TEACHSOC: Re: frustration

[Karen Loeb]

Sunny,   The New York Times article is a great idea but you can also use an exercise of musical chairs as a learning exercise particularly geared for high school students where they act out the distribution of wealth in the U.S. using 10 chairs. You can download the lesson plan at this website:   http://www.teachingeconomics.org/content/index.php?topic=tenchairs   I have also used an exercise suggested by someone on this listserve using mini candy bars for income and wealth distribution. It's been very successful. You can probably find it in the archives.   Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Sunny Allen To: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:28 PM Subject: TEACHSOC: frustration   So I've realized I start to panic on Sunday nights because I dread teaching my soc classes (high school level).  I thought it was because of the students in the classes, which it partly is.  However, I think the biggest reason is that I just don't like teaching soc.  I have no books (text or otherwise) for them, our school dosn't have any computers, and I can't lecture for 90 minutes without losing them.  I can't get these kids too engaged in discussions, and we're all getting tired of group projects.   I do like sociology, I just struggle teaching it.  I seem to have so many activities, ideas, and "fun" things to do with my psychology classes, but have almost nothing with soc.   Does anyone have any short demonstrations, activities, or "things" they do in class.  I'm teaching inequalities right now (class, gender and race) and I know there is so much more I could be doing.   It's probably just end-of-year burnout, but thanks for letting me vent.   Sunny Allen Tooele High School Tooele, UT Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---