Week 5Culture and Socialisation
Section 1Video activity
In this video a young man talks about being raised in care by the council and the responsibility of the council to act like parents.
Audio script for video
Because we’re in care, people just think we’re all evil little kids, we’re all bad. If you think about it, if your family owns say a shop or a company then you’d have the opportunity of going to work for your parents wouldn’t you? The council are supposed to be our corporate parents which means they’re supposed to look after us as if they were parents, our own parents. And, why can’t we work for the council which is the family business? Surely it should hold some weight that I’m part of the family.
Question
How important are parents in socialising their children to achieve in education and to find work as adults? Consider the two sentences in the video:
- 75% of care-leavers nationally have no qualifications compared to 6% of the population.
- 50% of care leavers are unemployed compared to 7% nationally.
Section 2Vocabulary activity
- Two words in each row are similar. Cross out the odd word.
- Use a dictionary and thesaurus to help you.
A / B / C
1 / norms / rules / chaos
2 / socialisation / learning rules / instinct
3 / to show / to evidence / to prove
4 / second stage / first / secondary
5 / occurs / happens / stops
6 / not questioned / unwritten rules / law
7 / last / first / primary
8 / examine / study / unaware
9 / feral / wild / socialised
10 / see and hear / protected / exposed to
11 / to go down / descend into / to improve
12 / cultured / savage / civilised
Section 3Reading activity(visit Blackboard to listen)
Culture and Socialisation
Dr Martin’s new book, called Parenting and Socialisation, asks each reader to examinetheir own life and their own cultural upbringing. His argument runs as follows: if people were not socialised by their parents there would be no culture and hence no society. Every culture requires rules. Imagine the chaos! Imagine the fighting! How would we live without rules? This book reminds us of another great book: Lord of the Flies, in which a group of school boys descend intosavagery.
In the first chapter of Dr Martin’s fascinating book he explains primary socialisation as a process which happens during the early years of our lives. During this period we learn unwritten rules and values from our parents. These unwritten rules might also be called norms. A norm defines what is acceptable, including what we eat, what we wear, how we speak, how we behave with other people, etc. For instance, the Bedouin people of North Africa eat sheep’s eyes with their fingers and they burp loudly. These three norms of eating would be unacceptable in Western countries.
The second chapter explains secondary socialisation. This processoccurs when a child enters school and later in life at college and work. Here is when many of the norms learned in primary socialisation are changed or altered. We are exposed tofriends, teachers, priests, film stars, musicians, politicians, sports people. All of these people can influence and change a person’s values and norms.
The remainder of the book provides stories of feral children to evidence how socialisation does not happen when children are raised by animals, such as wolves. In 1920 in India, for example, two orphans were found in a wolf’s den. One died but the other, called Kamala, was more like an animal than a human. She answered the call of nature wherever she was. She refused to wear clothes. She ate and drank like a dog. A big question for the reader is how much of what we learn is instinct or learned. This wonderful book tries to answer that question. Well recommended!
Section4
These questions are on the Blackboard website. You can find the answers there. We will also discuss them in class.
- What type of text is this?
a)biography
b)script
c)story
d)book review
- What is the main purpose of the writing?
a)to discuss socialisation
b)to discuss culture
c)to analyse the book and its content
d)to explain how feral children might behave like animals
- What does socialisation mean?
a)how a person learns rules and how to behave
b)how culture influences children
c)how animals behave
d)how people grow up
- What are the main stages of socialisation?
a)learn unwritten rules
b)secondary
c)primary
d)primary and secondary
- What is a norm?
a)an important way to behave
b)an unwritten rule for what is right
c)how we eat and dress
d)how we should behave
- What might happen when people and children break norms?
a)they change cultures
b)they learn new values
c)they are often punished or people react negatively
d)they are praised
- Who are the most influential people in primary socialisation?
a)family
b)friends
c)parents
d)policemen
- Who are the most influential people in secondary socialisation?
a)anyone
b)family
c)friends
d)teachers, friends, public figures, famous people
- What is meant by the phrase answering the call of nature?
a)you have to go to the toilet
b)you want to act like an animal
c)you follow your instincts
d)you change your cultural values
- What is meant by the phrase well recommended?
a)not good
b)okay
c)excellent
d)good
In pairs, answer these questions.
- How many different identities do you have?
- What norms are associated with each of those identities? In other words, how do people expect you to behave with each identity you have?
- Are there different norms for boys and girls, men and women?
Section 5Here are the images you will need today. Look at the unedited images and the final image and layers. What tools will you need to use to edit the images?
LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA FOR IT USERS (CLAiT PLUS)
Unit 6: e-Image Manipulation
Scenario
You work for a publishing organisation called Great Books. You have been asked to design the artwork for the front cover of a new book (Tasks 1, 2, 3 and 4) and a computer animation for their website (Task 5). You will need to refer to:
- the Design Brief for the computer artwork
- the Design Brief for the computer animation
You will need the following files to complete the tasks:
FILENAME / FILE TYPEeating / .jpeg
moon / .gif
wolf / .jpeg
lapping / .jpeg
howling / .gif
TASK 1
Before you begin this task ensure you have the file eating.
In this task you will edit an image that you will use to create a poster.
1a)Load software that will enable you to edit an image.
b)Open the file eating.
2 Use the colour correction tools of your software to adjust the brightness
and contrast so that the image does not appear over-exposed.
3 Use the image editing features of your software to:
a) Repair the torn section at the bottom right of the image.
4Save your amended image as eating2 in a .jpg or .jpeg format
(in any file size).
Layout Sketch for Poster (tasks 2, 3 and 4)
TASK 2
Before you begin this task ensure you have the following files:
moon
eating2 (that you saved in Task 1).
In this task you will combine text and images to create a piece of artwork
that will be used as a poster.
1 Create a new piece of artwork
a) Set your artwork canvas to be:
Width: 15 cm
Height: 25 cm
Resolution: 79 pixels per centimetre
2 Apply a pattern fill to the entire background of the artwork, for example, a natural background such as leaves, trees or water.
a)Set the transparency of this layer to 70%.
3 a) Import the image eating2 that you saved in Task 1.
b) Place this image as a new layer in your artwork.
c) Position this image to cover the full size of the artwork.
d) The image does not need to be kept in proportion.
e) Fade the image at the top of the picture
4 a) Import the image moon.
b) Place this image as a new layer in your artwork.
c) Remove the background from the image so only the moon is left.
d)Position the image as shown in the Layout Sketch.
e) You may resize the image to make it smaller but keep it in proportion.
f) Set the opacity of this layer only to be 80%
5 a) Refer to the Layout Sketch for the poster.
b) Enter the following text as a new layer.
Dr Martin
c) Display this text on one line as shown.
d) Apply horizontal centre alignment to this text.
e) Position this text as shown in the Layout Sketch.
f) Colour the text black.
g) Ensure that the background of this layer is transparent.
h) Format the shape of this text to give an arc effect around the moon.
6 Save your artwork using the filename book
TASK 3
Before you begin this task ensure you have the following files:
wolf
lapping
book (that you saved in Task 2).
1 Using the file book that you saved in Task 2:
a) Insert the image wolf as a new layer.
b) Position this as shown in the Layout Sketch.
c) Using the editing features of your software to:
repair the scratches
remove the background
d)Set the transparency of this image to 50%.
e)Place the image over the moon as show in the layout sketch.
2 a) Create a new layer.
b) Import the image lapping and crop the image to leave only the child.
c) Place the image as show in the layout sketch
d)You may resize the image but keep it in proportion.
3 Refer to the Layout Sketch for the poster shown.
a) Enter the text:
Parenting and Socialisation
as a new layer.
b) Position this text as shown in the Layout Sketch.
c) Colour the text black.
d)Ensure that the background of this layer is transparent.
e) Apply an obvious dropped shadow to this text. Colour the shadow of the text white.
4 a) Refer to the Layout Sketch for the poster.
b) Enter the text:
The unexamined
life is
not worth living
as a new layer.
c) Display this text on three lines as shown.
d) Position this text as shown in the Layout Sketch.
e) Colour the text black.
f) Apply left-align to the text.
g)Save your artwork keeping the filename book
5 a) Print the poster in black and white, in portrait orientation.
b) Ensure your name and centre number are displayed on this printout. This may be handwritten.
TASK 4Before you begin this task ensure you have the following file:
book (that you saved in Task 3).
You have been asked to use a special effect to create an alternative piece of artwork.
1 a) On the layer containing the lapping image use a special effect on
this layer only.
b)There must be a noticeable difference.
c) Export your amended image using the filename book2 in a .jpg or .jpeg format.
d) Print your amended poster in colour.
e) Ensure your name and centre number are displayed on this printout. This may be handwritten.
f) Close any open files.
TASK 5
Before you begin this task ensure you have the file howling:
In this task you will create a 4-frame animation which will play on a website. You will need to refer to the Design Sketch on the next page to complete this task.
1 a) Create a new animation.
b) Set the size of the animation to be:
Width 425 pixels
Height 170 pixels
2 Create each frame of the animation according to the Design Sketch for the animation shown on the next page.
3 Set the duration of each frame as follows:
Frame 1 / 1 secondFrame 2 / 1 second
Frame 3 / 1 second
Frame 4 / 3 seconds
4 a) Check your work carefully to ensure you have not made any errors.
b) Save your work in a format appropriate for running an animation.
Design Sketch for Animation
TASK 6
Design: / What / Whyimages
objects
words / “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Parenting and Socialisation
Dr Martin
colours
font style
position / central / marginal
Main idea:
Purpose:
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Section 6analyse the images
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Section 7Design an image
Option A
Create an image to go on the front of a book.
genre:a type of book
audience:?
purpose: provide information and persuade people to buy the book
or
Option B
Create an image showing the importance of parents in raising children.
genre:information leaflet
audience: parents
purpose: provide information
or
Option C
Find an image of a book cover on the internet. Redesign the cover by finding similar images and changing the words.
genre:a type of book
audience: ?
purpose: provide information and persuade people to buy the book
INSTRUCTIONS
1.Create a folder called week 5 design
2.Go to Click images and to find the images you need. Save the images in the folder called week 5 design.
3.Open Fireworks and create a new canvas to be:
Width: 1000 pixels
Height: 1600 pixels
Resolution: 80 pixels per centimetre
5.Import your images and use different techniques. Create layers for each image and words. Use the ‘attach to path’ to create text effects.
6.In the folder called week 5 design, save your image as a PNG and export as a JPEG.
7.Go to your Week 5 folder and open book_image.doc.
Complete the table and insert your image.
Save in your week 5 folder.
Section 8 SEMICOLONS and COLONS
The book review in Section 3 uses colons, a type of punctuation.
Culture and Socialisation
Dr Martin’s new book, called Parenting and Socialisation, asks each reader to examine their own life and their own cultural upbringing. His argument runs as follows: if people were not socialised by their parents there would be no culture and hence no society. Every culture requires rules. Imagine the chaos! Imagine the fighting! How would we live without rules? This book reminds us of another great book: Lord of the Flies, in which a group of school boys descend into savagery.
The colon
A colon consists of two dots, one above the other: :
The colon is often used to introduce a list of items. For example:
You will need to bring three things to the party: some food, something to drink, and a small gift for the hostess.The semi-colon
A semi-colon consists of a comma with a dot above it: ;
The semi-colon is often used to join together two independent clauses - in other words, it joins two clauses that could be sentences. For example:
Mary drives a Mercedes; Joanne drives a Chevrolet.Visit Blackboard, Week 5, to watch a video about colons
and to find practice materials.
Section 9Writing activity(at home)
Choose one subject and write about it.
- Tradition is very important. You should not change the values, beliefs and norms which your parents teach you. Give reasons.
- There are different norms for boys and girls, men and women.Explain.
- Environment is everything. Instinct is nothing. Who we are depends on where we are born. Explain with examples.
- Write a book review. Choose a book and write what you like and don’t like about it. Remember to give examples.
- Discuss the identities you have and the different types of behaviour people expect from you.
- Write about how you were raised by your parents. What did you have to do? What did you have to wear? How was it different to other children?
- ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’. Discuss.
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Section 11Crossword activity to develop English (at home)
Answers to Section 11
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