@article{Wetcher-Hendricks_2021, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Flying Solidarity}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/flying-solidarity}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Although students rely upon social solidarity in their everyday lives, they generally fail to acknowledge its existence. An active learning class exercise introduces sociology students to Emile Durhkeim’s concept of solidarity and distinction between its mechanical and organic forms. Some groups of students perform the task of creating and successfully flying paper airplanes under the pretense of organic solidarity and other groups perform the same task under the pretense of mechanical solidarity. Through reflection upon their experiences and discussion with members of other groups, students begin to realize nuances of each type of solidarity. An evaluation of this exercise indicates that those who participate in it can describe the distinction between mechanical and organic solidarity as well as their respective associations with gemeinschaft and gesellschaft better than those exposed to a traditional lesson on the topic can.</p> </div> </div> </div>}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Wetcher-Hendricks, Debra}, year={2021}, month={Nov.} }