Sunday, July 15, 2012

Unit 2 - Interpersonal & Group Behaviour

Welcome Back!!!


Session 5 - Attitudes: Attitude Formation and Change


Open with a brief outline of what will be covered in the coming unit of work...


Move onto Attitudes PowerPoint - students will need to actively take notes in their work book throughout the presentation.


Complete the relevant activities outlined throughout the document - ABC's and Songs Activity.


Complete the following:
  • Read through pages 175 - 178 of the textbook and 'Check Your Understanding 6.1' in their workbook.

Session 6 - Prejudice & Stereotypes


Review the concepts of last session concerning Attitudes and Song Analysis. Students are to write the notes of Cognitive Dissonance Theory in their workbooks - explain main ideas.

"If I can invite whom I want into my home, then I should have the right to say who comes into my country"
                                         Pauline Hanson (Maiden Speech HOR - 1996)


Thoughts about the quote above???


Brainstorm the following in terms:


Prejudice


Stereotypes


Collate ideas up on the W/B and then students are to develop their own definition of both terms - run through defintion

Question:

How tolerant is Australia?


Hungry Beast Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5Cs3tM0j8


Discuss the implications of this clip - what does it actually mean?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-23/nearly-half-of-australians-are-anti-muslim-study/1954194

Move onto 'Dumb, Drunk & Racist' - Ep. 2 and students are to complete the viewing sheet while watching. Discuss the main points with the class.


Students are to provide definitions for the 'Bases of Prejudice' outlined on pages 185 & 186 in their workbooks.

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