The document defines socialization as the process of learning the values, norms, and roles needed to be successful members of society. It begins in childhood through socialization agents like family, and continues into adolescence when school, media, and religion also take on socialization roles. While the family's influence decreases as children mature, what is learned in the family of origin tends to have lasting effects. The document asks students to consider which socialization agents, such as family, school, peers, or media, have the most influence on how children learn behaviors and why. It provides discussion and activities for students to analyze different agents of socialization.

1. SOCIALIZATION
Unit Two

2. Definition
• Socialization is the process of learning to become successful members
of our society
• teaching of values, norms and roles
• begins in childhood with family and continues as we mature
• in adolescence: school, media and religion often also play a growing role as
secondary agents of socialization
• The role of the family starts to lessen
• However, what we learn in our family of origin often has a lasting
influence throughout our lives – both positive and negative

3. Big Question
How do we learn behaviours?
• Who or what influences children that causes them to behave a specific way?

4. Criteria for “influential”
• What does influential mean to you in this context?

5. Agents of Socialization
•Check the image to determine which agent of
socialization you have been assigned
•Complete the following statement, “_______ is the
most influential agent of socialization because…” on
a piece of paper independently

6. Agents of Socialization
•Share your independent response with your
group members
•The group is responsible for making an argument in
point form about why their agent is the most
influential
•Record group ideas on chart paper
• Select spokesperson/people to present group ideas

7. Homework
•Read pages 40-41 and answer
questions 1-3 (page 41)