The+Single+Parent+Culture.

Josh Kirchner Kristen Landaal Laura Ebert
 * __Group Members:__**


 * What we accomplished today 10/06/11:**
 * 1) **We finalized our group**
 * 2) **Agreed on topic (Single Parenting)**
 * 3) **Created New Wiki**
 * 4) **Brainstormed Ideas on how to attack this subject with ninja like focus**
 * 5) **Discussed different "teaching" tools we can incorporate in our presentation**
 * 6) **Answered personal assessment questions (will be posted later)**
 * 7) **Developed key points to focus on throughout the presentation**
 * 8) **Agreed on out of class meeting times**
 * 9) **Discused possible dates to present project**
 * 10) **Talked about how awesome of a teacher Ms. Plichta is**


 * Team Awesome accomplished the following this week 10/13/11**
 * 1) **Devised an attack plan of knowledge that we will drop on the class November 10th**
 * 2) **Decided what are some of the important areas that we want to talk about during our presentation**
 * 3) **Figured that we also want to try to present the possible views that the child has about being raised by a single parent.**
 * 4) **Tried to figure out what credible resources we can use.**
 * 5) **Scheduled another out of class group session that EVERYONE in the group will attend.**
 * 6) **Patted ourselves on the back for a good start!!!**
 * __Team Crazy-Awesome-Ninja Focus accomplished this week 10/17/11:__**
 * 1) Met on Wednesday October 19, 2011and made a rough draft outline for our presentation.
 * 2) This weekend’s challenge is everybody in the group finding credible sources to obtain information from.
 * 3) The next challenge is completing a final outline and constructing the class around that outline.
 * __Copy of Rough Draft outline:__**

Single Parent Outline

1. Introduction
 * Typical Stereotypes (this will be class discussion introduction)
 * Sociological views on the single parent culture

2. Single Parent Culture A. Causes B. Single Mother/ Single Father differences C. Conclusion
 * Divorce
 * Effects on Parent / Child
 * Single Parent Teenage Pregnancy
 * Effects on Parent/ Child
 * Death
 * Effects on Parent/ Child
 * Single father video
 * Q & A on video (in class discussion)


 * __Pre-Assesment Questions:__**
 * Laura:** I wanted to study the culture of single parents because this is a culture that continues to grow in our society. I am not familiar with this particular culture, and I hope that doing this presentation will help me learn more about the challenges that single parents face, as well as how to approach and relate to children of single parents in my classroom. Some concerns that I have at this point are finding enough information and material to cover an hour long presentation, and being able to present it in a way that is interesting to the rest of the class. As a "gold" personality, I believe that the biggest assets I will bring to the group are my organization skills, and the ability to keep the group members on track.


 * Josh Kirchner:**

I selected this topic because being a single parent almost seems to be the norm now instead of the exception and I am hoping I might find a couple of answers to that in my researching this topic. As a child who was raised mostly by a single parent I hope I can bring some insight into the group on this subject and how the child of a single parent looks at things. I hope to gain even more insight that will give me an edge teaching students of single parents in the future.

I have concerns that my group and I will not be able to plan an entertaining yet informative lesson for the class. While I do have a fear of the upcoming lesson I believe my greatest strength I can bring to my group is my originality along with my fearlessness in trying new things and facing my class.

Worth, Richard. //Single-parent Families//. New York: F. Watts, 1992. Print
 * __Works Cited__**

Kinnear, Karen L. //Single Parents: a Reference Handbook//. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Print

Bailey, Marilyn, Anita Larsen, and Elaine Wynne. //Single-parent Families//. New York: Crestwood House, 1989. Print

Mr. Peter Dagatz, 4th grade Teacher, Sussex-Hamilton School District 6yrs expreince
 * __Teacher Interviews:__**

Mrs. Cynthia Kirchner, 5k Teacher, St. Joseph's Wauwatosa Elementary School, 25yrs. experince.