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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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C. Lee Harrington
Book Review: Teaching Justice: Solving Social Justice Problems through University Education
June 27, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Dawn Norris
Beat the Bourgeoisie: A Social Class Inequality and Mobility Simulation Game
June 27, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Simulation games can help overcome student resistance to thinking structurally about social class inequality, meritocracy, and mobility. Most inequality simulations focus solely on economic inequality and omit social and cultural capital, both of which contribute to...
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Sara McDonough, David Brunsma
Film Review: Multiracial Identity
June 27, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Rosemary Powers, Rellani Ogumoro
Film Review: Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands
June 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Elizabeth Miller
Learning to Interpret Cultural Meaning through an Etic Description of a Familiar Culture
June 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Undergraduate students often have trouble interpreting cultures other than that with which they are familiar in a way that takes into account the symbols and meanings that explain behaviors, objects, and ideologies. Instead, many fall into the trap of making...
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Ryan Schroeder, Muhamed Fazlagic
Book Review: Wounded I am More Awake: Finding Meaning After Terror
June 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Adrienne Cohen
Book Review: DIY: The Search for Control and Self-reliance in the 21st Century
June 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Margaret Walsh
Film Review: The Interrupters
June 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Urban Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Todd Paddock
Film Review: The End of the Line
June 21, 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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Rusty Schnellinger
Applying the Twenty Statements Test to Culture and Self-Concept
June 13, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Social Psychology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This activity allows students to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the sociological understanding of the self through direct application of a classic sociological instrument. While the Twenty Statements Test instrument (Kuhn and McPartland 1954) is available...
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