Soc 3/11-3/15

MON MAR 11

BW: 1) List as many types of media as you can. 2) Which has the most influence in your life? Why? 3) Bottom pg 101 What are the postives and negatives of TV?

Class: Brief discussion, then we watched a part of this Frontline episode up through minute 22. Nothing to make up.

TUES MAR 12

BW: (this is to help set you up for the class discussion tomorrow-give a paragraph 4-6 sentences) How has your peer group influenced you? More at one point in your life than another? Are there certain issues you turn to your peer group for, but not others? Do you think peer pressure is as big a deal as everyone makes it out to be? Why/Why not?

Class: You will need to get the article on Media and Violence from the back table and then answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper and turn it in.

1.Does watching violence on TV, in video games etc. actually increase violent behavior?

2.Describe(not just name) the two factors that lead to people acting violently after exposure to media violence.

3. In studies of children and media violence and aggressive action, who, overall, tends to act more violently: boys or girls?

4. Should people who commit violent acts (mass shootings, murders etc.) and claim to have been heavily exposed to violence have their sentences reduced?

WEDS MAR 13

BW: On a scale 1-10 how much influence do your peers have in your life? Why?

Class: Class discussion on Peer Socialization. If you were absent you will be "excluded" from this grade; nothing to make up.

THURS MAR 14

*Ms. C was out this day

No BW

Class: Start work on the gender socialization collage project. See Ms. C for directions.

FRI MAR 15

*BW turned in to the tray

No BW today

Class: Work time for collage- due Monday.