Weekly Journal Entry

oCourse Reflections

§CCC: Chapters 4 and 5

§YALOM: Chapters 9 & 10

oELG Reflections

§Your entry should also include commentary and exploration of the previous week’s ELG group, including your reactions, your role and functioning, reflections on your interpersonal style/behaviors, group dynamics and themes, critical incidents, and/or observations of group leaders’ style and interventions. It is recommended that you write this section as soon after the previous week’s live class meeting as possible.

§– please read ELG Leadership Reflections for instructions on how to write your journal entry. (Please follow instructions to the letter in order to receive full credit)

oDyadic Video Reflections

§“Diversity Conversation”

SOC 210 Major Project

The overarching goal of SOC 210 is to assist you in developing the tools and knowledge to better understand the world you live in. At DCCC SOC 210 has applied for and received permission to be a ‘global studies’ course. Of course, a very good method with which to provide you with the knowledge, skill and abilities that will enhance your understanding of the world in which you live is to ‘personalize’ the experience.

In sociology we will examine groups, culture, institutions, poverty, race and gender, ethnicity, equality and much more by using a variety of sociological theories and concepts. These topics are interesting and informative in-and-of themselves. However, in the name of retention you will stand a much greater chance of understanding and applying sociological theory to these topics if you study them from a personal perspective.

We can all agree that we came from somewhere. Our ancestors might have been indigenous to what is now America. Our ancestors may have migrated from Europe, Mexico, Africa, Scandinavia, China, Japan Vietnam or….virtually from anywhere in the world!

Your task is to identify the most probable country from which your ancestors came. More than likely you will be part something and part something else. Use your judgement and ask a bunch of questions. This may take a little work as many of us are not exactly clear where our ancestors came from and, in fact, our ancestors may have multiple ethnicities. I would encourage you to ask your parents and grandparents, they will be a great source of the oral history of your family. You can also perform some basic internet research that will assist you in identifying your ancestor’s country of origin. Google your last names of your father and the maiden name of your mother. Do the same for your grandparents and continue as far back as is known (great grandparents etc.).

Here is the important part:

Writing Prompt

Write a 1-3 page, (double spaced) essay on your probable country of origin.

• What was the approximate year that they would have arrived in the US?
• What were the possible reasons that, at some point in time, your ancestors decided to come to America?
• What were they seeking?
• Were they oppressed in their country of origin?
• What was life like in their home country when they decided to immigrate?
• Were they welcomed upon arrival?
• How did they assimilate?
• What role does the food from the previous culture influence their life today?
• What were the barriers to success they found after they arrived?
• How are religious and or ethnic minorities treated today in this country?
• Are people from this area still immigrating to the United States?
• Reference Page– This will be an additional page. Reference style can be APA or MLA

Take a moment to think about how much time you spend using the Internet each day. Think about your use of social media on a daily basis. Consider the shopping you complete using an online vendor. Think about how and where you use your smartphone or tablet each day. Think about what type of data might be extracted from the selfies that you take.

Click here to read this article about “Sergeant Selfie.”

The article raises a couple ethical issues. The first is whether an employer should be able to make decisions about employment based on information gained from social media. The second issue raised is whether pursuing “Web Money” is ethical.

Discuss the following:

• How much of your personal information and data are collected on a daily basis?
• Who knows where you are each day?
• Are we willing to give up certain types of freedom to have more convenience?
• Who is tracking your location data on a daily basis?
• Should important decisions about your employment be made using social media information?
• Are there any social, security, or ethical concerns when someone seeks donations on the Web?
• In the aftermath of 9/11 and the changes to laws dealing with GPS on mobile devices, do you feel that Internet service providers (ISPs) should be able to turn on GPS to help find you in a disaster?

Once you have collected a few thoughts about your daily Internet use and your location data, share your thoughts with your peers. Discuss with your peers if you feel that individuals should embrace this new era of data sharing as a reality of a new data-based culture

Choose one book from the list and write 1000 with footnote references to the book.

Bailyn, Bernard.

The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century.

Berkin, Carol.
Revlutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence

Cronon, William.
Changes in the Land : Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

Fischer, David Hackett.
Albion’s Seed: British Folkways in America

Horgan, Paul
Conquistadors in North American History.

Kammen, Michael.
Empire and Interest: The American Colonies and the Politics of Mercantilism

Knouff, Gregory T.
The Soldiers’ Revolution: Pennsylvanians in Arms and the Forging of Early American Identity

Miller, Perry.
Errand into the Wilderness on Puritans

Miller, Perry.
Jonathan Edwards.

Norton, Mary Beth.
In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 16