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TEACHER Robyn Irvine
YEAR
11 |
LEVEL
6 |
NF LEVEL
1 |
DURATION
6 |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Time, Continuity and Change
Beliefs and ideas that have changed society and continue to change it
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Students will:
- outline the key ideas underpinning the process of McDonaldisation.
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Supporting Achievement Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
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Resources and Economic Activities
Factors that affect peoples' work opportunities and conditions
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Students will:
- explain how McDonaldisation has affected people's work opportunities and working conditions.
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Achievement Standards
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Formative (externally assessed)
1.1 Examine change in society
Formative
1.2 Conduct a social studies inquiry
1.5 Decide on social action in relation to a social issue.
Summative
1.3 Examine differing values positions
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Values Exploration
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Examine differing values positions in relation to the process of McDonaldisation;
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Social Decision Making
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Decide on social action in relation to a social issue related to McDonaldisation;
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Inquiry
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Conduct a Social Studies Inquiry into social changes brought about by McDonaldisation.
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand, Global |
| Perspectives: | Current Issues |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- changing patterns of economic activity and trade;
- the nature and organisation of paid and unpaid work.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Starters
- Take a Trip
Either: Take an actual trip to McDonalds or Burger King or Wendy's or any
other fast food outlet;
Or: Take a virtual trip to one of these places.
Students create two illustrated Flow Charts, one showing
the steps in the
process of making the meal, the other showing the steps in the process of
being a consumer (from deciding to go to the fast food restaurant to joining
the queue to disposing of the rubbish).
- History of McDonalds
How did McDonalds and the McDonalds' way of making hamburgers come about?
Students create a simple History Road,
using Golden Arches as signposts, highlighting ten key events in the history
of McDonalds. A very detailed
history of McDonalds can be found on McSpotlight.
- Investigate
What role do McDonaldised
organisations play in our lives? Students conduct a People
Hunt to find out.
George Ritzer and the McDonaldisation of Society
- What is McDonaldisation?
And who is George Ritzer?
George
Ritzer is a professor of sociology. He put forward the thesis or
idea that the process of running fast food restaurants (like McDonalds)
has been adopted by many other organisations (eg. Burger King, Wendys, Pizza
Hut, Sizzlers, Body Shop, Midas Mufflers, H&R Block, Kindercare, Jenny Craigs,
Disney, McDoctors, McDentists, McSpectacles), not just in the fast food
industry. He calls this process the McDonaldisation
of Society. Societies in many parts of the world have changed or
are changing as a result.
Defining McDonaldisation
Students complete Definition Maps, match up
Key Terms and Descriptors, and write Acrostic
Poems.
- Perception Check: Jigsaw
Students create a large wall Jigsaw summarising the key ideas of
McDonaldisation.
- Crossword
Test yourself.
- Being McDonaldised
What are the attributes of a McDonaldised
business? Students create a Business Card
for a McDonaldised business.
- McDonaldisation at Your Place
Students investigate the spread of McDonaldisation in their local community.
- Pros and Cons
What are the benefits and disadvantages of McDonaldisation for the
companies, the consumers and the workers?
Students complete a PMI or use de Bono's Six Thinking Hats to analyse some
different points of view about McDonaldisation.
- How has McDonaldisation affected people's work opportunities and conditions?
McJobs and the McDonaldisation of the workplace.
- How has McDonaldisation Changed Society?
Students conduct a Social Studies Inquiry.
- Values Exploration
Summative Assessment Task
A moderated assessment task will be available on Te
Kete Ipurangi after 23rd June.
- Social Decision Making
Wrap Up by planning social action.
- Follow Up
Investigate a McDonaldised organisation.
RESOURCES
Electronic
Print
- Ritzer, George. (1996) The McDonaldization of Society. California, Pine
Forge Press. (ISBN 0 8039 9077 4)
Other
- Any McDonaldised organisation.
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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