Lesson Title: Impact of Language on Culture Subject: HSP3U

Unit Title: How Do We Communicate Time Required: 75 Minutes

Teacher Candidate: Emma Gordon Date: December 8th/11th
Mentor Teacher: Karla Di Saverio Grade: 11 U

Learning Goals (What do you want the students to know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?)
- Students will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain how diverse factors influence and shape
individual and group social behaviour
- Students will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
- Students will be able to explain how diverse factors influence and shape language
- Students will be able to explain how diverse influences shape social language
- Students will be able to evaluate the relative influence of primary agents of socialization and secondary
agents of socialization on the socialization of the individual
Success Criteria (What will you observe that tells you that students are successful?)
- I will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain how diverse factors influence and shape
individual and group social behaviour
- I will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
- I will be able to explain how diverse factors influence and shape language
- Students will be able to explain how diverse influences shape social language
- I will be able to evaluate the relative influence of primary agents of socialization and secondary agents of
socialization on the socialization of the individual
Accommodations (How will you meet the needs of your students? What management strategies will you use?)
English as a Second Language:
- EA support, or peer mentor
Individual Action Plan:
- Accommodations only as specified on the student’s IEP – allowing for time, number of questions etc.
Curriculum Expectations (Which expectation is the focus for your instruction?)
Overall Expectations:
D2. Explaining Social Behaviour: Use a sociological perspective to explain how diverse factors influence and
shape individual and group social behaviour
D3. Socialization: Use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
Specific Expectations:
D2.1 Explain, from a sociological perspective, how diverse factors influence and shape individual and group
behaviour
D2.3 Explain, from a sociological perspective, how diverse influences shape social behaviour
D3.3 Evaluate the relative influence of primary agents of socialization and secondary agents of socialization on the
socialization of the individual
Assessment (How will you know that the students have achieved the learning expectation? What assessment tool will you use?)
Assessment for Learning:
- Slang activity
- Advertisement activity
Assessment as Learning:
- Slang activity
- Advertisement activity
Instructional Strategies (Which teaching strategies will you use? how will you group the students?
 Independent Work  Cooperative Learning  Summarizing & Note taking  Identifying similarities/differences
 Homework & Practice  Visual & Graphic Organizers  Questions  Generating & Testing Hypotheses
 Goal setting & Feedback  Problem Solving

Lesson Template #5 1 Revised 2011

Materials Key Questions
- Computer - What are some slang terms that are used in your
- PowerPoint Presentation everyday life?
- Chart Paper - What are the subliminal messages media is
- Markers communicating to society?
- Advertisements

Instruction (How will the students develop the knowledge and /practice the skills?.)
Duration Activity/Task
Introduction (How will you engage and motivate the students?)
- Introduce the topic of the impact of language on culture – the sociological answer of
15 MIN “How Do We Communicate?”
- Students will get into groups of 3 or 4 and write, on chart paper, as many slang words
they know with their meanings
- After 5 to 10 minutes, students, who volunteer, will share their words and meanings
Lesson Steps (Describe the sequence of the lesson.)
- After students present some of their words, transition into the discussion about how
sociologists have studied how societies or culture influenced by language – example,
Inuit First Nations have a variety of terms for snow and androcentric language
- Describe how language defines a cultural group and how it can be considered the
“soul” of a culture – with examples
- Communicate how technology effects language
40 MIN - Explain two new languages that have emerged in the last century that are dialects of
English with examples and videos – Spanglish and Ebonics
- Describe how media uses communication to socialize society – to promotes
stereotypes, sexism, racism, heterosexism etc.
o Watch and listen to 4 or 5 current ads and discuss the issues with them
o Critical thinking activity
 Groups of three or four
 Each group is given chart paper, a marker and two advertisements
 They have to write what the advertisements are selling, and what are
the issues surrounding them
Conclusion (How will you wrap-up the lesson?)
- Each group will present their advertisements and critically describe what the issues
20 MIN surrounding each one – questions will be asked throughout presentations to clarify or
refine critique
- The last 5 or 10 minutes will be time to discuss media further or answer questions
concerning the impact of language on culture

Lesson Template #5 2 Revised 2011