Sunday, October 28, 2007
10/29 homework
In response to last Wednesday's lesson, I would first like to say that I most enjoyed the social group activity. This activity illustrated how today's view on groups of people are greatly controlled by popular culture, primarily through the media. This activity is something that I would use in a high school setting, but would be hesitant to use in a middle school setting due to the fact that social status is a touchy subject for children of that age. There is a possibility that the activity would turn into an all-out insult war between social groups. For example, you may end up with the popular kids only writing negative things about the others, or vise-versa. Feelings may be hurt, and parents involved, but I can see situations where an activity like this could prove to be beneficial to solve problems between social groups.
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I also loved the activity. Maybe the insults could be cut down if you put the students into groups yourself that maybe the students were already not a part of.
I agree that we ought to be cautious about how we deliver such a lesson. In a real classroom, without careful planning and direction, this lesson might end up reinforcing negative stereotypes instead of offering a way of debunking them. Good observation.
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