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May 31, 2023

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David Fasenfest
LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
The Labor Market Analysis course is designed to present students with a range of theoretical and applied tools to understand the supply of and demand for labor, to explore the ways in which labor markets function to establish wage rates and define sub-level markets,...
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Michael C. Stewart
Using Sport to Illustrate Race as a Social Construction
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Offering Sociology of Sport courses can serve as a tool to attract students who may be unfamiliar with sociology. In addition, the study of sport can serve as a method for elucidating complex theoretical or empirical processes, regardless of sociological field....
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David M. Newman
It Ain't Over Til it's Over: An Exercise for Concluding a Course
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
We are all aware of the importance of "starting off on the right foot." Probably many of us spend a fair amount of time at the beginning of a course telling our students what will happen and what they will learn. In addition, our syllabi often spell out our specific...
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Sarah Hoadley
Assignment Research Paper
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to allow you to investigate a social problem you find particularly interesting. The two previous assignments (research question/empirical resources and outline) gave you the opportunity to decide on an area of focus and some feedback...
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Stuart L. Shafer
Chinese Society: Past and Present
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
An introduction to Chinese society since 1949. The course examines Chinese society and culture and focuses on contemporary social change while tracing the historical roots of Chinese culture and social institutions. Social processes such as social movements,...
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IVANA MILOJEVIC
FROM UTOPIA TO DYSTOPIA AND BACK
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Our range of possibilities as social engineers is so great nowadays as to be mind-boggling. Accordingly, the idea of a "utopia" or "dystopia" takes on new meaning when cloning, protein "engineering," mining the moon, teraforming Mars, using stem cells, succumbing to...
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Robin D. Perrin
When Religion Becomes Deviance Introducing Religion in Deviance and Social Problems Courses
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Sociologists have maintained an interest in fringe religion at least since the well-known research by John Lofland and Rodney Stark (1965) on the early years of the Unification church in this country. Fringe religions, often referred to as new religious movements...
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Maura Kelly
Social Problems: SOC540 (1&2)
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Social problems are situations or conditions that threaten values or stand in the way of people achieving their goals and are social in origin, harm many people, harm society, and are recognized as a situation or condition that is wrong and needs to be changed...
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Martha Gimenez E.
Relevant Articles from Teaching Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Relevant Articles from Teaching Sociology
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JAY WEINSTEIN
USING ORWELL’S NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR IN A COURSE ON SOCIAL AND
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Among the many lessons in the essay below is how we might use Orwell's classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, to articulate with four episodes our students cannot learn enough about - the Holocaust, 1933-45; the rise of the Third World nations, 1945-75; the...
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