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TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology

TRAILS Featured Resources

TRAILS, the Teaching Resources and Innovation Library for Sociology, offers thousands of pedagogical gifts (Good Ideas for Teaching Sociology). It's also the perfect place to publish your own teaching resources. In TRAILS Featured Resources we highlight a selection of timely and innovative resources from the collection.
Greg Kordsmeier, PhD - TRAILS Editor

Featured Resources

An outline of a dog painted on a wall.
Maria Scaptura
FX on Hulu’s “Reservation Dogs”: Putting Criminological Theory in Action
March 24, 2022
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

“Reservation Dogs” is a 2021 comedy series on Hulu (created by FX) featuring four indigenous teenagers trying to make it out of their rural town on a reservation in Oklahoma. In their efforts to make it to California, the teenagers—Elora, Bear, Cheese and Willie...

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Chelsea A Platt
Conferred Dominance in the Built Environment- A Campus Accessibility Activity
September 30, 2021
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This activity builds on Peggy McIntosh’s discussion and reflection on privilege through interactive learning. The concept of “privilege” is a foundational term to understand power and the reproduction of social inequalities for introductory and lower level sociology...
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Trenton G Ellis
Teaching Social Mobility Using a Virtual Field Experience that Combines a Podcast with Google Maps
August 13, 2021
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Combining a podcast episode with Google Maps, this assignment is a virtual field experience designed for learning about social mobility as it manifests in the lives of poor children in the United States. Specifically, the assignment encourages students to evaluate...
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