Friday, May 9, 2008

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
a. define and describe respect and disrespect.
b. classify people and professions.
c. define the role of teachers.

Agenda:
1. Warm-Up: Students will answer the following questions in their notebooks: What is respect? Give an example. What is disrespect? Give an example.

2. Today's Vocabulary:
a. character education: a theory that says that students should be taught proper manner, behaviors, and attitudes in school (as opposed to at home)
b. group mentality: a person will act differently on their own as compared to with a group - on their own, they follow their own conscience, but with a group, they follow a leader, usually to a negative result

3. Respect Ratings Activity: Rate the level of respect that you have for the following professions/people based on a 1 to 10 scale (1 = low, 10 = high) and write the reason why:
a. teacher
b. doctor
c. corner store owner
d. McDonald's employee
e. your mom
f. the person sitting next to you
Share will share answers and rationales and discuss the issue of respect.

4. Questions to answer and discuss: Is it the job of school teachers to teach you manner and behavior? Why or why not? Why would a school even consider such a mission?

5. Question to answer and discuss: Are teachers babysitters? Explain your answer.

6. We will have a notebook check at the end of class today - 200 points.

Homework: There is no homework assigned for this class this weekend.