Ditto - this is a great exercise - thanks for sharing it again!
Susan St. John-Jarvis, Assoc. Professor of Sociology
Corning Community College
1 Academic Drive
Corning, NY 14830
(607) 962-9526 or secretary 962-9239
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From: Gwen Nyden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 8, 2006 7:22 am
Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: frustration
>
> I've used the candy bar exercise a number of times in my classes
> and the
> results have always been positive. I have 100 Hersey's Kisses and
> I begin
> by asking students how they think I should distribute them to the
> class.
> I generally talk about this material right after they've gotten
> one of the
> their tests back, so I might suggest that I give them the candy
> based on
> their test results. I then divide them into five smaller groups
> and ask
> them to brainstorm how I can hand out the candy.
>
> They come up with various ways -- from a straight equal
> distribution to
> some distribution that might reflect their age, their overall GPA,
> or even
> their size. Then I tell them I have a way of doing it, and I
> distributeit based on the national income distribution. When they
> see that one group
> gets almost half the pile and others get considerably less, they
> claim its
> not fair and I bring the discussion around to inequality.
>
> Its fun and everyone gets to enjoy the Kisses when we're through!
>
> Gwen Nyden
> Oakton Community College
> Des Plaines, IL
>
> > 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: [email protected]
> > 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
> >
> >
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