Agenda for 9/30

1. My Father Was James Brown. I Watched Him Beat My Mother. And Then I Found Myself With Someone Like Dad.

2. Leadership Characteristics Activity

3. Defining Masculine and Feminine - using advertising and Explain Everything

• Slide 1 - Find three advertisements/images that display masculinity and list the essential masculine traits
• Slide 2 - Find three advertisements that display femininity and list the essential feminine traits

4. Revisiting Leadership and Gender

5. The Gender Binary

6. The Gender Spectrum

7. Huggies Advertisement

8. Assignment # 7. Kids toys and the Gender Binary

Toys R' US 
Babies R' US

• 1. Take a look through the offering for girls and boys
• 2. What kinds of things do you think clothes and toys teach children about gender? How do they teach them to be a boy or a girl?  
• 3. Based on your findings with respect to clothing and toys, what does it mean to be a boy or a girl? What kinds of messages do clothes and toys provide children about what it means to be a boy or a girl? In other words, what do boys and girls look like, act like, enjoy doing, and so forth? 
• 4. Are there any ways in which toys and clothing encourage girls and boys to be similar to each other? Explain.

 9. Beyond the Gender Binary

Agenda for 9/29

 1. Turning the Sociological Imagination on ISIS

•  Islamic State Defector: 'If You Turn Against ISIS, They Will Kill You
•  Prominent Muslim Sheik Issues Fatwa Against ISIS Violence

2. Work on Assignment 6: Due Thursday 10/2

Assignment # 6 - Writing a Children's Book - Due Thursday 10/2

1. After being assigned your topic, complete the children's book brainstorming handout - Writing a Children's Book - Topic Handout

2. Write an outline for your children's book. The outline should spell out the beginning, middle and end of your book and the overall story that you want to tell. Be sure to include when you will hit the "major points" about your topic in the story.

3. Use Adobe Voice to create your children's book (choose the "Tell What Happened" template).

4. Your book must be at least 11 pages (slides), including a cover page.

5. Each page must have text and images. No more than two sentences per page, and vocabulary must be age appropriate. At least 2-3 images per slide. Images must be age appropriate and relate to the text.

6. You should be prepared to "read" your book to the class on Thursday 10/2.

Grading Rubric - 50 total points

• The book tells a clear story (beginning, middle, end) - 10 points
• The story holds "socialization value" for parents - it clearly teaches a child about your assigned topic - 20 points
• The book is age appropriate (writing and images) - 5 points
• Each page follows the requirements (see above) - 5 points
• The book is "read" to the class  - 5 points
• Mechanics - correct spelling, punctuation, appropriate images - 5 points

Agenda for 9/27

 1. Turning the Sociological Imagination on ISIS

•  Islamic State Defector: 'If You Turn Against ISIS, They Will Kill You
•  Prominent Muslim Sheik Issues Fatwa Against ISIS Violence

2. Work on Assignment 6: Due Thursday 10/2

Assignment # 6 - Writing a Children's Book - Due Thursday 10/2

1. After being assigned your topic, complete the children's book brainstorming handout - Writing a Children's Book - Topic Handout

2. Write an outline for your children's book. The outline should spell out the beginning, middle and end of your book and the overall story that you want to tell. Be sure to include when you will hit the "major points" about your topic in the story.

3. Use Adobe Voice to create your children's book (choose the "Tell What Happened" template).

4. Your book must be at least 11 pages (slides), including a cover page.

5. Each page must have text and images. No more than two sentences per page, and vocabulary must be age appropriate. At least 2-3 images per slide. Images must be age appropriate and relate to the text.

6. You should be prepared to "read" your book to the class on Thursday 10/2.

Grading Rubric - 50 total points

• The book tells a clear story (beginning, middle, end) - 10 points
• The story holds "socialization value" for parents - it clearly teaches a child about your assigned topic - 20 points
• The book is age appropriate (writing and images) - 5 points
• Each page follows the requirements (see above) - 5 points
• The book is "read" to the class  - 5 points
• Mechanics - correct spelling, punctuation, appropriate images - 5 points

Agenda for 9/25

1. The Giving Tree - What is the moral of the story? Why would parents read it to their kids? How would it help SOCIALIZE kids?

2. Sesame St. Socialization

• Choose a video from the list of topics found on the website linked to above.
• Summarize the main moral, or message of your video, by commenting directly on this blog post. Be sure to include your name with your comment.

3. Assignment # 6 - Writing a Children's Book - Due: (9/30)

1. After being assigned your topic, complete the children's book brainstorming handout - Writing a Children's Book - Topic Handout

2. Write an outline for your children's book. The outline should spell out the beginning, middle and end of your book and the overall story that you want to tell. Be sure to include when you will hit the "major points" about your topic in the story.

(Steps 1 and 2 DUE for class on Friday 9/26)

3. Use Adobe Voice to create your children's book (we will work with this next class).

4. Your book must be at least 11 pages (slides), including a cover page.

5. Each page must have text and images. No more than two sentences per page, and vocabulary must be age appropriate. At least 2-3 images per slide. Images must be age appropriate and relate to the text.

6. You should be prepared to "read" your book to the class on Tuesday 9/30.

Grading Rubric - 50 total points

• The book tells a clear story (beginning, middle, end) - 10 points
• The story holds "socialization value" for parents - it clearly teaches a child about your assigned topic - 20 points
• The book is age appropriate (writing and images) - 5 points
• Each page follows the requirements (see above) - 5 points
• The book is "read" to the class  - 5 points
• Mechanics - correct spelling, punctuation, appropriate images - 5 points

Agenda for 9/24

1. The Giving Tree - What is the moral of the story? Why would parents read it to their kids? How would it help SOCIALIZE kids?

2. Sesame St. Socialization

• Choose a video from the list of topics found on the website linked to above.
• Summarize the main moral, or message of your video, by commenting directly on this blog post. Be sure to include your name with your comment.

3. Assignment # 6 - Writing a Children's Book - Due: (9/30)

1. After being assigned your topic, complete the children's book brainstorming handout - Writing a Children's Book - Topic Handout

2. Write an outline for your children's book. The outline should spell out the beginning, middle and end of your book and the overall story that you want to tell. Be sure to include when you will hit the "major points" about your topic in the story.

(Steps 1 and 2 DUE for class on Friday 9/26)

3. Use Adobe Voice to create your children's book (we will work with this next class).

4. Your book must be at least 11 pages (slides), including a cover page.

5. Each page must have text and images. No more than two sentences per page, and vocabulary must be age appropriate. At least 2-3 images per slide. Images must be age appropriate and relate to the text.

6. You should be prepared to "read" your book to the class on Tuesday 9/30.

Grading Rubric - 50 total points

• The book tells a clear story (beginning, middle, end) - 10 points
• The story holds "socialization value" for parents - it clearly teaches a child about your assigned topic - 20 points
• The book is age appropriate (writing and images) - 5 points
• Each page follows the requirements (see above) - 5 points
• The book is "read" to the class  - 5 points
• Mechanics - correct spelling, punctuation, appropriate images - 5 points

Agenda for 9/23

1. Update on events in Syria

2. 14 days in line for the new iPhone? See the strange in the familiar? What does this say about our cultural values?

3. Socialization Keynote

4. The Giving Tree

5. The Feral Child

6. Sesame St. Socialization

Agenda for 9/22

1. 14 days in line for the new iPhone? See the strange in the familiar? What does this say about our cultural values?

2. An ambitious attempt is underway in the US state of Rhode Island to teach parents how to speak to their children more often. The aim is to close the "word gap" between underprivileged children and those from wealthy families.

3. Activities to Encourage Speech and Language Development

4. Socialization Keynote

5. The Giving Tree

6. The Feral Child

7. Sesame St. Socialization

HW: None