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TRAILS Featured Resources
TRAILS Featured Resources
February 23, 2023

TRAILS, the Teaching Resources and Innovation Library for Sociology, provides a way for you to easily locate peer-reviewed teaching materials, showcase your teaching ideas, develop professionally, and join a community of scholarly teachers. You will find great assignments, syllabi, lectures, and other teaching ideas at TRAILS. Please also consider submitting your great ideas for teaching. The Featured Resources include some of the newest additions to our collection.

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Kathleen Piker-King
The Effective Use Of Videos In Sociology Courses
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
I use both educational and popular videos in all the sociology courses that I teach. These courses range from the introductory level to the upper division level. Instructional scaffolding consists of teaching specific theoretical and/or empirical material before...
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Susan J. Ferguson
Sociology of the Body
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course examines one of the most contested terrains of human experience, the body. In particular, the sociology of the body is a subfield of sociology that utilizes sociological inquiry and feminist scholarship to understand how bodies are socially constructed...
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Scott Sernau
USING A COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH IN TEACHING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
Scott Sernau teaches social stratification, international inequality and development, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Bound: Living in the Globalized World (Kumarian 2000) and Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century (Sage 2001). This...
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Lynn Schlesinger, Diane E. Taub
INCORPORATING DISABILITY STUDIES INTO SOCIOLOGY COURSES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
As the two former chairpersons of the ASA Committee on Society and Persons with Disabilities, we have been fortunate to work with numerous individuals in identifying ways in which the ASA can better integrate sociologists with disabilities in all aspects of the...
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Martin Piotrowski
Population and Society Assignment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This is the first of a series of assignments that will ask you to research the demographic experience of a particular country. Using basic formulas you will create a demographic profile for that country, and then compare indicators for your country to those for the...
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Michael Schwartz, Louis Esparza
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Advanced Graduate
Abstract:
The goal of the course is to provide an overview of major ideas in social movement theory and to develop student confidence in contributing to the research literature. Though this seminar is aimed primarily at doctoral students pursuing a specialization in social...
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James A. Crone
Senior Seminar: An Integrative and Transitional Experience
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
The objectives of this course are as follows: 1. To learn: a.) how to write a good resume, b.) where to look for social work and social policy types of occupations, c.) how to interview for a job, and d.) how to get into graduate school. 2. To integrate what you...
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Edith King
RECENTLY PUBLISHED TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER SOURCE BOOK REVIEWS FOR TEACHING THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
The following strategy was utilized in selecting the sociology of education texts that are reviewed in this 6th edition of Teaching the Sociology of Education: Texts and ancillary readings reviewed were obtained from lists of the resources used in the...
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Cheryl Albers
THE SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course challenges traditional thinking about the interaction between society and its youngest members. Sociology is no longer limited by the developmental and socialization models of the past. Contemporary sociologists are interested in understanding the two...
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Janet R. Grochowski, Meg Wilkes Karraker
IDSC 480-03: "A BILL OF HEALTH FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Families are complex webs of relationships that meet critical human needs while serving basic societal objectives. In this course we will critique the myth of the 'perfect' or 'ideal' family through a lens that views family structures and functions as adaptive,...
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