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May 31, 2023

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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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Nick Rochin
Social Inequality: Race and the Criminal Legal System
June 30, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Inequality is a broad concept that is central to the discipline of sociology and can be understood in a number of different contexts. Inequality is not simply a disparity in outcomes, such as educational attainment or income, but it is a systematic unequal...
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Temple Day Smith
Agents of Socialization Visual Sociology Group Project
June 25, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Visual Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment explores socialization and agents of socialization through the use of visual sociology. Visual sociology is an area of sociology concerned with the visual dimensions of social life. For this assignment students will deepen their understanding of...
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Kristin Holster
Technology & Society Research Paper Assignment
June 18, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Research has demonstrated that the use of nontraditional readings can provide undergraduate students with an accessible medium to explore sociological ideas and concepts (Castellanos, DeAngelis, & Clark-Ibanez, 2008). Specifically, science fiction novels involve...
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Jerome Rabow, Manpreet Dhillon, Keisha Elizabeth Payne
Pink Triangle Experience Exercise
June 16, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Social Change
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
The Pink Triangle, used by Nazis to identify homosexuals in concentration camps, has since been appropriated and embraced by gay men and lesbians. The exercise we propose encourages students to identify with a stigmatized "other" and allows them to discover the...
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Shawn A. Trivette
Teaching Sustainability through Activism: The Greening University Projects
June 8, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Environmental Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This class project asks students to work in small groups to "green" some aspect of their university or college, applying theory and course concepts to the process of making environmental change in the world around them. The project entails writing a proposal, working...
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Jessica A Cohen
Using the Nacirema to explore the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in the classroom
June 4, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
The following in-class activity helps students explore the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism and gives them the opportunity to view American culture through the eyes of someone who is an outsider. By the conclusion of the activity, students...
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