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Organizes the way society passes on itsculture, knowledge, and values to eachgeneration

Ensures the next generation knows how toproperly function in society


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Help people find purpose & meaning in theirlives

Aid in developing the spiritual and social justice aspect of society

Provide guidelines for personal behaviourand social interaction


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Social institutions evolved over time ashumans adapted and learned how tomanipulate their environments

Foraging Societies Living off theLand

Way of life based on hunting wildanimals, fishing, and harvesting wildgrains, fruits, and roots


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Organization was based primarily on familyties through kinship and marriage

Societies were nomadic: Never settled in one place for long,

and people shifted between groups Societies were egalitarian:

Little distinction between peoplebased on the basis of wealth,ownership, or property


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Certain peoples eventually began to settlein a fixed location

Primarily around the fertile river valleys ofthe Middle East, India, China, CentralMexico and the Andean Region of South

America Developed an

agriculturalway of life


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Learning to control and cultivate the landand produce food such as crops andlivestock

Surpluses of food able to be produced,whichsupported a greater number of people, and

influenced the growth of economic trade


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Villages grew into cities and socialinstitutions other than the family began todevelop

Class distinctions began to be created Most societies had separate priestlyclass, a ruler supported bycivil servants, militaryorganizations,merchant classes,

and peasant classes


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Industrialization represents the large-scaleintroduction of manufacturing, advancedtechnical enterprise, use of technology,

and other productive economic activity


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Process began in Europe (IndustrialRevolution) and quickly spread to Americaand Japan

Globalization is continuing to spreadindustry and technology to less developednations

New social institutions began to form andtake on more importance

Include Law, Politics,

Economics, Education,


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Reflect on your group activity Discuss the challenges your group faced

making decisions and assigningresponsibilities

Why do you think it is necessary to makelaws and rules? How do you think thisactivity relates to how decisions,responsibilities, and laws are created inyour society?

Write your response in at least 1

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