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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Ember Skye W Ilten
"Throw like a girl" Challenging and Unpacking Modern Day Gender Norms Within Sport
July 29, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Using a recently popular commercial aired during the Super Bowl that challenges traditional gender roles, this learning exercise introduces the concepts of gender norms, while opening up a dialogue about the problematic aspects behind gender prejudice in sport. The...
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Ray Rashawn
Film Review: Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek and Every Mother's Son
July 16, 2015
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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Mary-Beth Raddon
Community Engagement
July 6, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Community
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Assignment, Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This resource is a two-part syllabus for SOCI2F60 Foundations for Community Engagement, a high enrolment, full credit Sociology course. The design of the course is a variation on service-learning, a model of teaching and learning in which students' academic studies...
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Deborah Harris, Whitney Harris, Kristi Fondren
Everybody Eats: Using Hunger Banquets to Teach about Issues of Global Hunger and Inequality
July 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Experiential and active learning exercises can benefit students in sociology courses, particularly, courses in which issues of inequality are central. In this paper, we describe using hunger banquets—an active learning exercise where participants are randomly...
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Leslie Elrod
Book Review: The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise
July 1, 2015
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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Tanni Chaudhuri
Film Review: Crossing Lines
July 1, 2015
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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Sarah Becker, Crystal Paul
"It Didn’t Seem Like Race Mattered": Exploring the Implications of Service-learning Pedagogy for Reproducing or Challenging Color-blind Racism
July 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Prior research measuring service-learning program successes reveals the approach can positively affect students’ attitudes toward community service, can increase students’ motivation to learn and ability to internalize class material, and can change their view of...
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Craig Upright
Bringing Color into the Living Room: Analyzing TV Guide Covers, 1953 to 1997
July 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Many contemporary students are unfamiliar with the cultural history of television programming in the United States. References to iconic series that represented significant milestones in minority representations and discussions of racial issuessuch as I Spy, Julia,...
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Sarah Becker, Crystal Paul
"It Didn’t Seem Like Race Mattered": Exploring the Implications of Service-learning Pedagogy for Reproducing or Challenging Color-blind Racism
July 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Prior research measuring service-learning program successes reveals the approach can positively affect students’ attitudes toward community service, can increase students’ motivation to learn and ability to internalize class material, and can change their view of...
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Kathy Stolley
Film Review: Fixed: The Science Fiction of Human Enhancement
July 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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