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Using Fiction in the Classroom
Using Fiction in the Classroom
July 12, 2024

Using fiction is a great way to engage students. The Using Fiction in the Classroom Resource Collection includes syllabi and activities that use novels, television shows, and movies.

Brandon Bosch
Gender in the Slasher Film Genre
October 3, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Slasher films typically involve a lone killer/monster stalking a group of people, often picking them off a few at a time. Formulaic and full of long-lived franchises, it is relatively easy for students to pick up on themes and patterns in the slasher films. Moreover,...
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Judith Rachel Halasz
Sociology of Film Syllabus
October 3, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Art/Music
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Film List, Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Designed as an upper division undergraduate elective, the sociology of film fosters the capacity to analyze film sociologically by pairing carefully selected films that address central sociological issues such as class, gender, sex, sexuality, race, ethnicity,...
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Brandon Bosch
Sociology of Mass Media
February 3, 2016
Subject Area(s):
Mass Communication/Public Opinion
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This class will focus on mass media representations of gender, race, class, and politics, as well as the cultural, legal, economic, and institutional factors influencing the production of media texts. We will also discuss the ways in which media audiences (not just...
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Amanda Kennedy
Facts in Fiction: Using Creative and Analytical Writing for Sociological Learning
December 3, 2015
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
Students of sociology often struggle to see how society impacts their individual identities, decisions, relationships. This assignment invites students to explore "the social" by creating a fictional character. I have the students read the novel, American...
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