Feb/Mar

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

T

W

R

F

DATE

25

26

27

28

29

DAY

B

A

B

A

B

LESSON

 

01

 

02

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

take notes 40-45 on language as part of culture

 

 

Online Q’s chap; violate a social norm and describe how that made you feel; list as many gestures as you can think of & write what they mean

 

DATE

3

4

5

6

7

DAY

A

B

A

B

A

LESSON

03

 

NO CLASS

TESTING

 

04

 

HOMEWORK

online questions chapters 2

 

 

 

online questions chapter 3 M.C.

DATE

10

11

12

13

14

 

B

A

B

A

B

LESSON

 

05

 

06

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

Chapter 03 MC online questions (Due next class) & Test Review Sheet (due in 2 classes)

 

 

test prep sheet Chapter 02-03 & Log # 04 gender socialization

 

DATE

17

18

19

20

21

DAY

A

B

A

B

School closed

LESSON

07

 

08

 

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

Prep for Test

 

 

Enjoy your vacation

 

 

DATE

24

25

26

27

28

DAY

No school

No school

No school

No school

No school

LESSON

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOMEWORK

 

 

 

 

 


Lesson  01

OBJECTIVE:                       Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of American culture by  participating in a class discussion about American folkways, mores, and laws.

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:  If you had to name the most significant part of

the American culture what would you say?

               

1.             review of terms on board: culture, material culture, values, taboo

mores, folkways, laws,  norms, sanctions (positive & negative).

2.             class discussion as to how the above terms apply to the American culture (and how they differ from others)

3.             Journal   “In what ways has your culture affected who you are today as a person?  Please provide specific details.”

4.             students work in groups to list  American values as they see them

5.             students put them on the board (no repeats)

6.             class discussion of their choices / compare with what Sociologist Robin Williams came up with.   (Text pages 36-40)

HOMEWORK:     take notes 40-45 on language as part of culture

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Lesson  02

OBJECTIVE:                       Students will be attempt to view another culture using cultural relativism instead of ethnocentrism.

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:  Should plural marriages be allowed?

1.             review important terms (on board) ethnocentrism & cultural

relativism              

2.             Students review the American values (focus on monogamy)

3.             students  view the 20/20 interview with the Utah group that practices monogamy

4.             discussion about their lifestyle.  Students compare their thoughts with others.  Were they able to successfully view the clip with cultural relativism? Permanent groups (activity 2)

5.             gestures- students look for the significance in communicating with gestures (practice on each other)

6.             create a list of gestures that use in communicating.  Are they universal? (NO!, well probably not)

HOMEWORK:     Online Q’s chap; violate a social norm and describe how that made you feel; list as many gestures as you can think of & write what they mean

Lesson  03

OBJECTIVE:                       Students will be able to identify how significant language is to creating and keeping a culture and a society.  They will do this by participating in a discussion on “how language creates culture.”

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:  How might the American culture  be different if

the English language did not exist?

 

1.             terms on board include Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language,

cultural diversity 

2.             students work in groups to list the importance language plays in creating a society. (students begin with the following statement in which they have to defend or prove true “language allows culture to exist, if not for language culture would die out!”

3.             discussion to follow with teacher commenting and adding his own list (if not already up their) (see teacher notes unit 2 day 4)

4.             winkin, blinkin  & nod experiment to see how difficult it can be to communicate across cultures.

5.             discussion of difficulties to follow.

HOMEWORK:     online questions chapters 2

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Lesson  04

OBJECTIVE:                       Students will identify how humans are socialized through family orientation and other agents of socialization by comparing stories about what happens to humans if they do not have these agents to socialize them.

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:  If an animal were raised as a human, to what extent would that animal take on human qualities?

 

1.             collect hw, then allow students to opine about what would

happen if a child were to be raised in the wild.

2.             read stories about feral children & apes raised as children and

then answer questions       

3.             discuss the results of those stories.

4.             compare those with what was read for homework (agents of socialization)

                                               

HOMEWORK:                     online questions chapter 3 M.C.

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Lesson  05

OBJECTIVE:                       Students Study the impact of the media and families on gender roles in American society.

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:                  Body Ritual among Nacirema

 

1.        students are asked to discuss how men and women are portrayed on tv, in magazines, or in other media forms.  They should make a list (small groups)

2.        class discussion of the lists ensues trying to reach some agreement on how males and females are portrayed.

3.        in what ways do families affect how we act according to our gender?  List things that families do in order to make girls feminine and boys masculine.

4.        should this be different?  Explain

5.        Journal writing-  would a gender free society be better?  Explain why or why not?

 

HOMEWORK:     Chapter 03 MC online questions (Due next class) & Test Review Sheet (due in 2 classes)

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Lesson  06

OBJECTIVE:                       Students Study the trends in American Families today and then break them down.   They will then discuss whether or not there has been  a breakdown in the American Family in the latter part of the 2oth century and will show their understanding by participating in a group discussion (in permanent group, assignment # 2)

 

PROCEDURE:     Anticipatory Set:  Activity #4 gender socialization

 

 

1.                    Activity #4 gender socialization

2.                    students are asked to discuss how men and women are portrayed on tv, in magazines, or in other media forms.  They should make a list (small groups)

6.        class discussion of the lists ensues trying to reach some agreement on how males and females are portrayed.

7.        in what ways do families affect how we act according to our gender?  List things that families do in order to make girls feminine and boys masculine.

8.        should this be different?  Explain

9.        Journal writing-  would a gender free society be better?  Explain why or why not?

 

HOMEWORK:     test prep sheet Chapter 03 part & Log # 04 gender socialization

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Lesson  07

OBJECTIVE:                       students will review material from unit in order to prep for upcoming test on chapters 2 and 3.

 

1.             class review of test review sheet

2.             online review of terms from chapter (use overhead)

3.             small groups of three-four students to complete open ended questions given out by teacher.

HOMEWORK:     test prep sheet

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Lesson  08

OBJECTIVE:                       students will take written assessment of chapters 2 and 3

 

1.             students review for test

2.             students take written test

HOMEWORK:      vacation

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