September 2010
Afterschool help will be held on Mondays and Thursdays in Room 402 or the InfoCenter
as needed.
Check with Mrs. McCracken.
This webpage is both a short-range and long-range plan for Sociology this year.
Check back frequently for updates.
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THURSDAY |
FRIDAY Advance to next set of assignments--> |
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6
Happy Labor Day
No School!  |
7 Welcome Back Students! Welcome Seniors - Class
of 2011!
Intro. to Sociology Seating Chart Letters: Class rules Class Discipline plan Webpage Usage Expectations What are the social institutions? |
8 Powerpoint- Intro to Sociology Social Sciences Review. Science of Sociology Define society and the role of the sociologist; Identify social patterns and groups; Distribute textbooks |
9 No
School -
Happy
Rosh Hashanah
 Happy
El
Eid-Fitr
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10 Distribute textbooks to any new students. Review newspaper articles and institutions.
Define and apply the web of society to sociological constructs; Identify groups in HHS. Apply web of society to groups in HHS. |
| Homework: Get
letters signed.
1. Find and label a newspaper article that
represents each social
institution for Friday. Get a notebook and folder of whatever type you prefer. Bring to class each day- get used to this. 2. Write a short blurb for each on why it
represents the social institution. (If you are celebrating, to this
tonight!)
Due Friday.
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Homework: Celebrate and enjoy! Don't forget about the articles if you haven't found then yet! |
Homework: None. Celebrate in peace and enjoy! |
Homework: Textbook should be covered/ parent letters signed and returned! Review. |
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| 13 Web of Society Project assigned. Plan for the week! Get your forms in to use the computer lab! Get passwords!!! Organizing into Groups for Project Structural-Functional Paradigm a framework or building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts worktogetherto promote solidarity and stability. Social-conflict Paradigm is a framwork for building theory that sees soiety as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. Read page 11- C. Wright Mills- "Sociological Imagination" |
14 Symbolic-Interaction Paradigm: a whole focus on borad social structures that shape society as a whole
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15 Computer Lab for Web of Society Project  |
16 Computer Lab for Web of Society Project |
17 Values Norms
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| Homework: LEAVE TEXTBOOKS AT
HOME!!
PROJECT:
WEB OFSOCIETYPlan for the week! Get your forms in to use the computer lab! Get passwords!!! Read pages9-15 in your text. In your own words, what is the sociological perspective? |
Homework: Review the paradigms! Work on PROJECT: WEB OFSOCIETY Read pages 15-23 in your textbook. Pay attention to the paradigms. |
Homework: Work on Web of Society Project due Friday Review the paradigms on pages 15-23! Use the sports analogy to clarify. |
Homework: Complete Web of Society project. Review for Quest!!! If you are absent- email it to jmccracken@holmdelschools.org. or have a sibling or friend hand it in There is no late. |
Homework: None- Enjoy the weekend!!!
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| 20 Evacuation Drill |
21 Quest #1
 Web of Society Project due!!!!
Review each groups
projects if we have time after the Quest!
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22
Unit 2-Methods of Sociological Investigation How do sociologists conduct research?
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23 Ethics and Research Milgram - Obedience Study DVD: ABC Primetime: Milgram Revisited Consider the rules regarding ethics in experiments on human and animals subjects. |
24 Ethics and Research Milgram Powerpoint on what is and is not ethical in sociological research |
| Homework: Read pages 28- top of 34 on sociological investigation. Supplement your class notes with those from the reading. |
Homework: Read pages 38-47 on methods of research. Supplement class notes with the reading. |
Homework: Read the handout on the Milgram study. complete all questions/activities. |
Homework: Evaluate whether or not Milgram's experiments were ethical. Cite specifics to support your case that they were or were not ethics. No half answers are acceptable |
Homework: Now, evaluate whether or not Zimbardo AND Milgram's experiments were ethical. Cite specifics to support your case that they were or were not ethics. No half answers are acceptable |
| 27 Zimbardo - Stanford Prison Experiment DVD: Quiet Rage Take complete notes on
this very important
experiment.
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28 Complete Quiet Rage- the Stanford Prison Experiment Collect papers. Discussion: Was the experiment ethical? Should such experiements be permitted if they provide essential insights into human behavior? |
29 QUIZ Sociological Research and Theory: Emil Durkheim on Suicide Proposed four types of suicide, based on the degrees of imbalance of two social forces:
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30 Project: Celebrity Suicide. Due October 8th. Choose a celebrity and apply Durkheim's theory to this case study. Analyze the case. Case Study on Suicide DVD "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"  Continue DVD "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" |
Oct.1 Complete DVD "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" |
| Homework: Read pages 4-5 on Durkheim's theory on Suicide. Also read the handout. Quiz tomorrow! |
Homework: Review all notes. |
Homework: Work on study guide, apply sociological concepts to this situation. |
Homework: Work on study guide, apply sociological concepts to this situation. Work on project. |
Homework: Complete study guide on Jonestown. Advance to next set of assignments--> |
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| Introductory
Sociology Lecture Notes Culture Soc Quiz Social Theory Study Guides Research Methods Institution: Religion Institution: Economic (Work!) Institution: Government (Politics) Institutions Impacting the Family Families and Law Families and Mass Media Extended Families Alternative Forms of Family Max Weber Durkheim Page Auguste Comte - Positivistic Approach to Society Family Systems Across Time Father's Role Mother's Role Roles of Grandparents and "Greats" Roles of "Godparents" and Surrogates Children having children Single parenthood Adoption and Foster Parenting Role Sons and Daughters |
Tentative Test/Assessment Schedule for Sociology Semester 1 9/17 - Unit 1- Basic
Concepts in Sociology
10/8 - Unit 2 - Methods of Examination of Society 10/27 - Unit 3 - Culture 11/18 - Unit 4 - Social Institutions 12/3 - Unit 5 -Social Groups and Stratification 1/7 - Unit 6 - Socialization 1/21 - Unit 7 Social Problems and Issue Research Final Examinations - January 25-28, 2011 |
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