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May 31, 2023

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Michelle Y. Janning
Gender and Play Spaces
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This in-class exercise is meant to demonstrate to students the differences in childhood gender socialization as is evidenced by differences in types and locations of play spaces and toys/games. By seeking out their own stories about childhood play spaces, students...
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Aaron M. Pallas
HUDF 4028 Sociology of the Life Course
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Course Description This course provides an introduction to the sociological study of lives. Life course studies are interdisciplinary, and a sociological approach is complemented by life span developmental psychology, history, anthropology, and other disciplinary...
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Sue Marie Wright
"Mock" Human Subjects Review Application
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This resource guide includes syllabi, assignments, and other resources. The syllabi cover a number of core issues emerging in the sociology of children, and they do so in a variety of ways in order to meet the needs of students at different levels and in different...
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Beth Montemurro
Gender, Work and Occupations Guidelines for Assignments
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Guidelines for discussion leading, research project, media project, interview project and final paper. The final paper will cover discussion of work environment and work experiences and gender.
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Joan Z. Spade
Gender Norm Observations
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This project asks students to simply observe gender. It is used at the very beginning of my class to help students distinguish between gender and sex as categories and to understand the diversity of gendered behavior across individuals and social situations.
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Deborah Carr
Sociology 571 - Sociology of the Life Course: Final Examination
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Instructions: You must provide answers to three of the following four questions. Be sure to answer each part of the questions you’ve selected. Your answers must incorporate information provided in required readings and in lecture. You may also feel free to draw on...
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Sarah Brabant
Death and Dying
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sociological Practice
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
COURSE DESCRIPTION Death and dying are components of life and living and are sociological, as well as, psychological/physiological in character. They constitute a crisis for society, for groups, and for the individual and, thus, engender cultural, as well as,...
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Danielle M. Currier
WOMEN AND VIOLENCE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
There are many different kinds of violence prevalent in our society today. Much of this violence has a specifically "gendered" nature, meaning that women and men perpetrate different kinds of violence, and women and men are the victims of different kinds of...
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Seth Ovadia
SOCI 381: Sociological Theory
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course has two major goals: (1) to provide a broad survey of some of the major theories in sociology, from its founding in the late 19th century through today; and (2) to teach you how to use these theories in your sociological analyses of current and past...
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Richard A. Settersten
USING ARCHIVAL DATA:TURMOIL IN TWO CLEVELAND COMMUNITIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
In this assignment, you will gather and analyze archival data at the Western Reserve Historical Society on one of two Cleveland communities: Hough and Glenville. Two key events in these communities will serve to anchor your inquiry: The Hough Riots of July 1966, and...
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