Week 5 - Media Analysis SAC Write Up & Measuring Attitudes

Session 11 - Media Analysis Write Up

This session is dedicated for students to write up their observations to the film 'Remember The Titans'.

Session 12 - Measuring Attitudes

Open up with a discussion based on 'how' do we measure someone's attitude - What methods are used? What is effective? How do we know it's effective?

Move onto the 'Measuring Attitudes' PowerPoint - students are to fill out the relevant hand out as throughout the presentation. The PowerPoint covers the following key concepts:

• Qualitative and Quantitative Data
• Observing Behaviour
• Indirect and Direct Observation
• Self reports
• Questionnaires
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Likert Scales

After completing the PowerPoint, move onto students creating their own Likert scale (firstly read through pg 363 and look at the scale on pg 362 from text) – then Activity 5.12 from the Nelson Student Book.

Hand out A3 'Create Your Own Likert scale' sheet and run through with the class - work in table groups. Move onto the activity of each group creating their own active likert scale on a particular topic/issue - place possible issues up on the whiteboard.

Allow time for groups to develop 10 statements (5 positive and 5 negative) and place on butcher's paper. Once all of the scales are completed, hand out the likert recording sheets and each student must fill out their responses on the record sheet.

Session 13 - Chapter Review & Revision

Students are to complete their Likert Scales and measure their attitudes towards the issues individually and as a class group.

Students are then to move onto completing the Chapter 8 Test on page 370 -372 of the textbook. Both the short answer and the multiple choice sections need to be completed.

Week 4 - Media Analysis SAC - 'Remember The Titans'

Session 9 & 10 - Remember The Titans

For the next two sessions students will view the film, 'Remember The Titans' and develop a set of notes that will be used in the write up of the SAC.

Week 3 - Discrimination & Factors Contributing to the Development of Prejudice

Session 6 - Discrimination & Factors Contributing to the Development of Prejudice

Open up with a discussion concerning the holiday homework - media analysis...

Move back on to the relevant PowerPoint presentation - 'Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination'. The key concepts covered in this session include:

• A definition of discrimination
• Ingroups and outgroups
• Intergroup conflict
• Attributions - internal and external
• Fundamental attribution error
• Just world hypothesis

Students will also view Jane Elliot's 'Blue/Brown Eyes Experiment and complete the relevant viewing sheet.

The class / home work that needs to completed is that all students need to read 346 - 348 of the textbook and complete Learning Activity 8.19 in their workbook. This is due to be finished by next session.

Session 7 - The Anatomy of Prejudice

This session will involve students watching the BBC special; 'The Anatomy of Prejudice' and placing answering the relevant viewing sheet.

Session 8 - Factors That May Reduce Prejudice

All students are to read through pages 349 – 357 of the textbook and complete the following:

Under the heading, ‘Factors That May Reduce Prejudice’, develop your own definition and example for the following terms:

• Intergroup Contact
• Sustained Contact
• Mutual Interdependence
• Superordinate Goals
• Equality of Status

Students must the continue to complete the Learning Activities 8.21 (Research Analysis) and 8.22 in your workbooks.

Week 2 - Interpersonal & Group Behaviour

Session 3 - Attitudes

Students are to begin the next Area of Study on Interpersonal & Group Behaviour - this starts off by looking at the concept of attitudes.

Students will work through the relevant, 'Attitudes' PowerPoint and cover the following key concepts and ideas:

• Definition of an Attitude
• Tri-component Model of Attitude
• Attitudes and Behaviour
• Factors Influencing Attitude Formation

All students are to read from 326 - 336 of the textbook and complete the following Learning Activities in their workbooks:

• 8.5
• 8.8 (Question 2 - draw up in workbook)

Session 4 & 5 - Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination

Begin the session with a recap on what was covered last session...

Move onto the 'Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination' PowerPoint which covers the key concepts and ideas:

• Stereotype Formation
• Positives and Negatives of Stereotypes
• Prejudice
• Characteristics of Prejudice
• Old-fashioned and Modern Prejudice
• Forms of Prejudice - 'The Ism's'

Holiday Homework

Read through pages 337 – 346 of the textbook and complete Learning Activities 8.14 & 8.17 in your workbook.

Media Analysis Task

• Your task is to collect 2 newspaper / online articles that are associated with a form of prejudice (racism, sexism or ageism) and/or discrimination.
• Using the Tri-component Theory outline the A,B&C evident in the articles.
• Highlight examples of old-fashioned and modern prejudice referred to in the articleHighlight examples of where a form of discrimination has occurred.
• What’s your attitude towards the ideas / actions presented in the article.

Unit 2 - Week 1

Session 1 & 2 - Research Methods

Students are to view the documentary, 'Project Nim' and complete the relevant viewing sheet.