Sociology:

Students will be able to:

~explain the importance of sociological perspective and sociological imagination

~explain who C. Wright Mills is and his contributions to the field of sociology

~examine the distinctiveness of subcultures within a larger culture

~hypothesize how subcultures form and their influences within a culture

Monday:

View examples of subculture and discuss development & impact (examples from American culture)

Tuesday:  film:  Being Human

Wednesday:  discuss film, written response

Thursday & Friday:  A Day in the Life (student essay identifying subcultures within students’ own lives)

Introduction to Journalism:

Students will be able to:

~explain the journalistic rules of feature writing

~display competency in feature writing

Monday:

discussion of feature writing with student samples of leads

Tuesday:

press conference interview

Wednesday: write people profile

Thursday:  discuss progress

Friday:  turn in profile and peer edit