The week ahead…Monday – Technology and Culture

Tuesday – Stereotyping (part 1)

Wednesday – Stereotyping (part 2)Assignment for Thurs: read pages 246-247 and write a

paragraph in response to Question #1 on page 247

-This will be worth 10 points-

Thursday – Analyzing a Culture

Friday – “The Angry Eye”

6-weeks remain

Just checking in…

How is your vocabulary list? Projected test date: Tuesday,

May 1

Changes I’m making with class and individual expectations

My message is… “Finish strong!”

Technology and CultureHow is the development of

technology a response to the needs of our society?

What has been the impact (short and long term) of new technologies and discoveries?

How does technology influence culture?

Why learn about technology?

Technology and Culture

Think about how the development of transportation over time changed humankind

Automobiles

Nomadic Wandering Wheel

Wagon

Railroads

Think about it…Think about the tech-related items you use at home and choose the item that is most important to you.

If you suddenly had to go without it, how would your life

be impacted?

6-Minute ReadRead pages 240-242

Group 1: How do you spend your free time now? Could you have done those things 30 years ago? If not, how might you have spent your free time if you had lived then?

Group 2: What kinds of works are done around the house now? Were the tools and appliances we use now in existence 30 years ago? If not, how did the work get done?

Group 3: In the business world, how have things changed in the past 30 years? In Weyauwega, what changes in business have occurred in the last 30 years? What inventions and technological changes made possible changes in the businesses?

Can we conclude…Do we appreciate the

impact of technology upon culture?

What do these findings tell us about the changes

our society has experienced?

Technology in the 80's

The Internet in 1969 1:57

Mobile Telephones 1986 1:11

Next Generation Media 3:56

Did You Know 4.0 4:46

Did You Know 2007 Original 8:20

Think about it…

How has this impacted culture?

“Not in words”What is the message of this video? 1:35

Class Opener

Experiment 5-KComplete the exercise on page

243

This assignment will be handed in before the end of class today

Characteristics and Jobs BoysM F

GirlsM F

Brings home the money

Intelligent

Cries

Aggressive

Farmer

“The Boss” in business

Medical doctor

Emotional

Possessive

Strong

Controls money

Soldier

Cares for the children in the family

STEREOTYPINGHave you ever experienced a time when someone made a biased judgment about you or acted unfairly toward you because of your age, skin color, clothes you were wearing, gender, the way you speak, where you live, how much money your family has, or some other reason?

STEREOTYPINGDefinition: A stereotype is “...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.”

(Cardwell, 1996).

STEREOTYPINGAre there differences of opinion in our culture concerning what makes a man a good man, and a woman a good woman? Why?

STEREOTYPINGGroup Reading

pages 244-245

Critical Thinking Exercise: ‘Recognizing Bias’ (see page 31)

How are stereotypes of men and women changing

in American culture?- Respond by writing a paragraph -

STEREOTYPINGWhat would you think

if I walked into the classroom as a “hells

angel” biker dressed in leather?

STEREOTYPINGWhy do you think we stereotype people?

“One advantage of a stereotype is that it enables us to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had a similar experience before.”

STEREOTYPINGWhy do you think we stereotype people?

“One disadvantage is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that might not be true (i.e. make generalizations).”

STEREOTYPINGThe use of stereotypes is a major way in

which we simplify our social world; since they reduce the amount of “thinking” we have to do when we meet a new person.

By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorization, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to in-groups and out-groups.

STEREOTYPINGMost stereotypes probably tend to

convey a negative impression. Positive examples would include judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a stereotype with a very respectable set of characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as highly dependable, respectable and impartial). Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.

STEREOTYPINGWhat do you think?

What is a stereotype that is often

associated with someone living in

Wisconsin?

STEREOTYPINGDoes it exist in the media?

Reflections from your take-home assignment

STEREOTYPINGThey come in all shapes and

sizes

Stereotypes and White Privilege 10:04

Racial Stereotypes pt.1 White people 4:47

Questionable Cartoon Clips 2:48

ABC 20/20 Episode ‘What would you do?’Racial Profiling 8:39 Vandals and Racism 6:37

Anti-Semitism ‘What would you do?’ 8:36

One Final Comment 1:28

The week ahead…Monday – Analyzing a Culture

Tuesday – ‘Archeological Dig’

Wednesday – Review

Thursday – Unit 5 Test

Friday – Current Events Friday(only if our Time Capsule is complete)

Next week Unit 10 – “THE FUTURE”

How to Analyze a Culture

Reading & Small Group Work

read pages 246-247Experiment 5-L

Involves groups of 3