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May 31, 2023

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Stephanie Medley-Rath
Seeing Sociology v. 2 (Updated 2017)
August 29, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This is an updated and revised version of Seeing Sociology (Medley-Rath 2013). In this update, I have revised the instructions so that they are better organized with greater clarification to increase ease of use by instructors and students. In this update, I have...
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Jacob Marshall Hardy
Star Wars and Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life
August 29, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Durkheim studied Aboriginal Australian religion in an effort to better understand humanity as a whole. In doing so, he introduced a variety of concepts and terms that in today's classroom could be considered rather confusing...
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Rena Zito
Crime over Time: A Two-Part Assignment on Temporal Changes in Crime Rates
August 29, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This resource introduces Criminology students to various explanations of crime patterns over time, provides hands-on experience using UCR and NVCS data, and links data and theory through a scaffolded two-part assignment. Both parts require students to critically...
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Colby King
Subsidies, Uneven Development, and the Race to the Bottom
August 28, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Urban Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Audio, Class Activity, Lecture, PowerPoint, Website
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Through this set of materials students listen to an engaging interview about detailed reporting on local subsidies and explore an interactive map revealing local subsidy policies. The materials include a lecture outline for teaching these concepts with reference to...
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Marcia Ghidina
Using Ma Vie en Rose to Teach about Gender Norms and Socialization
August 28, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
Ma Vie en Rose is a 1997 French language film with English subtitles. This relatively light and kind-hearted film sympathetically tells the story of Ludovic/Ludo who was born a boy but identifies and wishes to be regarded as a girl. Her parents are accommodating at...
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Erin K Anderson
A Quest for Culture in the Campus Community
August 23, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Social Psychology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This paper has been used in a Social Psychology course to help students understand the concept of idioculture, a group culture with shared knowledge, beliefs, sentiments, and behaviors. After a class discussion on symbolism as a necessary component of interaction,...
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Erin K Anderson
Presentation of the Profile Self
August 23, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Social Psychology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This paper has been used in a Social Psychology course during the period of discussion on presentation of self and impression management. Using the free online program Photofeeler (photofeeler.com), students are able to post profile pictures of themselves for...
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Lauren McClain
Exploring Gender, Relationships, Parenthood, and Poverty in the Inner City Utilizing the Work of Kathryn Edin
August 3, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage and Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City, by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas and Timothy J. Nelson, respectively, are excellent portrayals of young women’s and men’s lives. These texts...
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Crosby Hipes
Understanding and Reducing Racial Bias in Police-Civilian Interactions
July 10, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Criminal Justice
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Police brutality is consistently cited as a main concern of sociology and criminal justice students, yet many students have not learned about the important differences between implicit, or subconscious bias, and overt racism. This activity teaches students about...
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Quintin W.O. Myers
Who's White Now? An Examination of The Social Construction of Race
July 5, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
The purpose of this activity is to help students in survey (Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems) or Race and Ethnicity courses understand that racial classifications are socially and legally constructed. This activity begins by outlining how students perceive...
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