Fall 2012 Archive


 

     
    THE FINAL CLASS -  The Three A's of Awesome  and The Hidden Power of Smiling
HW: Change the world, or your role in it Read "The Opposite of Lonliness" if you need help focusing
 
Class #63
1/18/2013 
6.9  Sport Project and Top 100 Sports of the 20th Century 
HW: Publish you sports page
Class #62
1/15/2013 
6.8  Sport Project and Top 100 Sports of the 20th Century 
HW:  Continue to build
Class #61
1/14/2013 
6.7 Sports - Fair and Foul  and Social Movements
Top 100 Sports of the 20th Century  and Sport Project
Class #60
1/10/2013 
6.6 LAB: Assessment Social Organizations 
HW: 
Class #59
1/9/2013 
6.5 Scratch Beginings and Role Conflict and Role Strain 
Threads: Status and Strain
Class #58
1/8/2013 
6.4

Life on Minumum Wage  30 Days on Minimum Wage

HW:  This I Believe?

Class #57
1/7/2013 
6.3 Notes on Status (Ascribed vs Achieved)
 HW: This I Believe  (rough draft due yesterday)   What Have I Achieved?
Class #56
1/4/2013 
6.2

Ascribed vs Achieved StatusHW: This I Believe  (rough draft due January 6th)   

Class #55
1/3/2013 
6.1

Components of Social Structure and Organization  and Ascribed vs Achieved Status
HW: This I Believe  (rough draft due January 6th)  

   

Topic #6  Social Structure and Organization

Class #54
12/21/2012 
5.13 Prom Night in Mississippi - Day #2 
HW: This I Believe  (rough draft due January 6th) 
 
Class #53
12/19/2012 
5.12 Prom Night in Mississippi - Day #1 
HW: This I Believe  (rough draft due January 6th) 
Class #52
12/18/2012 
5.11 

Racism in the English Language

Threads: Language and Culture in Socialization

Class #51
12/17/2012 
5.10 Explanations and Expecatations for This I Believe Essay and  Bonus Episode: Modern Family the Bicycle Thief 
Threads:
Family values
Class #50
12/13/2012 
5.9 Agents of Socialization The "Modern Family "
HW: Finish Wiki page on Modern Family
Class #49
12/12/12 
5.8 Examining the Agents of Socialization  - How to be a Good Wife (Home Economic Text, 1952) vs Modern Family
Threads: Family values over time
Class #48
12/11/2012 
5.7 Examining the Agents of Socialization Looking Glass Self Activty and Childrens Books  
Threads: 
Family, values, and language
Class #47
12/7/2012 
5.6 NOTES and DISCUSSION Socialization and the Life Cycle - Songs and Socialization, Childrens Books 
Threads: Family, values, and language
HW: Finish Wiki assignments
Class #46
12/6/2012 
5.5 QUIZ on  Examining the Agents of Socialization 
NOTES and DISCUSSION Socialization and the Life Cycle
HW: Finish Wiki assignments
Class #45
12/5/2012 
5.4 Cool Hunting  (Mooks and Midriffs)
LAB - Wiki page on  The Cool Hunt
Class #44
12/3/2012 
5.3

Examining the Agents of Socialization  - Mass Media (What is Cool Hunting ?
Threads: Agents (Mass Media)

HW:  Wiki pageThe Television Experiment  Due 12/7/2012 

Class #43
11/30/2012 
5.2  The Art of Appreciation and Examining the Agents of Socialization 
Threads: Agents (Family, Peers and Schools) = appreciation
 
HW: 
 To Realize (Post a Stanza to the poem) Due 12/7/2012
Class #42
11/28/2012
5.1 Introduction to Topic #5 Agents of Socialization HW: Think about who you will send an Art of Appreciation letter
    Topic #5  Agents of Socialization
Class #41
11/27/2012 
  National Geographic's Worlds Apart Namibai  Day #2   Marriage Traditions
Class #40
11/26/2012 
  Survey Results and Test Comments;  National Geographic's Worlds Apart Namibai -  Day #1
Class #39
11/20/2012 
4b.6 Culture Test on Quia 
Class #38
11/16/2012 
4b.5 Roundtable Discussion - Culture Case Studies 

HW: Finish Card Stock for Culture Test Class #39  - Tuesday November 20th

Class #37
11/15/2012 
4b.4

Culture Project (LAB) Edit Publish Group Wiki Page

HW: Fine Tune edit wiki page for roundtable

Class #36
11/14/2012 
4b.3

Culture Project (LAB) Create Group Wiki Page

HW: Continue research on Case study

Class #35
11/9/2012 
4b.2  CNN Student News on Diwali and Social Media and the Presidential election
Introduction to Culture Project 
and Case Study Reading (25 minutes)
Class #34 
11/8/2012
4b.1 A Tour of West Java (Page)
HW: Finish West Java Wiki Page
    Topic #4b Cultural Explorations - NY Times Case Studies
Class #33
11/5/2012 
4.7 The Culture Kite Notes (Values, Norms, Folkways, Laws, Mores)  The Gods Must Be Crazy Guided Viewing (25 minutes) Threads: Melinda Gates and Coke - Kalahari Desert and Coke
Class #32
11/2/2012 
4.6 Guided Viewing - Babies The Movie 
Threads: Cultural Perspectives
Class #31 
11/2/2012
   Guided Viewing 30 Days - Muslims in America 
Threads: Cultural Perspectives
Class #30
11/1/2012 
4.5 The American Culture Collage 
A Visual Collage of American Values and Beliefs
Class #29
10/30/2012 
4.4  Society and Culture Notes and Melinda Gates at TEDx 
Threads: Poverty on the Navajo Reservation - Global Poverty
Class #28
10/29/2012  
4.3 Cultural Universals(elements and  institutions that are common to all human cultures worldwide)
Guided Viewing" 30 Days Life on an Indian Reservation 
Class #27
10/25/2012 
4.2 CNN Student News Cultural Focus: Beliefs and Ecomomy) Re-Set the Nacirema 
Cultural Universals
(elements and  institutions that are common to all human cultures worldwide)
Class #26
10/24/2012 
4.1  Intro to Culture  via Ken Robinson and the Nacirema
Threads: Global Educational Institutions
     Topic #4a An Introduction to Culture
Class #25
10/23/2012 
3.7 Comments on Assessment Functional Analysis of High School 
Threads: Education in the United States and around the World
HW: Elements of a Successful High School  wiki page Due 10/24/2012; 
MY LIFE due 10/26/2012

Class #24

10/22/2012 

3.6  Topic 3 Assessment Functional Anaylsis of High School    2 Million Minutes
Threads: High School 1968 and 2012
HW: Elements of a Successful High School  Page
Class #23
10/19/2012 
3.5 Functional Analysis of High School Part II 

Threads: High School 2000 vs High School 1967
HW: Student Dysfunction Post

Class #22
10/18/2012 
3.4

Functional Analysis of High School Part II  / Functional Analysis of High School Period 2 

Threads: High School 2000 to High School 1967
HW: 
 Student Dysfunction Post

Class #21
10/16/2012 
3.3 Functional Analysis of High School 
Threads: High School 1980's compared to High School 2000's
HW: Anderson HS Wiki page (due 10.19.2012) 
Class #20
10/12/2012 
3.2

Perspectives Applications  QUIZ!
Threads: Applying the Sociological perspectives: Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist

Class #19
10/11/2012 
3.1 Introduction to the Sociological Perspectives 
HW:  Read Freaks and Geeks Reading  and be ready for a surprise quiz Class #20
     Topic #3 The Sociological Perspective
Class #18
10/10/2012 
2.4

TEST: Movers and ShakersHW: Update any incomplete wiki pages or posts for partial credit  

Class #17
10/5/2012 
2.3 Movers and Shakers Process  - ANSWER KEY TO SHAKERS QUIZ (Word Document)
HW: Prepare for Open Notes Test on Movers and Shakers (Founders of Sociology)
Class #16
10/4/2012 
2.2 Movers and Shakers 
Threads: Media Literacy and course content
HW: Finish Shakers Card Stock
Class #15
10/3/2012 
2.1  Introduction to Movers and Shakers 
Threads: Media Literacy and course content
HW: Finish Shakers Summarieson wiki ; Wiki Post on Cyber Bullying
    Topic #2 The Movers and Shakers of Sociological Thought 
Class #14
10/1/2012 
1.14 Quest for Media Literacy Class 14 
Threads: Building Media Literacy 
HW: CyberBullying   10.1.2012 Post      
Class #13
9/28/2120 
1.13 Quest for Media Literacy Class 13 
Threads: Building Media Literacy
Class #12
9/27/2012 
1.12 Quest for Media Literacy Class 12 

HW: Request access to class wiki (again)

Class #11
9/25/2012
1.11

Quest for Media Literacy Class 11

HW: Request access to class wiki (if you did not have time in the lab)

    Topic #1a The Quest for Media Literacy 
Class #10
9/24/2012 
1.10 Thinking Sociologically Class 10 
Threads: Snap Judgements Muslims in America
    QUIZ #1 "What is Sociology"   Next Class
Class #9
9/21/2012 
1.9 Thinking Sociologically Class 9 
Threads: Snap Judgements Muslims in America
HW: Read Racial Profiling Article (pages 21-23) and complete questions on page 20
Class #8
9/19/2012 
1.8 Thinking Sociologically Class 8 
Threads: Snap Judgements CRASH
Class #7 
9/18/2012
1.7 Thinking Sociologically Class 7 
Threads: Lookism - Allen Iverson to Cornrows to Crash 
Class #6
9/17/2012 
1.6 Thinking Sociologically Class 6
Threads: Topic Collage (screen grabs for topic #1 activities)  Stereotypes and Snap Judgements  
Class #5
9/13/2012 
1.5 Thinking Sociologically Class 5  
Threads  Sociology Is... Global Perspetices: Miniuature and Jessica Jackley
Class #4
9/12/2012 
1.4 Thinking Sociologically Class 4  25 Facts about YOU
Threads: Exercising Your Sociological Imagination; Thinking Sociologically - Office Space and Cannibal in the Mirror
Class #3   
9/11/2012 
1.3

Thinking Sociologically Class 3
Threads: Lil Wayne and  Evelast; What is Sociology?   HW: 25 Facts about YOU  Student Classification

Class #2  
9/7/2012
1.2

Thinking Sociologically Class Two ... (Sociology is)
Threads: Lil Wayne and  Evelast; What is Sociology? What is your Bling?

Class #1   
9/6/2012                 
1.1                    

An Introduction to Sociology - Explanations and Expectations (Sociology is)
What is Sociology? Surveys, The Sound of Silence, Dress Codes, Experiments/Field Work, How to Love