Contribution of Western and Indian Sociologists — Sociology STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

Conduct a group discussion on the threatening challenge of online games like ‘Blue Whale’. Try to find answers to issues like why do children even consider participating in such games? Are parents to be blamed? What is the role of Law?

Discuss how ‘polarization of classes’ and ‘class solidarity’ are relevant in the present times.

You have read about commercial, scientific, industrial and French revolutions which were responsible for the emergence of Sociology as a discipline. Identify the effects of industrial development on Indian society.

Study the educational transformation in the last 10 years e.g., Teach for India campaign.

Explain in brief the link between cinema and society.

Family is changing in structure and composition, express your views about it.

Discuss why hypogamous marriages are resisted in society. Take help of newspapers, magazines and cinema.

Presentation : students make groups of 5 in class and present an aspect of culture, (e.g., language, dialect, dress, folklore, dances, music, art, food habits, architecture, literature, tribal life, rural life, urban life) of any state in India.

The use of ‘unacceptable language’ is often picked up by children even if this kind of language is not used within the home. Explain how this might happen.

List out various folkways and mores that we find in our day-to-day lives.