Mr. Pisano
ppisano@torontoprepschool.com

9/3/13

• Course Introduction

9/4/13

9/5/13

9/6/13

• Slide proposals due Monday

9/9/13

9/10/13

• Prepare for definitions quiz

9/20/13

• ISP topic selection
  • Topic selection begins at 6PM tonight via email
    • Email ppisano@torontoprepschool.com
    • Subject Line (Challenge and Change ISP Topic
    • Provide 3 rank-ordered selections (1 being your "first" choice)
  • No more than two students may request the same topic
    • It is advantageous not to postpone selection
• Reminder: Important Dates
  • 9/24 (Tuesday) In-class essay assignment on ch.2
  • 9/25 (Wednesday) Slides Due
• Today's discussion
  • Section 1.4 Sociology
    • Overview
      • Rule, role, and norm determinism.
    • The Rules
      • Institutions
      • Status
      • Hierarchy
      • Role
      • Role Conflict
    • Breaking the Rules
      • Values
      • Norms
      • Deviance

9/25/13

• Today we will begin with a few house-cleaning items
  • ISP Topic Selection
  • In-class essays
• I will collect all Slide Projects
  • Students will begin presentations

9/27/13

• With so many of you away, we did not move forward in unit 1
• No homework

9/27/13

• Today we reviewed our ISP topic selection
• Your ISP proposal is due Wednesday

10/1/13

• Today we will review our ch.1 terms as a class using the google document below
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0g2vHbg2rpU1LrCfhUyov3Pfj5KOz9pmWS8AbWHheA/edit?usp=sharing
• Important reminders
  • ISP proposal due Wednesday
  • Definitions test Thursday

10/3/13

• Definitions test today
• If you did not mail me your ISP topic yesterday, you are losing marks as I type.

10/4/13

• Answer questions 5,7,9,14, & 15 for Monday on pgs. 66-67
• Our first research paper (ISP) meeting will be on Monday, October 21st
  • You are expected to have detailed notes on each reference source you are including in your paper

10/7/13

• Announcements:
  • Monday, October 21st is our first I.S.P meeting
    • Your first set of research notes is due. Another 5 pages of notes based on the remaining soures are due. The draft of the introductory page is also due.
• Today
  • I will be returning your unit 1 terms tests
  • We will take-up your homework assignment from 10/4
  • We will engage in some Psych/Soc/Anthro analysis of the term "Hipster" using the following resources:
    • Norman Mailer (1957)
    • Anatole Broyard (1948)
    • Adbusters (2008)
• Homework
  • Answer questions 6, 8, 13. pgs.66-67

10/8/13

• If you can determine what the "proverbial click" is, you will have understood Feminism
  • We will do our best to cultivate this understanding in class tomorrow

• Write 1 paragraph explaining what the "proverbial click" is.

10/9/13

• Please watch the following interview with Simone de Beauvoir.
• You do not need write a response.
• We will be discussing this in class tomorrow.
  • Please do not arrive unprepared.

10/15/13

• Announcements
  • Your Unit I test will be next Tuesday
    • Here are the terms you must be familiar with.
    • This review does not cover the test's essay questions. These will be provided Friday.
      • Remember: you should already be familiar with the ch. 1 terms after our first terms quiz.Today you will have a work period for your ISP

• It will be your last work period for the month
• Please remember your next ISP meeting will be October 24th
  • Your first set of research notes is due. Another 5 pages of notes based on the remaining soures are due. The draft of the introductory page is also due.

10/16/13

• Please view the following clip in preparation for tomorrow's class.

• We will discuss the following article in class today
  • http://individual.utoronto.ca/markfederman/article_mediumisthemessage.htm
    
    

10/21/13 (Review)

• Announcements
  • Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be our unit I test
  • Thursday will be our first ISP meeting
    • 5 pgs of point form notes
    • Introductory paragraph

10/24/13

• Today's Key Terms
  • Medical Intervention Model
  • Health-Promotion Perspective
• My notes
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ToHj_S-1JR8Iv_kQtKmHcrEYpcMaMmeowY80LNlqy4c/edit?usp=sharing
• Today's Article is an interview with some of the the world's leading researchers in "aging" found in National Geographic

• Here is our Blue Zones Video

10/25/13

• Today we will review our Blue Zones lecture using my notes below
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wVLQ6qV4sfzb4LEIMztc5_GJpioAKOzeH-OHESS9-rk/edit?usp=sharing
• In addition, we will begin watching the following documentary on Centenarians

10/28/13

• Today we will continue watching our film, "How to Live Forever."
• We will hold seminar in response to the Ted Talk provided by Aubrey de Grey.

Watch here

10/28/13

• Today we will be viewing the PBS special "The Waiting Room."
• We will use it to begin our discussion of challenges to health care.

10/30/13

• Today we will review our notes on the Fraiser's Institute's study on Canada's Medicare Bubble

10/31/13

• Today we will begin exploring elements of the "privatized" health care model. Remember, privatized (privately owned, for profit) elements were suggested by the Fraiser's Institutes study on Canada's Medicare Bubble above.
  • This will be done by exploring the American system. We will begin with the colourful documentary, Sicko.

11/01/13

• I may be away today. Luckily, we have approximately an hour left on Sicko.
  • In the event that I am away, please enjoy the remainder of the film.
    • No computers may be opened during the film

11/05/13

• Today we will be taking-up my ch.8 lecture notes
  • These notes are available HERE

11/08/13

• Announcements
  • Your second set of ISP notes are due Monday
• Here is your Ch.8 essay assignment
  • We will work on this assignment in class

11/12/13

• Announcements
  • Your Ch.8 essay will be due Wednesday (tomorrow) at the start of class
  • Mr. Knox will begin his section (Unit II) with an in-class assignment
    • You are responsible for preparing notes on ch.5 before entering his class, at the end of November
      • Expectations for notes
        • Single-spaced
        • Highlight section headings
        • Underline key terms

11/13/13

• Today we will continue our Ch.8 discussion of health and wellness challenges, focusing now on stress (p.287-279)
  • We will begin by reviewing the film below.
  • It is an excellent learning tool, as it reviews many prominent social science research studies and researchers (e.g. Sapolsky)

11/14/13

• Today we will complete the film above.
• I will provide my lecture notes Monday

11/18/13

• Today we will begin discussion of the Canadian "Tainted Blood Scandal"
• You can access my lecture notes HERE

11/19/13

• To supplement class lecture, we will be viewing the film below entitled "Bad Blood"
• Though this film outlines the American response to tainted blood, it parallels the Canadian condition.

11/20/13

• Today you will have the period to work on your ISPs while I am away.
• Reminder, ISPs are due Monday.

11/25/13

• Today I will collect your ISPs via email
• You will have the class period to prepare your oral defence/presentation
• Oral presentation begin tomorrow
  • Names will be chosen at random

11/26/13

• Day 1 ISP Presentations

11/27/13

• Day 2 ISP Presentations

11/28/13

• Announcements
  • From Mr. Knox:
    • Chapter 5 notes are due next Tuesday.
      • Notes are to be done in point form.
      • Highlight the headings & underline the important terms (or in bold type)
    • The in-class essay assignment will be written on the same day.
      • Students are to have their textbook, and a hard copy of their notes (to be submitted).
      • They will be given the essay question on Monday.
      • They should make a 1-page, point form outline for the answer.
      • They may have it with them for the Tuesday assignment.
• Tomorrow we will have our final seminar on Ch.8
  • This seminar will cover "Food Inc." The film is available below.
  • Your attendance is mandatory. An illegitimate absence will result in a failing mark.
  • Reminder: you must have your notes hand-written or printed-out.
    • No laptops may be open during seminar

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Mr. Knox's Section
Unit 3 (reprisal)

12/03/12

• A copy of yesterday's "Blue Zone's" lecture notes are available HERE
• Today we will be watching the following BBC documentary titled "How to Live to be 101."
  • It provides supplemental instruction on "blue zone" communities

How to live to 101 from E42 on Vimeo.

12/04/12

• Today we will be discussing the following lecture by Aubrey de Grey
• This discussion will provide an introduction to the "Medical Intervention Model"

12/05/13

• Today we will be discussing eastern and western paradigms towards living and dying
• Our class lecture notes can be found HERE, inspired by philosopher Alan Watts

12/12/13

• Today we will review my Ch. 8 notes available HERE

12/13/13
You will have three options in class while I'm away:

1: Watch the following documentary ("Wake Up") which redefines the term "mental health," as well as "living and dying in the East and West," by exploring the life of a man who sees angels but is not diagnosed "mentally unfit"
2: Silently work on your Ch. 8 essays, due Tuesday
3: Watch the documentary and work silently on your ISPs

A trailer is available HERE

"Wake up" can be viewing using the following links:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII

12/17/13

• Today we will be reviewing the research of Dr. Robert Sapolsky.
• Please find a PDF copy of "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" below

12/26/13

• Please begin your exam review over break by studying the unit 1 terms available under 10/15

01/10/13

• Announcements
  • Today is our final exam review day
  • As promised, you will be given more specific information regarding the exam contents
  • The following exam review provides a list of topics you should be prepared to answer on.
  • This information was already discussed throughout the week
    • Additionally, Mr. Knox and I have announced possible essay topics.
    • I have provided terms that may be helpful in answering your first essay item
    • I have included these family terms on page 2 of the review and below
  

  Challenge and Change Exam Review.pdf
  

  • Details
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  • Please email me with any questions over the weekend.
• Family Terms
  1. Democratic Family
     • Family in which authority and responsibilities are shared equally by members
  2. Divorce rate
     • Number of divorces per 100 marriages per year
  3. Extended Family
     • Family unit composed of three generations that may or may not be living together in the same household
  4. Nuclear Family
     • Family unit consisting of husband, wife, and at least one child living in the same household
  5. Single-Parent Family
     • Family Unit headed by only one parent
  6. Traditional Family
     • Family in which roles, responsibilities, and behaviour tend to reflect patterns that have been passed along from one generation to another
  7. Blended Family
     • Family in which on e or possibly both parents have been married before and have children from that marriage living with them.