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May 31, 2023

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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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Joel See, Gene Pleische
Sociology of the Environment
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
The course will include: - the use of ideas from sociology to study the environment -a global perspective on the issues that we study -a deeper study of one issu that involves many cultures and countries. This issue is the hunting of gray whales. -study of both the...
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Edith W. King
Using Museums for More Effective Teaching of Ethnic Relations
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Educators are urging that multiculturalism and mutiethnic education be incorporated into every aspect of the curriculum and that pluralism, diversity, and gender awareness be a part of all aspects of higher education. For experienced teachers and administrators...
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Deborah L. Barrett
Deviance-Soc 307
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This course focuses on the various types and causes of deviance, and the interaction (both actions and responses) between those who make society's rules and those who violate them. We begin by defining deviance and examining various traditional and modern theoretical...
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Diane Papademas
Series/Festivals
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
A list of film festivals: Series and festivals may be offered and developed, bridging communities campus, and curricular programs. The world's film industry has gurgeoned over the last decade on all levels, commercial and independent enterprises, with serious, social...
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Diane Papademas
Dorthea Lange's "Migrant Mother" Photographs in the Farm Security Administration Collection: An Overview
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Handout of Dorthea Lange's "Migrant Mother" - The photograph that has become known as "Migrant Mother" is one of a series of photographs that Dorthea Lange made in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange was concluding a month's trip photographing...
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Joya Misra
Integrating "The Real World" into Introduction to Sociology: Making Sociological Concepts Real
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Teaching Introduction to sociology successfully requires making sociological concepts "real" to students. using examples from the mass media to depict and clarify important sociological concepts is one particularly successful method that has been well documented....
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Jerome Krase
Seminar on Ethnicity and Neighborhood: The Ethnic Mapping of Sunset Park
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
There are many ways of defining the boundaries of a neighborhood community. My own preference is for concrete geographical boundaries such as streets or rivers that act as edges whcih in turn surround landmarks or benchmarks and that provide closure. In urban...
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Martha McCaughey, Neal King
Rape Education Videos: Presenting Mean Women instead of Dangerous Men
June 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This paper examines two ways to use visual images while teaching about sexual violence. We first present and critique the conventional approach, which employs images of men doing violence to women. We then discuss our approach, which employs images of owmen...
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