Classroom Update (11/30)

Sociology
E.Q.- Since social class is a structural phenomenon, how do sociologists measure it?
D.J.- Study for Test

1. Unit 5 Exam
2. Assign: Social Stratification Reading and Questions

Recent U.S. History

1. Ch. 22 Reading Quiz
2. Work on Ch. 23 Notes

Classroom Update (11/29)

Sociology
E.Q.- Why did people within lower classes tend to commit more crimes?
D.J.- Does the high arrest rate of poor people mean that the poor commit more crimes? Explain your answer. 

1. Review Types of Crime WS
2. Study for Test Tomorrow

Recent U.S. History

1. Finish Hoover Dam Video WS
2. Ch. 22 Reading Quiz Tomorrow!

Classroom Update (11/28)

Sociology:
E.Q.- How does the FBI define the different types of crime?
D.J.- What labels do teachers use?

1. Assign: Types of Deviance WS
2. Test Thursday

Recent U.S. History

1. Begin Hoover Dam Video and WS

Classroom Update (11/27)

Sociology
E.Q.- How do ruling groups in a society protect their interest?
D.J.- What is social control?

1. Social Control: Secret State of North Korea
2. Handout out Unit 5 Study Guide
3. Test Thursday

Recent U.S. History

1. Go over Unit Outline (Ch. 22 & 23)
2. Reading Quiz Thursday on Ch. 22

Classroom Update (11/20)

Sociology
No E.Q. Today

1. Ch. 8 Open Note Reading Quiz
2. Work on Term 2 Research Project

Recent U.S. History

1. Achieve Article: "Hard Times"
2. Label Africa Map

Classroom Update (11/17)

Sociology
E.Q.- What is elite deviance?
DJ- According to conflict theorists, how do they explain what produces crime and deviance?

1. Term 2 Project Information Handed Out
2. "Inside the Meltdown" Video and Notes

Recent U.S. History

1. Harlem Renaissance Web-quest

Classroom Update (11/13)

Sociology
E.Q.- How does "McDonaldization" explain how organizations control workers and consumers in today's society?
D.J.-What goal are bureaucracies designed around?

1. Read and discuss Ritzer Article
2. Runaway Jury Papers Due
3. Test Wednesday!

Recent U.S. History

1. Hand out Africa Map Test paperwork
2. Begin Scopes Trail Video and Notes

Classroom Update (11/10)

Sociology
E.Q.- Why do bureaucracies tend not to be efficient, even though that is what they are designed to be?
DJ- What examples of ritualism and alienation do we have in education?

1. Stossel Goes to Washington Video and notes
2. Paper Due Monday

Recent U.S. History

1. Work on Ch. 21 Notes

Classroom Update (11/9)

Sociology
E.Q.- What is a bureaucracy?
DJ- What is meant by the term bureaucracy’s other face?

1. The USPS as a Bureaucracy
2. Work on papers

Recent U.S. History

1. Achieve Article - "Our Great Migration"

Classroom Update (11/8)

Sociology
E.Q. - How do sociologists categorize formal organizations?
D.J. - Why do people join organizations?

1. Assign: Bureaucracies and Diversity Guided Reading Worksheets
2. Work on Runaway Jury Paper

Recent U.S. History 

1. Ch. 20, 1-3 Reading Quiz (Open Notes)
2. Unit Web-quest Due Tomorrow! (11/8)

Classroom Update (11/7)

Sociology
E.Q.- How does group behavior influence an individual?
D.J.- Provide an example of status generalization and group think

1. Finish "Runaway Jury"

Recent U.S. History 

1. Work Day
2. Ch. 20 Section 1-3 Quiz 

Classroom Update (11/6)

Sociology

1. Continue "Runaway Jury" Video Analysis Project

Recent U.S. History

1. Work on Roaring 20s Web quest (Due Thursday)
2. Ch. 20 Sections 1-3 Reading Quiz Wednesday

Classroom Update (11/3)

Sociology
E.Q.- Why are groups (especially juries) subject social influences?
DJ- How do reference groups affect self-esteem?

1. Finish Term 1 Book Reviews

Recent U.S. History

1. Unit 5 Outline (Ch. 20 & 21)

Classroom Update (11/2)

Sociology
E.Q. What are attribution errors?
D.J. Provide 1 example of an attribution error.

1. Book Review Presentations Day 1
2. Begin Runaway Jury Video Project

Recent U.S. History

1. Achieve article "What Makes a Country?"

Classroom Update (11/1)

Sociology
EQ- How much influence does the groups we participate in have on our decision making?
DJ- After yesterday’s assignment, how can we explain that people are not just individuals who make up their own minds about how to behave. Explain.

1. Review Types of Groups Notes
2. Review Social Influence Web-quest
3. Prepare for Term Presentations (Thursday/Friday)

Recent U.S. History

1. North & South America Map Test
2. WWI Web-quest Due today (by midnight)