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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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JoAnn Chirico
Introductory Criminology Portfolio of Exercises
May 28, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This booklet of seven exercises can be completed in class or assigned as homework. Three of the exercises are "mini research" projects in which students must collect data through survey (Severity of Crime exercise), observation (Neighborhood Analysis) or interview...
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Breanna C. Stewart
Drug Policy and the War on Drugs: A Classroom Debate
May 20, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
The objective of this classroom activity is to familiarize students with current drug policy and the United States’ War on Drugs. When asked, most students agree that possession or distribution of certain drugs should be criminalized. However, there is mounting...
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Carla D Ilten
Watching the Culture Industry at work: Superbowl commercials as cultural products
May 19, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
In this media activity, students will learn to watch advertisements through the lens of Critical Theory. Students will discover how "the whole world is passed through the filter of the culture industry" and distinguish the fun and amusement of this genre from the...
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Brian Joseph Gillespie
Intersectional Perspectives on Aging
May 13, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Aging/Social Gerontology
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Using a unique set of "social status" characteristics, we will discuss the negative and positive impact of aging-specific issues and social policies based on an intersectional analysis of weekly discussion topics. Your job is to learn what you can about the weekly...
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Brianna Turgeon
Power and Privilege Class Activity
April 30, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
As Johnson (2006) describes, people often have a hard time coming to terms with privilege and oppression without feeling uncomfortable and sometimes even defensive. While discomfort may be part of learning new topics, especially those pertaining to inequality, this...
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Ann Leffler
Comparative Gender Stratification
April 30, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Gender stratification systems vary greatly around the world. To examine differences and similarities, we need to be able to map the places, regions, and ethnic groups that we will discuss. So first we will first brush up on cartographic skills. We also need to...
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Tunde Cserpes
Tracking Social Change in Beer Advertisements
April 29, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Social Change
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Have you ever heard someone saying that everything used to be better in the good old days? How about that history repeats itself? When we use these examples, we actually evoke different understandings of social change that philosophers have been tackling with for...
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David Lee Rigby
Linguistic Ideologies, Fallacies of Racism, and the Construction of a Racial "Gaffe"
April 21, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to sociological and linguistic concepts useful for analyzing media narratives often encountered during the "moral panics" that follow infamous racist utterances. In order to do this, the activity utilizes video of...
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Batool Ilten
E-Greeting Card Analysis: Gendered Constructions of Love and Parenthood
April 20, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This class activity revises the Greeting Card activity by McWilliams and Barret (2013) to include e-cards. McWilliams, Summer and Anne Barrett. 2013 "Greeting Card Analysis: Gendered Constructions of Love and Parenthood." Class Activity published in TRAILS: Teaching...
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Brian Klocke
Book Review: Privilege: A Reader
April 19, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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