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title: "SSSocC3: Social Structure and Interaction (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSSocC3
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# SSSocC3: Social Structure and Interaction

Analyze social structure and interaction within society.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSSocC3.a**: Explain the components of social structure, include: status, role and social institutions.
- **SSSocC3.b**: Describe and compare various types of societies.
- **SSSocC3.c**: Categorize groups within a society by comparing primary and secondary groups, in and out groups, reference groups, and social networks.
- **SSSocC3.d**: Analyze the components, varieties, and functions of group dynamics, include: such factors as group size, leadership and authority, and such processes as bystander effect and groupthink.
- **SSSocC3.e**: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of formal organizations and bureaucracies.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.