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COURSE INFORMATION


CONTACT INFORMATION
Mr Cotey's e-mail:

robert.cotey@yrdsb.edu.on.ca
mr_cotey@hotmail.com
(905) 940-8840  ext.414 
 
NOTES:

We have a lot on the going on in Society now so be sure to continuously check this page to make sure you keep up with all of your work.

If you haven't signed up for a Presentation date yet you need to come and see me shortly or I am going to start writing people in to spots.  You also want to be sure that you get the subject you are interested in.  Don't forget to continue reading your academic readings for the quizzes!

The academic reading dates have been assigned.  Please check the website to see which days you are responsible for.  Everyone has been signed up to go three times!  Don't forget to attach your summary, questions and reflection in one document and send it to society@live.ca.

Exam Essay Question
 

REVIEW AREA

LIBRARY E-RESOURCES

RESOURCE PAGE

CITATION BUILDER

LESSONS
 

STUDENT AREA

HANDOUTS

STUDENT MARKS
 

Assignment E-mail Drop: society@live.ca

 



 
February 2008

Sep-Jan 2006: Last Semester Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4

- First day of classes
-
Exam Feedback
- Introductions


 

5

- What is Culture?
- Does Canada have a Culture?
- "The Rant" - link
- Write YOUR "Rant" - groups of 5

 

6

- Complete your "Rant" and present to class
 

7

- Intro to Anthropology
 

- Anthropology PowerPoint Presentation


 

8


 

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- Schools of thought in Anthropology Handout
Homework:

- Movie Handout

 
11

- Film - The God's Must be Crazy
- Discuss the Film

- Introduce Discussion Fridays

 


 

12

- Room 225
-
Introduction to Sociology
- Psychology PowerPoint Presentation

 

 

13

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 1 - The Fairy Tales (Teacher Led)


 

14

- Introduction to Psychology
 

15

- Discuss and Debate

 

Homework:

- Movie Handout

- Anthropology Schools of Thought
- Read pages 6-14 in your textbook, Transitions in Society, The Challenge of Change
- Read pages 15-21 in your textbook




 

Homework:

Read pages 22-35 in your textbook
- Schools of Thought in Psychology and Sociology
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18

PD Day - No Classes

 

19

- Complete Gangs Presentation
- Social Scientist Web Assignment introduction

20

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 2 - "Where Do The Mermaids Stand? - Lavi, Madiha, Norman, Zerina, Ambreen, LC & Alex

21

- Social Scientist Web Assignment

 

 

22

- Social Scientist Web Assignment

 

 

Homework:

- Read article for Wednesday discussion





 

Homework:

- Read article for Wednesday discussion

 

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25

- Sociology PowerPoint Presentation
- Social Scientist Web Assignment


 

26

- Discuss and Debate - Pooneh & Usma - "Are Women Subjugated in the Middle East?"

27

- Social Scientist Web Assignment

28

- Social Scientist Web Assignment

29

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 3 - "The Curse of Masculinity" - Lavi, Madiha, Carli, Alex, Pooneh, Angie, Morgan

 

Homework:

- Read article for Friday discussion
- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment



 

Homework:

- Read article for Friday discussion
- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment

Homework:

- Read article for Friday discussion
- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment

Homework:

- Read article for Friday discussion
- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment

Homework:

- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment


March 2008
 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3

- Book Review Assignment
- Social Scientist Web Assignment

4

- What Causes Social Change?
- Lecture:
Technological Factors that affect Social Change

5

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 4- "Why Women Married Men" - Steph, Lisa, Lavi, JC,
Ambreen, Alison, Christina

6

- Social Scientist Web Assignment Due
- Discuss and Debate - Kristine & Camille - Animal Testing





 

7

- March Break

Homework:

- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment
- Read your novel for the round table discussion




 

Homework:

- Read pages 102-131
- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment
- Read your novel for the round table discussion

 

Homework:

- Work on your Social Scientist Web Assignment
- Read your novel for the round table discussion

 

Homework:

- Read your novel for the round table discussion
Homework:

- Read your novel for the round table discussion
10

- March Break



 

11

- March Break

 

12

- March Break

 

13

- March Break
 

14

- March Break
 

Homework:

- Read your novel for the round table discussion



 

Homework:

- Read your novel for the round table discussion
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- Read your novel for the round table discussion
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17

- Complete and post your websites - These must be posted today!
-
Factors that Affect Social Change (Time Permitting)

 

18

- Factors that Affect Social Change
- Baby Boomers an Aging Population - How Does this Affect Us?
- World Population Trends

19

- Parent - Teacher Night
- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 5 - "The Mystery of Marriage" - Sajedah, Cassandra, Usma, Teymor, Todd, Jen, Katrina

20

- Discuss and Debate - Alex & Steph - The Material Generation

21

- Good Friday - Holiday

 

Homework:

- Read pages 68 - 97




 
Homework:

- Read pages
142 - 172
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24

- Easter - Holiday


 

25

- The Life Cycle and Aging - Its Challenges
- Health Care and impediments to health care
- What are these "generations"
- What is this generation "gap"?
- Generation Y Song Assignment
- What part does music play in our lives?

 

26

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 6 - "Violence in the Family"  - Kristine, Chelsea,Kimiko, Brooke, Angie, Natalie, Chris

 

27

- OSSLT - Grade Tens
- Rights of Passage
 

 

28

- Discuss and Debate - Zerina & Chelsea - Abortion or Pornography

 

Homework:




 

Homework:

-
Read pages
206 - 238
- Generation Y Song Assignment
Homework:

- Generation Y Song Assignment
Homework:

- Generation Y Song Assignment
Homework:

- Generation Y Song Assignment
31

- Generation X Presentation
- Rights of Passage - SGAs


 

       

Homework:

- Generation Y Song Assignment
- Gen X PowerPoint


 

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April 2008
 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 




 

1

- Rights of Passage - SGAs
- Group Choice
- Hand in Group PowerPoint Assignment
- Present PowerPoints x2

 

2

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 7 - "Ways of the Badass" - Grant, Camille, Devyani, Steph, Morgan, Zerina, Norman

3

- Rights of Passage - SGAs
- Present PowerPoints x2



 

4

- Discuss and Debate - Jalda & Noemi - Jihad

 

 

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7

- Rights of Passage - SGAs
- Present PowerPoints x2





8

- Rights of Passage - SGAs
- Present PowerPoints x2

9

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 8 - "Gangstas, Thugs, and Husltas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music" - Jalda, Lisa, Carli, Lawrence, Allison, Noemi, Jackie

10

- Book discussion forums
- Africentric Schooling article

 

11

- Discuss and Debate - JC & Lisa - Africentric Schools
- Generation Y Song Assignment Due

Homework:




 

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-
Africentric Schooling article
Homework:

- Africentric Schooling article
Homework:

-
Africentric Schooling article
14

- Test #1



 

15

- SGA Presentations
- Great Debates Prep (time permitting)

 

16

- Great Debates Prep-

17

- Great Debates Prep

 

18

- Great Debates Prep



 

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21

- Discuss and Debate - Devyani & Sajedah - Does Morality need Religion



 

22

- Great Debates - Africentric Schooling - Alex, Steph, Katrina vs. JC, Allison, Lisa


 

23

Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion  9- "The Story of a Snitch" - Kristine, Chelsea, Christina, Sajedah, Ambreen, Cassandra, Usma

24

- Mid-Term Reports
- Great Debates - Merit vs. need based funding - Kimiko, Chelsea, Kristine vs. Noemi, Camille, Jalda
 

25

- Book Discussion Forums #2

 

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28

- Great Debates - Are Medications for Treating Depression Harmful? Angie, Ambreen vs. Sajedah, Devyani


 

29

- Great Debates - Should Doctor Assisted Suicide be Legalized? Christina, Cassandra, Natalie vs. Teymor, LC



 

30

- Book Review Discussion Session
- Quiz to be rescheduled time permitting

   

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May 2008
 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   

 

 


 

1

- Great Debates - Is Street Crime more Harmful Than White Collar Crime - Morgan, Carli, Brooke vs. Norman, Grant, Todd
- Full disclosure



 

2

- Great Debates - Should Young Offenders be tried as adults in Violent Crimes?  Pooneh, Usma, Chris vs. Lavi, Zerina, Madiha


 

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5

- Fertility and Fecundity groups
 

6

- Fertility and Fecundity
- Page to be saved as a webpage and submitted to Webmaster (Alex)

7

- Book Discussion Forums #3
- Writing a Book Review

 

8

- Introduce Film Review Assignment
- Film #1

9

- Complete Film #1
- Discuss Film #1

Homework:




 

Homework:

-
Read pages
174 - 203
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12

- SUPERDEBATES 

 

13

- Complete Cry Freedom
- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 10 - "The Kingdom in the Closet" - Angie, Alex, Natalie, Chris, Jalda, Camille, Grant

 

 

 

14

- Discuss and Debate - Angie & Natalie - Child Abuse


 

15

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 11 - "Looking for the Barbarians" - Madiha, Teymor, Todd, Pooneh, Jen, Katrina, Brooke

 

16

- Discuss and Debate - Morgan & Carli - AIDS in Africa

Homework:




 

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19

- Victoria Day - Holiday

20

- Psychology of Race
- Identifying Prejudice and   
  Discrimination

 

 

21

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 12 - "Is Gay Parenting Bad for Kids?" - Devyani, Steph, Morgan, Zerina, Norman, Lisa, Carli

 

 

22

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 13- "Is Africa's Pain Black America's Burden?" - Kimiko, Chelsea, Lawrence, Allison, Noemi, Jaclyn, Lavi,

23

- Working on the Book Review
 

Homework:




 

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-
Read pages
286 - 321
Homework:

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26

- Discuss and Debate - Katrina & Allison -

 

 

27

- Genocide
-
World Conflicts

 

28

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 14- "The Conspiracy Against Africa" - Sajedah, Jen K, Cassandra, Usma, Pooneh, Teymor, Todd

 

29

- Digital Textbook Assignment

 

30

- Film Reflection Due
- Digital Textbook Assignment


 

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June 2008
 
2

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link

 

3

- Discuss and Debate - Kimiko & Chris - Addiction

 

4

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 15 - "Genocide as Transgression" - Katrina, Brooke, Natalie, Chris, Jalda, Camille, Kristine

 

5

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link

 

6

- Discuss and Debate
 

 

Homework:




 

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9

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link


 

10

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link

 

11

- Academic Article - Quiz
- Round Table Discussion 16- The Hive Article - Wikipedia - Devyani, Grant, Kimiko, Noemi, Christina, Todd

12

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link


 

13

- Discuss and Debate - Cassandra & Christina

Homework:




 

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16

- Digital Textbook Assignment
- Brainstorm Link

 

17

- Exam Prep

18


- Exams

19


- Society Exam

20


- Exams


 

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23


- Exams


 

24


- Exam Feedback

25


- Graduation

26


- PA Day

27


- PA Day



 

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