*Grooming Children for Jihad: The Islamic State
1. What's worse than "adverse child experiences"? None at all! 2. Social Institutions
3. Socialization Video Project A. Task: you need to create a video that teaches a middle school student about the concept of Socialization. The easiest way to make a video would be Adobe Spark Video, but you are free to use any video making app/program. B. Required Content: your video needs to include an explanation of the following:
C. Nuts and Bolts
D. Due: Tuesday, 10/7
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*Oddisee - "You Grew Up" 1. A Gun to His Head as a Child. In Prison as an Adult. 2. The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Test 3. Review Socialization
4. Socialization Quiz 5. What's worse than "adverse child experiences"? None at all! HW - A. Watch the two videos below
B. After watching, discuss how each of the major social institutions (family, school, religion), and the media has impacted your life (or not) in a paragraph each. *Expensive Engagement Rings Linked to Higher Divorce Rates
1. Finish - Prussian Blue Documentary 2. Where are they now? 3. The Charlottesville Incident. Map of US hate groups 4. Essential Question: How do we learn to be members of our society? How do we know the rules? Where do get our beliefs? How do what right from wrong? The answer: SOCIALIZATION! 3. Socialization Keynote 4. Crash Course - Socialization HW - Study for Socialization Quiz
1. Symbolic Interactionism Quiz
2. Prussian Blue
1. How would the Looking Glass Self theory apply to the following:
Why Parenting Is More Important Than Schools: A new study shows that parental involvement matters more for performance than schools, but that doesn't mean going to PTA meetings. Link to PDF copy is link doesn't work. 2. Symbolic Interactionism: Video explanation A. According to this theory, people inhabit a world that is in large part socially constructed. In particular, the meaning of objects, events, and behaviors comes from the interpretation people give them, and interpretations vary from one group to another.
B. What do diamonds symbolize?
HW - Study for Symbolic Interactionism Quiz 1. Classifying Attacks: Mental Illness Or Terrorism?
2. What might it feel like to be an immigrant (esp. a Muslim one) in the United States?
3. Back to social groups/categories/labels. How do the labels people put on us, and what they think and expect of us as a result, effect our lives? A. How would each of the people below describe you? B. What does each of the people below expect of you?
4. The "Looking Glass Self"
3. Assignment #8 - Collins Type 2 Writing Activity A. Describe the "looking glass self" theory in your own words. B. What is ONE thing that you do (wear, act, say, etc.) that is based on how you think others will react to you or judge you? (apply the "looking glass self" theory to your own life) C. What is ONE thing that you have observed others doing (wear, act, say, etc.) that is based on how they think others will react to them or judge them? HW: Finish Assignment #8 *Turn in "Social Labels Adobe Spark Page"
1. Classifying Attacks: Mental Illness Or Terrorism? 2. This European comedy sketch explains how the world sees America’s gun problem 3. Back to social groups/categories/labels. How do the labels people put on us, and what they think and expect of us as a result, effect our lives? A. How would each of the people below describe you? B. What does each of the people below expect of you?
4. The "Looking Glass Self"
5. What might it feel like to be an immigrant (esp. a Muslim one) in the United States?
HW - Prepare for "Looking Glass Self" Quiz 1. High Schools Threaten to Punish Students Who Kneel During Anthem
"I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Martin Luther King...Letter from a Birmingham Jail. *What is MLK trying to say here? 2. Back to social groups/categories/labels. How do the labels people put on us, and what they think and expect of us as a result, effect our lives? The "Looking Glass Self"
3. Work on "Social Categories at TA" project Social Labels Adobe Spark Page Project (download from "Self-Service" app) Here's an example from last year Your project must contain all the information from the Social Categories HW assignment that was due today (see A-E below). The information can be in bullet form. A. Choose a category/social label of people at TA. You can choose any group or category, but must be one that you do not consider yourself to be a member of. There are many possible groups, but here are a few examples (you are NOT required to choose one these examples, and can certainly come up with your own): jocks/athletes, drama/theater kids, dorm/international students, stoners/TAV heads, music/band kids, art kids, AP/Honor students, skateboarders, "Popular kids", hicks, preps/preppies, cheerleaders, hipsters, hippies, football players (or any other specific sport/team). B. What are expectations/characteristics are for this group at TA. By this I mean, how do we expect them to look, sound, act, think, and be like. What are the stereotypes attached to this group? You should make sure to include both positive and negative expectations, characteristics, and stereotypes. C. Ask 5 classmates to describe what they think of when asked to imagine a student at TA who is the in the category that you are writing about. What expectations/stereotypes do they have for students in that category? Record their answers. (your project should include these direct quotes) D. What are the possible social advantages or disadvantages of being perceived as a member of the group your are investigating. Is it more likely to positively or negatively effect a persons life if others place them in that group? Is the group considered desirable or undesirable? Is the group considered higher or lower on the social ladder? E. Identify at category that you think others might place you in. What are the expectations of people in this group? To what extent do you meet those expectations? Do you every feel pressure to act a certain way (or restricted from acting in certain ways) because you know that others have placed you in this group? Grading Rubric 1. The project contains all necessary information (A-E), is detailed and accurate - 30 pts 2. The project demonstrates deep and analytical thought on the effect of categories on individuals and society - 20 pts 3. The information is presented in an aesthetically pleasing and creative way - 5 pts 4. The project is free of written errors - 5 pts Due - Thursday 10/11*
*Late Policy - 6 points deducted for each day late, up to one week. After one week, the maximum grade is a 50%. After two weeks submission will not be allowed HW - Finish Project 1. The state of gun violence in the US, explained in 18 charts 2. How US gun culture compares with the world in 5 charts 3. How to Prevent Gun Deaths? Where Experts and the Public Agree 4. The "Looking Glass Self"
3. Work on "Social Categories at TA" project Social Labels Adobe Spark Page Project (download from "Self-Service" app) Here's an example from last year Your project must contain all the information from the Social Categories HW assignment that was due today (see A-E below). The information can be in bullet form. A. Choose a category/social label of people at TA. You can choose any group or category, but must be one that you do not consider yourself to be a member of. There are many possible groups, but here are a few examples (you are NOT required to choose one these examples, and can certainly come up with your own): jocks/athletes, drama/theater kids, dorm/international students, stoners/TAV heads, music/band kids, art kids, AP/Honor students, skateboarders, "Popular kids", hicks, preps/preppies, cheerleaders, hipsters, hippies, football players (or any other specific sport/team). B. What are expectations/characteristics are for this group at TA. By this I mean, how do we expect them to look, sound, act, think, and be like. What are the stereotypes attached to this group? You should make sure to include both positive and negative expectations, characteristics, and stereotypes. C. Ask 5 classmates to describe what they think of when asked to imagine a student at TA who is the in the category that you are writing about. What expectations/stereotypes do they have for students in that category? Record their answers. (your project should include these direct quotes) D. What are the possible social advantages or disadvantages of being perceived as a member of the group your are investigating. Is it more likely to positively or negatively effect a persons life if others place them in that group? Is the group considered desirable or undesirable? Is the group considered higher or lower on the social ladder? E. Identify at category that you think others might place you in. What are the expectations of people in this group? To what extent do you meet those expectations? Do you every feel pressure to act a certain way (or restricted from acting in certain ways) because you know that others have placed you in this group? Grading Rubric 1. The project contains all necessary information (A-E), is detailed and accurate - 30 pts 2. The project demonstrates deep and analytical thought on the effect of categories on individuals and society - 20 pts 3. The information is presented in an aesthetically pleasing and creative way - 5 pts 4. The project is free of written errors - 5 pts Due - Wednesday 10/10*
*Late Policy - 6 points deducted for each day late, up to one week. After one week, the maximum grade is a 50%. After two weeks submission will not be allowed |
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