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Friday, September 20, 2024

Classroom Update (9/20/24)

 

Friday, September 20, 2024
Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
Is sociology value-free?

Topic: Prediction, Sampling, and Statistical Analysis
  • Daily Jumble (DJ) Question Is it acceptable to deceive subjects in research?
  • Whip-share of Soc. in the News - Perception vs Perspective
  • Ch. 2 Handouts
    • Ethics of Research
    • Existing Sources Used in Sociological Research
    • Research Methods: How Do They Measure Up?
  • Handout Unit 1 Study Guide - Assessment 10/26
  • Assignments: 
    • Textbook Reading: pp.48 - 55 (Prediction, Sampling, and Statistical Analysis) - if not completed!
    • Term 1 Project (Book Review) - 1/3 Paper Due by 9/27/24!
    • Unit 1 Assessment - 10/26
  • Sociology Enrichment:
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- Why did immigration from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Mexico reach new highs in the late 18th and early 20th centuries?

Topic: Immigration Centers
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

- Why did the Italian Renaissance produce some of the world’s most extraordinary writers and artists?

- How do the works of Renaissance artists and architects reflect Renaissance ideas?


Topic: Italian Renaissance Architecture
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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Classroom Update (9/19/24)

 

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
- How do sociologists conduct social research?

Topic: The Research Process
  • Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Sociologists often study concepts that are not directly seen. How do researchers go about studying these concepts?
  • Review the Steps of the Research Process
  • Read and discuss "The Case for Value-Free Sociology"
    • Max Weber - Theorist Who Transcends Categorization
  • Assignments: 
    • Textbook Reading: pp.48 - 55 (Prediction, Sampling, and Statistical Analysis)
    • Assign: Soc. in the News - Perception vs Perspective Fall 2024 - Due 9/20 at the start of class
    • Term 1 Project (Book Review) - 1/3 Paper Due by 9/27/24!
  • Sociology Enrichment:
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- Why did immigration from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Mexico reach new highs in the late 18th and early 20th centuries?

Topic: The New Immigrants
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance?
- How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

Topic: The Birth of the Renaissance
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Classroom Update (9/18/24)

 

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Sociology 

Topic: Soc. in the News
Recent U.S. History

Topic: NA/SA Map Introduction
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- During the fourteenth century, how did the bubonic plague shake Europe socially, politically, and economically?

Topic: The Black Death

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Classroom Update (09/17/24)

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the key contributors to the sociological field in both the European and American schools of sociology, and how they shaped the development of sociology?

Topic: Major Frameworks (Perspectives) in Sociology
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How did westward migration after the Civil War affect the United States?

Topic: The Closing of the Frontier
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How did the developing Christian church influence Western society during the Middle Ages?

Topic: Characteristics of Medieval Europe
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Monday, September 16, 2024

Classroom Update (9/16/24)

 

Monday, September 16, 2024

Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the key contributors to the sociological field in both the European and American schools of sociology, and how they shaped the development of sociology?

Topic: The Development of Sociology
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How did the Civil War bring about social and economic changes in American society?

Topic: Civil War Soliders
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How do historians categorize and study the past?

Topic: Europe Before 1300
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Friday, September 13, 2024

Classroom Update (9/13/24)

 

Friday, September 13, 2024
Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
- How do we develop a Sociological Perspective?

Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- How did the Civil War bring about social and economic changes in American society?
Topic: Effects of the American Civil War
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- What is History?
- How do historians categorize and study the past?

Topic: Thinking Like a Historian

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Classroom Update (9/12/2024)

 

Thursday, September 12, 2024
Sociology 
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Term Project Introduction
Recent U.S. History
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Introduction to Recent U.S. History
World History
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Classroom Update (9/11/24)

 

Wednesday, September 11, 2024


Today we have a Special First Day of School Schedule!

Sociology (Block) - 54 Minutes
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction
Recent U.S. History (Skinny) - 26 Minutes
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Introduction to Recent U.S. History
World History (Skinny) - 26 Minutes
Essential Question (EQ)
- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction

Thursday, September 5, 2024

September 11, 2024 - 1st Day of School

 

See you Wednesday, September 11th for the 1st Day of School!

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

New Student Orientation Day (09/04/2024)

 

Tuesday, September 4, 2024
New Student Orientation Day


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