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Tatiana McGregor
Jael Howard
Clinella Stewart
Tequan Holder
 Introduction
• Good morning, everyone, group 3 will be focusing on the
societal Institution and Social Organizations. In completing of
this topic, you will be able to explain: What is meant by
societal Institutions and social organization and describe the
role of societal institution and social organizations play in
society and culture.

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Societal institutions & organizations
Tatiana McGregor
 Social Institutions
• Societal institutions are the belief ideas and values which influences how the

society functions. Societal institutions solve the problems of living in society.

Social institutions involve education the family religion and the justice system.

These are all based on organizing ideas about how the key areas of social life

should be ordered as well as how they impact the society( Mohammed,2015).

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 Social Organization
• A social organization is a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and

social groups. Social organizations are formed based on common interests and

conversations; examples of social organizations are book clubs sports teams etc. With

these examples, you may observe that they all are working towards a common goal

and work together for the completion and success of that goal( Social

organization,2001).
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Social Institutions
Tequan Holder
 Definition of Social Institution

• “A social institution consists of a group of people who have come together

for a common purpose. These institutions are a part of the social order of

society, and they govern the behavior and expectations of

individuals”(Alesina & Giuliano, 2015).

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 Roles of the family
• Protecting children
• Teach life skills and how to function in society
• Nurture children with love

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 Roles of education

• Teaches values and skills- develop hidden talent/skills of the members of

society

• Keeps children out of the labor market

• Important for national and regional development as lack of education leads to

economic backwardness
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 Roles of religion

• Creates social cohesion as it exerts a strong influence on social control

• Gives scared authority to society’s rules and values

• Commands major influence in society; affects non-religious institutions

such as the family

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 Roles of the justice system
• Interprets the laws and see that justice is done among members of

society

• Persons accused of breaking the law must be brought to trial speedily

and guilt established before he/she can suffer any penalties

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Social Organizations
Clinella Stewart
 Definition of social organization
•A group or organization is defined as two or more individuals
who share common aims symbols or characteristics

•A group may be identified by:

symbol/emblems
uniform or dress
patterns behavior patterns

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 Examples of organizations
• Trinidad and Tobago police service
• red crystal
• Caribbean examination council
• West Indies cricket team
• Christians
• Muslim
• Hindus
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 Roles of social organization/group
• Provide a sense of belonging or identity

• provide companionship

• help to strengthen your self-esteem

• provide members with a sense of safety and security

• help us to become disciplined by adhering to the rules and regulations of different groups

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Explain and describe the impact
of social institutions on culture
Jael Howard
 Family
• Over the years the family system was changed due to slavery and societal views
• For example:

• Amerindians: monogamous relationships with extended families

• Africans: extended and polygamous relationships
• East Indian scholar extended
• Portuguese: relatively small families
• Chinese: extended and polygamous relationships

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 Pictures of Amerindian and African families

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 Picture of east Indians and Chinese family

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 Family Cont’d

• Today we're in the Caribbean there are many family practices among all

the different ethnic groups, such as nuclear, extended, visiting,

patriarchal, common law, matrifocal( Mohammed,2015)

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 Family system practiced in the Caribbean

Nuclear Extended Family

Family
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 Family system practiced in the Caribbean cont’d

Single parent
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 Family Perspective( Functionalist
Theory)
• After emancipation independence, theorists such as T. S. Smith (2004)

saw the nuclear family are the most effective family within society for

raising children under other forms of our family as being dysfunctional(

Mohammed,2015).

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 Pre-Colonial Education
• Before slavery had occurred depending upon your ethnicity there was some
amount of informal forms of education occurring
• boys being trained to become warriors on what was best for the tribes and girls to
clean, care for the family, etc(Africans and Amerindians).
• Boys being trained in mathematics, art, and languages and girls as obedient
individuals to their husbands(Europeans and Chinese).
• There was also the passing down of ancestral knowledge(Mohammed,2015).

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 Education before and after slavery

Informal education (before) Formal education (after)

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 Conflict Theory
• Because of slavery, therefore, considered to be at the bottom of the social ladder and

education was the only way to move upwards

• call Marx’s theory stated that the bourgeoisie, the capitalists who own the means of

production, and a much larger proletariat(or working class ) must sell their labor power

• Marx believed that when the proletariat family understood the power they had things would

change( Mohammed,2015)

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 Education
• Every ethnic group had its form of the education system, but after slavery, there was

one main form of education where persons were expected to attend school to get a

formal education. This practice disallowed cultural retention to occur and in some

schools, the Christian religion was taught. In the other schools, there was no form of

religion because they “respected the children's and their families

beliefs”( Mohammed,2015)
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 References
• Mohammed, J. (2015). Caribbean Studies for CAPE
examinations second edition. Macmillan education.
• .(n.d.). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?
abstract_id=2655286

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Thank you