I utilize the film The Hunger Games (2012) in my upper-level, Social Stratification course to engage students, help students understand course material, provide an opportunity for students to practice using their sociological imaginations, and develop...

This is a syllabus for a one (1) unit course required for all Sociology majors, as well as Criminology and Justice Studies majors. The course is listed in the curricular map for students in their second or third year of a 4-year major plan. We designed this course...

In this assignment, students will work in groups to apply the knowledge that they typically gain in a general sociological research methods courses to collect and analyze quantitative data about cities. This assignment is ideal for assessing student learning after...

Interviews are one of the most used qualitative research methods in sociology, yet the methodology on teaching students how to design, conduct and analyze interviews in the service of a research question is largely underdeveloped. This learning technique consists...

This submission includes resume assignment details and resources used in a required, one-unit Sociology Professional Development Seminar. This submission includes a rubric to support development of the resume as well as the (peer) review process. The rubric...

As “feminist” and “feminism” continue to be used and sometimes embraced in the public discourse, the question arises of what these terms actually mean and how they are being applied. In this in-class activity, students will begin to grapple with the underlying...

Courses on the sociology of religion frequently use sacred texts (eg the Torah, the Vedas, and the Qoran, among many others) to teach history and sociological analysis. These classes require students to approach these texts in a critical way. Students may be...

Review sessions are conventionally structured as a Q&A session in which individual students ask the instructor questions about the course materials. This form yields the most fruitful learning outcome when students actively review the course content beforehand...

Sexual assault remains an important topic on college campuses. Educating and bringing awareness to the issue of sexual assault is one way to assist in the prevention of sexual abuse and harassment. April is sexual assault awareness month. The National Sexual...

“Reservation Dogs” is a 2021 comedy series on Hulu (created by FX) featuring four indigenous teenagers trying to make it out of their rural town on a reservation in Oklahoma. In their efforts to make it to California, the teenagers—Elora, Bear, Cheese and Willie...