Class #11 WebQuest Process

SEGMENT #1
1. Highlight key points and purpose of WebQuest and the Media Literacy focus.

2. Use Martin Luther King.org to showcase the WAYBACK machine on archive.org.

3. 21st Century Media Literacy - Saving the Tree Octopus . This illustrates the power of a simple Google search and how it may impact student research

SEGMENT #2
4. Sign-off on Blog and Wiki Contract for clafication on how to make positive contribution in a Web 2.0 environment

5. Visit our class blog www.thehumanzoo.blogspot.com and make your first post based on the Media Literacy reading from page 27 in your resource handbook.

SEGMENT #3
6. Introduction to the Sociogy Final Exam Portfolio - This portfolio contains two distinct parts worth 250 points each and count for 1/5 of your final grade.

7. SHOWCASE EXAMPLES: http://www.sociologyvideovault.blogspot.com/

Class #10 Sociology WebQuest

1. Welcome Back

2. Hand out Sociology Textbooks

3. Complete Sociology WebQuest

HW: Finish Web Quest

Mid Winter Break

SNOW DAY ADJUSTMENTS

#1 The Racial Profiling reading will serve as a follow up to the Without a Trace video. Complete reading Once Appalled by Race Profiling, Many Find Themselves Doing It and answer questions as journal #6.

Please note: I collected journals on February 16th, so you are invited to type your journal or answer the questions on a seperate piece of paper and add it to your journal when school resumes on February 26th

#2 We will be completing a WebQuest for Class #9. If you would like to complete the WebQuest prior to class cliock here SOCIOLGY WEB QUEST

Class #9 Racial Profiling

1. Video: Without a Trace - In Extremis. Journal Entry #7


2. Synopsis The team investigates the disappearance of Anwar Samir, a Saudi Arabian medical intern. A coordinated Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF) investigation discovers that samples of a virus are missing from a biotechnology company where Anwar once worked...show up to class to see how things unfold



3. COLLECTION of JOURNALS for EVALUATION

Class #8 Who Will Surivive?

1. Bringing it all together - labels, label breakdown, and perspective shifts

2. Who will survive simulation

FINAL PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE: Different People by Tiana M

HW: Reading Once Appalled by Race Profiling, Many Find Themselves Doing It and answer questions as Journal #6

Class #7 Looks Aren't Everything???

1. The Cornrow Controversy - journal entry #4

2. CRASH - journal #5

FINAL PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE: Kids in America by Katrina

Class #6 - Label Jars, Not People - Part II

1. White Coats and Blue Blazers - Clip from Friends

2. Looks Aren't Everything by Rick Reilly

3. Allen Iverson Portfolio

4. Journal #3 Introducing Allen Iverson - Prior to our exercise, please write down what you have read, seen, or heard about NBA superstar Allen Iverson. After reading the articles and watching the video clips write down your opinion of Mr. Iverson based on all the facts that were presented. Revisit the process Iverson Label Breakdown (10 Points)

Class #5 - Label Jars, Not People - Part I

1. Introducing Earl...Expect the Best

2. Present class list from Label activity to Skater Boi and discuss

3. The Heart of Learning - Exploring ways to combat bullying

4. View select clips from Bowling for Columbine
- An interview with Matt Stone
- Why it Stinks to be a High School student
- An Interview with Mariliyn Manson
- Columbine - Who Fault is it? by Marilyn Manson

5. Journal #2 Label Breakdown What did you learn from our introductory label activities? Consider the class list, Skater Boi lyrics, Marilyn Manson interview, and personal insights and observations. (10 Points)

PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE: Empathy by Kayla S

Class #4 Super Bowl Sociology

1. Superbowl Showcase - A quick examination of some Super Bowl commericials with sociological significance

FEATURED COMMERICALS
- Snickers:"the Man moment"
- Ford: "Tougher than Bikers"
- Bud Light: "the Hitchiker; Slapping; Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Coke: History and Grand Theft Auto


2. Judging a Book by its Cover - Part I

Class #3 Situational Sociology

1. Observations from Everyday Situations

2. World Population breakdown

3. Find someone Who....

4. Labels Activity

Links and follow from class:
Bowling for Columbine

Class #2 What is Sociology?

1. Questions from Class #1
2. Reading "What is Sociology"
3. The Cannibal in the Mirror
4. Situation Sociology - have everyday situations can viewed from a sociolgical perseptive
5. Introducing Mr. H

HW: Observe and reflect on a everyday situation

Class #1 Introductions

1. Welcome to Sociology
2. Expectations
3. What do You Expect?
4. Read "What Have You Heard?"

Videos from Class #1
Did You Know? Shift Happens, Part I

Education Today - Shift Happens, Part II


PRICELESS WISDOM - The key to any relationship is "unexpected gifts at unexpected times."

HW: Get a spiral notebook and complete Journal #1 Who Am I