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May 31, 2023

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Matthew Weinshenker
Cultural evidence of family change project
October 19, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Essay
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This assignment requires students to relate cultural products – most likely popular media with which they were already intimately familiar – to course material about the diversity of family life in the contemporary US.
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Daniel T Buffington
The four sources of evidence
October 18, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This in-class activity is designed to introduce beginner-level students to the four major sources of evidence (ethnography; surveys; experiments; archival documents/texts) used in most sociological research. Although it could be performed as a stand-alone activity, I...
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Andrea N. Hunt
Sexual Assault on College Campuses: An Undergradaute Research Project
October 15, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assessment, Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Students move from passive memorization of course content to using empirical evidence to answer sociological questions. Students work cooperatively in research teams to analyze sexual assault on college campuses and make sense of this in their everyday lives. In this...
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Daniel T Buffington
Recent Trends in US Inequality
October 15, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This activity is designed to familiarize students with both the basic concepts of the sociological study of stratification/inequality and recent trends in stratification within the US. I use it towards the end of the stratification module in Introduction to Sociology...
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Danielle Lavin-Loucks, Danielle Lavin-Loucks
Seussiology
October 15, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
When I set out writing this assignment, the intent was to create an activity for students that was fun but offered them insight into how to understand and apply Mills's concept of the sociological imagination. One of the most challenging things for students in an...
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Bruce Friesen
Book Review: Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture
October 5, 2012
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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Adam Messinger
Teaching Content Analysis through Harry Potter
October 5, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Content analysis is a valuable research tool for social scientists that unfortunately can prove challenging to teach to undergraduate students. Published classroom exercises designed to teach content analysis have thus far been predominantly envisioned as lengthy...
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Liz Grauerholz, Anne Bubriski-McKenzie
Teaching About Consumption: The 'Not Buying it' Project
October 5, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
overconsumption in the United States and allow them to see how their own consumption which involved refraining from purchasing all but essentials for a set number of daysas part of a broader lesson on consumerism. Qualitative and quantitative data, gathered from...
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Daniel Eisen
Developing a Critical Lens: Using Photography to Teach Sociology and Create Critical Thinkers
October 5, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Sociology instructors strive not only to teach their students the essential aspects of sociology but also to help students develop their critical thinking abilities. One way to help students become better critical thinkers is to assign projects that encourage...
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Michael Kearl
Book Review: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? Abortion, Neonatal Care, Assisted Dying, and Capital Punishment
October 5, 2012
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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