A - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we start with an explanation of three types of volcanoes (composite or stratovolcano, shield, and cinder). You can find explanations at the following websites:
Exploring the Environment: Volcanoes
SDSU Geology Department: How Volcanoes Work
USGS: Principal Types of Volcanoes
GSC: Types of Volcanoes
You can also look at videos explaining them here:
How Stuff Works: Types of Volcanoes
National Geographic: Volcanoes 101
For the remainder of the class you will need to complete a few questions from your Earth Science and the Environment text: "For Review" questions 11, 12, & 14 and "For Discussion" question 6 all on page 194. NOTE: Your unit final will be next Wednesday (April 28th)
B - Social Studies 10 - Today we are going to continue our topographic map assignment from the Geographic Understandings textbook in class. We'll work on Activity 21 questions 1-7 on pages 52 and 53 which deals with the map 92 G3 Richmond (Lulu Island).
For more on Richmond and the Fraser River delta check out:
Geoscape Vancouver
Vancouver Rocks
Vancouver's Landscape
C - Criminology 12 - Today I want to continue with our look at the nature vs. nurture debate that we started last week focusing on the history of psychological and sociological criminology. We'll look at the difference between deviance and criminal behaviour (acts that are criminal but not deviant and deviant but not criminal). What is deviant behaviour? A simple explanation of deviant behaviour could be any action that violates cultural norms (formal norms like laws - or informal norms like nose picking). This is a difficult concept because what an individual or sub culture in society defines as deviant is contextually situated (meaning what I think is deviant may be different for you; it is subjective - influenced by personal considerations).
Take smoking in public. You may think that this behaviour is acceptable because an individual has the choice to consume a cigarette and they are merely harming themselves...no problem right? You may, however, think this behaviour is unacceptable. Second-hand smoke is hurtful to others because they could be harmed by someone else's behaviour. So what is deviant in many cases is subjective. What is criminal is the codification of what a society as a whole deems as deviant. Homicide is criminal because as a society we believe that taking another life is unacceptable and deviates from the accepted cultural norm that we wish our country to be like.
So using the text and your brains you need to come up with a list of things that are deviant but not criminal and a list of things that are criminal but not deviant. After you'll need to take one act from either list and explain why it should be criminalized or why it should be decriminalized.
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