Tuesday September 11 2013

Today's block order is E F G H

E/F   Block Criminology 12

Today we looked at a couple of different topics within Criminology. The first discussion was on what is a crime? Most of the students agreed on the definition of 'something that breaks the law'. We discussed what a criminal is next. And the class agreed that anybody who breaks the law is a criminal. We talked about the connotations of being labeled a criminal.
I proposed to the class that we are all criminals for downloading movies or music from the internet for free. This sparked a fierce debate as to the definition of a criminal. So we reworked the definition but could not come to an agreement on what a criminal really is.
This will be a precursor to our discussion on Hagan's Varieties of Deviance next week.
Students then discussed the role of mental illness in criminality.
The students then used their phones or laptops to take a personality test on the following website:
http://similarminds.com/personality_disorder.html

Once the students took the 50 question quiz, they were asked to do the following with their resuts:
-write down the top three personality traits
-write a description of the three
-explain whether the quiz is accurate
-does it describe their personality

Post this to their blogs.

G Block   Socials 10

 Started out by collecting the map of Canada that was assigned last class.
Next we did a quick review of latitude and longitude which was followed up by a worksheet reinforcing what we had just discussed. Most students had a pretty good idea of how to do this.
We then had a discussion on Scale.
I went over a few examples of how to convert a R/F scale and then the students were given a worksheet to practice on. Again, most of the students understood the concept and had little difficulty.
Next class we will work on The Five Principles of Geography.

H Block   Socials 9

Collected the map of Canada that was assigned last class. We are starting the first chapter of the year and it happens to be a look at the Modern Age. We discussed the word Change. The students created a top ten list of inventions/inventors.
We discussed this list and examined the impact some of these inventions have had on our lives. Next the students watched a youtube clip on inventions.
I handed out a worksheet on Chapter 1 that the students worked on for the remainder of class. It is not due next class. Students will have a bit more time to work on it.