SHS Subculture; A Qualitative Examination: Lesson 6 Social Structure

Homework:  Read Buettner's Thrive for 2 lessons from now.

Today we are conducting a qualitative examination of our ingroup, SHS.  Click here for the handout. 

1.  In small groups, discuss the culture at Stevenson.  List examples for each area below that SHS gives meaning to.  In other words, what are specific examples at SHS for each of the following:

Material culture at SHS.  Objects and things and physical structures that SHS ingroup members recognize as something at SHS or something with meaning at SHS:

Norms.  What is considered normal or acceptable behavior, or acceptable ways of acting, or expected things you do at SHS:

Language.  What words do members of the SHS ingroup recognize that outgroup members might not?

Symbols.  What are important symbols/events at SHS?  What shared meaning do they hold?

Values.  What are the things that SHS students see as desirable?

Other dynamics of culture: 
Moral Holiday?           Moral Holiday Place?           

Subculture?        Counterculture?          

Sanctions?

For some perspective, here are some examples of other schools' cultures.