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Consider the thinking patterns of our 3 thinkers.  Were they alive today, what would they see?  What would catch their eye?  How would they put the pieces of the big picture together?

Be clear and be specific.  Also be organized:  build.

If you can interconnect the ways they see, all the better.  If you can use the 'quads', all the better.

Focus on 2  of the 3 thinkers.  For the one you do not focus on, say something brief about 3 of concepts he might use to look at your topic.

 

TWO PARTS – ALL WITHIN 3 PIECES OF PAPER (NO COVER SHEET): Due:  Accepting papers on Monday night - but not officially due until final night, which is Saturday. think of it this way: … pick one of the questions available and write about that question from the point of view of two of our three theorists.  What would they be seeing and saying if they were alive and looking at this question?  Mention the third theorist and 2-3-4 concepts of his that he might use, too, but don’t dwell on #3.  Focus on the two you pick.  You pick from one of 5 areas. Interconnect the views and add depth or breadth to your analysis by couching your awareness in the four quadrants of social life and the movement of social forces through them.  ALSO, respond to the comment you first made at the beginning of the quarter on the relationship of self to society or self to group.  Monday night attendance is mandatory:  roll will be taken!         Pick one (1) of the 5 below RELIGION TODAY Where is our enlightenment?  Durkheim places religion as the center of all societies:  is it a necessity for our survival?  Is all our advertizing just a by-product of technology? Statistics show that many are beginning to turn to religious and spiritual practices: what is fueling this phenomenon--this new- found-faith?  Comment on how this could come to play when we are media influenced to be Abercombrie, phat farm, Nike, Chanel,  Victoria Secret, Baby Phat, iPod people?  Might Marx think that materialism will forever keep us from our full potential as human beings? GANGS and ETHNIC CONFLICT are gangs the result of conflict or the product of consensus or the by-product of the changes brought about by the end of the 20th century?  Could a more complete picture of gangs be drawn by thinking with the thinking caps of all three thinkers and weaving them into one complete picture? IMMIGRATION:  two groups - Latino and Muslim.  How would our thinkers see the 2 groups as the same and how as different? What would they look at and what would they say about what they see from fences to complexions to fashion to gender roles to occupation groups to family structure to media to religious beliefs to political power to status to military - See table below for concepts. GLOBALISM Look at this link  To what would our thinkers be drawn into thinking about were they to wake up like Rip Van Winkle and gaze at this map? structure a question and then respond to it about how our thinkers would view education (maybe NCLB) or the changing structure of gender or political contests today.  For  example, one student wrote:  How would Marx, Weber and Durkheim view gender changes in same sex marriages? Would they think that same sex marriage is inevitable and that it undermines marriage? Would they view it as something that will become a norm or be beneficial for society? What stance would they take on the gender roles changing through same sex marriages versus heterosexual marriages? check out this video - what would the thinkers see and say? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQKK2_Bohto      or, do this:        MATCH - who "goes with" whom: Clinton                 Durkheim McCain                 Marx Obama                 Weber   nochild left behind YouTube statements from the 3 candidates: CLINTON: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYcsGmP9new  OBAMA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsVimwm6xQ4&feature=related  MCCAIN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGnhQM3PRlQ&feature=related