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May 31, 2023

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Jennifer Vanderminden, Julia Waity
Using "Eyes" from Handmaid’s Tale to teach surveillance
April 2, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This exercise is intended to demonstrate how social control functions through surveillance. This exercise was originally used in an Introduction to Sociology class but could be adapted for use in a range of classes (e.g. social problems, deviance, etc.). In this...
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Jamie Oslawski-Lopez, Stephanie Medley-Rath
#GetEngaged: Assignment for First Year Students
March 6, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
We assign #GetEngaged in Introductory Sociology to increase student engagement with campus and to help achieve institutional goals related to student retention. We select campus and community events for students to attend or participate in to get them more connected...
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Anne McGlynn-Wright
Student Peer Reviews
March 6, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Other
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
Student peer reviews are a valuable but often under-utilized tool for developing students' analytic, evaluative, and writing skills while simultaneously building a supportive classroom community. The following resource provides an example for a peer review process...
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David Arditi, Jennifer Miller
Digital Culture - Undergraduate
February 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Communication and Information Technologies
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Idealist thinking marked the development of the Internet and digital technologies, especially in the 1990s. Writers, both academic and popular, imagined a more democratic world where information would be unrestricted, communication would erase space, and technologies...
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Julie A. Pelton
Teaching about Learning: The Effects of Instruction on Metacognition in a Sociological Theory Course
February 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This article investigates the effects of teaching about metacognition in a sociological theory course. I created a series of teaching interventions to introduce students to the science of learning, including an interactive lecture on metacognition, a discussion that...
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Molly Clever, Karen S. Miller
"I Understand What They’re Going through": How Socioeconomic Background Shapes the Student Service-learning Experience
February 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Traditional service-learning pedagogy assumes that learning occurs when contact between relatively advantaged students and a relatively disadvantaged service population reduces prejudice. However, little is known about how students whose backgrounds are similar to...
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Anne M. Nurse, Trish Staiger
Teaching Data Reproducibility through Service Learning
February 24, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Quantitative Methodology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Data reproducibility is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences, but it has yet to be incorporated into many undergraduate sociology programs. This note describes a service-learning activity that can be added to an introductory statistics course....
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Colleen Elizabeth Wynn
Making Motherhood Work Reading and Discussion Questions
February 21, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
I assign Caitlyn Collins' book, Making Motherhood Work in my families course. Our families course has a global component, so this book works well comparing how women combine motherhood and work around the globe. We read the book during the section of the class...
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Zach Rubin
Panel Discussions – A Gentler Introduction to Debating Social Problems
February 21, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This activity is a group presentation without group work that will take place over the middle segment of the course. It happens in two stages: one where students will create discussion questions for some of your classmates to answer, and one where students will...
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Laura Krull
Group Presentation of a Social Problem: Modification and Adaptation of Matt Reid’s Photo (Visual) Essay of Social Problems
February 21, 2020
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Working in instructor-assigned groups, students collaborate to produce an 8-10 minute presentation in which they use images to present a social problem. The students have previously completed individual photo essays, and now they must synthesize their individual work...
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