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May 31, 2023

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Rena Cornell Zito
First Day of Criminology: A Group Activity on Thinking about Theories of Crime
July 29, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This in-class group activity is designed for the first day of class in a Criminology course, though it can also be used later as theories of crime are introduced. The goals of the activity are (1) to help students appreciate that the answers to our questions about...
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Two elevators
Jeanne Mekolichick
Elevator Speech "Ambush" Assignment
July 22, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
As most of our students transition from their undergraduate experiences into careers, it is necessary for faculty to appropriately prepare them to make this transition. Guiding students on how to think about the knowledge and skills learned in their sociological...
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Jeneve Ruth Brooks
Exploring Home Ownership, Residential Segregation, and the Growing Racial Wealth Gap
July 22, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, PowerPoint
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the infamous "I Have a Dream Speech" in which he reflected upon the state of black America one hundred years after slavery: "…the life of the Negro is still badly crippled by the manacles of segregation…the Negro...
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Rena Cornell Zito
Using Real Estate Websites to Learn Measures of Central Tendency
July 22, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Statistics
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This assignment, which requires students to use real-world data on home prices to generate and analyze measures of central tendency, can be adapted as an in-class assignment or homework assignment for undergraduate research methods or social statistics courses....
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Debra Oznowitz, Kathleen Jenkins
The Theory Forum: Teaching Social Theory through Interactive Practice
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Common concerns in required theory courses are student disengagement when encountering difficult texts and hesitation to engage in theorizing. To address these challenges, we have developed an interactive exercise, which we call the theory forum. Students work in...
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Ben McNair
Book Review: Dude, You're a Fag
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Kendal L. Broad
Intersectional Activisms Syllabus
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
The course is designed around quite current reflections about status of intersectional research, many of which point to the need to better understand intersectional activism and practice. The course begins with classical readings on intersectionality and then turns...
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Kristen Budd
Book Review: Gender & Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Law and Society
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Brock Ternes
Book Review: Techno-Fix: Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment and Too Many People? Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Environmental Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Braxton Soderman
Book Review: Video Game Worlds: Working at Play in the Culture of EverQuest
July 1, 2014
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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