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TRAILS Featured Resources

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.

-Stephanie Medley-Rath
TRAILS Lead Editor

Featured Resources

Ava Isaac
Who am I? : The Looking Glass Self
November 30, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
In this activity, students will familiarize themselves with the concept of the Looking Glass Self (1902) by participating in a low-stakes classroom sales pitch. Volunteer participants will complete pre- and post-questionnaires asking them to rate their performance...
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Hayley Lotspeich
The 99%
November 30, 2023
Subject Area(s):
High School Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
High School
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment is designed to have students identify the role of sociological perspective in understanding the Occupy Wall Street movement as well as the similarities and differences of those participating in the movement. Students will employ sociological...
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Students using post-it notes on the wall to code qualitatitive data
Andrew R. Smolski, Rebecca Shisler, Abbey E. Piner, Angel Cruz, Emma Brinkmeyer
Applied Social Science as Tools for Change
November 13, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Community, Organizations, Formal and Complex, Qualitative Methodology, Race, Class and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Research Methods, Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200, College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:

Sociology provides important empirical tools for evaluating organizational progress
toward racial equity. In food system work meant to address racial inequality, there is
often an assumption that intent to not be racist translates into equitable...

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