Sociology Assignments for 2nd Semester – 2014
2/7: Due on Tuesday, 2/11: The Three Things Essay – for those who have
had me before, write “The Three People I Would Most Like to Meet.”
For those who have NOT had me before, write “The Three Things I
Like Best About Myself.” This should be typed and double-spaced.
2/10: Remember that the Three Things Essay is due tomorrow, typed and
double-spaced. Also, cover your text and bring it in for cover-check.
Begin writing up your notes, starting with Important Terms/Concepts.
The other three categories for Ch. 1 include Sociologists, the Theoretical
Approaches and the Sociology of Sport. We will be starting the Terms/
Concepts tomorrow in class.
2/11: We began discussing Terms/Concepts today from Ch. 1. We will continue
tomorrow. We assigned Current Events for Friday, Feb. 21, and those
students are to get their articles approved by Wed., Feb. 19.
2/12: We finished Terms/Concepts today and will begin on Sociologists in Ch. 1
next time we meet. Continue doing your notes.
2/13: No School – Snow
2/14: No School – Snow
2/17: No School – President’s Day
2/18: We discussed the Approaches and defined them. We began the
Sociologists today. We also assigned the Three Approaches Paper –
a 5-paragraph paper with Intro, describing in general for what the
approaches are used, three body paragraphs – each one defining and
explaining an approach, and finally, a concluding paragraph in which you
identify the approach with which you most align yourself and why.
This paper should be typed and double-spaced. It is due on Monday,
Feb. 24.
Remember: Current Event people – your articles are due tomorrow!
2/19: We have discussed a number of the Sociologists and will finish them
tomorrow. Friday is Current Events and those who are going needed
to have their articles approved by today.
2/20: We finished the Sociologists and went on to Approaches. Your Approaches
paper is due on Monday, Feb. 24. (It should be typed and double-spaced.)
See above for directions. We will have Current Events tomorrow.
2/21: We had Current Events today. Remember that your Approaches paper is
due on Monday, Feb. 24. Have a great weekend!
2/24: We reviewed the Three Approaches today, and you turned in your 3
Approaches Paper. We will have our Chapter 1 test on Thursday, Feb. 27.
Wed. will be our in-class review day.
2/25: We finished discussing Ch. 1 today. We will have a review tomorrow for
our test on Thursday, Feb. 27.
2/26: We had our review today for the test on Chapter 1 tomorrow.
2/27: Test, Chapter 1.
2/28: Group Activity. Have a great weekend!
3/3: We began a film today: “Waking Ned Divine”. You were given a film sheet
that will not be due until the day after we finish watching the film. Your
Ch. 1 test was returned for your perusal today. Current Event volunteers:
be sure to have your article approved by Wed., March 5. (Presentations
will be on Friday, March 7.)
3/4: We continued viewing the above film.
Current Event volunteers – your articles are due by tomorrow for approval.
3/5: We concluded the film today. The filmsheet will be due tomorrow in class.
We will begin discussion on Ch. 2 tomorrow. Current Event volunteers
should have had their articles approved today.
3/6: Filmsheets were collected today. We also began our discussion on Ch. 2,
breaking into small groups to ponder certain “common-sense” truths.
Current Events tomorrow.
3/7: We had Current Events today. Keep doing your notes for Ch. 2. Have a
great weekend!
3/10: We got into Chapter 2 a bit today. Current Event volunteers need to
get their articles approved by Wed., March 12.
3/11: We continued our discussion about scientific research in sociology.
Current Event people – be sure to get your articles approved by tomorrow.
You have a reaction paper due on Monday, March 17, on the NYTimes
article about Spain. It should contain an Introduction, 3 points you found
interesting and a Conclusion. Type and double-space.
3/12: We have explored the three approaches to Scientific Sociology.
Current Event articles were due today for approval.
Reaction paper (see above) is due on Monday, March 17, typed and
double-spaced.
3/13: Your reaction paper (see above) is due on Monday, March 17.
Tomorrow – Current Events.
3/14: Current Events today. Reaction Paper due Monday, March 17.
See above for directions. Continue/Finish your notes for Chapter 2.
Have a great weekend!!!
3/17: Reaction Paper due today. We picked volunteers for Current Events
this Friday, March 21. We passed out the instructions for the Restaurant
Survey Project today. We explained the project and the class set a due
date of 1 April (Tuesday). We are still discussing your notes on Ch. 2.
3/18: More on the Rest. Survey Project. You should be writing your draft survey
and giving it to me to proofread. Project deadline is 1 April. We are going
over the 4 Methods of Sociological Research in class. Deadline for Current
Events is tomorrow!
3/19: I am proofreading draft surveys. I will Xerox any final copies of surveys as
soon as I get them. Today is the deadline for your articles to be approved
if you are giving a Current Event on Friday.
3/20: Today, we finished going over Surveys from Ch. 2. Then, we demonstrated
graphing, both on the board and on the computer (using Excel – thanks to
Tina ).
Your Discussion Question after viewing the Stanford Country Prison Exp.
slideshow is due tomorrow, typed and double-spaced. Your Survey Project
is due on 1 April.
3/21: Current Events today. We collected the Discussion Questions from the
SCP Exp. slideshow. Have a nice weekend!
3/24: We had a seminar-style class today, discussing the Stanford County Prison
Experiment and the Milgram Experiment. The Restaurant Survey Project is
due on Tuesday, 1 April.
3/25: We finished our discussion of Chapter 2 today and planned for our test on
Friday, March 28. We will be meeting in the lab tomorrow. There will be
time to play with graphing, too!
3/26: We were in the Lab today taking Implicit Association Tests. We also looked
at past Restaurant Survey Projects to get an idea about finished product.
(The Project is due on Tuesday, April 1.)
3/27: We had the Review today for our Chapter 2 Test tomorrow.
3/28: Test on Ch. 2 today. Restaurant Survey Project deadline is Tuesday, 1 April.
Have a great weekend!!!
3/31: Today we worked on our Restaurant Survey Projects that are due
tomorrow. Our next chapter will be Ch. 9 in the text.
4/1: Restaurant Survey Projects are due today. We will begin Chapter 9 –
Deviance tomorrow.
4/2: We finished our RSP discussion today and then did a Deviant activity
to kick off Ch. 9. Read the chapter and take notes.
4/3: We began discussion on Chapter 9 today. Please read the chapter and
take notes.
4/4: We continued Chapter 9 today.
Have a great weekend!!!
4/7: We continued in Ch. 9 today, discussing the Containment Theory and
The Social Foundations of Deviance.
4/8: Chapter 9 topic discussions included Functions of Deviance and Merton’s
Strain Theory. Keep up with your Notes. News on the project coming
soon.
4/9: We began our film, School Ties, today. After the film is finished, you will
be responsible for a filmsheet.
4/10: Film continued today. We should finish tomorrow.
4/11: We finished “School Ties” today. The filmsheet should be handed in
by Monday, 4/21. Please type and double-space it.
Have a great 4-day weekend!!!
4/14: No School.
4/15: No School.
4/16: We explained the Deviant Project today. Due date will be determined.
Continue to read Chapter 9 and do your notes.
4/17: Discussion – Chapter 9
4/18: Good Friday – No School
Have a wonderful weekend!
4/21: We explained the Deviant Project today. We established the due date
as Tuesday, May 6. You need to sign up for your deviant on Wednesday,
4/23. There will be a sign-up sheet outside my door Wed. morning.
Please use pen!
We continued our discussion of Chapter 9.
Current Event volunteers – have your articles approved by Wed., 4/23.
4/22: We discussed up to Retrospective and Projective Labeling today.
Current Event volunteers – articles need to be approved by Wed., 4/23.
Project is due on Tuesday, May 6. Sign-up for deviants is tomorrow!
4/23: Sign-up for deviants was today. The Deviant Project is due Tues., May 6th.
Current Event volunteers – articles were due today for approval.
We discussed Thomas Szasz’ theory of mental illness today.
4/24: Deviant Project is due Tues., May 6th. Current Events tomorrow.
The medicalization of deviance was the subject of today’s discussion.
4/25: We did Current Events today, and also passed out an essay by Jane
Addams, “If Men Were Seeking the Franchise.” You are to read the
piece and then write a 5 paragraph essay responding to this question:
What are, according to Addams, the various (3) replies women might
give to men who are seeking the franchise? This response should be
typed and double-spaced and is due on Thursday, May 1.
Everyone should have picked a deviant, but if you have not, please
have one by Monday, as you need time to research and make your
creative piece. The Deviant Project is due on Tuesday, May 6.
Have a great weekend!!!
4/28: We discussed Sutherland’s and Hirschi’s theories today.
Your Jane Addams assignment, “If Men Were Seeking the Franchise” is
due on Thursday, May 1. See above for instructions.
Everyone should have picked a deviant by now. The Deviant Project is
due on Tuesday, May 6.
Current Event volunteers should have their articles approved by Wed.,
4/30.
4/29: We began the film, “About a Boy” today.
Current Event articles are due by tomorrow.
Deviant Projects are due on Tuesday, May 6.
Our test on Deviance is Friday, May 9.
4/30: We continued the film today.
Current Event articles were due today for approval.
Deviant Projects are due on Tuesday, May 6.
Our test on Deviance (Ch. 9) is Friday, May 9.
5/1: Continuation of the film.
Jane Addams paper due today. See 4/28 instructions.
Current Events tomorrow. Deviant Projects due Tuesday, May 6.
Our test on Deviance (Ch. 9) is Friday, May 9.
5/2: We had Current Events today. Deviant Projects due Tuesday, May 6.
Our test on Deviance (Ch. 9) is Friday, May 9.
Have a great weekend!!!
5/5: We finished the Deviance portion of Ch. 9 today. Our test will be on Friday,
May 9. (Review is on Thursday.)
Deviant Projects are due tomorrow. We will take an inventory of the
Profile, Bibliography and anything you brought for the project tomorrow,
and then, with any remaining time, we will begin the presentations.
No Current Events this week.
5/6: Deviant Project are due today. We heard from two students who
presented today. We will have more projects tomorrow.
Thursday, we will have our Review and Friday, we will have our test on
Deviance (Ch. 9).
No Current Events this week.
5/7: Deviant Projects today.
Tomorrow, Review and Friday, our test on Deviance (Ch. 9).
No Current Events this week.
5/8: Review for Deviant test today. Tomorrow is the test. Study up to p.
206/7 in Ch. 9. No Current Events this week.
5/9: We had our Deviance (Ch. 9) test today.
Next topic of study is Crime, beginning on p. 207. You need to begin your
notes for next week.
Have a great weekend!
5/12: We had projects today. Begin your Crime notes from Ch. 9 and be ready
for tomorrow’s discussion.
5/13: We got into Crime (Ch. 9) today. We will continue Crime tomorrow and
have projects on Thursday.
5/14: We continued discussing Crime today. Projects tomorrow.
5/15: More of the projects were presented today.
The Roma assignment was given out today and will be due (typed and
double-spaced on Thursday, May 22.
Tomorrow is prom and most of our class is signing out early. Those who
will be in school will still meet in Room 510.
5/16: Our class was low in numbers today due to early signout for prom.
Have a happy and safe weekend!
5/19: We continued in Crime (Ch. 9) today. We will have our test on Crime
on Friday, May 23. Our review will be on Thursday, May 22.
5/20: We discussed the death penalty and the criminal justice system today.
We went over the open-ended ideas for the test. We will finish the
chapter tomorrow.
5/21: We finished Crime today. We will have our review tomorrow and the
Test on Friday, May 23. ***Roma questions are due tomorrow!***
5/22: Review today for Test on Crime (Ch. 9). Test tomorrow.
5/23: Test today. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!!
5/27: We began Chapter 13 today, so you should prepare your notes for this
final chapter. Our test will be on Monday, June 9.
Current Events will be on Thursday, June 5, so all those remaining will
need to get your articles approved by Tuesday, June 3.
5/28: Discussion of Chapter 13. Test is Monday, June 9.
Current Events is on Thursday, June 5. See above.
5/29: We continued Ch. 13 today. Remember that the test is Monday, June 9.
Current Events is on Thursday, June 5. See 5/27.
5/30: We heard 3 Projects today. We will continue Chapter 13 next week.
Our test is Monday, June 9.
Current Events is on Thursday, June 5.
Have a nice weekend!
6/2: We continued Chapter 13 today. Review for the test will be on Friday, 6/6.
The test on Ch. 13 will be Monday, June 9.
Current Events is Thursday, June 5. Articles need to be approved by
tomorrow.
6/3: Chapter 13 continued. See above!
6/4: We finished Chapter 13 today. We have Current Events tomorrow, 6/5.
Review for our test is Friday, 6/6, and the test is on Monday, 6/9.
6/5: Current Events today. Review tomorrow for Chapter 13 test.
6/6: Review for Ch. 13 test (on Monday, June 9.)
Note: All missing assignments, project, tests, etc. must be completed and
turned in by Monday, June 9.
Have a great weekend!
6/9: Test on Ch. 13. Reaction paper due today on the Gender Pay Gap.
6/10: Exam review begins.
6/11: Exam review.
6/12: Exam review.
6/13: Exams begin. Mods 1-2 and 15-16.