Monday, September 27, 2010

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 27- OCTOBER 1

Monday, September 27

Graded discussion:  The Dark Knight and The Wall

Tuesday, September 28

1.  Film Study:  Camera Movement
2.  Intro to Film Project (form groups)

Film Project Group Form due on Friday

Wednesday, September 29

1.  Citizen Kane prep
2.  Start watching Citizen Kane

Thursday, September 30

Continue watching Citizen Kane

Friday, October 1

1.  Collect film project group sheet
2.  Finish film.  Discuss.

Monday, September 20, 2010

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 20-24

Monday, September 20

1.  Lecture:  History of Film
2.  Dark Knight Discussion

Tuesday, September 21

1.  Lecture:  Finish, The History of Film
2.  Watch The Great Train Robbery.  Discuss
3.  Dark Knight Discussion

Wednesday, September 22

1.  Lecture:  Language of Film, Part1
2.  Pink Floyd's The Wall prep

Thursday, September 23

Watch Pink Floyd's The Wall

Friday, September 24

Finish Pink Floyd's The Wall.  Discuss.


Next week:  Graded Discussion for the two films.

Monday, September 13, 2010

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 13-17

Monday, September 13

1.  Beatles' Song Discussion.  In groups.
2.  Argumentation/Jung/Film prep

Tuesday, September 14

1.  Go over Ch 1 reading guide.  Discuss songs as class.  Prep for test.
2.  Film Prep

Wednesday, September 15

1.  Quiz:  Intro to Sociology
2.  Start watching The Dark Knight

Thursday, September 16

Film:  The Dark Knight

Friday, September 17

Film:  The Dark Knight plus discussion

Friday, September 10, 2010

REVIEW SHEET FOR SOCIOLOGY QUIZ--Wednesday, Sept 14

The sociology quiz will be based on the following items.  The questions will be taken from:

1.  Lecture    2.  Understanding Sociology, Chapter 1   3.  "The Promise" by C.Wright Mills

Know the following PEOPLE and their IDEAS.  This will be a matching section.  You will be using some of these people more than once.

Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Sigmund Freud
Adam Smith
Jeremy Bentham
C. Wright Mills
George H. Meade

TERMS: Know the basic definition and the theorist that came up with it.

Social structure
social action
Functional integration
Power
Culture
Sociological Imagination
Manifest function
Latent function
Solidarity, mechanical and organic
class consciousness
social consensus
Rational choice theory
Anomie
status groups
verstehen
alienation
invisible and visible hand
defense mechanisms

THEORIES:  This will be a matching section.  You will match the definition or description with the appropriate theory.

Conflict
Functionalist
Symbolic-Interactionist


There will also be a couple of extra credit Frank Sinatra questions (I am a huge fan).

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 7-10

Tuesday, September 7

1.  The Sociological Theories:  Putting it All Together
2.  Philosopher:  Emmanuel Kant

Test over Unit 1 (Sociology) next Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 8

1.  The Sociology of the Beatles
2.  Philosopher:  Sartre

Thursday, September 9

No school.  Happy New Year! Year 5771.

Friday, September 9

1.  Discuss Beatles songs and Theories
2.  Assign paper

Test on Tuesday.