Service Hours!!!

Service Ideas for 1 hour

If you need just one more hour for your community service requirement, here are some options:

Donating 
You can clean out your closet or help your parents clean out stuff around the house and then drive the donations to Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity Restore shop or another charitable organization.  Remember to take pictures of what you donate and where you drop it off at.

Giving Blood
You can stop into a Lifesource and donate blood.  I will count this as one hour.

Feed My Starving Children
They have lots of shifts and some of them are just 1.5 hours.

Media's Socialization Effect through Hip Hop

1.     What do you think Byron Hurt’s thesis (main argument) is?

2.     Do you agree with his thesis?

3.     Are the images/lyrics of masculinity in hip hop damaging to society or should it be viewed as purely entertainment?

4.     How do these images/lyrics of masculinity affect women?

5.     “Black death has been ‘pimped’ by corporations”.  What do you think Chuck D of Public Enemy meant by that?  Do you agree with his statement?

Here are some hip hop groups that are dang good (IMHO) but don’t fall into the trap of ultra masculine rap and at time rap about being more positive in hip hop.

Beastie Boys (albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2)

Jurassic 5 (albums Quality Control and Power in Numbers)

Talib Kweli (The Beautiful Struggle and Ear Drum)

Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star)

Deltron 3030

The Roots (any of there many many albums)

The Gender Spectrum

Hello class!

As I told you I am out of the building today.  I'm learning about one of my favorite things: Chicago!  Its more history based than sociology based but I'm sure I'll find something in the day that can apply to our class.  Sociology and History often inter lap.

Your assignment for the day is to read the following articles:

The Gender Spectrum and What is Gender?

The Gender Spectrum analyzes the socialization of gender and what happens when you don't feel like your fall under the "boxed" in gender of masculine or feminine.

What is Gender? will look at the various terminologies that are associated with gender issues.

You can find the two articles by clicking HERE!  and then click on the link for The Gender Spectrum.  You next blog post will have your directly respond to these articles.  Feel free to annotate.  What is the thesis?  How does the author try to prove their point?  What evidence do they use?

I'll be back Friday.  Don't forget we have members of your SHS community coming in to discuss their gender identities with you.  Feel free to think of questions to ask them.


If you finish reading the articles, please think about you lyrics you will be presenting next week and how it fits into socialization.  Look back a couple blog posts to refresh your memory on what you need to present on.

Socialization through Music: Music Helps Me Keep My Sanity

Part One

You will be choosing one of the music genres we listed on the board. Your task will be to research the history of the particular genre, focusing on the following:

1)   Early history of the genre (roots of the genre, important artists, events in society that influenced the development of the genre, early perceptions of the genre, ways the genre influenced society and allowed its artists to vocalize socio-political ideas and viewpoints

2)   Popular instruments and/or equipment

3)   Influential artists and composers

4)   Ways in which the genre evolved from its early history to today

5)   Ways in which the music relates to the culture in which it was created.  Effects the genre had on other “outside” cultures.

6)   What are ways that this genre is an agent of socialization?  In what ways does the music effect how people act or interact?

7)   How is the dress/style of the genre appropriate for the content of the music?  Does the content of lyrics affect the clothing style of the genre?

Your squad will create a one page PPT/Keynote or poster board billboard that somehow represents all of the previous questions.  Your group will give a brief explanation (3-5 minute) of your billboard.

Part Two:

You are going to choose a favorite song lyric and write it down. The lyric should be at least a line, and may be up to a whole verse. Lyrics which contain vulgar language are not be used for this assignment. Please reflect and answer the following questions relating to why you picked this lyric, and why it is important to you (SEE BELOW).

What does this lyric make you think of when you hear it?

How does it relate to you?

Does it relate to an event in your own life?

Do you like to listen to this song at specific times, and if so, when?

Do you think this lyric would appeal to adults?

How is this lyric/band/song an agent of socialization in your life? (How does/did it affect how you act in society?)

If the lyric is really long then put it on a PPT/Keynote slide so the class can see it as you discuss it, or just write it on the board if it is short.

Service Opportunity

Service Op: Special Olympics Flag Football Sept 27th at SHS

We are currently recruiting volunteers for our Flag Football event on Sunday, September 27th at Stevenson High School. I am not the staff taking the lead on this event nor will I be attending, but offered to help recruit volunteer help. If you could pass along this link to anyone who might be interested we would really appreciate it:http://cerv.is/m?0117x1330 This has all the information and slots we need to fill.

Service Project Opportunities

ADAPTIVE SPORTS 

A former student of Mr. Salituro is now working at the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA).  They provide sporting events for people who need the sport modified in a way so that they can compete, such as wheelchair basketball. 

If you are interested in sports or physical therapy or special ed, this may be a great opportunity for you. They have a 5K fundraiser coming up that you can volunteer for by clicking here.

 Click here to learn more about opportunities to get involved with GLASA. You can call and ask for Micaela Fedyniak.


SOUP KITCHEN ON THE NORTH SIDE

There is a church in Chicago called St. Thomas of Canterbury. They generously and humbly serve hundreds of meals to those in need each year. From their website: 

Our Soup Kitchen is open every Tuesday and Friday throughout the year, except on Christmas Day. We currently serve 175 to 200 people each time. The doors are open to guests from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Volunteer activities include the preparation of meals, setting the tables, serving the meals to our seated guests and, of course, cleaning up!

Jim Eder has been running the soup kitchen for years and he is a really great guy. If interested in volunteering, call Christine, the volunteer scheduler at 773-878-5507. Be sure to visit their 
volunteering link here for more info.

Finishing Blog, Post #1 and Accessing the Texbook

With the internet troubles from Friday, we will continue working on setting up the blogs.  They are an important part of the class so I want to make sure they are completed before we move on.

Also we will be setting up access to the online textbook. See below:

Here are the steps for books that were remotely redeemed:

2015-16

Book: The Real World 4th Edition for Sociology

When the VitalSource Bookshelf account has already been set up and the code has been redeemed already

On the iPad:

In the App Store

Search for VitalSource Bookshelf

It will be a free

It is orange in color

Download that App

You will be asked to enter your password for your SHS Apple ID

Open the Bookshelf App

Sign in with your SHS email address

Password: soc15

Tap the blue sign in button on the upper right

Tap on All Books, look for The Real World 4th edition

Tap on the book

You will have a pop up: You do not currently have this book installed.  Would you like to download it now?

Tap on Download

As it downloads you will have blue progress bar.

Tap on the book cover to open

NOTE:  If a student took AP Human Geography in the 2013-14 school year, they already have a VitalSource Bookshelf account.

To Login, use your SHS email address

Password is: aphg (lowercase)

You will find your Sociology book in your collections

If a student took AP Human Geography in the 2014-15 school year, they already have a VitalSource Bookshelf account.

To Login, use your SHS email address

Password is: aphg14 (lowercase)

You will find your Sociology book in your collections