Opener: You will have half an hour or so to play a game based around the challenges people face in third world socio-economic situations go here for the simulation : http://ayiti.globalkids.org/game Your job is to survive. When you finished, please respond to the following questions in a few well thought out paragraphs.
1. What was your original strategy for winning- education, money, happiness, or health? Why did you pick this?
2. Write about the challenges you faced during your four year game cycle (one paragraph should suffice). How did you try to respond to the challenges and win? Did it work? Why or why not?
3. How would one analyze sociologically the issues involved in the game? (Think specific theories studied in class)
4. Could a person translate the problems and issues faced by this Haitian family to poverty in the US?
RESPOND BY CLICKING COMMENTS BELOW. IF IT SAYS "ERROR" WHEN YOU SUBMIT, IT MEANS I GOT IT.
**WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED BOTH SIMULATIONS AND SUBMITTED YOUR RESPONSES , you could READ the MYTH OF MERITOCRACY ASSIGNMENT (which will be due WEDNESDAY)
1. What was your original strategy for winning- education, money, happiness, or health? Why did you pick this?
2. Write about the challenges you faced during your four year game cycle (one paragraph should suffice). How did you try to respond to the challenges and win? Did it work? Why or why not?
3. How would one analyze sociologically the issues involved in the game? (Think specific theories studied in class)
4. Could a person translate the problems and issues faced by this Haitian family to poverty in the US?
RESPOND BY CLICKING COMMENTS BELOW. IF IT SAYS "ERROR" WHEN YOU SUBMIT, IT MEANS I GOT IT.
**WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED BOTH SIMULATIONS AND SUBMITTED YOUR RESPONSES , you could READ the MYTH OF MERITOCRACY ASSIGNMENT (which will be due WEDNESDAY)