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May 31, 2023

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Alfons Deeken
Philosophy of Death/Death Education
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Death education in sociology should provide students with an opportunity to gain a more scholarly understanding of the social processes involved in dying and death. The sociology of dying and death can analyze the processes and institutional responses to dying and...
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Theodore C. Wagenaar
First-Day Writing Assignment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This assignment can and has been used as an assessment mechanism.
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Meredith M. Redlin
Soc 240: Introduction to Rural America
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The following materials illustrate an exercise of simplified recreation of study data. The text used as the basis for this exercise is Children of the Land: Adversity and Success in Rural America, by Glen H. Elder, Jr. and Rand D. Conger (University of Chicago...
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Janet Myers
Understanding the Reaction of Communities of Color to HIV/AIDS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The goals of this lecture are to: - To illustrate the disproportionate impact of HIV infection on communities of color, and in particular on African American and Latino communities. - To explore the factors influencing the reaction of communities of color to...
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Keith A. Roberts
Teaching Sociology of Religion: Some Active Learning Strategies
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Discusses a variety of strategies that are useful for teaching about the sociology of religion .
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Gerry R. Cox
The First Day of Class
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
The first day of class is both challenging and frightening. It is a unique day for the instructor and the students. Each of us is facing the unknown and will be greatly influenced by the dynamics of the first day of class. How effective or ineffective the...
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Julie A. Dowling
Introduction to Latina/Latino Studies, LLS 100
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Course Description: The goal of this course is to give an overview of Latino populations in the U.S., with particular attention to the experiences of persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban origin. We will be exploring the politics of conquest and immigration...
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Leslie RS Elrod
Stratification and Life Chances: Does Environment Really Matter?
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Using the following handouts, determine how environment really matters! Visit the US Census web site at: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en and enter an area suburb and a city. Using the charts provided, compare and contrast the city and...
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Charles L. Shull
FILMED IMAGES OF HIV/AIDS, 1985-1996: AN ANNOTATED LIST OF DOCUMENTARY AND FEATURE FILMS WHICH MAY BE OF VALUE IN TEACHING AN AIDS COURSE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
As HIV/AIDS-associated illness, dying, and death exploded into our consciousness in 1980-1981 some American film makers began to attempt to reflect the multiple and different facets of the crisis which the epidemic engendered and by 1985 both a new documentary film...
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Susan Goodrich Lehmann, Norah P. Schultz
Virtual Ethnography (Intermediate Level)
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Abstract:
In this exercise we will conduct an ethnographic study of a group through the internet. Ethnography is a well-known method of qualitative research in which the researcher uses techniques such as participant observation to study a group or community. You will select a...
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