Daily Lessons

Week 1: Sept 2-5, 2014

Sept 2: Intro day. Who am I and Who Will I Be? paper handout in class. Involved perception, personal biography and future biographies.

Sept 3: Reviewed Sept 2 material. Went over What is a Family?

Sept 4: Discussed the three Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology (see poster in class).

Took notes on The Study of Social Life

Homework: Read pp. 26-33 in textbook. Complete #s 1-4 pg. 52.

Sept 5: Discussed homework.

Took notes on Definitions of Family and Who Studies the Family

Looked at website for Vanier Institute of the Family

Week 2: Sept 8-12, 2014

Sept 8: Class activity concerning the Functions of the Family. Read pp. 7-8 of text, get into six groups. Each group makes a poster depicting

their assigned function. Each group explains their poster. See classroom walls for results!

Sept 9: Quickly discussed Family Functions posters. We then went to computer lab to begin Functions of the Family Assignment.

Please provide thorough paragraph answers to each question. This assignment is due the end of class tomorrow.

Sept 10: Continued work on Functions of the Family Assignment.

Sept 11: Read the following article: Rethinking the Modern Family

Understand that the nuclear family is a recent phenomenon.

Reading and questions about the Urueu-Wau-Wau society (paper handout in class) pg. 12 in textbook.

Define all bold terms from pages 9-21 in textbook.

Sept 12: Reviewed yesterday's material

Worked on Origins of the Family worksheet.

Week 3: Sept 15-19, 2014

Sept 15: Reading during Brookfield PAUSE

Discussion of Origins of the Family worksheet.

Sept 16: Group discussion on perceptions about current families. See topics here

Looked at graphs that helped with discussion (paper handout in class).

Sept 17: More detailed exploration of the Disciplines of the Social Sciences. Graphic organizer here

Sept 18: Began discussion on theoretical perspectives. Information here

Sept 19: We watched "Parenthood". Look for examples of the functions of the family.

Week 4: Sept 22-26

Sept 22: Finished "Parenthood".

Sept 23: Students worked with textbooks to take notes of all the theoretical perspectives. Graphic organizer here

Sept 24: Completion and discussion of theoretical perspectives: Functionalism, Systems Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theory

Sept 25: Examining the "Nature vs. Nurture" debate. Students received readings in class (paper handouts only)

Sept 26: Viewing and discussion of Emma Watson's speech at the UN. See video here

Week 5: Sept 29-Oct 3

Sept 29: Brookfield PAUSE and continuation of readings.

Sept 30: Videos on Feral Children and discussion.

Oct 1: Andy Thibodeau assembly

Oct 2: Continued discussion of nature/nurture issues.

This assignment was handed out. Due at end of class tomorrow.

Oct 3: Computer lab to complete and type up Nature/Nurture argumentative paragraph.