Seniors- Ch. 9 and 12 Assignment

Note: This assignment will be a 4th quarter grade. You will have class time and time at home to complete it. Work in order. Chapter 9 questions will be due early next week. All answers must be typed in complete sentences on a separate word document.

Chapter 9 value: 40 points

Chapter 9- Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood

Section I: Aspects of Physiological Development

1.       Define enuresis

2.       Summarize how boys and girls change in appearance, height, and weight between ages 3 and 6.

3.       Summarize dental development in early childhood and appropriate treatment for thumb-sucking.

4.       List at least 5 suggestions for helping children eat and sleep well.

5.       Describe normal sleep patterns and bedtime routines of preschoolers.

6.       Name and describe three kinds of sleep disturbances, and tell how they should be treated.

7.       Identify factors that may be involved in bed-wetting and effective ways of treating it.

Section II: Motor Development

1.       Define gross motor skills.

2.       Define fine motor skills.

3.       Define systems of action

4.       Define handedness

5.       Explain the development of gross motor skills and appropriate ways to foster it.

6.       Give examples of advances in fine motor skills

8.       Discuss possible causes of handedness and advantages and disadvantages of being right- or left-handed.

9.       Identify the four stages in young children’s drawing and tell how Rhoda Kellog suggests adults can best encourage children’s artistic development.

Section III: Health and Safety

1.       Discuss nutritional needs and prevention of obesity in early childhood.

2.       Identify the effects of malnutrition on young children.

3.       What has research concluded about food allergies in children?

4.       Identify trends in accidental injuries and deaths of young children.

5.       How does socioeconomic status and race affect a child’s health?

Chapter 12- Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 12 value: 20 points

Section I: Aspects of Physical Development

1.       Summarize the growth patterns of children in middle childhood and their average changes in height and weight.

2.       What are options in treating children who do not grow normally?

3.       Summarize nutritional needs in middle childhood.

4.       Explain the current status of dental health care among school-age children.

Section II: Nutrition and Sleep

1.       How can children overcome overweight and cardiac problems?

2.       What are the sleep needs of middle school children?

Section III: Motor Development and Physical Play

1.       What is rough-and-tumble play?

2.       What role do organized sports play in middle school children?

Section IV: Health and Safety

1.       Why are today’s schoolchildren less fit than they should be?

2.       What is the prevalence of various acute and chronic medical conditions in middle childhood?

3.       Summarize causes and treatments for stuttering.

4.       Why are accidental injuries a great concern in middle childhood?

Sophs- Unit 8 Test- WWI

Chapter 19, sections 1-5

Study resources:
- Re-read chapter 19
- Study all notes
- Video sheet: Shell Shock
- Quiz- Sections 1 and 2
- WWI Europe Map
- WWI political cartoons

Topics:
- Causes of WWI- both immediate and underlying- be able to explain
- Countries of the Central Powers and Allies
- Definition of stalemate and why it occurred
- Impact of modern warfare
- Why did America want to remain neutral at the start of the war?
- What three events led to America's war declaration?
- Impact of German u-boats and the Sussex Pledge
- Impact of the Zimmerman Note
- Impact of the Russian Revolution
- When did America officially enter WWI? (date)
- The Selective Service Act and AEF
- Convoy system
- How did America turn the tide of the war? (think Paris)
- When was an armistice declared by Germany? (date)
- What was the impact of the influenza epidemic?
- How many Americans were killed in WWI? Germans? British?
- What were liberty bonds?
- How did the government manage the economy during the war?
- What were price controls and rationing?
- Why was daylight savings time practiced?
- What was America's view of foreignors?
- Espionage Act and Sedition Act?
- How did social mobility for minorities and women change?
- Identify several of Wilson's Fourteen Points
- What was the League of Nations? Did America join?
- How was Europe redrawn after the war?
- In the end, what did the Versailles Treaty decide about Germany and raparations?

Seniors- Ch. 8 Test

Ch. 8 Test Checklist

Click here to take the Ch. 8 on-line practices tests. Complete the multiple choice, t/f and fill-ins

Study Resources:
- Re-read text
- Study all notes
- "Life's First Feelings" video sheet
- Ch. 8 objective worksheet
- Children of working parents worksheet
- Ch. 8 Blog

Topics:
- Personality
- Emotional development- include ages
- Altruistic behavior, social cognition
- Temperament, NY Longitudinal study (Thomas and Chess)
- Freedman study
- Navajo Indian Study
- Basic Trust vs. Mistrust
- Attachments and the Strange Situation
-  Stranger, separation anxiety
- Gender-typing
- Mutual regulation, still-face paradigm
- Social referencing
- Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt; Terrible twos
- Socialization and Internalization
- Conscience
- Contact with other children
- Children of working parents

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Seniors- Ch. 8 Gender Stereotypes

In the article, Care Bears vs. Transformers http://www.sociology.org/media-studies/care-bears-vs-transformers-gender-stereotypes-in-advertisements, Dr. Monica Brasted claims that the media and advertising have a profound influence on gender stereotyping.  Read the article and answer the following questions to the blog. Put the answers in your OWN words. Do not plagiarize or copy and paste.

1.  How are boys and girls portrayed in advertisements?
2. Specifically, what kind of commercials are young girls in?
3. What kind of commercials are young boys in?
4. What does the author state about gender roles and the play castle advertisement.
5. How does Bandura's social learning theory relate to gender roles and the media?
6. Cite your own example about a certain toy or television ad that portrays gender stereotyping. (If you can't think of one, look it up on the internet)

Sophs- Oral History Research

623- American History                                                          Due: Mon, March 5^th

Oral History Research Paragraphs

Overview

Using at least 3 secondary sources you will type two well-developed paragraphs about your chosen topic. Paragraphs are required to be at least 8-10 sentences. The writing must be paraphrased in your own words.  Plagiarism will not be accepted and will result in the grade of a zero. Use the MLA format as a guide. 

Research

In order to have a thorough understanding of your event, you are required to use at least three secondary sources (books, websites that end in .edu, .gov,.org)

In your research, look for the background information of your chosen event. When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why did it occur? What was the impact of your event on America and Americans? Be specific in your details and remember to put this information in your own words.

These two research paragraphs will eventually be the introductory part of your final paper. You want to set the stage for the reader so that the reader can have a full understanding of your event before you portray your three interviewee’s stories.  Use 12 font, Times New Roman. One-inch margins. Double space.

_____________________________________________________________         

Delle Cave 1

           

Your name

Mrs. Delle Cave

623-American History

23 February 2012

Title of Event

            Start your first paragraph here…….

Works Cited:

This goes at the end of your paper ON A SEPARATE PAGE.  Title the page Works Cited. Follow the MLA format guide on our school’s library link. You must have at least one book as a source.  Put your sources in alphabetical order.

Website Example:

    Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's

Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997 <http://

 www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>.

Book Example:

    Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History

 of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993.

Seniors- Ch. 8 Objectives

Pgs. 204-212

1. Define personality, psychosocial development, and emotions
2. How does culture influence displays of emotions? (Asian vs. American culture)
3. What are the 1st signs of emotions?
4. Explain the progression of smiling and laughter. Social smiling? Anticipatory smiling?
5. How is emotional development an orderly process?
6. Emotions at birth?
7. What are the self-conscious emotions and when do they develop?
8. Define self-awareness.
9. What are the self-evaluative emotions and when do they develop?
10. SKIP BRAIN GROWTH AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
11. Define altruistic behavior.
12. What is empathy? How can it be seen in early infancy?
13. What are mirror neurons?
14. How does empathy depend on social cognition?
15. What does Piaget say about egocentrism and the development of social cognition?
16. SKIP SHARED INTENTIONALITY
17. Define temperament.
18. What were the goals and set-up of the New York Longitudinal Study (Thomas and Chess)?
19. Explain the three categories in which children were classified.
20. How stable is temperament?
21. Explain the goodness of fit model.
22. What are the conclusions of the Kagan study from the text about shyness and boldness?

Sophs- Unit 6 Objectives

Ch. 17 Becoming a World Power

- Study world map
- HI video sheet
- HI blogs
- Re-read chapter 17, sections 1-4

- What is imperialism?
- 4 reasons for imperialism
- Progression of U.S. foreign policy: G.W through William Seward; Monroe Doctrine
- Arguments for and against imperialism
- Alfred Mahan argument
- When was Alaska annexed? Hawaii?
- How did Americans gain power in Hawaii? Role of missionaries
- Contrast the leadership styles of Queen Liliuokalani and King Kalakaua
- Causes of Spanish-American War
- Why did U.S get involved?
- Role of yellow journalism
- T. Roosevelt- Rough Riders
- Debate over empire
- Lands acquired after Spanish-Amer war
- Who was William McKinley?
- Open Door Policy/ Sphere of Influence in China
- Why did the U.S seek to build a canal in Panama?
- How did the U.S gain access to the isthmus?
- Effects of the Panama Canal?
- Roosevelt Corollary
- Why did some people believe racism was at work in imperialism?
- What were 3 economic arguments raised by the anti-imperialists?
- What was significant about the tour of the Great White Fleet?