Teaching High School Psychology: cartoons

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Color and Gender

I discovered this little gem of a cartoon while researching infographics. It's mostly whimsical with a lot of truth-guys do see colors differently. The cartoon is free to share under the creative commons licensing (see below). I suspect you could use it in a gender/perception portion of a unit. If you go through their collection, many of the cartoons are gender and relationship based. Enjoy.

The original site is: http://thedoghousediaries.com/

From their site:

Our comics are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License

Basically, you may share, copy, reprint, or publish these comics as long as you provide the source. Email us if you're still unsure.

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

Like many introverts, I cherish my time alone. Many of my friends and family have often misunderstood my need to be alone. The first cartoon is definitely me. While I have things to say, I often choose not to say them--and I find those who say whatever pops into their head to be quite annoying. I hate small talk. I am often overwhelmed by the energy that gets sucked out of me by my more social colleagues and friends. While I love my job of being an educator, I need time to recharge. But my being alone does not mean lonely.

I'm not sure how many psych teachers (or teachers in general) are also introverts, but I've read quite a number of anecdotal stories of actors who are shy/introverted in real life. In any case, I was thinking about this topic over my Thanksgiving break and decided to share a couple of items.

First is a book about being an introvert.
Hardcover:

Softcover:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Second is the Brainpickings recent entry on the book above--it also contains a couple of videos, one is an RSA animation and a TED talk. I definitely recommend them if you wish to understand introverts.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/23/susan-cain-molly-crabapple-rsa/

Additionally, I decided to search for and post some cartoons. I am also enclosing the original links. I have no intent to violate copyright, but am simply sharing what I have found online.