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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

Climate justice equals social justice sign at a protest
Rachel Bryant-Anderson
Integrating Climate Justice into a Social Problems Course
September 25, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Environmental Sociology, Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This guide describes climate justice-themed content designed for a Social Problems course. While the course covers many distinct “social problems,” it also shows how climate justice relates to each of these problems. Students complete several small assignments...

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A man in the grocery store
Tamika Odum
Separate, Not Equal: Exploring Food Insecurity and Health
September 25, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology, Public Policy, Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200, College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This project helps students gain a sociological understanding of food insecurity and health. Students participate in an immersive experience, exploring local grocery stores in Cincinnati. The goal of this activity is to help students use scholarship, interactive...

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A vaccine
Deeb Kitchen
Ethics, Race, and Deception: Analyzing a Historical Medical Study
September 23, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level, College 100, College 200, College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This class activity engages students in a critical exploration of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a notorious example of unethical medical research. The activity is particularly well-suited for courses on race and ethnicity, research methods, or medical sociology,...

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