"Things to Do" List (Challenge & Change)
Thurs. Dec. 5 - Challenges of Corporate Corruption - Poster and Presentation - NO EXTENSIONS - have your poster ready for the start of class on Thursday! (you can use my classroom at lunch if you want to). Fill in this chart to help everyone study for the next test!
Thurs. Dec. 5 - Article #9 - anything on Corporate Corruption: Economics, Exploitation of People or the Environment.
Sun. Dec. 8 - Challenge #5 --> figure out what actually persuades you - an ad or your grandma or ... and why? Then add yours (anonymously) to this chart. The top two are mine. (Also put it in your response journal!)
Don't forget about the Open Project - due in January! --> that's next month!
What We Did Today
Thurs. Dec. 5 -
- present the challenges of corporate corruption:
Tues. Dec. 3
- Keynes vs Friedman - economic framework - Should business be allowed to self-regulate? But if the government regulates business, what if it is just as corrupted?
Are your luxuries (chocolate, lots of clothes, trips, etc.) important enough to take away other people's necessities?
- FYI - slavery in the chocolate trade (and here and here and here) --> look for the Fair Trade symbol when you shop, like on Green & Black, Divine, Camino...
- FYI - Foxconn suicide nets - they manufacture pretty much every type of electronics
Mon. Dec. 2
- de-regulation --> bank de-regulation and the mortgage crisis
(FYI - the BC strike in 2014 started with rotating strikes in May, then a full walk-out on June 17 that lasted until September 22 - summer school was cancelled - students missed exams, so marks were submitted based on work they had done to that point, and the next semester was condensed)
Thurs. Nov. 28 - Fri. Nov. 29
- work periods --> check out Hasan Minhaj's latest: Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
Wed. Nov. 27
- privatization, de-regulation, busting unions --> the policy changes that allowed the rich to get dramatically richer
- FYI - my thoughts on French from 3 years ago, and articles on privatized prisons in the US (and see here) - but I can't find what % of costs is paid for by the government; Doug Ford is learning French, and that video on Strawberry High
Tues. Nov. 26
- income inequality videos
- also check out the films Inside Job and/or The Big Short
Mon. Nov. 25
- quintiles and inequality
- FYI - Microsoft use of child slaves (Bill Gates)
Fri. Nov. 22
- what we fear and how to cope with it
- FYI - Sacha Baron Cohen - 25 min. (Borat) - winning an Anti-Defamation award - about social media connection to hate crimes and genocide (or read it here instead)
Thurs. Nov. 21
- work period - corporate corruption
Wed. Nov. 20
- take up the first half of the test --> look at the hate crime chart #2 again - how to turn theories around to make solutions - ETA - second half ANSWERS are here
- look at corruption in big box stores - why it happens - use theories to make solutions
- CORRECTION: I said WalMart CEO makes about 200:1 (ratio of CEO pay to lowest workers pay) --> it's 1,076:1 --> Bill Gates just surpassed Jeff Bezos as richest in all the land with $110 billion net worth. Here's a one min. video of what that looks like.
Tues. Nov. 19
- test and then we'll look at KCI's stats
- FYI - Canada reversed position on Palestine
Mon. Nov. 18
- review why we hate: ignorance, fear, and news manipulation
Thurs. Nov. 14
- mass media influences hate: example #2 - Iraq invasion
- pics of Abu Ghraib (warning: graphic); on 14-year-old Abeer Hamza; and a bit more on Rehtaeh Parsons (main guy got probation)
- FYI - a book summary about why sexism persists --> Manne thinks it's NOT that some men see women as less than human, but it's about taking out the opposition
- FYI - AOC grilling Zuckerberg
Wed. Nov. 13
- corporate control of mass media influences hate: example #1 - Palestinian occupation - on hunger strike here, and the full video is here, and BDS info wrt Canada is here, and some censorship around the map I drew on the board, and FB shut down a publication featuring Glenn Greenwald (the first journalist Edward Snowden trusted with his story) for being pro-Palestine; and this just happened:
- present the challenges of corporate corruption:
Tues. Dec. 3
- Keynes vs Friedman - economic framework - Should business be allowed to self-regulate? But if the government regulates business, what if it is just as corrupted?
Are your luxuries (chocolate, lots of clothes, trips, etc.) important enough to take away other people's necessities?
- FYI - slavery in the chocolate trade (and here and here and here) --> look for the Fair Trade symbol when you shop, like on Green & Black, Divine, Camino...
- FYI - Foxconn suicide nets - they manufacture pretty much every type of electronics
Mon. Dec. 2
- de-regulation --> bank de-regulation and the mortgage crisis
(FYI - the BC strike in 2014 started with rotating strikes in May, then a full walk-out on June 17 that lasted until September 22 - summer school was cancelled - students missed exams, so marks were submitted based on work they had done to that point, and the next semester was condensed)
Thurs. Nov. 28 - Fri. Nov. 29
- work periods --> check out Hasan Minhaj's latest: Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
Wed. Nov. 27
- privatization, de-regulation, busting unions --> the policy changes that allowed the rich to get dramatically richer
- FYI - my thoughts on French from 3 years ago, and articles on privatized prisons in the US (and see here) - but I can't find what % of costs is paid for by the government; Doug Ford is learning French, and that video on Strawberry High
Tues. Nov. 26
- income inequality videos
- also check out the films Inside Job and/or The Big Short
Mon. Nov. 25
- quintiles and inequality
- FYI - Microsoft use of child slaves (Bill Gates)
Fri. Nov. 22
- what we fear and how to cope with it
- FYI - Sacha Baron Cohen - 25 min. (Borat) - winning an Anti-Defamation award - about social media connection to hate crimes and genocide (or read it here instead)
Thurs. Nov. 21
- work period - corporate corruption
Wed. Nov. 20
- take up the first half of the test --> look at the hate crime chart #2 again - how to turn theories around to make solutions - ETA - second half ANSWERS are here
- look at corruption in big box stores - why it happens - use theories to make solutions
- CORRECTION: I said WalMart CEO makes about 200:1 (ratio of CEO pay to lowest workers pay) --> it's 1,076:1 --> Bill Gates just surpassed Jeff Bezos as richest in all the land with $110 billion net worth. Here's a one min. video of what that looks like.
Tues. Nov. 19
- test and then we'll look at KCI's stats
- FYI - Canada reversed position on Palestine
Mon. Nov. 18
- review why we hate: ignorance, fear, and news manipulation
Thurs. Nov. 14
- mass media influences hate: example #2 - Iraq invasion
- pics of Abu Ghraib (warning: graphic); on 14-year-old Abeer Hamza; and a bit more on Rehtaeh Parsons (main guy got probation)
- FYI - a book summary about why sexism persists --> Manne thinks it's NOT that some men see women as less than human, but it's about taking out the opposition
- FYI - AOC grilling Zuckerberg
Wed. Nov. 13
- corporate control of mass media influences hate: example #1 - Palestinian occupation - on hunger strike here, and the full video is here, and BDS info wrt Canada is here, and some censorship around the map I drew on the board, and FB shut down a publication featuring Glenn Greenwald (the first journalist Edward Snowden trusted with his story) for being pro-Palestine; and this just happened:
AND there's a No-IDF student rally at York University on Nov. 20 because Israeli soldiers were invited to speak. (Is this anti-free speech or anti-apartheid??) And some examples of what's happening here.
Tues. Nov. 12
- Noam Chomsky, Timothy Snyder, and Chris Hedges --> effects of corporate control over government and some solutions --> on how the Koch brothers pay off Congress
- discuss the corporate corruption project
NOTE: quick clarification on fact vs probability vs stereotype
Tues. Nov. 12
- Noam Chomsky, Timothy Snyder, and Chris Hedges --> effects of corporate control over government and some solutions --> on how the Koch brothers pay off Congress
- discuss the corporate corruption project
NOTE: quick clarification on fact vs probability vs stereotype
Mon. Nov. 11
- Why we hate? --> news media --> history of public manipulation (note)
- bits about Edward Bernays at the beginning of this
- what is bias? (note --> it's also here)
- watch The Fourth Estate (from 3 min to 12 min, and then from 68 min to 74 min)
Mon. Nov. 4 - Fri. Nov. 8
- watch and take notes on seminars (slideshows are here)
- bit on studies by Ruston and Watson (more on Watson & Crick)
- Should we stop using "crazy" and similar terms in a derogatory way??
- FYI - why I think giving percentages on assignments is important
- FYI - Snyder's mark distribution data (2015-2018)
- FYI - cell phone concerns (3 min vid)
- FYI - employee stats - any interest in getting comparable KCI student stats?? <-- NOW WITH GRAPHED DATA!
- FYI - 40 year anniversary of Greensboro massacre - Drunk History on Superman taking down the Klan
- FYI - article on why Michelle Obama's solutions are misguided
- FYI - on Elizabeth Warren's "sexcapades" and on Katie Hill's tattoos: "Hill’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail demanding that it take the racy image down as it was an 'invasion of privacy' — and denying the tattoo was linked to bigotry.'The claim that Representative Hill has Nazi imagery on her body in the form of a tattoo is false and defamatory.'"
Fri. Nov. 1
- Employment Equity Act (known as Affirmative Action in the states)
- Richard Pryor clip (from 1982) and the use of oppressive terms and the Western University incident
- the Katie Hill incident wrt "revenge porn" --> and an article addressing my bafflement about all the naked pics on people's phones (I'm not even a boomer!)
- FYI - Terry Crews on being a man (22 min. video)
Thurs. Oct. 31
- understanding sex/gender/attraction etc.
- forming ideas based on specifics of right/wrong vs forming ideas based on all-encompassing values (like don't harm people who are just doing their thing)
- the photo that changed everything - until it all changed back
- a bit on "transtrending" and dysphoria in a ContraPoints video (it looks weird, but give it a chance - or start 15 min. in - Natalie Wynn does a good job of arguing with herself about controversial issues - then check out her other videos!)
Tues. Oct. 29 - Wed. Oct. 30
- hate crime presentations
Thurs. Oct. 24 - Mon. Oct. 28
- hate crime work periods
- bit on prejudice data results and model Rohingya on Monday
Wed. Oct. 23
- choose seminar dates
- discuss how to research well
- look at trends in Hate Crime project (chart is here)--> I'd model one example, maybe two
Tues. Oct. 22
6. Inferiority (Zimbardo - role of powerful or victim affect behaviour - see Hyperbole and a Half's adorable cartoon)
7. Mirror Neurons;
8. Resource Depletion (see a summary of Diamond's Collapse);
9. Institutionalized racism/sexism/homophobia, etc. (see Manne's Down Girl)
Effects of Prejudice
Mon. Oct. 21
3. Mere Exposure;
B. Fear --> 4. Culture of Fear; 5. Memory Availability; 6. Inferiority
Fri. Oct. 18
- more Causes of Prejudice
A. Ignorance --> 1. Modelling: Asch video, funny peer pressure video
2. Rewards / Punshments: Milgram video; Hannah Arendt's book; Freud on aggression and sex (scroll down to Sex and Perversions); Elliott long video; Kitty Genovese write-up review; on Ashley Smith;
- smoke-filled room - we'd rather die than be embarrassed
- in comedy - Anthony Jeselnik on not crossing a line
Thurs. Oct. 17
- resilience studies
- Causes of Prejudice
Wed. Oct. 16
- bullying - FYI - here's the article written by a classmate of a shooter, and here are some of my thoughts about it all
Tues. Oct. 15
- polarization of men and women --> Separatists / MGTOWs
Fri. Oct. 11
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- polarization of Left and Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project
- Why we hate? --> news media --> history of public manipulation (note)
- bits about Edward Bernays at the beginning of this
- what is bias? (note --> it's also here)
- watch The Fourth Estate (from 3 min to 12 min, and then from 68 min to 74 min)
Mon. Nov. 4 - Fri. Nov. 8
- watch and take notes on seminars (slideshows are here)
- bit on studies by Ruston and Watson (more on Watson & Crick)
- Should we stop using "crazy" and similar terms in a derogatory way??
- FYI - why I think giving percentages on assignments is important
- FYI - Snyder's mark distribution data (2015-2018)
- FYI - cell phone concerns (3 min vid)
- FYI - employee stats - any interest in getting comparable KCI student stats?? <-- NOW WITH GRAPHED DATA!
- FYI - 40 year anniversary of Greensboro massacre - Drunk History on Superman taking down the Klan
- FYI - article on why Michelle Obama's solutions are misguided
- FYI - on Elizabeth Warren's "sexcapades" and on Katie Hill's tattoos: "Hill’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail demanding that it take the racy image down as it was an 'invasion of privacy' — and denying the tattoo was linked to bigotry.'The claim that Representative Hill has Nazi imagery on her body in the form of a tattoo is false and defamatory.'"
Fri. Nov. 1
- Employment Equity Act (known as Affirmative Action in the states)
- Richard Pryor clip (from 1982) and the use of oppressive terms and the Western University incident
- the Katie Hill incident wrt "revenge porn" --> and an article addressing my bafflement about all the naked pics on people's phones (I'm not even a boomer!)
- FYI - Terry Crews on being a man (22 min. video)
Thurs. Oct. 31
- understanding sex/gender/attraction etc.
- forming ideas based on specifics of right/wrong vs forming ideas based on all-encompassing values (like don't harm people who are just doing their thing)
- the photo that changed everything - until it all changed back
- a bit on "transtrending" and dysphoria in a ContraPoints video (it looks weird, but give it a chance - or start 15 min. in - Natalie Wynn does a good job of arguing with herself about controversial issues - then check out her other videos!)
Tues. Oct. 29 - Wed. Oct. 30
- hate crime presentations
Thurs. Oct. 24 - Mon. Oct. 28
- hate crime work periods
- bit on prejudice data results and model Rohingya on Monday
Wed. Oct. 23
- choose seminar dates
- discuss how to research well
- look at trends in Hate Crime project (chart is here)--> I'd model one example, maybe two
Tues. Oct. 22
6. Inferiority (Zimbardo - role of powerful or victim affect behaviour - see Hyperbole and a Half's adorable cartoon)
7. Mirror Neurons;
8. Resource Depletion (see a summary of Diamond's Collapse);
9. Institutionalized racism/sexism/homophobia, etc. (see Manne's Down Girl)
Effects of Prejudice
Mon. Oct. 21
3. Mere Exposure;
B. Fear --> 4. Culture of Fear; 5. Memory Availability; 6. Inferiority
Fri. Oct. 18
- more Causes of Prejudice
A. Ignorance --> 1. Modelling: Asch video, funny peer pressure video
2. Rewards / Punshments: Milgram video; Hannah Arendt's book; Freud on aggression and sex (scroll down to Sex and Perversions); Elliott long video; Kitty Genovese write-up review; on Ashley Smith;
- smoke-filled room - we'd rather die than be embarrassed
- in comedy - Anthony Jeselnik on not crossing a line
Thurs. Oct. 17
- resilience studies
- Causes of Prejudice
Wed. Oct. 16
- bullying - FYI - here's the article written by a classmate of a shooter, and here are some of my thoughts about it all
Tues. Oct. 15
- polarization of men and women --> Separatists / MGTOWs
Fri. Oct. 11
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- polarization of Left and Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project