Friday, November 4, 2011

FRIDAY 11/4

IC101
TODAY:
-Breakfast in the cafe followed by a roundtable discussion.

HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions.
-We will continue our discussion of Unit 3: Violence & Sports.

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 2.  Our discussion focused on cause marketing.

HOMEWORK:
-Matt Walcott will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read The Corporation Chapter 3 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) Explain what an "externality" is.

2) Explain what happened in the Anderson v. General Motors case.
3) What is meant by "the science of exploitation?"
4) What happened in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster?
5) What was passed in 1938 by President Roosevelt's administration that banned sweatshops, child labor, & industrial homework?

SR201
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Into The Wild: Chapters 14 & 15.
-We continued discussing Chapter 7.  Our discussion focused on obesity & the components of fitness.

HOMEWORK:
-Colby Smith will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read Chapter 10 & answer the following Discussion Questions:
1) What social trends are contributing to shutting people off from interacting with one another?

2) What are the negative effects on socialization from:
A) Television?
B) Video Games?
C) Music?
D) Cell Phones?

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