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May 31, 2023

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A woven basket next to a white chair
Debjani Chakravarty
Analyzing Alt-Profits and Gendered Globalization
October 6, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Communication and Information Technologies, Cultural Sociology, Political Economy, Race, Class and Gender, Sex and Gender, Theory, Work and Labor Markets
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This learning activity invites students to reflect on gender and globalization, consumption and consumerism, global capitalism and McDonaldization. Students will identify businesses that present global capitalism as a field of economic opportunities and emotional...

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A college student sitting at a table with her laptop
Florencia Rojo
Positionality Memo
September 28, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Community, Ethnography, Other, Qualitative Methodology, Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200, College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This assignment aims at developing students’ analytic perspectives about how identities and social location within systems of power shape community-engaged research. Students are typically practiced at identifying and acknowledging their various identities...

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A farmer in a tractor spraying their field
Andrew R. Smolski, Abbey E. Piner, Angel Cruz, Rebecca Shisler, Emma Brinkmeyer
Systemic Racism and the Food System
September 28, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Rural Sociology, Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity, PowerPoint
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

Racial inequality is (re)produced in a multitude of ways, reflective of the different components that make up social systems: structure, institution, culture, and agents. In the United States, we are socialized to focus only on the agent (personal/individual)...

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A blue geometric design
Anne Nurse
Introduction to Sociology: Flipped and Organized by Core Components
September 20, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This introduction to sociology course is organized according to Ferguson et al’s (2016) core concepts in sociology.  The classroom is flipped with content taught through readings and videos.  Class time is used to engage in activities and discussion that reinforce...

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A shiba inu cartoon dog on a coin
Allison Gorga
WHAT DO YOU MEME? Classroom Activity on Meaning-Making Through Memes
September 4, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Theory
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100, High School
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This activity introduces students to symbolic interactionism by playing the game, What do You Meme? After a lecture on symbolic interactionism, students take turns judging meme and caption card pairings made by their classmates. While playing, students...

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A smoky nuclear power plant
Aiko Kojima Hibino
Nuclear Problems and Society
August 22, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200, College 300
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:

When the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was created in 1942 in Chicago, human society was destined to tackle with an unsolvable conundrum. How could our society possibly justify the augmentation of this enormous energy that could destroy...

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An open laptop and white board
Maya Machado
Networking & Connectivity: How Networking Affects Student Learning Trajectories
August 22, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Communication and Information Technologies, Community, Education, Social Networks, Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level, College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

Networking is a vital skill needed to effectively navigate the college experience yet it is not explicitly taught or emphasized by educators. Networking is a tool needed to identify academic opportunities, expand one’s social network, and grow socially and...

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Pedestrians and a taxi cab crossing a city street
Peter Kent-Stoll
The Erasure of Indigenous People from the Urban Imaginary: Understanding Settler Colonialism and the Logics of Elimination
August 22, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This activity introduces students to thinking critically about settler colonialism, specifically within a US context, and how it operates through a logics of elimination by examining how take-for-granted assumptions about race, space, and history reproduce...

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W.E.B. Du Bois
Cody Melcher
Race Scholars Denied Syllabus
August 19, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200, College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological theories of major sociologists of color who have been systematically denied mainstream influence in the discipline. The course provides a general overview of sociology as a formal discipline in the...

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A camera, magnifying glass, photographs, string, glasses, and a journal on top of a map
Jamie Oslawski-Lopez
Choose Your Own Adventure: End-of-Course Project
August 12, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Other
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

In the “Choose Your Own Adventure: End-of-Course Project” developed for upper-level courses, students form small groups to create and present end products of their choice addressing sociological issues relevant to course content. The assignment is flexible yet...

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