Monday, September 2nd

No school - Labor Day!

Friday, August 30th

1. Journal #3 - Albert and Aidan Sykes

2. Continue "Life Happens" activity
    ***Finalize month 1 budgets, reflection + "Life Happens" card & month 2

Objective: Students will create monthly budgets and understand the concept of budgeting within the family.

Wednesday, August 28th

1. Journal #2: Paul Braun and Philip Morris

2. Family Reflection

3. Begin "Life Happens" activity
    ***Complete month 1 budget

Objective: Students will begin to understand how to create and live within a monthly budget.

Tuesday. August 27th

1. Cultural Family Traditions
** Have students pair up and share a unique family tradition or custom. After a brief discussion, each pair presents the most interesting tradition they discussed.

2. Introduce "Life Happens" activity
    ***Review assignment and create "families"

Objective: Students will begin to understand how to create and live within a monthly budget. 

Monday, August 26th

1.  Types of Families - PowerPoint
  *** Teacher talking points

Objective: Students will clearly understand the different types of families.

Friday, August 23rd

1. What is sociology - mini group project/ collage (continued)
    ***Final presentation

2. Introduction to "The Family"
    ***Family Roles (share responses/ discussion)

3. Check updated grade in Aeries + Scattegories

Objective: Students will discuss the Sociological perspective of family.

Wednesday, August 21st

1. Social Change Tree
    ***Create leaf, present, hang

2.  What is sociology - mini group project/ collage (continued)
    ***Finalize collage, practice for presentation, and present

3. Introduction to "The Family"
    ***Family Roles (complete and be prepared to share Friday at the beginning of class)

Objective: Students will present a piece of social change that they believe would have a positive impact on the world and those around them.

Tuesday, August 20th

1. Intro to StoryCorps: video
    *** Journal #1 - Julio Diaz

2. What is sociology - mini group project/ collage
    ***Be prepared to present in class on Friday
    ***Student example #1
    ***Student example #2

Objective: Students will understand the basic concepts of sociology and will represent the different aspects of sociology through images.

Monday, August 19th

1. Course Description and Syllabus

2. Daily Agenda Blog & Classroom
    ***3rd period code: cqqb4on
    ***5th period code: zejaalv

Objective: Students will understand the expectations of the course and have access to the tools to be successful.

Friday, August 16th

1. Take roll + question
    ***If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?

2. What is sociology - mini group project/ collage
    ***Be prepared to present in class next Friday

Objective: Students will understand the basic concepts of sociology and will represent the different aspects of sociology through images.

Thursday, August 15th

Happy 1st day of school!

1. Teacher Introduction

2. Take roll + question
    ***If you could have one magical power, which one would you have? Why?

3. Job Analysis Assignment
    ***Work in small groups and discuss as a class

Objective: Students will begin to understand how society's expectations impact everyday life.