Week 1 Oct 23
Teaching days 5
The role of the family tied loosely to Chapter 11
Monday The evolution of the American family this will be a open ended discussion covering the nuclear, extended, single, step, same sex, cross generational,
Tuesday Family dynamics and roles of family members
Wednesday Functional and dysfunctional family conditions
Thursday and Friday internal review of your family challenges solutions and future.

This week we will be watching the movie Failsafe and discussing topics of War, Government Authority social class, Inequalities of Race, and gender in the 1950’s and 60’s, Gamesmanship, and Ethics in Research.

In the next few weeks we will be watching The Boy on Striped Pajamas. As we watch the movie we will be discussing several issues including Religion and Sociology, Collective Behavior, Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity, and Power and Authority. This is a powerful movie on the Holocaust and will create emotional responses any parent who deems this inappropriate please inform me and I will provide an alternative assignment.