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| august 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 odd ap gov: intro; review syllabus; collect and discuss summer assignment phil: intro; review syllabus |
28 even soc: intro; review syllabus soccer: intro; review guidelines |
29 odd ap gov: intro - edwards chapter 1; collect parent letter phil: students as "knowers"; areas of knowledge; elements of critical thinking - the art of questioning powerpoint; collect parent letter |
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september 1 | 2 even soc: two basic sociological questions; sociological perspectives powerpoint (functionalism); TED talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity"; collect parent letter soccer: |
3 odd ap gov: us constitution - edwards chapter 2 phil: Socrates - theory of knowledge; Wittgenstein - language; read and discuss "The Socratic Inquisition", "The Young Wittgenstein's Mirror", and "The Older Wittgenstein's Games"; intro theme 1 paper |
4 even soc: sociological perspectives powerpoint (conflict, symbolic interactionist, global) soccer: |
5 odd ap gov: us constitution - lasser articles 1.1-4, 1.8 phil: read "Appearance and Reality" (Russell); read and complete "Belief and Certainty"; Russell - logical atomism, set theory, Russell's paradox |
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8 even soc: early sociologists powerpoint; read and discuss "The Other Darwin" soccer: |
9 odd ap gov: federalism - edwards chapter 3 phil: read and discuss Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and "The Divided Line"; watch The Matrix (The Real World/The Search is Over) |
10 even soc: chapter 1 exam soccer: |
11 odd ap gov: federalism - lasser articles 2.1-4 phil: read "Protagoras and the Pigs" and "The Problem of the Criterion" (Chisholm) and complete web exercise; Socratic seminar "is there any knolwedge in the world..." |
12 even soc: culture and society powerpoint; TED talk "Cultures at the Far End of the World"; intro culture project; watch sample culture project soccer: |
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15 odd ap gov: review phil: writing prompt on "is there any knowledge in the world..." & Socratic seminar; read and discuss "Fallacious Reasoning"
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16 even soc: begin culture presentations; elements of culture (language) powerpoint; read and discuss "In Their Own Words", "A Politically Correct Lexicon", "Online Language", and "Gay" soccer: |
17 odd ap gov: unit 1 multiple choice exam phil: intro to logic; logic puzzles |
18 even soc: culture presentations; elements of culture (norms, sanctions, values) soccer: |
19 odd ap gov: unit 1 free response exam phil: read "Ockham's Razor", "Hume's Fork", and "Reid's Common Sense" |
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22 even soc: culture presentations; cultural variation powerpoint; TED talk "Documenting Our Endangered Cultures" soccer: |
23 odd ap gov: public opinion - edwards chapter 6; lasser articles 5.2-3 phil: discuss glossary of critical thinking terms; writing prompt on Ockham, Hume, and Reid & Socratic seminar |
24 even soc: culture presentations; socialization and the self (Cooley, Mead) powerpoint soccer: |
26 even soc: culture presentations; socialization and the self (Goffman, Freud, Piaget) powerpoint soccer: |
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| 28 | 29 odd ap gov: political parties - edwards chapter 8; lasser article 8.1 phil: intro mathematics; Thales powerpoint; read and discuss "Thales' Well" |
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[late start day] [no school]