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Encyclopedia Assignment IDIS110 - LC3 - Arendall Fall 2009

Introduction edit

During Fall 2009, the "IDIS110: Introduction to Information Literacy" introductory college research course taught by Thomas Arendall User:InformationLiterate at the University of Baltimore will ask students to add sources to Wikipedia articles that need them, primarily relating to Sociology, Philosophy and the class theme, "Courts and Society."

The class consists of 21 college freshmen who will work individually. Each student will have a separate Wikipedia account, and each will choose an article lacking sources and add reliable sources to support the facts in the article.

Progress edit

This is the section where we track students' article choices and progress on the project. Each student in the class will post their progress here.

Example:

Student Name: Thomas Arendall

Wikipedia User Name: InformationLiterate

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:InformationLiterate

Article Chosen: Learning Community (this article isn't actually about sociology, philosophy, or "Courts and Society," but this is just an example)

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_community

How that Article fits class themes: Learning communities, or linked sets of courses that students take during the same semester, are an increasingly popular way of structuring courses on college and university campuses in the United States. Hotchkiss, Moore, and Pitts argue that freshmen that take courses linked in a learning community are more likely to stay in college and to succeed academically (1). Researchers at Evergreen State University (commonly described as the birthplace of the modern movement for learning communities in higher education) believe that learning communities lead to even deeper learning: "learning communities can offer more: curricular coherence; integrative, high-quality learning; collaborative knowledge-construction; and skills and knowledge relevant to living in a complex, messy, diverse world" (Lardner and Malnarich). Because of these benefits, the University of Baltimore has decided to offer learning communities to its first and second year students. Each learning community at the University of Baltimore consists of linked sets of three courses: a humanities course (philosophy, history, English, etc.), a social science course (sociology, business, criminal justice, etc.), and a skills course (information literacy or oral communication).

Progress: Done. Created user account. Chose article. Gathered 5 sources. Added them to article. Wrote final assignment, available here.

One Source: Smith, B.L. (2001, Fall). Challenge of Learning Communities as a Growing National Movement. Peer Review, 4(1). Retrieved September 22, 2009, from http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-fa01/pr-fa01feature1.cfm

Date Added: 00:09, 22 September 2009 [Note: Wikipedia has an odd format for dates and times. I copied this directly from the "History" page of my article after I added the source]

Fact: "Learning communities began to gain popularity at other U.S. colleges and universities during the late 80s and throughout the 90s."

Student Name: Shiraz Ahmed

Wikipedia User Name:Shirazmth66

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shirazmth66

Article Chosen: Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%27l_Hasan_Muhammad_Ibn_Yusuf_al-%27Amiri#Life_and_Education

How that Article fits class themes: This article is actually a stub. It needs a lot more information added to the article. But this article is about an Islamic philosopher, who was merging during the time of the later Greek philosophers. This fits to the class theme by, it talks about a philosopher, who actually is linked to philosophy. Philosophy is a class that we all are taking, and it fits the theme of "society and courts." This philosopher shares many key ideas that we have learned in Philosophy class already, so it will help me relearn a lot of the information. Also this article reflects upon all the pre Socratic theorists, so it again lonks to philosophy.

Progress:finished

One Source:Al-'Amiri, Abu'l Hasan Muhammad ibn Yusuf (d. 992). Tom Gaskell, 1998. Web. 27 Sept. 2009. <http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/H041>.

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Fact: Abu’s Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri believed that philosophy did not contradict the teachings of Islam. He tried to focus and base his beliefs on both philosophy and Islam. However many people believed that the philosophy teachings/ beliefs are much different than Islam’s or any other cultures. Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri argued that revealed truth must be superior to philosophy. His believing involved the Greeks too. In Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri believed that the Greeks did not have a final say because they as a society, lacked a prophet who had a final say in all forms. Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri's main purpose was to defend Islam against a form of philosophy which was regarded as independent of revelation.

Student Name: Breanna Burch

Wikipedia User Name:Breannaburch

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Breannaburch

Article Chosen:Cultural Shock

Article URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_shock

How that Article fits class themes: This article deals with Culture shock(sociology).Anyone who feels out of place, uncertain or even disoriented when they are immursed into another culture may be experiencing culture shock. It often relates to the inability to assimilate the new culture. This causes difficulty in knowing what is appropriate and what is not. Everything is different, for example not speaking the same launage is an example of culture shock.

Progress: Created user account. Choose article. Gathered one source. Added it to article

Source one:Pedersen, Paul. The Five Stages of Culture Shock: Critical Incidents Around the World. Contributions in psychology, no. 25. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Date Added: 21:32, 27 September 2009

Fact:" This phase is often marked by mood swings caused by minor issues or without apparent reason.This is where excitment turns to dissapointment and more and more differences start to occur."

Source two: Winkelman, Michael. "Cultural Shock and Adaptation." Journal of Counseling & Development 73.2 (Nov. 1994): 121-126.29 Sept.2009.web.

Date Added: 20:20, 29 September 2009

Fact:" One starts to develope problem-solving skills for dealing with the culture, and begins to accept the culture ways with a postive attitude. The culture begins to make sense, and negative reactions and responses to the culture are reduced. Reaching this stage requires a constructive response to culture shock with effective means of adaption".

Soure Three:Huff, Jennifer L. "Parental attachment, reverse culture shock, perceived social support, and college adjustment of missionary children." Journal of Psychology & Theology 29.3 (2001): 246-264.29 Sept 2009.Web.

Date Added: 20:35, 29 September 2009

Fact: "This results from the psychosomatic and psychological consquences of the readjustment process to the primary culture."

Source Four: Huff, Jennifer L. "Parental attachment, reverse culture shock, perceived social support, and college adjustment of missionary children." Journal of Psychology & Theology 29.3 (2001): 246-264.29 Sept 2009.Web.

Date Added: 21:05, 29 September 2009

Fact: "During the first few weeks most people are fascinated by the new culture. They associate with the nationals that speak there language and are polite to the foreigners.This period is full of observations and new discoveries.Like many honeymoones this stage eventually ends".

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Student Name: Ben Cantales

Wikipedia User Name:09BennyBoy13

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:09BennyBoy13

Article Chosen: Civil Liberties in the United States

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_States

How that Article fits class themes: Civil Liberties is a subtopic of Human Rights. Human Rights is a major theme in our learning community, "Courts and Society". The most common civil liberties are those listed throughout the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. Other civil liberties not specifically stated in the Constitution are still civil liberties of the United States' citizen, however. Civil liberties are legal protections against the government, making sure that it never gets too powerful. If the government was to abuse it's power, an organization called the ACLU would step in to protect the citizen as needed.

Progress: Article selected. One reference correctly cited.

Source One: Absolute Astronomy. "Freedom of Speech." Civil Liberties in the United States. Absolute Astronomy, 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Civil_liberties_of_the_United_States>.

Date Added: 15:47, 29 September 2009

Fact: "Civil liberties can be simply defined as individual legal and constitutional protections against the government."

Source Two: Alexander, Keith L. "Lawsuit Seeks Right to Carry Concealed Weapons in the District." Www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080702997.html>.

Date Added: 22:18, 29 September 2009

Fact: "The lawyer who won the battle to allow District residents to keep handguns in their homes is now fighting to allow residents and visitors to carry their weapons in public."

Source Three: American Civil Liberties Union. "Human Rights." Http://www.aclu.org/intlhumanrights/index.html. American Civil Liberties Union. Web. 27 Sept. 2009. <http://www.aclu.org/intlhumanrights/index.html>.

Date Added: 04:34, 29 September 2009

Fact: "The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

Source Four: FindLaw. "First Amendment - Religion and Expression." FindLaw for Legal Professionals. FindLaw, 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/>.

Date Added: 15:34, 29 September 2009

Fact: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Source Five: Gordon, Jesse. "Civil Liberties vs. Civil Rights." OnTheIssues.org. Ed. Jesse Gordon. Jesse Gordon, 3 Aug. 2000. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/civil_liberties.htm>.

Date Added: 14:38, 29 September 2009

Fact: "In those terms, "civil liberties" are your personal rights as spelled out in the Constitution and other founding documents, such as the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, etc."

Source Six: Scalia, Antonin. "District of Columbia v. Heller." Oyez.org. The US Supreme Court Media, June 2008. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_07_290/>.

Date Added: 21:11, 29 September 2009

Fact: "In a 5-4 decision," (District of Columbia v. Heller) "the Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."

Student Name: Casey Davenport

Wikipedia User Name: Blackvanhelsing

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Blackvanhelsing

Article Chosen:Social Rights

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_rights

How that Article fits class themes: Social rights are rights made by a group of people to maintain social order within a society(1). Social rights, in and of itself, function philosophically, sociologically, and in courts and society. The social rights of American citizens, as well as the aspects of American society, have walked hand and hand with sociology and philosophy. Social rights, which arose from the social contract, were established before legal rights, and positive law(1). Sincerely contrasting against natural law, social rights were based on meeting the needs of society to solve issues of lost income, recession, health care, housing and education. Sociology is the study of human behavior, and the development of human society.(1) Without studying society and/or the development of organizations, how does one determine what needs to be evaluated or considered for change. The creators of our social rights looked and analyzed the needs of our society to determine the best, most agreeable rights our society should have regardless of natural and positive law. Sociology allowed us to take a broad approach on what satisfies or ultimately benefits us as a society when depicting our social rights. Knowing the baselines of social rights helps to distinguish what a society is both capable of, as well as legally and ethically fit to do. From a philosophical perspective, the values in which we live, our beliefs, and our culture make up who we are as a society. Our social rights allows us to have free will, which allows us to be able to choose, what our beliefs are, and how we determine what logical explanations are verses those made of assumption. Social rights ask these philosophical questions to establish a guideline: what are our morals? What causes us to react certain ways? And, how do we determine what is reality verses empirical method. Social rights gives us freedoms of belief, religion, thought , and approach in determining what ultimately is best for us.(5) Courts have given us logical explanations for laws, decisions, sentencing etc. Our judicial system is built by determining what laws to abide by in order to live ethically and know what’s right and wrong. Our Constitution, the document in which our courts abides by, use social rights as a focal point to determine what is best for our society.(2)

Progress: Created user name, found article, and cited article

One Source:) Ochs, Holona. "Constructing Social Rights: What's Working, What's Fair" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel, New Orleans, LA, Jan 06, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66886_index.html

Second source:)) Introduction of the Bill of Rights in congress, 1789 Jun 8, Jul 21, Aug 13, 18-19; Annals 1:424-50, 661-65, 707-17, 757-59, 766. Date Added: September 30, 2009

Fact:Social rights are rights made by a group of people to maintain social order within a society.

Student Name: William Fields

Wikipedia User Name:Auron1991

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Auron1991

Article Chosen:Habits of Mind

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habits_of_mind

How that Article fits class themes:This article fits into the class theme because it talks about the process behind what goes on in court rooms and what is going on outside of courtrooms. The habits of the mind that humans go through is what makes up what we should prepare for when going into a courtroom.

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One Source:

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Student Name: Kristian Hill-Harris

Wikipedia User Name:Krenee91

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Krenee91

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Student Name: Sabraya Ibrahim

Wikipedia User Name: Sabrayaashly

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sabrayaashly

Article Chosen: emotional isolation

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_isolation

How that Article fits class themes: This article fits the theme because sociology has to do with the interaction of humans and emotional isolation is when you feel as though you have no one that is there for you, which is having small interaction with others.

Progress:

One Source: http://special-needs.families.com/blog/leave-me-alone-the-child-who-seeks-emotional-isolation

Date Added: 9/29

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Two Source: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1898

Student Name: Jaqueline Jauregui

Wikipedia User Name: jaquelinej

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jaquelinej Article Chosen:political sociology

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_sociology

How that Article fits class themes: This article talks about sociology one of the learning community classes and political science and how they connect with one another. Talks about the four main issues that political sociologists concentrate on which is how social groups such as class, race, and gender affect politics and vis versa how powerful institutions of political power affect social groups as well like media and workplace.

Progress:Created user account, Chose article

One Source:Domhoff G. William. Power Structure Research and the hope for Democracy. Adam Schneider, April.2005.Web Retrieved 29 Sept.2009 from <http://www.polycola.com/search.php?stypes=&eng1=yahoo&eng2=google&st=Web&q=three+major+theoretical+frameworks+are+elite+pluralism+and+managerial+theory.>

Fact:Formal institutions of political power affect politics and power relationships within and between social groups

Two Source:Lewis A. Coser. Masters of socioological Thought. Class Theory 1977:48-50 Web. Retrieved 29 Sept 2009 from <http://www.polycola.com/search.php?stypes=&eng1=yahoo&eng2=google&st=Web&q=social+class+theory+emerged+when>

Fact: Social Class theory emerged from Marxism in the 1850's

Three Source: Bentley, Peter,Arnold Rose, Talcott Parsons, and Neil Smelser. "Political Sociological Theories:Theories of the State and Power." 16 Jan.2003.Web.28 Sept 2009 from:<http://stmarys.ca/~evanderveen/wvdv/political_sociology/political_sociological_theories.htm>

Fact:Three major theoretical frameworks are pluralism, elite, and managerial theory

Fourth Source: Buzzell, Timothy, Betty A. Dobratz, and Lisa K. Waldner."The Politics of Social Inequality."14 Mar. 2001 Web. 29 Sept 2009 From:<http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?K=9780762307562>

Fact:Social inequality between groups influences politics

Fifth Source:Nachtigal M. Paul."Political Trends Affecting Nonmetropolitan America." Journal of Research in Rural Education Vol.10(1994):161-166.Print. From:http://www.jrre.psu.edu/articles/v10,n3,p161-166,Nachtigal.pdf

Fact: Major Social trends can affect the political process

Student Name: Jessica Knutila

Wikipedia User Name: JessicaKnutila

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JessicaKnutila

Article Chosen: Social Perception

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_perception

How that Article fits class themes: This article ties in to both Philosophy and Sociology. It talks about the experience of gaining sensory information about the world of people, things, and events. It discusses the different methods of studying this perception, from psychological approaches through the philosophy of mind to the studies of Merleau-Ponty, a French philosopher.

Progress: Done with article, just have to submit to professor.

One Source: "Perception." A2Z Psychology. A2Z Psychology, 2006. Web. 28 Sept. 2009

Date Added: September 28, 2009

Fact: Perception is acquiring, interpreting, selecting and organizing sensory information.

Student Name: Anita Mccoy

Wikipedia User Name:Anita McCoy

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anita126

Article Chosen: "Social Conflict"

Article URL: http:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conflict

How that Article fits class themes: This article fits the Sociology theme. It discusses the interactions of people. This is something that everyone can relate to, and something that everyone should learn about. It will give those a better understanding, and the background of the conflicts and negative affects of our actions.

Progress: 3 sources

Source One: Pruitt, Dean G. “Social Conflict.” http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/full_text_search/AllCRCDocs/pruisoci.htm/2003

Date Added: Sept 29, 2009

Fact: "Social conflict describes the nature of conflict, the factors which escalate conflict, and strategies which may be used to de-escalate and settle conflict."

Source Two:GORDON MARSHALL. "conflict theory." A Dictionary of Sociology. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 Sep. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

Date Added: Sept 29, 2009

Fact:The conflict theory is sociological writings of opponents to the dominance of structural functionalism, in the two decades after the Second World War. Max Weber and Karl Marx both have two different approaches to the conflict theory. Marx talks about the economic social conflicts, while Weber discusses the conflict about power. The main points of the social conflict are the values, beliefs and norms.

Source Three:Chris MacDonald, Michael McDonald, and Wayne Norman, “Charitable Conflicts of Interest”, Journal of Business Ethics 39:1-2, 67-74, August 2002. (p.68)

Date Added: Sept 29, 2009

Fact:"Conflict of interest is a type of conflict interest. We can define a conflict of interest as a situation in which a person has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional."

Source Four: Beverly Hills, CA:Sage Publications, 1976.http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/TCH.CHAP27.HTM

Date:Sept 29, 2009

Fact: social conflict is not limited to hostile or antagonistic opposition; it is not wholly a clash of coercive powers as often is implied, but of any opposing social powers.

Source Five: http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=PAQ.026.0555A

Date: Sept 29, 2009

Fact: Dr. Socer stated his meaning of the social conflict

Student Name: Sameerah Mickey

Wikipedia User Name: SameerahMickeyIDIS110

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SameerahMickeyIDIS110

Article Chosen: Religious Education

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_education

How that Article fits class themes: This article fits one of my class themes because it relates to sociology. It talks about how religion reflects on all different societies. This article goes in depth on religious education and how it is valued in different places all around the world. Education is the process of socialization and prepares people for roles that social institutions call for. Religion takes on a big part in human societies. It is through religion that helps develop a culture.

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Source One: Absolute Astronomy. "Parochial School." Http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Parochial_school. Absolute Astronomy, 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Parochial_school>.

Date Added: 9:30, September 29, 2009

FACT: “Parochial schools are Christian grammar schools or high schools run by parishes but this distinction is not universally made.”

Source Two: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. "Four Seventies Released." Lds.org. The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, Nov. 1991. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=767a94bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD>.

Date Added: 10:15, September 29, 2009

FACT: “Much of the growth has come in countries other than the United States. Church members now live in about 135 countries and speak more than 165 languages.”

Source Three: The Association for Asian Studies. "Session 93: Chinese Lay Buddhists in the Early Twentieth Century and the Question of Secularization: Four Case Studies." Aasaianst.org. Association for Asian Studies, Inc., Mar. 2009. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2009abst/China/C-93.htm>.

Date Added: 11:30, September 29, 2009

FACT: “Secularization theorists have understood industrial capitalism to be a driving force for the decline of religion in modern society.”

Source Four: N/A. "Faith in the System." Government.co.uk. Crown Copyright, 2007. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.governornet.co.uk/linkAttachments/Faith%20in%20the%20System.pdf>.

Date Added: 12:15, September 29, 2009

FACT: “Though many independent schools with Free Church foundations remain, all except the Methodist Church surrendered their maintained schools to local education authorities after the 1902 Education Act introduced free, compulsory Christian education for all.”

Source Five: Department of Education. "Overview of Governing Constitutional Principles." Ed.gov. Ed.gov, 15 Sept. 2003. Web. 29 Sept. 2009. <http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html>.

Date Added: 03:00, Septermber 29, 2009

FACT: “The legal rules that govern the issue of constitutionally protected prayer in the public schools are similar to those that govern religious expression generally.”

Student Name: Joseph Miragliotta

Wikipedia User Name:Josephmiragliotta

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Josephmiragliotta

Article Chosen: Labeling Theory

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labeling_theory

How that Article fits class themes: How labels in Society can be a Self-fulfilling prophecy.

Progress:

One Source:

Scheff, Thomas J. Being Mentally Ill. 2nd ed. Piscataway: Aldine Transaction, 1984. Print.

Gove, Walter R. Labelling of Deviance: Evaluating a Perspective. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1975. Print.

Vito, Gennaro F., Jeffery R. Maahs, and Ronald M. Holmes. Criminology: Theory, Research And Policy. 2nd ed. Sudbury: Jones & Bartlett, 2006. Print.

Link, Bruce G., and Jo C. Phelan. "The Labelling Theory of Mental Disorder (II): The Consequences of Labeling." A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999. 361-76. Print.

Becker, Howard. Outsiders. 1963 (1997). New York, NY: Free Press.

Date Added: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Fact: Hard labeling - People who believe in hard labeling believe that mental illness does not exist. It is merely deviance from the norms of society that cause people to believe in mental illness. Thus, mental illnesses are socially constructed illnesses and psychotic disorders do not exist.

Student Name: Amirah Muhammad

Wikipedia User Name: Jurisprudence2015

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jurisprudence2015

Article Chosen: Subculture

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture

How that Article fits class themes: Subcultures fits in with the subject of sociology. Subcultures are different from their predominant cultures. They are a part of a culture and makes a culture unique. The subculture is a part of what makes a society a society.

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One Source: Hall, Stuart, Tony Jefferson. Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain. New York: Routledge, 1993. Print.

Date Added: 11:40, 28 September 2009

Fact: "In some cases, subcultures have been legislated against, their activities regulated or curtailed."

Student Name: Tavon Payne

Wikipedia User Name: InfoLit. Univ. Ba Payne

Wikipedia User Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:InfoLit._Univ.Ba_Payne

Article Chosen: Appeal to Emotion

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion

How that Article fits class themes: Philosophy functions upon a solid basis of argumentation. And an essential aspect of successful argumentation proves to be solid reasoning. Through solid philosophical reasoning, many feats can be achieved; governments can be created, sciences can be unveiled, and knowledge can be expanded. But the converse of solid philosophical reasoning may impose a detriment to arising ideologies; a subject known as fallacy. For example, if a person presents an idea and attempts to prove the idea to be true by providing sullied supporting evidence, then that person has committed a fallacy.

In addition, there are many common types of fallacies, including false-dilemma fallacies, red herring fallacies, appeal to emotion fallacies, and several others. These various fallacies have gained widepsread notoriety for their ability to tarnish the substance of a person's argument position.

Thus, knowledge of the existence and the meaning of fallacies may provide a major assistance to a person's ability to create concrete philosophy.

Progress: Complete

One Source: Moore, Brooke N., and Kenneth Bruder. Philosophy: The Power of Ideas. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.

Date Added: 06:32, 30 September 2009

Fact: Appeal to emotion attempts to develop an argument by conjuring emotions.

Source Two: http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/ap/appeal_to_emotion.htm

Date Added: 06:32, 30 September 2009

Fact: When an elicitor of information utilizes emotional issues as his/her basis of argument he/she presents an appeal to emotion fallacy.

Source Three: http://mcckc.edu/longview/ctac/fallacy.htm

Date Added: 06:32, 30 September 2009

Fact: An appeal to emotion fallacy intends to persuade an audience instead of offering factual evidence of a claim.

Source Four: Kimball, Robert H. “A Plea for Pity.” Philosophy and Rhetoric. Vol. 37, Issue 4. (2004): 301-16. Print.

Date Added: 06:32, 30 September 2009

Fact: The induction of emotions into an argument may provide a sheath over reasoning.

Source Five: Wheater, Isabella “Philosophy.” Vol.79, Issue 308. (2004): 215-45. Print.

Date Added: 06:32, 30 September 2009

Fact: Emotions may assist a person's decisiveness.

Student Name: Shalise Plummer

Wikipedia User Name: Lisey12

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisey12

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Student Name: Tay Price

Wikipedia User Name:Tpriceidis110

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tpriceidis110

Article Chosen:Sociology of Motherhood

Article URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology_of_motherhood

How that Article fits class themes: This article starts to analyze the roles of a "mother" in society and how they differentiate from the role of a "father". It talks about gender roles in various cultures as well. This article relates to the learning community because it re-enforces the methods used in sociology.

Progress:User page created. Article chosen. One source found. one fact addeded.

One Source:Rosen, Ruth."Soap to Ploughshares: How to return Mother's Day to it's original meaning." slate. Washington Post. Newsweek Interactive CO.,2009.Web.9-25-09.<http://www.slate.com/id/2217890/?from=rss>

Date Added: 9-25-09 @ 11:00 a.m

Fact: Anna Reeves Jarvis was a women who originally organized Mother's Work Day's protesting the lack of cleanliness and sanitation in the work place. Anna died in 1905 and her daughter created a National Mother's Day to honor her mother.

Student Name: Arco Sen

Wikipedia User Name:XX-DevilsTears-XX

Wikipedia User Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:XX-DevilsTears-XX

Article Chosen:Residencies of British India

Article URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residencies_of_British_India

How that Article fits class themes:This article fits into the sociological theme because it describes how the British were able to rule colonial India through the residencies where the resident lived. Some of the indigenous states ruled by the Indian Princess, also known as native states where relatively autonomous in terms of political and administrative control. However, they were an integral part of British India, and the authority of the British was maintained by the resident. The resident was a British colonial officer who resided in the capital of the native state in a recedency. His primary role was to advise the native prince on governance. In this way the British were able to maintain their social and political control over the relatively independent native states. The residency a complex of buildings and spatial area, that was modified to suit the aesthetic values of the British.

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Source One: Davies, Philip. Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India, 1660-1947. New York: Penguin Books, 1987. Print.