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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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E. W. Brown
Book Review: Foundations of Criminal Justice
January 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Criminal Justice
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Michael Dougherty
Film Review: You've Been Trumped
January 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Environmental Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Nikki Khanna, Cherise Harris
Discovering Race in a 'Post-Racial' World: Teaching Race through Primetime Television
January 1, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Teaching students about race remains a challenging task for instructors, made even more difficult in the context of a growing "post-racial" discourse. Given this challenge, it is important for instructors to find engaging ways to help students understand the...
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Tal H. Peretz
Critiquing Color-Blind Racism and Racial Fallacies in "The Daily Show"
December 29, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This classroom activity provides an opportunity for students to practice identifying colorblind racism (Bonilla-Silva 2003) and racial fallacies (Desmond and Emirbayer 2009) in media and in everyday conversations. While students often understand the idea of covert...
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Zachary R. Simoni, Adrienne Milner
Gender Implicit Association Test Assignment
December 15, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment encourages students to re-evaluate gender inequality in American society and understand how gender stereotypes influence their daily lives. Students take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures adherence to gender stereotypes and measures...
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Landon Schnabel
Technology in the Traditional Classroom
December 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Technology presents challenges for maintaining student engagement, but I argue that it can enhance communication and interaction. In the course of this brief essay, I provide answers to two technology-related questions for the traditional classroom: (1) Can...
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Joshua Christopher Tom
Mapping out Medicalization
November 20, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This is an in-class activity designed to introduce the concept of medicalization, or the process by which human problems become understood, defined and treated as being medical in nature. This activity also provides the opportunity to discuss the avenues by which...
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Matthew Martinez
Sociology of Education (Reform Emphasis)
November 19, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This course is designed to survey current topics in the Sociology of Education while emphasizing options for education reform and public policy implications of current research. During the course students are required to develop a policy memorandum focusing on a...
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Katie Dingeman-Cerda
Immigration and Deportation Law Timeline Activity
November 18, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This resource supplements the Deportation Nation syllabus available in the TRAILS database. To interactively chronicle the evolution of immigration and deportation laws in the U.S., each student is assigned as a "resident expert" on a law, policy, or practice. They...
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Zachary R. Simoni, Adrienne Milner
Implicit Association Test Assignment
November 17, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment encourages students to evaluate race as a systemic social problem in American society and, most importantly, to understand how it influences them throughout their daily lives. Students take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures...
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