Sociology: The student will be able to:
~identify the five institutions (Family, Religion, Education, Government & Economy) which create and determine the success of society
~identify the essence of the five institutions in any given group and the roles they play in individual and group success
~assess the institutions’ health in a given group
~identify the necessity of division of labor and leadership in any given group’s success
~identify European origins of Sociology
(Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Herbert Spenser, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber)
~identify major contributors to Sociology in America:
(Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois)
~explain the role of Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology & explain what it is: functionalism, conflict perspective, symbolic interactionism,
Monday: View documentary materials over film Alive
Tuesday: discuss the five institutions of society and how they evolved in the experience of the stranded survivors of the Andes plane crash
(project how institutions relate to individual students and their importance in individual success)
Wednesday: lecture & discussion of European & American origins in field
Thursday: lecture & discussion of theoretical perspectives in field
Friday: Test over material
Introduction to Journalism:
~follow national and international events through the Newspaper In Education program
~identify basic Associated Press Stylebook rules that are most commonly used in scholastic journalism
~identify & discuss top rules of copy writing
~demonstrate familiarity with journalistic writing checklist
~demonstrate understanding of the Reporter’s Shopping List & Storytelling elements: Setting, Characters,
~demonstrate knowledge of headline and caption writing using AP Stylebook rules
Monday: read LNJ and discuss, peruse yearbooks for what does and doesn’t work according to rules of design & photography
Tuesday: Read LNJ & discuss, go over AP Stylebook rules
Wednesday: go over use of journalistic writing checklist & top 20 rules of copy writing
Thursday: read and discuss handouts on Storytelling & Features & Specialty stories
Friday: review of caption & headline writing rules
Test: evaluation of newspaper and yearbook samples by students