Wednesday 30, What you missed.

We are watching Crash to end our discrimination unit.

There will be a character analysis that follows, so pay attention!

Tuesday 29, What you missed.

1. Reading guides.

2. Race discussion.

3. Race videos.

Monday 28, What you missed.

1. Gender podcast.

2. Weekly write.

3. Reading guide.

Tuesday 22, What you missed.

1. Took chapter 10 section 2 quiz.

2. Article.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving break everyone!(:

Monday 21, What you missed.

1. Thanksgiving podcast.

2. Thank you letters to favorite teacher.

3. Finished notes.

4.Finish definition sheet - don't forget to include examples.
*Quiz tomorrow-reading guides can be used.

Friday - November 18

Here is what you missed...
1.  Completed "The Great Debaters"
2.  Friday Article
3.  Character analysis

Thursday 17, What you missed.

Finished movie Great Debaters.

Wednesday 16, What you missed.

1. Reading guides - pg 247.

2. Movie - Great Debaters.

Tuesday 15, What you missed.

1. Reading logs.

2. Turn in information on racial discrimination.

3. Gender discrimination articles.

Monday 14, 2011

1. Reading Guides-Complete first three pages.

2. Notes (Get at lunch).

3. Jigsaw groups - discrimination;
 - article
- summary
- reaction
- graph

4.  Turn in reading guides tomorrow.

Friday 11, What you missed.

1. Newsletter due.

2. Section 1 quiz.

3. Reading guide due.

4. Video clips.
-Discrimination.

Patterns of minority group treatment

1.  Cultural pluralism - allows each group to keep its unique cultural identity  (salad bowl/America)

2.  Assimilation - blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group w a common culture and identity (melting pot...  1980s Bulgarian government  forced assimilation on the Turkish people - not allowing them to practice their religion, speak their language and from celebrating their culture

3.  Legal Protection - legal steps to ensure the rights of minority groups (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Affirmative Action...)

4.  Segregation - policies that physically separate a minority group from the dominate group (Jim Crow Laws)    *there are two types of segregation:  De jure - upheld by law, Defacto - based on informal norms

5.  Subjugation - maintaining control of a group through force (slavery)

6.  Population Transfer - dominate group transfers minority group to a new territory (Native Americans to reservations, Asian Americans to relocation camps during the war)

7.  Extermination - intentional destruction of the entire minority group  (Extermination of Jews in Germany)

Wednesday - November 9 - What you missed.

1.  Section one handout was due today
2.  New project - minority group news letter
    * Lab 132 today and tomorrow
     *News letter is due at beginning of hour Friday - no late work

Tuesday 8, What you missed.

1. Went over test.

2. Worksheet. (Need Soc Book)

2 pts extra credit for relevant comments.

Monday!

Implicit Association Test...... your thoughts....

Thursday 3, What you missed.

1. Quarterly assessment.

Wednesday 2, What you missed.

1. New seats.

2. Read pg 234.

3. Watched Jane Elliot's Blue Eyed/Brown Eyed Experiment video.

4. Q.A Thursday.

Tuesday 1, What you missed.

1. Reading guide.

2. Complete racism assignment.

3. Section 1 review due.