FAMILY ACTIVITY: On Tuesday, 4/21, we'll be seeing a documentary entitled, "Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood," which features the author of the book we are reading with the same title. For this activity, following our viewing of this documentary, I will give the families time to discuss the film and identify what you believe is the WORST OR MOST DESTRUCTIVE aspect of the commercialization of childhood revealed in the documentary. You will also have some time during the next class (Thursday, 4/23) to hash this out and designate one family member to write up a couple paragraphs (or one page maximum) on what your family concluded was the worst or most destructive aspect of the commercialization of childhood brought out in the documentary. A family spokesperson will be called upon to present this at the beginning of the following class (Tuesday, 4/28), as well as turn in your summary. I will consider these and then post modified versions of them on this blog, which may be a source of a question on the final exam. This exercise is worth 5 activity points, and you have to participate to earn these points, which means, at a minimum, you MUST see the documentary next week.
Reminder: Essay II is due Thursday, 4/16. And continue reading Consuming Kids. Sometime next week I will announce on this blog and in class what we'll try to cover in The Cheating Culture during the last few classes of the semester.
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