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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Matt Reid
Gender Roles and Yankee Candles
May 5, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Image
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
From 2012 to 2014, Yankee Candle had a special line of "Man Candles" which were, as the name suggests, candles specifically marketed towards men. These gendered candles from the well-recognized brand included fragrances such as "Riding Mower", "First Down", "On Tap",...
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Tyler R. Flockhart, Maxine P. Atkinson
Gravestone Assignment
May 5, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment introduces students to the historical importance of symbols in American culture by analyzing gravestones. There are four goals related to this assignment. Students will collect data from gravestone inscriptions, describe, categorize and analyze this...
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Kelly L. Markowski
Human/Non-Human Animal Boundary Maintenance through Language
April 24, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This 30-minute exercise is designed to help students recognize how socially constructed conceptual boundaries between humans and non-human animals are created and maintained through language. As the English language is laden with phrases and expressions that link...
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Jerome Rabow, Keisha E. Payne, Zachary Philyaw
The "What's in a Name?" Exercise
April 6, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Social Psychology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This exercise seeks to have students learn about the significance of names in American society. Students with American sounding names are favored by teachers and peers and their names are rarely mispronounced, made fun of, or given nicknames. Students from minority...
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Holly Straut Eppsteiner
Perspectives on Gender Inequality in the Labor Force: Gloria Steinem & Sheryl Sandberg
April 6, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Work and Labor Markets
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity, Video
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Scholars argue that we have reached a period of "stalled" gender equality at work: the wage gap between men and women persists, and men and women continue to be concentrated in different types of occupations with differential rewards. The literature on work and...
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Matthew T. Gougherty
Book Review: Pop Culture Freaks: Identity, Mass Media, and Society
April 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Bobbi-Lee Smart
Book Review: Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action
April 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Gerry R. Cox
Book Review: The Gender of Suicide: Knowledge Production, Theory and Suicidology
April 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Emily Ruehs
Book Review: Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys
April 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Loretta Baldassar, Lara McKenzie
Beyond "Just Being There": Teaching Internationalization at Home in Two Qualitative Methods Units
April 1, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Study-abroad and international-student programs are commonly understood to transform their participants into "global citizens" possessing "cross-cultural competencies." Similar benefits are anticipated from "internationalization at home"—defined as any on-campus,...
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