@article{Atkinson_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Technique 1: Activities for the First Day , Defining the Discipline, Gender, Methods}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-1-activities-for-the-first-day-defining}, abstractNote={Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes: To assure that every student knows at least one other student in class, if used as a first day activity; to establish expectations that students will be actively engaged in class; to increase student understanding of sociology as an empirical discipline; and to introduce the process of data analysis.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Atkinson, Maxine}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }