SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 9-13

Monday, November 9, 2009

SCRIPT DAY. Discuss and assign scripts.

Narrative scripts due on Dec 7.
Documentary scripts due on January 15

HW. Make sure you have read, “Rise and Decline of the Teenager”

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

1. Lecture: History of Adolescence
2. Theories of Adolescence
3. Finish discussion on “The Self” from Big Questions

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veteran’s Day. No School.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM

Friday, November 13, 2009

LITERATURE MIDTERM.


CINEMATOGRAPHY PAPERS ARE DUE ON NOVEMBER 16, 2009. THAT’S NEXT TUESDAY!

MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET

For the sociology portion of the midterm, review sheet is available here.

The Sociology midterm will be on Thursday, November 12, 2009. It is a late arrival, so the midterm will cover both periods.

SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 3-6

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

1. Collect treatments. Discuss papers.
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye and Good Will Hunting

Cinematography papers due on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

1. Lecture: Theories of Socialization
2. What is “the Self?” Discuss self chapter in Big Questions

Thursday, November 5, 2009

1. Continue discussing “the Self”
2. Vietnam Veterans in Theater

Friday, November 6, 2009

1. Watch adolescent social "engineering" films: Social Acceptability and Habit Patterns
2. Lecture: Adolescence

Read, "Rise and Decline of the Teenager"

MIDTERMS ARE NEXT FRIDAY. Period 6---Sociology (Multiple choice format) Period 7---English, in class essay format.

SCHEDULE OCTOBER 19-23

Monday, October 19, 2009

1. Discuss advertisements: What can you learn about the 1950s from the ads?
2. Lecture: The Things We Do For Beauty
3. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Chapters 7-9 in Catcher in the Rye

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

1. Lecture: A History of Beauty
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Chapters 10-12 in Catcher in the Rye

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1. Lecture: Reality v. Hyper-reality
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Chapters 13-15 in Catcher in the Rye

Thursday, October 15, 2009

1. Read, “Ozzie and Harriet” from The Way We Never Were. Start in class. Finish reading guide for Monday
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Chapters 16-19 in Catcher in the Rye. Quiz TOMORROW.

Friday, October 16, 2009

1. Quiz over Catcher in the Rye
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Chapters 20-22 in Catcher in the Rye.
Complete reading guide for “Ozzie and Harriet”

SCHEDULE OCTOBER 13-16

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

1. Finish Literary Criticism discussion
2. Start Catcher in the Rye
3. Lecture: Types of Documentaries

Read Catcher in the Rye, chapters 1-2

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1. Intro to Values in Advertising: The 1950s
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Proposal for MIKS due TOMORROW
Read Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 3-4

Thursday, October 15, 2009

1. 1950s Magazine Advertisement Activity
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye

Read Catcher in the Rye chapters 5-6 for Monday

Friday, October 16, 2009

1. Discuss advertisements
2. Lecture: The Painful Cost of Beauty

Cinematography proposal for JANU due on MONDAY
Have read by Monday Chapters 5-6 in Catcher in the Rye

SCHEDULE OCTOBER 5-9

Monday, October 5, 2009

1. Discuss and Assign the CAT Film Project
2. Introduction to Literary Criticism

Group assignment sheet due on Wednesday

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

1. Intro to the 1950s
2. Lecture: What is Culture?
3. Literary Criticism

Group assignment sheet due tomorrow

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

1. Film Project Day: Discuss and assign treatments
2. Literary Criticism

FILM TREATMENT IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 3

Thursday, October 8, 2009 LATE

1. Lecture: Socialization
2. Literary Criticism

Friday, October 9, 2009

1. Values and Advertising
2. Analyze advertisements from 1950s magazines

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

1. Finish watching Citizen Kane. Discuss.
2. What makes a good discussion? Brainstorm topics.

Come up with some questions for tomorrow’s graded discussion.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

1. Putting it all Together: Graded discussion over The Wall, Citizen Kane and everything we’ve done since the beginning of the year. Open notes/book. Bring everything to the table.
2. Literary Criticism #1

Thursday, October 1, 2009

1. Film Study: Camera Movement
2. Literary Criticism #2

Friday, October 2, 2009

1. Finish Camera Movement lecture.
2. Assign “Cinematography and Content” essay. Paper proposal due in two weeks.

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 21-25

Monday, September 21, 2009

1. Pink Floyd The Wall Discussion in groups
2. Watch the deleted scene “Hey You”
3. Class discussion of The Wall imagery

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

1. Lecture: Introduction to Citizen Kane
2. Read, Roger Ebert “Citizen Kane” essay
3. Citizen Kane: The Capitalist Manifesto

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

1. Film Study: Camera Movement, part 1
2. Capitalism today---Is greed good?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

1. Film Study: Camera Movement, part 2
2. Watch first scene of Citizen Kane. Analyze as a class.

Friday, September 25, 2009

1. Watch Citizen Kane

Next week we will be having a graded discussion for Pink Floyd The Wall and Citizen Kane.

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 14-18

Monday, September 14, 2009

1. Quiz: Introduction to Sociology
2. Lecture/discussion: Carl Jung

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

1. Film Study: The History of Film
2. “The Great Train Robbery” plus reading

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

1. Film Study: Film Basics
2. Film reading and discussion

Thursday, September 17, 2009

1. The Wall: What to look for
2. Begin watching Pink Floyd’s The Wall

Friday, September 18, 2009

1. Continue watching Pink Floyd’s The Wall

Take notes and look for symbols and meaning. You will be breaking down the film in a graded discussion next week.

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 7-11, 2009

Tuesday, September 7, 2009

1. Lecture: Putting it all together: The Sociological Theories, Part 1
2. Big Questions: Sartre

Wednesday, September 8, 2009

1. Lecture: Putting it all together: The Sociological Theories, Part 2
2. Begin “The Sociology of the Beatles”
3. Big Questions: Adam Smith

Thursday, September 10, 2009

1. “Sociology of the Beatles”
2. Big Questions: Nietzsche

Friday, September 11, 2009

1. Discuss Beatles songs
2. Go over Reading Guide
3. Discussion: Essay Writing

TEST OVER UNIT 1: ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

2009 Parent Movie Notice

Every year, we include many films in our analysis of American culture. These films are iconic in nature and reflect historical and/or sociological realities of American culture. Consequently, many of the films we will be watching have been rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Parents will be receiving a letter home listing the R-rated films that we will be analyzing in class. A copy of that letter can be found here.

The films we watch are for the sole purpose of a critical examination of American culture.

SCHEDULE AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

PHILOSOPHER WEEK

Monday, August 31, 2009

1. Lecture: Karl Marx
2. Big Questions: Hedonism and Epicurus


Tuesday, September 1, 2009

1. Lecture: Max Weber
2. Big Questions: Aristotle

Homework: Read Chapter 1 (handout) from Understanding Sociology. Complete reading guide for Friday.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

1. Lecture: Emile Durkheim
2. Big Questions: Emmanuel Kant

HW: Continue working on reading guide

Thursday, September 3, 2009

1. Lecture: Sigmund Freud
2. Big Questions: John Stuart Mill

HW: Reading guide due tomorrow. Anything late is ½ off!

Friday, September 4, 2009

1. Putting it all together: The Sociological Theories
2. Big Questions: Nietzsche

SCHEDULE AUGUST 26-28, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

1. Intro to Course/ Course objectives
2. Lecture: What is Sociology

Homework, Read “The Promise” by C. Wright Mills. Be prepared to take a quiz over the reading tomorrow

Thursday, August 27, 2009

1. Quiz, “The Promise”
2. Discuss the reading
3. Discussion: “The Big Questions”

Friday, August 28, 2009

1. Introduction to Clifford Geertz
2. Thick description and cultural interpretation

Homework: Thick description assignment. Due Monday.