tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76531820970963897552024-03-12T20:42:07.903-04:00Teaching High School SociologyThis blog is for ideas related to teaching Sociology at the high school level written from a teacher's perspective.Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-70630695963776822952016-06-14T12:45:00.001-04:002016-06-14T12:45:07.135-04:00A Conversation Starter for Your Race Unit<a href="http://www.colorlines.com/articles/watch-kerry-washington-and-aziz-ansari-trade-racist-casting-horror-stories" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.colorlines.com/articles/watch-kerry-washington-and-aziz-ansari-trade-racist-casting-horror-stories" target="_blank">Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari Swap Racist Casting Stories</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00820274225094788650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-34439446853075289802016-06-14T12:34:00.002-04:002016-06-14T12:40:27.404-04:00StoryCorps in the Sociology ClassroomI love a good story. Don't we all love a good story? This is why StoryCorps is my favorite podcast. I am so excited to begin the conversation of how we can integrate it into our classrooms.<br />
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StoryCorps reminds me of Humans of New York because it displays raw emotion from real people and real relationships in a small glimpse of these people's lives. These short stories serve as a great free supplemental resource for our Sociology class.</div>
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Due to the diversity of stories they have recorded, there are limitless ways to incorporate this resource into your classroom. By searching <a href="https://storycorps.org/listen/" target="_blank">their website</a> by theme, you could find a story/podcast to introduce almost any of our units. (The transcripts of each podcast are also available for each story.) Hearing these short podcasts, from real people could make our course come alive for our students, they can help our students relate to our content, and is an excellent way for students to apply their sociological imaginations!</div>
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Here as an example of how you could use a podcast:</h3>
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<a href="https://storycorps.org/listen/willie-harris-and-alex-brown-160226/" target="_blank">You could use this story</a> about two black men who moved to Hollywood in the 1960s to become stuntmen to begin a discussion about the history of race, or the state of racism in different industries, or to connect current issues to the race unit (2016 Academy Awards).</div>
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Another idea is you could assign your students to record an interview with someone important in their lives, like <a href="http://blog.ted.com/how-stories-can-transform-a-classroom-storycorps-interviews-affect-both-students-and-teachers/" target="_blank">Ms. Mieliwocki did</a>. After listening to various podcasts throughout the course, it would be very empowering to "hand over the mic" to our students and to allow them to uncover powerful stories in their community. (Official project write up will be in the Google Drive folder before school starts.)</div>
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Corbett analyzes race, identity, poverty, culture, gun violence, and adolescence in a way I have never read before. Some parts of the book were hard for me to read due to the abhorrent nature of the ideology examined. That said, I believe this is a necessary book for all psychology and sociology teachers to help us understand the role that culture plays in our personal and collective lives. After so many years of teaching experience, I learned to look at education and my students through a new lens after reading this book.<br />
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A psychologist's gripping, troubling, and moving exploration of the brutal murder of a possibly transgender middle school student by an eighth grade classmate On Feb. 12, 2008, at E. O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot and killed his classmate, Larry King, who had recently begun to call himself "Leticia" and wear makeup and jewelry to school. Profoundly shaken by the news, and unsettled by media coverage that sidestepped the issues of gender identity and of race integral to the case, psychologist Ken Corbett traveled to LA to attend the trial. As visions of victim and perpetrator were woven and unwoven in the theater of the courtroom, a haunting picture emerged not only of the two young teenagers, but also of spectators altered by an atrocity and of a community that had unwittingly gestated a murder. Drawing on firsthand observations, extensive interviews and research, as well as on his decades of academic work on gender and sexuality, Corbett holds each murky facet of this case up to the light, exploring the fault lines of memory and the lacunae of uncertainty behind facts. Deeply compassionate, and brimming with wit and acute insight, A Murder Over a Girl is a riveting and stranger-than-fiction drama of the human psyche.</blockquote>
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On February 12, 2008 in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney and the rest of his eighth grade class walked to the computer lab with their teacher, Dawn Boldrin. As his classmates typed their history papers, Brandon quietly stood and shot 15-year-old Larry King—who for just two weeks had been wearing traditionally female accessories and identifying as “Leticia”—twice in the head. Larry died in the hospital two days later. Psychologist Ken Corbett was unsettled by the media coverage that sidestepped the issues of gender identity and race, and went to California to attend the trial. In his new book, A MURDER OVER A GIRL, Corbett, a leading expert on gender and masculinity, details the case, and all the social issues still littering the American landscape eight years later. The brutal murder begged the question: How this could happen? Ellen DeGeneres spoke out; Newsweek and The Advocate ran cover stories. Once again, a “normal boy” like Brandon had taken a gun into a school and killed another student in cold blood. But others, still, wondered: How could this not happen? In many ways this was a “perfect storm” of race, poverty, gun violence, and gender identity fueled by ignorance and fear. Brandon had been raised by drug-addicted parents. His mother shot his father days before their wedding, and his father later shot his mother in front of him. His home was a veritable culture of guns. Larry’s birth mother was a 15-year-old drug addicted prostitute. He had recently been removed from his adoptive parents’ home after reporting abuse. Larry identified as gay from the age of 10, and by 15 had realized he was a girl. He wore makeup and stilettos to school with his uniform and had asked the boy who would be his killer to be his valentine. Brandon says he was being sexually harassed by Larry and sought peace the only way he knew how. Eight years later, the citizens of this country have yet to get on the same page on so many of the major issues at play: gender identity; sexual and racial equality; gun control; drug laws. Neither experts nor lawmakers nor voters can come to a consensus, and yet, teachers—most of whom have received no training in any of these areas—are thrust to the forefront in the classroom.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology website</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-23562426024245090562016-04-23T15:32:00.000-04:002016-06-14T12:38:34.543-04:00Introductions and A Call for InputWelcome back to the Teaching High School Sociology Blog. My name is Caitlin McGrew and I will be taking over this blog, from Chuck (thank you, Chuck!). I currently teach at Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio. Similar to Chuck, I plan to share resources and lessons so we can have an online community where we can connect, collaborate, maintain an updated curriculum, and continue to grow as Sociology teachers.<br />
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One space I plan to use to collaborate is a <a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-lDmPrgG9vzekw3Q0FHc3Z2bGM&usp=drive_web" target="_blank">Google Drive folder </a>in which I will store files I blog about, and other resources that are high quality for you to implement in your classroom. If you have a lesson or resource you wish to add to the folder, please email it to thssblog@gmail.com.<br />
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I hope to also include book and video reviews that are pertinent to our content, and appropriate for our students.<br />
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If you have a topic you are interested in reading about, a weak area in your course you want to improve, or resources you want reviewed, please send me an email at thssblog@gmail.com.<br />
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To conclude, here is a little background information about me: I have been teaching for 3 years in central Ohio, and I am originally from Northeast Ohio. I have taught World History, Sociology, Geography, and AP Psychology. I have presented at various local and state conferences on topics including the Flipped Classroom, Google Apps, and Mastery Learning. Thank you for reading my first blog post, and for joining me as we transition ownership of the THSS blog!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00820274225094788650noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-71425433516389529912015-08-02T16:46:00.001-04:002015-08-02T16:59:41.710-04:00First Day Activities for Sociology<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few teachers contacted me over the summer and one asked about starting the year with a "Bang!" Here is a copy of the email plus some additions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These are quizzes for understanding the culture of and understanding the knowledge of different social classes. Great stuff </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.sociology.org.uk/lpsocsoc.pdf">http://www.sociology.org.uk/lpsocsoc.pdf</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.lessonplanet.com/article/teacher-resources/ice-breakers-and-first-day-activities">http://www.lessonplanet.com/article/teacher-resources/ice-breakers-and-first-day-activities</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/everythings-amazing-nobodys-happy-social-change-ice-breaker">http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/everythings-amazing-nobodys-happy-social-change-ice-breaker</a><br />
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I did a quick search and discovered this article which cites a dozen examples, several that have pictures. I know kids are young and make mistakes. But these make me sick. This article could be great for a discussion on group decision-making, prejudice, stereotypes and so much more.<br />
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The more I learn about people, the more optimistic I am. Then something like this happens and I get discouraged. I could make a list of hundreds of recent events that detail poor behavior on the part of white people. As a white person, it grieves me that anyone thinks like these young men or their counterparts around the nation and world. As a teacher, I am constantly trying to fight the good fight to raise awareness about structural racism, discrimination, harmful attitudes, intergroup relations, and more. <br />
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So frustrating. Each day in the classroom gives me hope though.<br />
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Those with stars fancied themselves better than the others and excluded those without stars from their social gatherings. Those with stars also had stereotypes about those without. This led to discrimination, name calling, and social shunning. Along comes an inventor who can put stars on those without. Conflict ensues when the originals with stars feel the need to change once all Sneetches had stars--they needed some visible identifier for in- and out-group labeling.<br />
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Then the inventor who took the stars off the original star-bellied Sneetches. They reclassified the status of both kinds of bellies.<br />
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This new designation leads to chaos as both groups end up adding and subtracting the stars so that everything gets messed up from the original grouping. No identifiers work for in- and out-group designations.<br />
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Lessons are learned and the scam artist leaves.<br />
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I found this as a video file that I received from Amy Jones at a conference a few years ago. I am still sifting through all the amazing resources she shared.<br />
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This video is called, "The Crayola Monologues." It is sharable for all ages, but especially great for social psychology and prejudice/bigotry issues. To be honest, I love this video. The artist who created it can be found at this link: <a href="http://www.nathangibbs.com/crayola-monologues/">http://www.nathangibbs.com/crayola-monologues/</a>. This page contains lengthy commentary and exploration of color, race, and ethnicities and issues surrounding these ideas in our society.<br />
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The article compares the memoirs of the two young women. One of my former students wrote this in response:<br />
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<span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713503900380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713503900380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">I've been trying to write out why this article bothers me, and I feel like I just can't put my finger on it. What do we gain by comparing these two women this way? What point was this article trying to make? That Bristol Palin is a moron? Do they just </span></span><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713503900380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713503900380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713503900380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">want to make fun of someone who clearly isn't doing well? Bristol Palin was mocked by an entire nation for something that happens to teenagers all the time. She has been and apparently still is being used as a political tool, and as fodder for gossip. So what if she wrote a book about it? Why does her story have to be compared to Malala's? Why can't we discuss it as someone coming to terms with, I don't know, being bullied by an entire country, feeling like she has to justify her life? Or does the article just want to make her look like a dumb white girl? I found this article to be INCREDIBLY petty.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713989230380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713989230380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">As I was reading it, while Bristol was the main target, she remains for me, the personification of the ugly and narcissistic American. She has made various choices to put herself in the media eye after her mother did so. She is damaged and easily mad</span></span><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713989230380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713989230380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".51.1:3:1:$comment10152712975690380_10152713989230380:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">e fun of. That said, she is emblematic of Americans and how immature we are. Was she the comparison? Yes. Has Malala gotten a lot of press for her amazing acts of courage? Yes. Are they incredibly different? Yes. I see one as the ideal and one as the clown in terms of what we expect from our young people. Bristol is the caricature of American teens--uneducated, stupid, pregnant, beer-drinking, etc. Malala is who we aspire to be. What better way to see he difference than with a side by side comparison. I understand your issue with the article, but understood it in a different way.</span></span></span></blockquote>
Perhaps a dissection or discussion of this kind of article would be appropriate for a gender or sociology class.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-67473486925633610302014-10-22T09:00:00.000-04:002014-10-22T09:00:06.517-04:00Emotions, Language, and the UntranslatableThis is a cross-post to both the Teaching High School Sociology and Psychology Blogs. This chart shows primary emotions and the less-used words that are related. The chart also offers us some untranslatable nuanced terms that are found in other, non-English languages.<br />
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It is an infographic that I found from Mental Floss at this address:<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-275408172063454832014-10-21T09:00:00.000-04:002014-10-21T09:00:06.926-04:00New Epithet for Whites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was catching up on some inline reading and discovered this little gem. The article is about a new possible epithet for whites. The term itself has been around for a while, but not in the racial epithet context.<br />
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<b>"Douchebag: The White Racial Slur We've All Been Waiting For"</b><br />
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I am not sure if it would be usable for the high school class--many communities would take issue with the language used, but it provides a great deal of context for those at the college level and adults in general.<br />
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The article examines different terms in history, both for whites and non-whites. It's just a really good overview that makes a case for this term. Great fodder for discussion.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-7079228064369182382014-10-20T17:23:00.001-04:002014-10-20T17:23:56.875-04:00Return to Posting-Several Articles of NoteIt has been far too long. I will endeavor to return to posting regularly on this blog. <br />
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Here are links to a couple of recent articles that could easily be tied into any sociology class.<br />
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<b>Why Poor Kids Do Not Stay in College</b><br />
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This link has the interactive graphic:<br />
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<b>Poor Kids Who Do Everything Right Still Don't Do Better Than Rich Kids Who Do Everything Wrong</b><br />
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another good article on stratification and inequalities in our current economic system<br />
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<b>Sexy Halloween Costumes that Barely Resemble Their Real-Life Counterparts</b><br />
<a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/10/20/6850441/sexy-halloween-costumes-vs-the-real-life-objects-they-barely-resemble">http://www.vox.com/2014/10/20/6850441/sexy-halloween-costumes-vs-the-real-life-objects-they-barely-resemble</a><br />
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<b>San Francisco Radio "Bans" Lorde song Royals until after the World Series. </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/19/lorde-royals-san-francisco-radio-stations_n_6010806.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/19/lorde-royals-san-francisco-radio-stations_n_6010806.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063</a><br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-73276823586890733402013-08-25T13:16:00.001-04:002013-08-25T13:16:42.929-04:0011 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures: An InfographicThe original version of this topic was posted here at <a href="http://dailyinfographic.com/11-untranslatable-words-from-other-cultures-infographic?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DailyInfographic+%28Daily+Infographic%29">Daily Infographic</a>. I love language, it phonemes and morphemes, it grammar and syntax. Puns are a huge part of my life. But this infographic does what one of my favorite books does, take cool words from other tongues that do not have English correlates. Just fun words that can tell us about the values of various cultures.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-35201850500947053302013-05-01T11:07:00.005-04:002013-05-01T11:07:51.390-04:00Everyday SexismIn the recent past, I've discovered a Twitter feed with the handle, "@EverydaySexism." The feed <br />
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I recommend checking out the sites and sharing responses with your students to get their interpretations. Perhaps a pre-brief may be necessary as some of the content is quite graphic and the ideas may help long-held-in frustrations boil to the surface in class. Still very worthwhile.<br />
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<a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/37157/everyday-sexism-project-launches-in-usa-to-give-women-a-voice">http://www.policymic.com/articles/37157/everyday-sexism-project-launches-in-usa-to-give-women-a-voice</a><br />
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When it comes to giving young women a voice, we as sociology teachers must assist. We also have an obligation to guide our young men into appropriate behavior.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-17671065587609639522013-03-17T23:30:00.002-04:002013-03-17T23:34:02.622-04:00Rape Culture Part 2This link was shared with me about the CNN coverage of the rape case in Ohio. I posted my thoughts above the link from rawstory.com<br />
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<span class="messageBody" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;">This is part of the rape culture I was speaking about earlier. The boys' lives are ruined, yes. They made choices. What about the young woman whose life was forever altered because our society says it's ok to rape a drunk girl? She got drunk--perhaps deserved a hangover, not being raped. Avoiding expletives while typing--this really angers me.</span></h5>
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My FB friends also had these items to say:<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">Too bad they got away with only being charged as juveniles.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">I quit a "frat" that was like this. Right there in Ohio. It was so filthy and objectified the ladies so much. I have NEVER seen anything like it before or since. And I'm not Mr. Straight Arrow. Even today I like to party sometimes. It was hhhhHORRIBLE. This kind of stuff should be SNUFFED OUT FOR EVVVER!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">Reading that was so sad. I hope everyone involved (coach included) has to face a fitting consequence. Also, where were any adults during this? There's alcohol, driving around (with or without alcohol?), a drunk girl that no one seems to account for until the next day... Sad.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">Very true- it's not an issue about women or men, it's an issue within our society and culture that needs to be changed. I think because it's such a "bad" topic though, it's only gonna get pushed aside because people don't want to admit that it is something that is wrong within our culture (something wrong with us?? Never!). More awareness is a good start.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">Chuck- do K-12 programs ever address this? I'm not saying play parents...but currently K-12 have programs about drinking and driving, drugs, etc. Seems to be a good way to address some problems in a rape culture.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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So these are some issues that need to be out there and confronted in our classrooms. I've always been fortunate enough to teach in schools that allow me to ask my students questions. I doubt that everyone could do this, but it is worth a shot. I will endeavor to follow up on this issue with more resources.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I invite you to participate in a workshop on teaching sociology in high school. The workshop is sponsored by the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA), the American Sociological Association’s Section on Teaching and Learning, the Indiana Council for the Social Studies, and the Valparaiso University Department of Sociology and Criminology in Indiana. The NCSA has offered this workshop almost every year since 1991, and its design and content have been shaped by feedback from previous participants. It includes discussion of important curricular and pedagogical issues high school teachers face. Participants are introduced to the services of the Teaching Resources Center at the American Sociological Association and are given opportunities to network with other high school sociology teachers and professors of college level courses. You will leave the room with dozens of teaching strategies for your sociology course, but many of them are applicable to courses on government, history, or psychology as well.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The workshop is scheduled for Friday, April 5th, at the Crowne Plaza in Historic Union Station in Indianapolis, IN. It will begin at 8:30 AM and conclude by 3:30 PM. Registration is $100 for those who pre-register by March 22nd or $125 at the door. Registration includes lunch, provides you with several ready-to-go lessons and enables you to participate in the larger sociology conference. A certificate for earning continuing education credits (variously named in each of the adjacent states) will be available, though application but must be initiated through your own school system if you want continuing education credits.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enclosed you will find a description of the workshop, a registration form, and a tentative workshop agenda.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the workshop, you are invited to participate in the rest of the annual meeting events, which run through Saturday evening. There are both presentations of research findings by sociologists from across the midwest and sessions on various aspects of teaching sociology.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We hope to hear from you! If you do not teach sociology yourself, please pass these materials on to a colleague who does. Thanks!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cordially,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lissa J. Yogan, Ph.D. Co-Organizer <wbr></wbr> Debra Swanson, Ph.D. Co- Organizer<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Associate Professor of Sociology, Valparaiso University Professor of Sociology, Hope College<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Contact: <a href="tel:219%2F%20464-6998" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+12194646998">219/ 464-6998</a> </span><a href="mailto:Lissa.Yogan@valpo.edu" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lissa.Yogan@valpo.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <wbr></wbr> Contact: <a href="tel:616%2F395-7951" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+16163957951">616/395-7951</a> </span><a href="mailto:swansond@hope.edu" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">swansond@hope.edu</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinghighschoolsociology/">The Teaching High School Sociology web site</a>Chuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-72812296546429855242013-02-04T13:08:00.000-05:002013-02-04T13:08:26.138-05:00Bullying as a Rational Choice<br />
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<a href="http://dna.brainblogger.com/wp-content/themes/bb2/images/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="68" src="http://dna.brainblogger.com/wp-content/themes/bb2/images/logo.png" width="400" /></a>Over the weekend I was reading through my Facebook feed--a title really jumped out at me: "Bullying: A Rational Choice." Having a friend who teaches economics, I hear the term "rational choice" quite a bit, as that is apparently how economists view choices people make for their economic models. <br />
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Anyway, I read through the blog post and it stunned me. There is a compelling argument that is made about the origins of bullying and how it represents a social bonding experience related to conformity (increasing oxytocin), in-groups and out-groups. Fascinating. I would imagine that sharing such an article with your kids would yield some insights as well. There are some amazing sociological connections in relation to groups and group dynamics in the article.<br />
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Bullying Post: <a href="http://brainblogger.com/2013/02/01/bullying-a-rational-choice/">http://brainblogger.com/2013/02/01/bullying-a-rational-choice/</a><br />
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posted by Chuck SchallhornChuck Schallhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702026786146260724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653182097096389755.post-27009939260572265182013-01-30T16:45:00.000-05:002013-01-30T16:45:00.359-05:00Social Isolation-One Family's Story<br />
<a href="http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Lykov-family-cabin-Lost-in-the-Taiga-500x363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Lykov-family-cabin-Lost-in-the-Taiga-500x363.jpg" width="400" /></a>You have a belief system and way of life that makes you distrust outsiders due to a political purge. You live a harsh life in the forest and scavenge daily to feed yourself and your family of 5. Without hunting or building equipment, you figure out how to create a "home" and hunt barefoot in the snow but mostly eat grasses, berries and bark. The only people you've seen for 40 years are your family members. How do you react to strangers and the new innovations they bring? Would you embrace or reject the things and ideas they brought?<br />
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A student sent me a link to this article recently. It's from Smithsonian Magazine about a family in remote Russia that was so far removed from society for over 40 years that they were not even aware that World War II had occurred. I will not attempt to do the story justice here, just check out the article. There is also a link to a Russian documentary about their lives at the end of the article.<br />
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<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html</a><br />
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