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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Jeremiah Coldsmith
Film Review: The Great Vacation Squeeze
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Political Economy
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Siblee Salamon
Book Review: Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Alexandra Hendley
Film Review: Juggling Gender: Politics, Sex and Identity and Still Juggling
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Linda J. Henderson
Book Review: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Jeremiah Coldsmith
Book Review: Social Capital in America: Counting Buried Treasure
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Amy E. Traver
How Do We Integrate Students’ Vocational Goals into Introduction to Sociology Curricula, and What Are the Effects of Doing So?
October 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
President Obama’s America’s College Promise proposal has brought renewed attention to community colleges’ capacity to connect the college and career aspirations of today’s undergraduates. Despite this capacity, however, community colleges have historically offered...
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Jeanne Holcomb
Using "The Game of Life" as an End-of-Semester Assessment
September 26, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This activity uses of the "The Game of Life" as an end-of-semester assessment in a Marriages and Families course. Students play the board game "The Game of Life," produced by Milton Bradley, and respond to prompts asking them to analyze assumptions that the game...
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Samantha K Ammons
Linking Gender to Lived Experiences
September 21, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
To reinforce that gender is a social identity and a social construction, students answer in-depth questions about how gender manifests in their own life. They then conduct interviews with two individuals from two different generations using the same interview guide...
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Kristin Holster
Article Evaluation Assignment
September 19, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Encouraging students to read sociology articles is a goal of many sociology courses. However, these articles are frequently intimidating for students and they often have a difficult time knowing where in the article to find specific information. This assignment...
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Yalcin Ozkan
Pierre Bourdieu’s Symbolic Violence as Depicted through The Wire
September 15, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Video
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This activity will generate an interactive discussion of the concept of symbolic violence (as well as the related concepts of misrecognition, and field), and will encourage students to use the concept in interpreting two video clips from the television show The Wire....
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