Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

MGI
* continue "Hotel Rwanda"

Psych
* finish "Awakenings"
* return and go over unit 3 tests

Soc I
* poverty notes
* return and go over unit 3 tests

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

MGI
* continue "Hotel Rwanda"

Psych
* continue "Awakenings"

Soc I
* continue Stratification notes
* discuss Hidden Rules of Social Classes

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

MGI
* introduce characters for "Hotel Rwanda"
* begin film

Psych
* continue "Awakenings"

Soc I
* Status notes
* Income & Occupation worksheet/activity

Monday, April 25, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

MGI
* WG # 103
* finish Genocide notes
* watch "60 Minutes: Searching for Jacob" - story about teenaged boy in Darfur

Psych
* start watching "Awakenings"

Soc I
* watch "He's Too Sexy for His Fat" (Beauty Myth/Adonis Complex) to wrap up unit 3

Thursday, April 21, 2011

MGI
* WG #102
* continue Genocide notes

Psych
* U3 test
* U3 packets due BOH

Soc I
* independent work day
* makeup test day

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

MGI
* WG #101
* finish "Genocide" video - take notes in packet
* start Genocide notes

Psych
* work on reviews
* U3 test and packet due tomorrow

Soc I
* test reviews due BOH
* U3 test

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

MGI
* WG# 100
* notes: The Eight Stages of Genocide
* start video "Genocide" - take notes in packet

Psych
* work on test reviews
* U3 test and packets due Thursday 4/21

Soc I
* work on reviews - due tomorrow BOH for 30 points possible
* U3 test tomorrow

Monday, April 18, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

MGI
* WG #99
* watch intro to District 9 and compare to apartheid in South Africa
* unit 3 test and packets due (tentatively) Fri. April 29

Psych
* finish Drugs & Consciousness notes
* watch "Club Drugs" video and complete notes

Soc I
* work on unit 3 test reviews; due Wed. BOH for 30 points
* unit 3 test - Wednesday 4/20

Friday, April 15, 2011

MGI
* WG# 98
* discuss apartheid & watch anit-apartheid movement video clip
* homework: "South African & Apartheid" reading guide

Psych
* Drugs and Consciousness notes

Soc I
* finish "The Pregnant Man"
* finish unit 3 notes

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

MGI
* WG #96 & 97
* continue Africa notes

Psych
* finish "A&E Biography: Sigmund Freud"
* Categorizing Drugs

Soc I
* watch "Oprah: The Pregnant Man" and discuss

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

MGI
* WG #93
* discuss Chechnya & SE Asia after grading
* start Africa notes

Psych
* watch "A & E Biography: Sigmund Freud" and complete video guide
* I will collect this and yesterday's work tomorrow after finishing video

Soc I
* continue Socialization notes

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

MGI
* WG # 92
* read and complete worksheet "AIDS: A Global Perspective"

Psych
* read and complete worksheet "Meditation, Biofeedback, and Hypnosis"

Soc I
* read article "A Boy Without a Penis" and write a 1 page response to it. Think about 1) Can a child born one biological sex become a different gender? 2) If you were the boy's parents, would you have done the same thing? Why or why not?  3) Any other thoughts you want to add...

Monday, April 11, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011

MGI
* WG #88
* go over India graph BOH
* read and complete 1) Crisis in Chechnya and       2) Southeast Asian Nations Gain Independence

Psych
* Dream notes and practice interpretations

Soc I
* watch ABC News Primetime Special: Boys & Girls are Different
* discuss reactions to video

Friday, April 8, 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

MGI
* WG #86
* finish "The Other Side of Outsourcing" and discuss
* homework: read "A Tale of Two Indias" and complete the graph analyzation worksheet

Psych
* Sleep notes
* homework: Sleep Disorders

Soc I
* surveys due
* complete Looking Glass Analysis activity

Thursday, April 7, 2011

MGI
* WG #85
* watch "The Other Side of Outsourcing" and complete film sheet

Psych
* Consciousness notes
* complete Practicing Consciousness activity

Soc I
* complete Gender Roles reading guide, due BOH
* surveys due tomorrow

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

MGI
* WG #84
* discuss yesterday's homework - all hour

Psych
* check and grade Perception reading guide
* complete Sensation and Perception review crossword puzzle

Soc I
* continue Socialization notes
* surveys due Friday

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

MGI
* WG # 82 & 83
* read "The Indian Subcontinent Gains Independence" and complete the reading guide

Psych
* complete Senses lab and answer debriefing questions

Soc I
* watch "The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder" and discuss connection to Looking Glass Theory
* Looking Glass surveys due Friday - you must bring in order to do the activity

Monday, April 4, 2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

MGI
* WG #81 (you  received new packets today)
* return U2 tests, U2 packets, geography packets, and geography quizzes
* go over tests and geography quizzes
* pass out U3 packets
* socratic seminar: "Would You Leave Your Homeland?"

Psychology
* Sensation lab (if absent, please write this in your packet on the write-up sheet)

Sociology I
* continue notes
* Looking Glass Theory surveys due Friday BOH! You MUST have them completed in order to do Friday's activity

Friday, April 1, 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011

MGI
* geography activity packets due BOH
* take geography quiz #1
* finish "Red Dawn"

Psych
* use textbook to complete "Perception" reading guide

Soc I
* watch "Noodling" and discuss violation of norms/deviance in relation to this growing sport