Émile Durkheim

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mile-durkheim

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Social Facts: External, coercive social forces that shape individual behavior and are the primary subject of sociological study.
Collective Consciousness: The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of the same society, forming a determinate system.
Mechanical Solidarity: Social cohesion based on similarity of beliefs, values, and lifestyles, characteristic of simpler societies.
Organic Solidarity: Social cohesion based on interdependence and specialization of roles, characteristic of complex, modern societies.