Learning Goals: to think like a sociologist about the concepts of aggression and bullying as well as focus on our responsibility to finish tasks
1. Shane Koyczan
This is Water
2. Think about the above videos - you have likely seen them in an English context
-> what would a sociologist say about them?
3. Sociologists suggest that aggression is a result of the inadequate diffusion of frustration by an individual
-> what causes the feelings of frustration?
-> how should people "diffuse" their feelings of aggression?
4. Edwin Sutherland -> differential association theory
-> aggression and violence are learned behaviours
-> do you agree that when people are aggressive, they "dehumanize" the other making it easier to be violent?
5. "Bullying is about power and aggression, but it is also about relationships."
-> think about how you can represent this in media format
-> thinking PSA, short video, song, spoken word poem, etc.
6. Work time
1. Shane Koyczan
This is Water
2. Think about the above videos - you have likely seen them in an English context
-> what would a sociologist say about them?
3. Sociologists suggest that aggression is a result of the inadequate diffusion of frustration by an individual
-> what causes the feelings of frustration?
-> how should people "diffuse" their feelings of aggression?
4. Edwin Sutherland -> differential association theory
-> aggression and violence are learned behaviours
-> do you agree that when people are aggressive, they "dehumanize" the other making it easier to be violent?
5. "Bullying is about power and aggression, but it is also about relationships."
-> think about how you can represent this in media format
-> thinking PSA, short video, song, spoken word poem, etc.
6. Work time