The big day is here – tomorrow is the SAP FST fair – The Great Canadian Awareness Fair. We will have an opportunity to share our PSAs with the other SAP classes and learn about their topics – including prisons, abortion, homophobia, and other fascinating subjects. The school community, including Mrs. Fox and Mr. Vernon, is invited to attend. 

If you haven’t already, please e-mail me me your brochure so I can make copies by 8:30 tomorrow morning. Also, please send me a link to your video (or the video file) so I can organize and stream them. 

Good luck!

Here is the rubric for all components of the FST. Remember that you are responsible for TWO of the 15% components. When you hand in your final product, please indicated which two you worked on.  The written report is due by June 3 on turnitin.com. I will not accept late submissions. I will explain how to submit it and give you some more specific guidelines for the paper in class today.

SAP_FST_RUBRIC

Stop actively opposing reality...GET TO WORK! Good luck!

o       Born in Philadelphia on December 18, 1901

o       Eldest of the family – had 3 siblings

o       Married three times

o       Was told by her doctor she wouldn’t have any kids – in her last marriage she had one child

o       Attended DePauw University for a year then transferred to Barnard College

o       Earned B.A. in Sociology at Bernard College

o       Friend Ruth Benedict convinced her to become an anthropologist

o       Received Ph. D from Colombia University

o       Settled and began expedition in New Guinea with second husband – studied development of children in the Manus culture and teenage behaviors in the Samoan culture

o       Went on many expeditions

o       Died of cancer in 1978

RESEARCH

o       Anthropologist

o       Focused on women’s roles, parenting, and other definitive gender roles in primitive cultures as well as characteristics of American society

o       Went on multiple expeditions

o       Published twenty-six books

o       Found that human nature is flexible

o       Thought that masculine and feminine characteristics are a result of cultural conditioning/socialization and not primary biological or genetic differences.

IMPACT

o       Promoted sexual revolution which in itself promoted promiscuity – modern day North American society is overall much more sexually-charged than it used to be – could be with the assistance of Mead

o       Did a study of adolescent girls growing up in Samoa – controversy as to whether her methods of research were valid because they were unscientific

o       Mead would go to a place and immerse herself in its culture, learning the language, taking part in activities, observing the people & asking them questions

o       Broke many restrictions present in twentieth-century American society

o       Was one of the first to suggest that masculine and feminine characteristics are a result of cultural conditioning/socialization and not primary biological or genetic differences

o       Successfully raised awareness of the limitations and problems American culture the related stresses that were mostly apparent amongst teenagers

o       Her findings are still valid today but controversial nonetheless

Would anyone like to volunteer to make a poster to advertise the fair around the halls of the  school? We want other students to visit the fair and learn from your PSAs.

In class on the day of the fair, each group will informally present their PSAs to the class.

These drafts should indicate to me that you have conducted a significant amount of research to substantiate your ideas with social scientific terms and theories. By this point you should also have narrowed down your focus in all three fields (from 5 broad questions to one or two of the most significant questions for each field), and planned out roughly what you plan to include on your board,  a storyboard for your video, and the target and rough content of your brochure.

This is part of your process mark for the FST.

Good luck!

Weds. Apr. 28 – Upstairs lab

Mon. May 2 – In class

Weds. May 4 – Rough drafts due! Upstairs lab

Thurs. May 5-  In class

Mon. May 9 – In class

Weds. May 11 – Library lab

Thurs. May 12 – MOL returns. In class

Mon. May 16 – Library lab

Weds. May 18 – In class – conferences

Thurs. May 19 – In class- last work period before the Great Canadian Awareness Fair

Weds. May 25 – The Great Canadian Awareness Fair

Thurs. May 26 – In class

Fri. June 3 – FST final written component due

“Travel behind closed doors from strategy meetings in Molson’s boardrooms to frosh week parties in university dorm rooms. Follow executives as they plan responsible drinking campaigns, and students as they face the freedom and pressures of university life. The Message In The Bottle is a video series about the issues around responsible choices (or a lack there of) with alcohol.

Irresponsible drinking is the #1 cause of preventable death among Canadian youth. After decades of responsible drinking programs, why are students still not getting the message? Who is trying to get the message out, and how can it be more effective? Who takes responsibility for solving this societal issue?

This site is an initiative to open the dialogue to all people around the issue of responsible drinking. Before this site was created, all decisions around how the responsible drinking (RD) message was delivered were made behind closed doors. Watch these videos, then, join the conversation. Your contribution might spark another person’s ideas. Do you have the answer? Collaboration helps resolve large issues. Social Media gives us the ability to communicate and dialogue like never before.”                                                                                       (http://www.themessageinthebottle.com)

Questions:

• What are your overall thoughts about this site and the Message in the Bottle campaign? What is different about this campaign from other messages that you have seen about this issue?

• Who are the stakeholders involved in this campaign?

• Why do you think the director wanted these particular people and organizations to be involved in the campaign?

• What new insights from this campaign can you apply to your PSA assignment

• How can this campaign be more effective?  What should be the next step?

• Write one thoughtful question that you would like to ask Billie tomorrow.