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May 31, 2023

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Debjani Chakravarty
Teaching Race with Novels
July 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Teaching Sociology of Race—in my current institution this course is titled "Race and Minority Relations"— can be particularly tricky in these contentious political times. We need to pay close attention to our teaching materials and pedagogy to get through to...
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Robert Biggert
Merit Goes to College: Teaching Inequality with an Admissions Game
July 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
Trails/Abstract Inequality is perhaps the most pressing social problem facing the United States. The severity of the problem is not in doubt. The theoretical work of (Piketty 2014) and empirical analysis of (Piketty and Saez 2014) underscores this urgency. Despite...
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Carol A Jenkins
Lessons in Stratification: "Scarce Resources - Who Should Receive Them?"
July 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Sociologists who analyze stratification processes tend to explore the following questions: (1) what is "stratification"? (2) what variables tend to influence a person’s placement in the stratification system of a given social context, region, or society? (3) how...
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Crosby Hipes
The Construction of Crime News by the Media: A Class Activity
July 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Criminal Justice
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Research suggests there is a disconnect between crime-related perceptions and realities in the United States. For example, many students enter social science courses believing that violent crime rates are increasing, when in fact the opposite is true. This class...
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Anne Groggel, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Educational Inequality through Marshmallow Towers
July 13, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This ungraded in-class activity is designed to illustrate inequalities in the school system. The class will break into small groups of 3-4 students and will compete to make the tallest tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks. Each group received a bag of resources...
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Riku Kawaguchi
Syllabus for (Online) Social Research Methods with Discussions
June 18, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This syllabus is for a social research methods course that emphasizes discussions, primarily designed for a fully online, short 5-week semester. This resource may be helpful in designing an online methods course or incorporating discussions into a methods course....
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Cristen Dalessandro
Using Student Artwork to Teach Gender & Sexuality
June 18, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
In this final course project, students learn to apply sociological theories and concepts related to gender and sexuality to a visual art piece that they create. By challenging students to both create and interpret a piece of artwork, students are asked to apply...
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Kyla Walters
Planning "Real Utopias" through Federal Spending
June 18, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Social Welfare/Social Work
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
The late sociologist Erik Olin Wright’s work on "real utopias" highlights actualized examples of social transformation. In this class activity, the concept of real utopias offers students a way to creatively envision how emancipatory alternatives might abound. This...
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Devrim Adam Yavuz
Edited Book Project in Classical Sociological Theory
June 12, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
The "edited sociological book" project was developed as part of an effort to reimagine the required classical theory course at Lehman College (CUNY) to make its instruction less top-down and more focused on the skills students need in the practice of their...
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Devrim Adam Yavuz
Edited Book Project in Classical Sociological Theory
June 12, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

The “edited sociological book” project was developed as part of an effort to reimagine the required classical theory course at Lehman College (CUNY) to make its instruction less top-down and more focused on the skills students need in the practice of their...

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