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May 31, 2023

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Timothy Wickham Crowley
MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
The course begins with an attempt to clearly define, both, modernization and development. Then, we move to also brief comments presenting the views of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim--we will have readings later--and some even briefer synopses of some ways in which...
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Stephen J. Scanlan
Imagination Assignment 1—"Seeing" Social Movements
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
An important component of studying social movements is seeing their activities unfold. In this regard one can explore their dynamics and outcomes, analyze their tactics, understand social movement organizations and participants, and get at the reasons for their...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Lesson Plans
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
The most vivid and interesting educational development in 2004 regarding U.S. immigration was the television broadcast, by PBS, of the three-part series, "The New Americans." Information about that documentary is provided on pages 82-83 of this teaching resource...
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JEANIE AKAMANTI
ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER REDEMPTION: AN INTERACTIVE EXERCISE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Abstract:
This exercise is an interactive participation process that emulates using an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, the distribution method that has replaced paper food stamp coupons. EBT is a delivery option that at first glance might easier, faster, and safer for...
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Joe Bandy
Science, Technology and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The practice of science and technological innovation has transformed practically every sphere of contemporary life, from our bodies to our natural environment, from our global economy to our entertainment. In both theoretical and applied ways, this course will...
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David A. Sonnenfeld
Human Issues in International Development: Southeast Asia in Comparative and Historical Perspective
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Southeast Asia is one of the most dynamic regions of the world: socially, economically, politically, and environmentally. Home of half a billion people, hundreds of languages, the world's most populous Islamic country (Indonesia), and diverse flora and fauna, rapid...
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Ken a Frank
Social Networks Seminar
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Many quantitative analyses in the social sciences are applied to data regarding characteristics of people, but not to data describing interactions among people. But interactions play an important role in affecting people’s behavior and beliefs that cannot be...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Controversies About the Impact of Immigration : The English Language Issue
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
For more than two decades, a contentious debate has raged about the proper roles of the English language and other languages in the United States. Public schools have become a primary arena for this dispute. Supporters and opponents of bilingual education attack...
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SANDI KAWECKA NENGA
TWO PAPER ASSIGNMENTS ON EXTENDED FAMILY TREE AND CRITICAL WEBSITE REVIEW
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
TWO PAPER ASSIGNMENTS ON EXTENDED FAMILY TREE AND CRITICAL WEBSITE REVIEW, related to disability.
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Christine Leuenberger
Knowledge & Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
What is real? How is one to know? In this course we explore these questions by focusing on the intersection between knowledge, society, and culture. Knowledge is central to teh organization of society. It not only constitutes everday, common-sense, and indigenous...
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