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Race and Ethnicity Syllabi and Assignments
Race and Ethnicity Syllabi and Assignments
November 17, 2023

The Race and Ethnicity Syllabi and Assignments highlights 20 resources for courses on race and ethnicity. This collection includes activities that use novels, streaming shows, and government data for instruction. There are syllabi for a fully online course and for a course on Black Sociological Thought. 

A Black Lives Matter protest sign above a crowd of protestors
Emma-Claire LaSaine
Ethnic Movements in the United States
July 8, 2025
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An arial view of suburban neighborhoods
Elizabeth Klainot-Hess
Class Activity: Analyzing Residential Racial Segregation Using Census Data and an Interactive Map
July 8, 2025
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The exterior of a museum
Alyssa Lyons
Experiential Learning in Sociology: Exploring the Role of Settler Colonialism in Museum Education
January 31, 2025
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A vaccine
Deeb Kitchen
Ethics, Race, and Deception: Analyzing a Historical Medical Study
September 23, 2024
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An arial view of Los Angeles
Robert Thomson
Teaching Race and Gang Violence Using the Documentary Crips & Bloods: Made in America (Peralta 2008)
September 4, 2024
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ariel view of a subdivision
Rachel Sullivan
Examining Redlining- Historical Origins & Current Impacts
August 8, 2024
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A farmer in a tractor spraying their field
Andrew R. Smolski, Abbey E. Piner, Angel Cruz, Rebecca Shisler, Emma Brinkmeyer
Systemic Racism and the Food System
September 28, 2023
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Pedestrians and a taxi cab crossing a city street
Peter Kent-Stoll
The Erasure of Indigenous People from the Urban Imaginary: Understanding Settler Colonialism and the Logics of Elimination
August 22, 2023
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Cody Melcher
Race Scholars Denied Syllabus
August 19, 2023
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A drawing of the author, Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez
Online Race and Ethnic Relations Syllabus (Quality Matters Certified)
July 5, 2023
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