religion.

    KC-6.3.III.ii
    In much of the world, access to education as well as participation in new political and professional roles became more inclusive in terms of race, class, gender, and religion.

    KC-6.3.II.C
    Movements throughout the world protested the inequality of the environmental and economic consequences of global integration.