How to Cite
McKinney, Jennifer, and Karen Snedker. 2017. “Hosting a Tent City: Student Engagement and Homelessness”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, July. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/hosting-a-tent-city-student-engagement-and.
Abstract
In response to increasing homelessness in our city, Seattle Pacific University invited a homeless encampment (Tent City) to reside on our university campus for three months. This provided an opportunity to engage students on issues of poverty and inequality. Building from a service-learning model, we devised course work around homelessness and applied...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Internship/Service Learning
- Resource Type(s):
- Assignment, Class Activity
- Class Level(s):
- Any Level
- Class Size(s):
- Medium
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