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TRAILS, the Teaching Resources and Innovation Library for Sociology, provides a way for you to easily locate peer-reviewed teaching materials, showcase your teaching ideas, develop professionally, and join a community of scholarly teachers. You will find great assignments, syllabi, lectures, and other teaching ideas at TRAILS. Please also consider submitting your great ideas for teaching. The Featured Resources include some of the newest additions to our collection.

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Featured Resources

A neighborhood reduced to ash after a wildfire
Ellen Meiser
Sociology of Disaster Syllabus
February 29, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Other
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This syllabus was created for a 17-week long 300-level online, asynchronous Sociology of Disasters course. Inspired by the syllabi of Dr. Lori Peek (Colorado State University), Dr. Lee M. Miller (Sam Houston State University), and Dr. Monika Myers’ syllabus...

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A person adjusting their tie
Emily Carian
Masculinities Syllabus
February 29, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Other, Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This course introduces students to the sociological study of men and masculinities. It is structured around three units: (1) sociological theories of masculinity, (2) masculinity through the life course and across institutions, and (3) masculinity’s intersections...

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plasma ball
Shiv Issar
Issues in Science and Technology Studies
February 29, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Communication and Information Technologies, Cultural Sociology, Ethnography, Knowledge, Law and Society, Organizations, Formal and Complex, Qualitative Methodology, Race, Class and Gender, Science and Technology, Social Change, Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

Science and Technology Studies (STS) represents an interdisciplinary nexus of various academic disciplines. As a field, STS offers excellent tools to not only examine, but also help improve the troubled and ever-evolving relationships between society, the...

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