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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Judith Rosenstein
Film Review: Ask Not.
July 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Military Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Arthur Shostak
Book Review: Evergreen: A Space-Time Odyssey
July 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Thomas Vander Ven
Book Review: Essential Criminology
July 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Patti Giuffre
Book Review: Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and RealWorld Experience
July 28, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Otis Grant
Book Review: Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture: Why Media is Not the Answer
July 27, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mass Communication/Public Opinion
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Jessica Collett, Sean Kelly, Curt Sobolewski
Using Remember the Titans to Teach Theories of Conflict Reduction
July 27, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Psychology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
One of the benefits of using films in sociology class is the opportunity media representations give students to "experience" situations that are uncommon in their daily lives. In this note the authors outline research in education that demonstrates the role of...
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Ming Tsui
Interteaching: Students as Teachers in Lower-Division Sociology Courses
July 27, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
On the basis of the presumption that the best way to learn something is to teach it, the author describes the use of interteaching in introductory-level sociology courses. This approach incorporates the strong points of several cooperative learning methods, with...
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Mary Ann Kanieski
Film Review: Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
July 27, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Amy Burdette, Kerry McGloughlin
Using Census Data in the Classroom to Increase Quantitative Literacy and Promote Critical Sociological Thinking
July 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
One useful, but underutilized, strategy to increase quantitative literacy and promote critical sociological thinking is to have students investigate demographic trends in their local community. In this article, the authors describe a project in which students compare...
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Fiona Pearson
Real Problems, Virtual Solutions: Engaging Students Online
July 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
In this article, the author explains how she used online blogs with more than 263 students over a period of four semesters in an introductory social problems course. She describes how she uses blogs to enhance student participation, engagement, and skill building....
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