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May 31, 2023

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Joanne Naiman
SOCIOLOGY 104 – HOW SOCIETIES WORK
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course provides an introduction to some of the major issues in the social world. It examines how societies come into existence, how they are organized and maintained, and how they change. The major sociological perspectives are used to help students develop a...
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Jonathan Markovitz
Race, Gender and the Kobe Bryant (or O.J. Simpson) Case
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
I often devote a week of my course on popular culture to the Kobe Bryant case (with some modification, the lesson plan could focus on the O.J. Simpson case instead). I teach the class as a lecture/discussion session. I contextualize the case by focusing on...
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Angela Lewellyn Jones
Deviant Organizations in Film
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This assignment asks students to review a series of movies and analyze using Best and Luckenbill's categories of Deviant Organization.
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Sarah Hoadley
Assignment: Outline
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Now that you have your research question and your four empirical resources, the next stage is constructing an outline of what you will cover in your research paper. This will be a detailed outline typed no longer than two pages. Make sure to include your name and...
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Ravi Arvind Palat
COMPARATIVE HEGEMONIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course attempts to understand the contemporary situation historically by comparing and contrasting it with Dutch, British and US hegemonies. It examines the interstate system, balance of power, and hegemony; theories of imperialism; capitalist vs. territorialist...
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IVANA MILOJEVIC
DYSTOPIAS: WHAT ARE THEY?
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Our students have nightmares appropriate to their generation, and some of our own as well. We share in common a set of deep-set misgivings about what we know humanity is capable of at its worse, the dark side of history. No serious academic or applied work building...
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David Horton Smith
Teaching a Course on Deviant Groups: A Neglected Aspect of Deviance
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
A course on deviant groups, taught since 1986, is described. Most courses on deviance take an individual-level approach; groups are brought in only as an afterthought. This course, by contrast, focuses on deviant groups of different kinds (not only cults and...
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Marc Rittle
THE WEALTHY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Who is the richest person in America? How many minimum wage earners would equal the salary of the CEO of a fortune 500 company? This assignment ask students to use the internet and websites such as the AFLCIO Executive Paywatch website as tools in analyzing wealth...
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Martha Gimenez E.
Films for Teaching from a Marxist Perspective
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Marxist Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
These are some of the documentary and feature films available to faculty that might be useful in teaching. Not all the films listed have been previewed by us. Each listing includes reference to the library or source where the video was originally located and the...
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R. DEAN WRIGHT
UTOPIAN ADVOCACY FOR THE POOR: A COMMUNITY THAT CALLED ITSELF "KINDRED"
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Laboratories for experiential "testing" of utopia-building ideas are few and far between. All the more important are rare opportunities to place students on the scene of a real effort to operationalize such ideas, even when the project is haltering and ill-fated....
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