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2.1 Identify the most important classical sociologists and their major contributions to the field.

Video Link: Four Major Figures in Sociology and their contributions

Description: The video describes sociologists Aguste Comte, Karl Marx, Max

Audio Link: Justin Champion on Max

Description: The audio discusses the ideas of moral power, the value of hard work, and how it relates to a secular setting in Max Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Web Resource: 10 Influential Sociologists of the 20th Century

Description: This website discusses prominent thinkers in the field of sociology and their contributions to society.

 

2.2 Identify other influential early figures in classical sociology.

Video Link: Modern Sociology's Three Main Schools of Thought

Description: Explains the three main schools of thought for sociology: Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism.

Audio Link: Sociology in the 21st Century

Description: Discusses the role of sociology in the twenty-first century. The new-generation sociologists are developing ideas that analyze contemporary cultural and political life based on the theories of early figures of sociology.

Web Resource: Durkheim and Weber’s Contrasting Imagination

Description: This website compares and contrasts Emile Durkheim and Max Weber’s theories and explains their theoretical perspectives on society. It also discusses the classical sociologists’ theories that resonate in Emile Durkheim and Max Weber’s works and current sociologists who based their ideas on these two sociologists.

 

2.3 Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of structural/functional, conflict/critical, and interactionist theories.

Video Link: Sociology Theories

Description: This video explains Conflict Theory, Structural Functionalism, and Symbolic Interactionism and compares and contrasts them as they apply to social circumstances.

Audio Link: Why A Sociologist Is Part Of Building A Better Power Grid

Description: The audio discusses the job of a sociologist in designing a new power grid.

Web Resource: Social and Behavior Theories

Description: Defines what social and behavioral theories are and explains its importance as a model that works in a limited range of settings.