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Exercises and Resources by Unit

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Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9

  Unit Relevant Resources Type of Resource  
1. The Sociological Perspective Sociological and Individualistic Explanations for Human Behavior Exploring Data
1. The Sociological Perspective Excerpts from Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point Supplemental
1. The Sociological Perspective Quiet Rage Film
1. The Sociological Perspective Using Census Data to Analyze your Neighborhood Exploring Data
1. The Sociological Perspective Chad Hanson reading and Depression era photo

Supplemental Reading

1. The Sociological Perspective Instructional Ideas for Teaching the Distinction between Normative and Empirical Statements Supplemental
1. The Sociological Perspective Illustrating Social Structure using a Needlepoint Supplemental
1. The Sociological Perspective Using Puzzle Construction to Understand the Role of Theory in Sociology Supplemental
1. The Sociological Perspective What Do Sociologists Do? Supplemental

2. Research Methods

Doing Social Research Reading

Supplemental Reading

2. Research Methods Trochim's Research Methods Knowledge Base Website Supplemental
2. Research Methods "How to Read a (Quantitative) Journal Article" Supplemental Reading
2. Research Methods Using Sociological Abstracts to Identify Primary Research Studies Exploring Data
2. Research Methods "Making a Sociological Argument" Supplemental Reading
2. Research Methods Understanding Concepts, Variables, and Attributes Supplemental
2. Research Methods Hypothesis Testing Exercise
2. Research Methods Reliability and Validity Exercise
3. Culture Breaking A Social Norm

Simulation

3. Culture American Values in Print Media

Exercise

3. Culture TV Media and Reality: An Observation Exercise
3. Culture "Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies"

Supplemenatal Reading

3. Culture BAFA BAFA Simulation
4. Socialization Nova: Secret of the Wild Child Film
4. Socialization Twenty Statements Test Exercise
4. Socialization "Becoming a Member of Society Through Socialization" Supplemental Reading
4. Socialization Gender Socialization Lab/Fieldtrip Exercise
4. Socialization Merchants of Cool Film
4. Socialization "Social Interaction and Socialization" Virtual Tour Exercise
5. Social Organization Role Expectation and Performance Exercise
5. Social Organization Status and Role Set Exercise
5. Social Organization Network Exercise Exercise
5. Social Organization The Chairs Game Exercise
5. Social Organization Social Dilemma: A Teaching Game Simulation
5. Social Organization Discussion of George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society Supplemental
6. Social Inequalities "Social Class and Poverty" Supplemental Reading
6. Social Inequalities Sociopoly Simulation
6. Social Inequalities Life Happens: A Work, Class, and Access to Resources Exercise Simulation
6. Social Inequalities Star Power Simulation
6. Social Inequalities “Stratification, Social Class, and the Distribution of Income” (or “the Brownies Game”) Simulation
6. Social Inequalities Knowledge of the Hidden Rules of Social Class Exercise
6. Social Inequalities Examining Poverty Using the Institute for Poverty Research and the Census Exploring Data
6. Social Inequalities "The Changing Meaning of Race"

Suppelmental Reading

6. Social Inequalities "Demonstrating the Social Construction of Race" Supplemental Reading
6. Social Inequalities Race and Ethnicity Data Exercise Exploring Data
6. Social Inequalities Earnings by Education and Gender Exploring Data
6. Social Inequalities Coin Toss To Explore Social Inequality Simulation
6. Social Inequalities "Helping Students Develop a Sociological Imagination through Innovative Writing Assignments" Supplemental Reading
6. Social Inequalities Roger and Me Film
6. Social Inequalities Gender Socialization Lab Fieldtrip Exercise
7. Deviance and Conformity Breaking a Social Norm Exercise
7. Deviance and Conformity Quiet Rage Film
7. Deviance and Conformity Activities Inventory Exercise
7. Deviance and Conformity A Comparative Look at the Death Penalty Exploring Data
7. Deviance and Conformity Deviance Theory Exercise Exercise
7. Deviance and Crime How Much Crime is There? Exploring Data
7. Deviance and Conformity Trends in Violent Crime Exploring Data
8. Social Institutions Cultural Dig

Exercise

8. Social Institutions Activities for Exploring Soical Institutions Exercise
8. Social Institutions Family Virtual Exploration Exercise
8. Social Institutions Activities for Exploring the Family Exercise
8. Social Institutions Life Happens Simulation
8. Social Instituitons IM for Visiting (or Simulating) a Public School Board Meeting Exercise or Simulation
8. Social Institutions Education and the Internet: Challenges and Potentialities Exercise
8. Social Institutions Religious Denominations in the United States Exploring Data
8. Social Institutions Religion Virtual Tour Exercise
8. Social Institutions Exercises and Approaches for Exploring the Institution of Religion Exercise
8. Social Institution Politics Virtual Tour Exercise
8. Social Institutions Power and Politics Learning Activities Supplemental
8. Social Institutions IM for Understanding Unemployment Exercise
8. Social Institutions Virtual Tour of the Economy and Work Exercise
8. Social Institutions IM for Teaching Worker Alienation Exercise
8. Social Institutions Occupational Attitude Survey Exploring Data
8. Social Institutions The Creation of the Media Supplemental Reading
8. Social Institutions Media Violence Project Exploring Data
8. Social Institutions Science and Technology: Internet Explorations of New Social Problems Exercise
8. Social Institutions Health and Health Care: Information and Debate on the Internet Exercise
9. Social Change Population and Environment Virtual Exploration Exercise
9. Social Change Constructing and Interpreting Age-Sex Graphs Exploring Data
9. Social Change Causes and Consequences of Social Change Exercise
9. Social Change Environmental Racism Exercise
9. Social Change Draw a Map Exercise
9. Social Change Urbanization/Segregation Exploring Data
9. Social Change Theories of Social Change Exercise
9. Social Change Collective Behavior and Social Movements Exercise