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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Alexandra Olympia Hendley
Recounting the Conversation: Learning How to Write a Literature Review
August 2, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This in-class activity gives students practice summarizing, synthesizing, and evaluating information from numerous sources – skills needed when writing a literature review. As a low-stakes, collaborative, in-class writing task, this activity is also meant to help...
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Stephanie Medley-Rath
EVICTED READING QUIZ QUESTIONS
August 1, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
I assign Evicted in Introductory Sociology. We read the book throughout 3-4 weeks of the course. I do not lecture on Evicted, but instead, I place students in small discussion groups. They discuss the book in their group for 15-25 minutes, and then we discuss the...
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Stephanie Medley-Rath
Evicted Activities
August 1, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
I assign Evicted in Introductory Sociology. We read the book throughout 3-4 weeks of the course. I do not lecture on Evicted, but instead, I place students in small discussion groups. They discuss the book in their group for 15-25 minutes, and then we discuss the...
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Jennifer L. Steele
The Classroom as a Gang: An Active Learning approach to Teaching Undergraduates about Deviant/Criminal Groups
July 8, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Research has shown that active learning approaches are more effective in helping undergraduate students retain course material and enhance student engagement in the course in comparison to traditional lecture format. In this active learning exercise students must...
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Judith R Halasz
Urban Sociology
July 4, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Urban Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Urban Sociology is an upper-division undergraduate elective that introduces students to the study of city life in the US and globally. The course examines social life in urban areas, with a focus on contemporary issues such as gentrification and development;...
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Amanda Fehlbaum
Reciprocity 2.0: A Simulation Game for Sociology of the Family
June 25, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
In 1979, Marie Withers Osmond published a simulation game "Reciprocity" in The Family Coordinator that was developed to illustrate social exchange theory and the dynamics of conflict, exchange, and power in the context of relationships. Osmond’s original game...
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Lauren N. Griffin
American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
June 6, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Cristen Dalessandro
The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap
June 6, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Work and Labor Markets
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Elizabeth Kiester
Becoming Johanna
June 6, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Matthew Green
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
June 6, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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