Korea-USA+Fall+2011+Sociology+Collaboration

=**Korea-Texas Fall 2011 Sociology Collaboration!**=
 * =====**SCHOOLS**=====
 * International School of the Americas -- San Antonio, TX, USA
 * Korea International School -- Seongnam (suburban Seoul), Republic of Korea
 * =====**COLLABORATION DESCRIPTION**=====
 * [[file:Korea-USA Sociology Collaboration Fall 2011 Description.doc]]
 * =====**KEY DATES - for all project due dates **=====
 * **Project Feedback**

__**GROUPS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS**__ Wooyon, Nick, Francisco Eun Kyung, Ana, Victoria Grace, Celine, Xandria Cindy, Victoria, Dan, Daniel
 * __//1ST PERIOD//__**
 * Big Picture Q: How do students in different countries spend their leisure time?
 * Specific Q: How does gender and nationality affect how students of all grades spend their time on the weekends?
 * Big Picture Q: How do people define cheating?
 * Specific Q: What do middle school students and adults in different grade level and culture answer on a survey about what cheating is.
 * Big Picture Q: How would people react to confrontation?
 * Specific Q: Will nationality (Korean or American) decide how passive or aggressive high school students would react to being accused of stealing a phone that we provide to them?
 * Big Picture Q: Who cares more about looks when it comes to relationships?
 * Specific Q: Which gender is more prone to have relationship with someone based on looks?

Jennifer, Poled, Kayla, Dillon Kyla, Amy, Jacob, Caroline Leen, Annalise, David, Katie Billy, Dillon, CJ Brian, Olivia, John, Jan Chris, Matthew, Ian, Elena
 * __//3RD PERIOD//__**
 * Big Picture Q:How do different genres of music influence one’s behavior?
 * Specific Q: Are people more likely to display violent behavior or aggressive thoughts after listening to loud, violent music than slow, calm music?
 * Big Picture Q: How are gender roles viewed differently in different societies?
 * Specific Q: How do high school students view gender roles in relationships?
 * Big Picture Q: Do different cultures have different values in helping people?
 * Specific Q: Will people stop and help or will they walk away when a high schooler asks for help or falls or drops stuff?
 * Big Picture Q: Do different cultures view controversial issues in a different manner?
 * Specific Q: Will there be a pattern in differences between the way people in the US and Korea view a controversial issue?
 * Big Picture Q: How does gender and nationality affect high school students on how they perceive their elders?
 * Specific Q:Given specific situations, will high school students respond positively, negatively, or not at all toward their elders?
 * Big Picture Q: Will people of different ages have different priority choices of food than the other?
 * Specific Q: Will elementary school children eat dessert or main course first when given the choice?

Andrew, Chloe, Hannah, Delaney >> Specific Q: How does the expression affect individual’s approachability to unacquainted people? Christine, Jasmyne, Morgan David, Olivia, Eidalis, Abigail Eric, Mikelty, Karan, Ricky Jenny, Madeline, Jordan, Bronte Joon, Phivos, Katalina Justin, Elena, Rudy, Sarah Kyu, John Michael, Priscilla Minae, Hunter, Megan Steve, Wessel, Victoria
 * __//7TH PERIOD//__**
 * Big Picture Q: What makes an individual approachable? How does gender, appearance, nationality impact approachability?
 * Big Picture Q: To what extent to people try to satisfy the opposite sex?
 * Specific Q: How many people would buy the dress which is less attractive than the other, if it shows that guys prefer it more on girls.
 * Big Picture Q: What makes people happy?
 * Specific Q: Does gender and nationality affect perceptions of happiness?
 * Big Picture Q: Does the amount of sleep affect different races in different ways?
 * Specific Q: How does the amount of sleep affect the grades of students of different races?
 * Big Picture Q: What features make someone attractive?
 * Specific Q: Which features do certain ethnicities find most attractive?
 * specific question proposal: How do certain students define "healthy" in Korean and American society?
 * Big picture question proposal: Do Americans or Koreans eat more healthily?
 * Big Picture Question: What gender is more likely to conform?
 * Specific Question: If gender signs are placed on doors leading to the same place, which gender is more likely to conform?
 * Big Picture Q: Which country is more physically active?
 * Specific Q: What are the differences between the physical activity in each culture?
 * ======Big Picture Q: Personal responsibility to the community======
 * Specific Q: In a community area how long will it take for someone to pick up trash? Why do others do and don’t?
 * Big Picture Q: Which culture is more family oriented?
 * Specific Q: Which culture is much more likely to eat dinner together as a family? Homemade meal? Take out?