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COURSE INFORMATION

 
 CONTACT INFORMATION
 Instructor:  Ms. Chong
Contact:     (905) 940 - 8840 (voicemail ext. 509)
Email:        adrienne.chong@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Old Schedules		   STUDENT MARKS Moodle 


 
NOTES:

Welcome to Challenge and Change!   Please check the website regularly as homework, tests, class activities and assignment due dates will be posted. 

 

 
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HELPFUL RESOURCES

  SOCIETY RESOURCES

 LIBRARY E-RESOURCES

ACADEMIC RESOURCES

CITATION BUILDER

 


November 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

- Lesson:   Social Change:  Generation What?


- Intro Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Topics

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric
 		 3

- Great Debates  LIBRARY

 - Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric

- Great Debates:  HELPFUL HINTS
 		 4

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 7 - "Ways of the Badass"

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE		 5

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 6

- Room 231  (Library booked Cotey)

-  MIDTERM

- Midterm Outline and Essay Questions

- Midterm Essay Upload by
noon (MOODLE)
 
Homework:
 1) Great Debates
2)  Study for Midterm:  Midterm Outline and Essay Questions		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
 1) Great Debates
2)  Study for Midterm:  Midterm Outline and Essay Questions		 Homework:
1) Great Debates
2)  Study for Midterm:  Midterm Outline and Essay Questions  - Midterm Essay Upload by
noon tomorrow (MOODLE)		 Homework:
 1) Great Debates
2)  Study for Midterm:  Midterm Outline and Essay Questions
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PA Day
 10

- Guest Speaker:  Robert Wager

- Age of Social Change 



 		 11

- Great Debates LIBRARY

- Great Debates Format

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric

- Great Debates:  HELPFUL HINTS
 		 12

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE		 13

- Prime Minister's Award Presentation

-  Great Debates LIBRARY (tentative- laptops)

- Great Debates Format

- Groups and Schedule


- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric

- Great Debates:  HELPFUL HINTS
  Homework:
1) Great Debates
 		 Homework:
1) Great Debates 		Homework:
1) Great Debates 		Homework:
1) Great Debates
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- Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric		 17

- Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric
 		 18

- Spotlight:  Prejudice and Discrimination

- Video 1:  Psychological Dispositions in Black & White
(9 min)

- Video 2:  Evil: What Makes People Go Wrong?  (23 min)

- Video 3:  What Would You Do:  Racism in America - Part 1 (6:30 min)

- Video 4:  What Would You Do:  Racism in America - Part 2  (7 min)

- Textbook (read pages 288-296 and answer questions 1,2,3 on page 296)

- Remaining time:  work on debates

 - Interesting article by Bill Cosby:  "We Cannot Blame the White People Any Longer"
 		 19

- Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric
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- Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

- Great Debates Rubric
Homework:
1) Great Debates 		Homework:
1) Great Debates 		Homework:
1)Great Debates 		Homework:
1)Great Debates  		 Homework:
1)Great Debates
 
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- Great Debates

- Groups and Schedule

- Great Debates Format

 - Great Debates Rubric
 		 24

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 25

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 8 - "Gangstas, Thugs, and Husltas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music"

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE		 26

-FIELD TRIP-  ROM

 		 27

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE
 
Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)
30

- Identifying Prejudice and   
  Discrimination

- Movie:  American History X

 		        
Homework:
1)		        

December 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

- Movie:  American History X

 - Reminder:  Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric

 		 2

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 9 -
"The Story of a Snitch"  

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE		 3

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE		 4

PA Day
  Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)		  
7


- Movie:  Cry Freedom

- Reminder:  Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
 		 8


 - Movie:  Cry Freedom

- Reminder:  Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
 		 9

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 10
 "The Kingdom in the Closet"  -

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 10

- Ms Williams:  Lesson

- World Conflicts

- Globalization

 -  Genocide		 11

- SUPER-DEBATES  (period 4 and 5)
Homework:
1)  		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1) 		Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)
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- Ms Williams:  Lesson



 		 15


- Ms Williams:  Lesson- Ms Williams:  Lesson		 16

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion11
 "Looking for the Barbarians"  

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE		 17

- Ms Williams:  Lesson		 18

- DUE DATE:     Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
 
Homework:
1)Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric		 Homework:
1)Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric		 Homework:
1)Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
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Christmas Break
 22

Christmas Break		 23

Christmas Break		 24

Christmas Break		 25

Christmas Break
         
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Christmas Break
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Christmas Break		 30

Christmas Break		 31

Christmas Break		  
         

January 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
        1

Christmas Break
         
4

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics
 		 5

- Library

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 6

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 12 - MAKE UP RTD (leaders to be determined)

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 7



- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 8

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE
Homework:
1) work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment
 
11

- Library

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 12

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 13

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 14

- Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 15

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE

- PAPER DUE:  Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment
 
Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment		 Homework:
1)work on Social Scientist Experiment
 
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- PANEL DISCUSSIONS:  Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics
 		 19

- PANEL DISCUSSIONS:  Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 20

- PANEL DISCUSSIONS:  Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 21

- PANEL DISCUSSIONS:  Course Culminating Activity:  Social Scientist Experiment

- Rubrics		 22

- Exam Review
Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)		 Homework:
1)
 
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Exams
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Exams		 27

Exams		 28

Exams		 29

Exams
         


August/September 2009
 
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
31 1

- Welcome  

- Course Outline

 - Rules and Expectations

- Markville History Website Tour

- Moodle

- Class Discussion:  Social Experiment

- 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies

- Social Experiment
 		 2

- Class Discussion:  What is Culture?

- Class Activity:  Create your own "Rant" & present

- "The Rant" - link
                  
- "Lost Generation" - link
 		 3

- Course overview:  Branches of Social Sciences

- Social Sciences Applications:  Scenarios

- What Motivates You?

- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

- Intro:  Who Am I?

- External Evaluations- WORD FORMAT


 		 4

- Intro to Anthropology
 

- Lecture:  Anthropology PowerPoint Presentation

-  Introduce Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE

 - Work period:  Who Am I?


 
  Homework:
1) join Moodle class		 Homework:
1) join Moodle class		 Homework:
1) work on Who Am I? 		Homework:
1) work on Who Am I? (external evaluations and find pictures of yourself)
7

Holiday
 8


 - Sign up-  Friday Discussions SCHEDULE  (first come, first serve)

-  Room 231

- Work period:  Who Am I? 		9

- Intro to Round Table Discussions

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE


 - Distribute textbooks
- Lecture:  Psychology PowerPoint Presentation

 		 10

- Library:  Who Am I?


 		 11

- Room 231

- Work period:  Who Am I?

- Review:  Lesson on  Sociology PowerPoint Presentation
 
  Homework:
1) work on Who Am I?
 		 Homework:
1) work on Who Am I? 		Homework:
1) Read through Sociology PowerPoint Presentation
2)  work on Who Am I? 		Homework:
1) work on Who Am I?
14


- Room 231

- Work Period:  Who Am I?






 		 15

- Movie - The God's Must be Crazy
 		 16

- Academic Article - Quiz

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

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE

 		 17

- Movie -The God's Must be Crazy

- Debrief Movie

- Last 20 minutes- presentation to class for Friday Discussion (group leaders- Tiff, Iris, Hannah)
 		 18

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE

- Due Date:  Who Am I? (upload to Moodle)

 
Homework:
1) work on Who Am I? 		Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)work on Who Am I? 		Homework:
1) work on Who Am I?  due tomorrow		 Homework:
1) study for quiz on Tuesday
 
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- Reminder:  Friday Discussion & Guest Speaker

-  Intro:   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

- Bob Dylan:  The Times they are A Changin' (song & lyrics)

- Groups:  Gender Themes

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)

 		 22

- Library

- Work period:   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

- Groups:  Gender Themes

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)


 		 23

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 2- "Where Do The Mermaids Stand?

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 24

- Room 231-  Unit 1 Quiz (multiple choice / short answer)   (Anthro-Psych-Sociology)

-  Room 234

- Movie:  Pleasantville

-Intro:  Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
 		 25

PA Day
Homework:
1) study for quiz tomorrow (15 multiple choice; 1 short answer) based on
- Anthropology PowerPoint
- Psychology PowerPoint
- Sociology PowerPoint		 Homework:
1) ead article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment
2) complete "Gender Roles Survey" and upload it to Moodle		 Homework:
1)work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment		  
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- Room 231

- Intro:  Photostory

- Work period:   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

- Peer Assessment (Moodle)

- Groups:  Gender Themes

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)

- (last 30 minutes) Movie:  Pleasantville
 		 29

- Room 231

- Work period:   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

- Groups:  Gender Themes

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)

- (last 30 minutes) Movie:  Pleasantville		 30

- Academic Article -Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 3- "The Curse of Masculinity"

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE
 		    
Homework:
1)work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1) work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment		    

October 2009
 
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
      1

- Room 231 (Library booked):   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)


 		 2

- Finish and debrief movie:  Pleasantville

- Discuss:  Gender Roles Survey

- Movie clips:  Mona Lisa Smile

 
      Homework:
1) work on Social Change: Gender Roles In Society Assignment		 Homework:
1) work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment
5

- Room 231

- Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

Exemplars (photostory)
- Ancient Greece  (gr. 11)
- Obama  (gr. 11)


 		 6

-  Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE

 - DUE DATE (upload to Moodle):  Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment
 		 7

- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 4- "Why Women Married Men"

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE
 		 8


-Presentations:   Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment

- Discuss:  Gender Roles Survey

- Results:  Gender Roles Survey

 		 9

- Reminder:  Reflection for Gender Roles In Society Assignment  (NOTE:  all photostorys are posted on moodle)

-  Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE
 
Homework:
1)work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment		 Homework:
1) Read article for Wednesday - Round Table discussion		 Homework:
1)work on Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment		 Homework:
1)  Complete Peer Assessment for Gender Roles Assignment (on moodle)		 Homework:
1)Complete Peer Assessment for Gender Roles Assignment (on moodle)
12

Holiday		 13


- DUE DATE:  Reflection (Step 3) for Gender Roles In Society Assignment  (NOTE:  all photostorys are posted on moodle)

-  Finish presentations:  Social Change:   Gender Roles In Society Assignment
-Lesson  (Ms. Williams):  Alienation and Conformity

- Task:  Alienation and Conformity

- Movie:  Crash
 		 14


- Room 231

- Movie:   Crash		 15


 - Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 5 - "The Mystery of Marriage"

- Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE


 		 16

- Friday Discussion & Guest Speaker

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE

- DUE DATE:  Task:  Alienation and Conformity (moodle)
  Homework:
1) Task:  Alienation and Conformity		 Homework:
1)  Task:   Alienation and Conformity		 Homework:
1)  Task:   Alienation and Conformity		 Homework:
1)Task:   Alienation and Conformity
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- Room 231

- Lesson:   Forces of Social Change

 - Intro:  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change

 - Finish movie:   Crash

- Debrief movie:  Social Science Film Analysis and Rubric
 		 20




- Academic Article - Quiz

- Round Table Discussion 6 - "Violence in the Family"  

 - Round Table Discussions SCHEDULE		 21


- Room 231


 - Work period:  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change
 		 22

- Friday Discussions & Guest Speaker!

- Friday Discussions SCHEDULE		 23

- Room 231

- Work period: Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change

-DUE DATE:  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change

 
Homework:
1)  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change		 Homework:
1) Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change		 Homework:
1)  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change		 Homework:
1)  Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change		 Homework:
1) Concept Map:  Factors of Social Change
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Break Week
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Break Week		 28

Break Week		 29

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Break Week