Crash Course Sociology Episode Worksheet | 16 - Social Groups

A video-companion worksheet guides students through fifteen short-answer questions on the Crash Course Sociology episode about social groups, from group types to the Milgram Experiment, with a full answer key included.

Year groups: Years 11–13
File type: Microsoft Word
Editable: Yes

Updated Feb 19, 2024

Subject: Social Studies
Topic: Crash Course Videos, Crash Course Worksheet
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Editable: Yes

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Teaching Social Groups with Crash Course Sociology This 2-page worksheet accompanies the Crash Course Sociology video on social groups and has 15 short answer questions for students to answer while watching. An answer key is included for students to check their own work. The questions aim to check for understanding on topics like group dynamics, primary and secondary groups, and reference groups. This can be used as an in-class activity for high school students with devices to watch the engaging 9-minute video individually or in small groups after listening as a whole class. It works well as a homework assignment too. The questions are designed for grades 10-12 to make connections to their own social groups and society. More sociology resources available in my store to make the subject relatable.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Define and distinguish related sociology terms: social group, aggregate, and category; primary and secondary groups; instrumental and expressive leaders; in-groups and out-groups.
Summarize the Milgram Experiment, including its purpose and its 65% compliance result.
Explain groupthink and the role of reference groups and social networks in shaping behaviour.

Teaching tips

Have students watch the linked video once through, then a second time pausing to answer each question as its concept comes up.
The answer key's model answers are written as complete sentences, so they can double as a model for how students should phrase their own short answers.
Because several questions build on each other (aggregate vs. category vs. social group; instrumental vs. expressive leader), consider a quick pair-share discussion before moving to the Milgram Experiment questions.

Skills covered

Video-based comprehension — students extract and record definitions and facts while watching an instructional video.
Compare-and-contrast reasoning — several questions ask students to distinguish paired concepts (aggregate vs. category, instrumental vs. expressive leader, in-group vs. out-group).
Sociology vocabulary acquisition — students define 15 discipline-specific terms from social group to groupthink.

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Is this the type of worksheet students fill in while watching the video, or after?

It's designed for use while watching -- each of the 15 questions follows the video's sequence of topics, from defining a social group through the closing question on social networks.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Social groups
Group dynamics
Leadership styles
The Milgram Experiment
Reference groups

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