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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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Laura Fingerson
SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Children and Youth
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
In this senior/graduate seminar, we will delve into sociological research and thinking on children and adolescents. A major goal of this course is to familiarize students with this exciting subfield in sociology and to develop students’ analytic and critical...
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Lisa K. Waldner
Outcomes of Poverty
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Demography
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This guide was compiled with your students in mind. The Demography Teaching Resources Guide presents course syllabi for undergraduate and graduate courses in demography as well as resources for data used in demographic analysis and classroom exercises. Several of the...
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Tiffany Smith
WEBSITE LIST
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Website
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Website list of resources on the subject of Medical Sociology.
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Robert L. Lewis
Social Work - Appalachia
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Welfare/Social Work
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course is designed to provide students an understanding and appreciation of the unique cultural characteristics of Appalachians, with a focus on the impact of major social institutions, e.g., family, religion, social welfare, education, and economics. The...
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Timothy Patrick Moran
VERSIFYING YOUR READING LIST: USING POETRY TO TEACH INEQUALITY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
Timothy Patrick Moran is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His inequality class is taught as an upper-level elective and usually enrolls between 40-60 undergraduates of various social science majors. In addition...
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EMILY S. KOLKER
WOMEN AND DISABILITY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This is intended to be an upper division, undergraduate Women Studies and/or Sociology course that would meet twice a week for four months. It is structured to examine, explore, and analyze the lives of women with disabilities as they intersect with race, class,...
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Julie E. Artis
SOCIOLOGY 495: CHILDHOOD, FAMILY, AND PUBLIC POLICY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Over the last decade, there has been a great deal of public debate over the current state of the family. Recent news headlines about families and children include debates over the legalization of gay marriage, the importance of marriage in ameliorating child...
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Bernice A. Pescosolido
SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COLLEGE PEDAGOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This second course in Sociology's Preparing Future Faculty Program is designed to continue the preparation of graduate students in Sociology to teach to a variety of audiences, including students and the public, to become active members of the university community,...
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Diane L. Pike
EDUCATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Capstone Courses
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate your thoughtful, sociological reflection on your college education and your evaluation of its relevance for your future. Consider the models of analysis reflected in the Merton and Hesser article. Throughout this essay...
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Bud Mehan
Possible Final Paper Topics
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
With my permission, a project that investigates an aspect of the educational process can be substituted for the second midterm and the final. (All students take the first midterm.) If this option is approved, the work due in lieu of the second midterm would be an...
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