Homework for Sociology – 2015 – Mrs. Ryan
Welcome Back! I hope you have a very successful and fulfilling year.
9/9/15 – The Three Things Essay – due tomorrow, typed and double-spaced.
For students new to me:
“The Three Things I Like Best About Myself”
For students who have had me before:
“The Three Things I Would Like to Do In My Life”
This essay should contain an Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and a Conclusion.
9/10/15 – We collected the above essay today.
In class, we filled in the attendance/information charts.
Tonight, please read the Course Description sheet and the Quarterly
Current Event Assignment sheet you were given on Wed. You are responsible
for knowing the information on those sheets.
Tomorrow, we will distribute books and discuss how to attack Ch. 1.
9/11/15 – We distributed your text today. The number and condition were
recorded. Please bring it back on Tuesday, 9/15, for a cover check.
We discussed the history of the terrible events that unfolded on this day
fourteen years ago.
Have a great weekend.
9/15/15 – Today, we checked book covers.
We took the Initial Assessment for Sociology.
We discussed how you will attack Chapter 1 in the text for your notes.
We will begin Ch. 1 tomorrow, discussing important terms you noted.
9/16/15 – We discussed sociological terms and concepts today. You were to have
pulled as many as you could from Chapter 1 (Macionis) and defined them in
your notes, so that you would be ready for discussion today.
The suggested organization of Ch. 1 is:
1. Terms and Concepts
2. Sociologist
3. The Three Approaches
4. The Sociology of Sports
We will be moving on to Sociologists tomorrow, so finish terms and
start identifying as many sociologists as you can in Ch. 1.
*** Remember to bring your text with you to class on Friday, 9/18.
9/17/15 – We finished our discussion of the important terms in Ch. 1
We continued on with sociologists, and we will finish them on Monday.
You were assigned two questions at the end of the article, “ The
Perspective of Sociology.” You are to type and double-space the
answers for Monday, 9/21.
We also assigned Current Event presenters for next Friday, 9/25.
These presenters will pick articles relating to sociological topics.
These must be approved by Tuesday, 9/22 (no school Wed.).
***Remember to bring your text with you to class tomorrow.
9/18/15 – Using your text, you completed (or got well on the way to
completing) your notes for Chapter 1.
Current Event presenters – don’t forget to have your articles approved
by Tuesday, 9/22.
Your answers to the article, “The Perspective of Sociology,” must be
turned in on Monday, typed and double-spaced.
Have a great weekend!
9/21/15 – Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Thank you to everyone who came out for the Back To School Night.
We so appreciate your support.
Your notes on Ch. 1 should, by now, be finished. We are scheduling
our test on Ch. 1 for Tuesday, 9/29.
“The Perspective of Sociology” questions are due today.
Current Event volunteers who are going this Friday need to have
their articles approved by tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/22.
9/22/15 –
Current Event articles were to be approved by today.
We continued the Sociologists. I also talked about the paper that will be
due on Monday, 9/28, called “The Three Approaches.” This paper
should be typed and double-spaced. Grammar and spelling should be
correct, so proofread carefully. You will discuss each of the three
sociological approaches in detail. In your conclusion, you will pinpoint
the one to which you relate most closely and give reasons why.
All notes should be finished and we will be having our first test (Ch. 1)
on Tuesday, 9/29.
9/23/15 – No School – Yom Kippur
9/24/15 – Discussion on the Three Approaches today.
Remember that your paper on the Three Approaches is due on Monday,
9/28.
Current Events presentations will be tomorrow.
9/25/15 – Today, we had Current Event presentations. Nice job by all!
Monday, your Three Approaches paper is due.
Our test on Chapter 1 will be on Tuesday, 9/29.
Have a great weekend!
9/28/15 – The Three Approaches paper is due today.
We finish Chapter 1 and reviewed it today, in preparation for the test
tomorrow.
Current Event volunteers – article due by Wed., 9/30, for approval.
9/29/15 – Test today on Chapter 1.
Current Event articles are due tomorrow for approval.
We will be moving on to Chapter 2 next, so you may begin doing your
notes. The notes for this chapter should NOT be done in the same way you
did the notes for Ch. 1. Take notes from the beginning to the end of the chapter.
We will begin discussions on Ch. 2 on Tuesday, October 6, so be ready. 
9/30/15 – Current Event articles were due today for approval.
You should begin your notes on Ch. 2. We will begin discussing the chapter
on Tuesday, 10/6. Do NOT do your notes in the same way that you did Ch. 1.
Do your notes from the beginning of the chapter to the end.
We began a film, Waking Ned Divine, that is a part of our curriculum.
You received a list of characters, and a Filmsheet with questions. This will need
to be completed and handed in within twenty-four hours after we have finished
viewing the film. You may write directly on the sheet.
10/1/15 – We continued watching the film, Waking Ned Divine.
Tomorrow, we will have Current Event presentations. We will probably
finish the film on Monday.
10/2/15 – Current Event presentations were delivered today.
We picked next week’s volunteers and their articles are due for approval
by Wed., Oct. 7.
We will be finishing the film by Monday and your filmsheets will be due by
Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Your notes on Chapter 2 should be completed by Tuesday when we begin
discussion on Scientific Sociological Investigation.
10/5/15 – Today, we finished the film. Your filmsheets will be due tomorrow.
Tuesday, we will begin Chapter 2. Your notes on this chapter should, by
now, be completed.
Current Event volunteers – your articles need to be approved by Wed., Oct. 7.
10/6/15 – Filmsheets are due today.
We began discussion on Chapter 2 – Sociological Investigation.
Current Event volunteers – remember to get articles approved by Wed, Oct. 7.
10/7/15 – More discussion about Sociological Investigation.
Current Event articles were due to be approved today.
All notes for Chapter 2 should, at this point, be completed.
10/8/15 – We continued to discuss the orientations of Sociological investigation.
Tomorrow, we have Current Events.
10/9/15 – Current Events today. (No Current Events next week due to early
dismissal on Monday and PSATs on Wednesday.)
On Monday, we will be discussing more about the orientations from
which we approach research.
10/12/15 – No Current Events this week.
We continued discussion on the three research orientations of Sociology.
Notes on Ch. 2 should be complete.
10/13/15 – No Current Events this week.
We moved into the Interpretive and Critical orientations of sociological
research. Notes on Ch. 2 must be complete at this point.
10/14/15 – We finished the three orientations today.
No Current Events this week.
10/15/15 - Today, we got into the ways we actually DO sociological investigation.
Tomorrow, please be in class as we are doing an activity.
10/16/15 – We participated in a group activity today that illustrated how groups
work, or don’t work, together.
For Monday, please read the Stanford County Prison Experiment Slide
Show and choose 1 (one) question from the list of discussion questions at the end
to answer, typed & double-spaced.
Have a great weekend!
10/19/15 – We discussed Friday’s activity, and the Stanford County Prison Exp.,
with which you familiarized yourselves over the weekend. Your discussion
question was due today.
10/20/15 – We discussed the Milgram Experiment today. We also talked about
the Survey Project. We will soon decide on a deadline for the project.
We are continuing with material from the text.
Current Event deadline for approval of articles is tomorrow!
10/21/15 – Current Event deadline was today for all those going on Friday.
We discussed possible topics for the project, and we continued to examine
methods by which we do sociological research.
10/22/15 – We will have Current Event events tomorrow.
We discussed the project instructions and the deadline. You should begin
to make your survey (8-10 questions) so that you can get it to me for editing. The
sooner you get your survey out the better.
10/23/15 – We had the last of our Current Events today for the lst quarter.
We will begin the cycle again in the 2nd quarter.
Yesterday, we established a deadline for the Survey Project. It is Wednesday,
Nov. 4. Please see me as soon as you can with your (typed) survey questions.
Also, keep in mind that you may come to me anytime with questions you may
have, in general, about the project.
We also set a test date for Chapter 2. It is Thursday, Oct. 29.
Have a great weekend!!!
10/26/15 – Our test for Chapter 2 is Thursday, Oct. 29. Our review will be on
Wed., so please be here for that.
The Survey Project due date is Wed., Nov. 4.
No Current Events this week.
10/27/15 – Since we finished Ch. 2 yesterday, and our test is Thursday, 10/29,
we were able to use today to talk about your Survey Project. This was a
bonus day, and I hope it helped you all to wrap your head around what
you are doing.
Tomorrow, we will review for the test, so please make every effort
to be here.
The Survey Project is due Wed., Nov. 4.
No Current Events this week.
10/28/15 – We had our review today for the Chapter 2 test tomorrow.
Be sure to bring a pen with you for the test.
No Current Events this week.
Survey Project is due Wed., Nov. 4.
10/29/15 – Today was our Chapter 2 test.
No Current Events tomorrow. Meet in the Library Computer Lab Friday.
Project due Wed., Nov. 4.
10/30/15 – We met today in the Library Computer Lab to work on graphing
results of the data we have gathered for our Survey Projects.
Continue working on your project. Due date: Wed., Nov. 4.
Have a great weekend!
11/2/15 – We met again today in the Library Computer Lab to sample the Implicit
Association Test (Harvard) and work on graphing for the Survey Project.
NOTE: the Survey Project is due on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
11/3/15 – No School – Election Day
11/4/15 – Survey Projects are due.
11/5/15 – No School – NJEA Convention
11/6/15 – No School – NJEA Convention
Have a nice weekend!!!
11/9/15 – Today, we began a new chapter – on deviance. Please begin to
write up your notes on Chapter 9.
Survey Projects were returned today. They were weighted 4 times the
normal homework grade.
There will be one more major project this semester, and it will be
associated with this chapter on deviance.
11/10/15 – Prepare your notes on Chapter 9 so that you will be ready for
class discussions.
No Current Events this week.
11/11/15 – We discussed the biological/physical and psychological reasons for
criminality. Your notes need to be progressing.
No Current Events this week.
11/12/15 – The Roma Assignment was given to you today. Read the questions
and the articles attached. Type and double-space your answers for
Monday, Nov. 16.
We continued our discussion on the psychological reasons for crime.
11/13/15 – Your Roma assignment is due on Monday, Nov. 16.
We scheduled Current Events for Friday, Nov. 20. Articles need to be
approved by Wed., Nov. 18.
11/16/15 – We collected the Roma assignment today.
We went to the computer lab to take Implicit Association Tests.
Current Event volunteers, get your articles approved by Wed., Nov. 18.
11/17/15 – Our discussion returned to deviance today. We saw that each
sociological approach views deviance differently.
Current Event volunteers – tomorrow is the deadline for article approval.
11/18/15 – Merton’s Strain Theory was the subject of much of our discussion
today. We actually finished the Structural Functional view of deviance.
Tomorrow, we will delve into the Symbolic Interaction view.
Please have all notes for Chapter 9 completed.
Current Events articles were due today.
11/19/15 – We talked about the Deviant Project today, and figured out our
deadline. (I typed this prior to class, so deadline will be put on the board
and will appear tomorrow on this website.) I am always available to talk
with you about ideas for your deviant project. Talking it through with
someone will really help.
The sign-up sheet for the Deviant Project will go up Monday morning
on the fake wood panel next to my door. First come, first served. Bring a
pen (not a pencil) to sign up. Take the weekend to do preliminary research
on your deviant. If you find that there is really not enough on your person
you may change your deviant. But that needs to happen fast so that you do
not run out of time.
Current Events tomorrow.
Make sure all your notes are finished for Chapter 9.
11/20/15 – We had Current Events today, and with the remaining time, we
went over any questions there might have been on the Deviant Project.
Monday is the sign-up for a deviant and it’s first come, first served.
Try to do a little research on your deviant over this weekend.
We arrived at the due date of Tuesday, Dec. 8, for the Deviant Project.
Have a good one!!!
11/23/15 – Sign up for the Deviant Project began today. One should sign up as
soon as possible because the sooner you zone in on a deviant, the sooner
you will be able to lock in on what you will do creatively. Please see me
with any difficulties. I will be happy to help you think of someone or of
what you might do. Project due date: Tuesday, Dec. 8.
11/24/15 – Our discussion today centered on stigmas, retrospective and prospective labeling, and mental illness.
At any time, if you have questions about the Deviant Project, please do
not hesitate to come and see me. Due date for project: Tuesday, Dec. 8.
11/25/15 – We discussed projects and brainstormed ideas with groups.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!
11/30/15 – Today we set a test date for Ch. 9 on Thursday, Dec. 3.
We will have an in-class review on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Remember!
You only need to go up to page 207 where CRIME begins.
Deviance Project is due Tuesday, Dec. 8.
12/1/15 – Our Test on Ch. 9 is on Thursday, Dec. 3. We finished the deviant
portion of the chapter today (up to p. 207).
Current Events volunteers – be sure to get articles approved by Wed.,
Dec. 2.
12/2/15 – We had our in-class review today for the test on Deviance – Ch. 9.
Test tomorrow.
Current Events were due for approval today.
Project due on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
12/3/15 – Test today on Deviance, Ch. 9. Current Events tomorrow.
Project due on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
12/4/15 – Current Events today. Your Deviant Projects are due on Tuesday,
Dec. 8.
Our next area of study is the Crime portion of Ch. 9, beginning on p. 207.
You should be writing up your notes on that part very soon. It doesn’t
take very long for us to treat this section.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
12/7/15 – Today, we went over the procedure for the intake of Deviant Projects,
due tomorrow. Any questions were answered.
Any and all parts of your projects must be brought in tomorrow.
Inventory will be taken. Nothing additional may become a part of your
project after tomorrow.
The next section of Chapter 9 that we will cover will start with p. 207,
CRIME. You need to begin to take notes on that section. We won’t be on it
for long, so get it done quickly!
Current Event volunteers – your articles are due on Wed., !2/9.
12/8/15 – Deviant Projects were due today. We took inventory, and heard a
project or two.
Current Event articles are due tomorrow for approval.
We will begin CRIME in the Deviant chapter Thursday. Please have a least
some of your notes ready.
12/9/15 – We heard projects today, as many as we could in one class period.
Tomorrow, we begin Crime, Ch. 9.
Current Event articles were due today for approval.
12/10/15 – Today, we began the Crime portion (p. 207) of Chapter 9. You should
have all your notes completed on this, as we do not spend much time on
this. I will be announcing a test date for Crime soon.
We will have Current Events tomorrow.
12/11/15 – We had Current Events today. Crime notes should be finished.
Have a nice weekend!!!
12/14/15 – We discussed more of Crime from Chapter 9 today.
We will have project presentations tomorrow.
We will not have Current Events this week.
12/15/15 – Project Presentations today. Be sure that your Crime Notes are done.
The test for Crime will be on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
No Current Events this Friday.
We distributed an opinion article from the NYTimes. You are to write a
reaction paper (5 paragraphs), typed and double-spaced, for Friday, Dec.
18. I explained the process a couple of times in class today, but if you
have any questions, please see me ASAP.
12/16/15 – We continued discussing Crime today.
Your reaction paper is due Friday, Dec. 18. (See above.)
We will continue with Crime on Friday, with possible presentation of
projects as well.
12/1715 – Your reaction paper to the NYTimes editorial is due tomorrow, Dec. 17.
We had more project presentations today.
All your Crime notes should be finished by now.
12/18/15 – The NYTImes article Reaction Paper is due today.
We finished Crime in Chapter 9. Our test review will be on Monday, Dec.
21. The test on CRIME will be on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Have a nice weekend!!!
12/21/15 – Today we had our review for our Crime Test (Ch. 9 ) tomorrow.
12/22/15 – Today we had our test on Crime.
12/23/15 – Today we did not meet.
Have a wonderful break!!! See you next year!
1/4/16 – Happy New Year, everyone!!!
We began with project presentations today. Our new chapter is Chapter
13, so you should get your notes going.
We will have our last Current Event presentations on this Friday, Jan. 8,
so those presenters need to get their articles approved by Wed., Jan. 6.
1/5/16 – You should be doing your notes for Chapter 13.
We did one presentation today and introduced the chapter.
Current Event articles are due for approval by Wed., Jan. 6.
1/6/16 – You should be working on your notes for Chapter 13.
Our discussion centered on gender stratification.
Current event articles are due today for approval.
1/7/16 – Notes for Ch. 13 should be well on their way to being finished.
We continued our discussion of some the chapter’s concepts.
We have Current Events tomorrow.
1/8/16 – We had Current Events today. Continue to write up your notes on
Ch. 13.
Have a great weekend!!!
1/11/16 – We continued to discuss material from Ch. 13. Tomorrow, we will
have projects until the end of the period.
1/12/16 – Project presentations today.
1/13/16 – We finished the project presentations today, and then we continued
with our discussion of Ch. 13. You were given an article on which you will
do a reaction paper (5 paragraphs). This will be due on Monday, Jan. 18,
typed and double-spaced.
1/14/16 – Please Note!! Above, I said I gave you an article, but, alas, I forgot
to do that, AND, I forgot that Monday, Jan. 18, we do not have school!
Therefore, you will receive the article today and your reaction paper is
due on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
***Test on Chapter 13 is on Wednesday, Jan. 20.***
1/15/16 – We finished most of Ch. 13 today. We will review for the test on
Tuesday, Jan. 19. Our Test will be on Wed., Jan. 20.
PLEASE: If you have any magazines, with pictures of people in them,
please bring them before next Thursday.
***Reaction Paper on the NYTimes article is due Tuesday, Jan. 19.***
Have a wonderful three-day weekend! Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day.
1/19/16 – We had our review for the test on Wednesday, on Chapter 13 – Gender
Stratification. Your reaction paper on the “universal basic income” idea
was due today.
*** We need any magazines you can bring in with pictures of people, men
and women, by Thursday!***
1/20/16 – We had our last test today – Ch. 13.
Tomorrow, we will have a group activity.
Please bring any magazines you have with pictures of people in them.
1/21/16 – We did our “Beauty Myth” group project today in class.
Tomorrow, we will begin Exam Review. You will be given an exam review
guide at that time.
The Sociology Exam is scheduled for Mods 9-10 on Friday, Jan. 29, second session.
1/22/16 – We began our exam review today, and we will continue on Monday.
See above for the day and session of the exam.
Senior exemptions will be given in class on Monday. If you think you might
be exempt, bring your text with you.
Have a great, snowy weekend!
1/25/16 – Late Start Day due to the Blizzard!!!
We completed our exam review today. Exemptions for seniors were told.
Exams begin tomorrow. Good Luck everyone!
1/26/16 – Exams: Mods 1 – 2 and 15 – 16
1/27/16 – Exams: Mods 3 – 4 and 13 – 14
1/28/16 – Exams: Mods 5 – 6 and 11 – 12
1/29/16 – Exams: Mods 7 – 8 and 9 – 10 (Sociology) Have a great weekend!!!