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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Jennifer McKinney, Karen A. Snedker
Hosting a Tent City: Student Engagement and Homelessness
July 1, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
In response to increasing homelessness in our city, Seattle Pacific University invited a homeless encampment (Tent City) to reside on our university campus for three months. This provided an opportunity to engage students on issues of poverty and inequality. Building...
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Melencia M. Johnson, Philip B. Mason
"Just Talking about Life": Using Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Movement to Encourage Classroom Dialogue on Race
July 1, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Large
Abstract:
Students in mixed race classrooms often find it difficult to discuss race. Using an assignment where students must have a conversation with someone who lived during the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) brings an element of oral history into the discussion of race and...
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Renee Monson
Groups That Work: Student Achievement in Group Research Projects and Effects on Individual Learning
July 1, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Group research projects frequently are used to teach undergraduate research methods. This study uses multivariate analyses to examine the characteristics of higher-achieving groups (those that earn higher grades on group research projects) and to estimate the effects...
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Jessica MacNamara, Sarah Glann, Paul Durlak
Experiencing Misgendered Pronouns: A Classroom Activity to Encourage Empathy
July 1, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Large
Abstract:
How can teachers help students understand the importance of gender pronouns for transgender and gender-nonconforming people? This article presents a gender pronoun reversal activity that simulates the experience of being verbally misgendered. Students followed up on...
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Ugo Corte, Katherine Irwin
The Form and Flow of Teaching Ethnographic Knowledge: Hands-on Approaches for Learning Epistemology
July 1, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Ethnography
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
A glance across ethnographic methods terrain reveals multiple controversies and divisive critiques. When training graduate students, these debates and controversies can be consequential. We offer suggestions for teaching graduate ethnographic methods courses that,...
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Alecia Danielle Anderson, Angela Brown
Black Lives Matter Lecture
June 22, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This Black Lives Matter Lecture is meant to introduce the Black Lives Matter movement to students in various settings. The lecture content includes details regarding the inspiration for the movement, information about the founders and their guiding principles. In...
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Nik Janos
Using infographics to learn and communicate about global problems
June 2, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Research papers have long been a staple of upper division sociology courses; however, this assignment combines sociological research with the creation and dissemination of a sociological infographic. An infographic is generally defined as data visualization with an...
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Marci Cottingham
Theorizing Gender
May 23, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
Overview This MA-course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of a variety of theoretical approaches to the study of gender, with particular focus on ethnomethodological, post-structural, macro-institutional, and intersectional approaches to the topic....
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David Diego Delgado
Examples of Capital in Social Media
May 11, 2017
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of reproduction involves an understanding of four types of capital: economic, cultural, social, and symbolic. This activity will promote students’ abilities to recognize these forms of capital, distinguish between them, and understand how...
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Jack Edwin Niemonen
Sociology 312 History of Sociology Syllabus (Contributions to the Discipline of the "Voices" from Below)
May 11, 2017
Subject Area(s):
History of Sociology/Social Thought
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This course is taught as a history of black sociology—giving "voice" to neglected thinkers and offering a different perspective on icons such as Martin Luther King, Jr. In other words, it examines the viewpoints of black theorists and activists, and it explains how...
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