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S O C I O L O G Y

Welcome to Sociology! This class provides an introduction to human behavior in groups including a study of culture, marriage and family, education, socialization, religion, government, sexuality, crime and deviancy, and the impact of media and technology.

Course Units and Assignments

Unit 1: Introduction to Sociology

Assignment: Soc 1.1: Introduction to Sociology Exercise

Reading: Introduction to Sociology

Assignment: Soc 1.2: Reading Check: Introduction to Sociology

 

Unit 2: Education

Reading: Education

Assignment: Soc 2.1: Reading Check: Education

Reading: "The Montillation of Traxoline"

Assignment: Soc 2.2: Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

Video: Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms

 

Video: "This is Water"

Video: Democratic Education

Assignment: Soc 2.3: A Class Divided

 

Video: A Class Divided

Assignment: Soc 2.4: "Caroline Sacks"

Reading: "Caroline Sacks"; from David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

Assignment: Soc 2.5 Analysis of Public Education

Unit 3: Culture

 

Reading: Culture

Assignment: Soc 3.1: Assessment: Culture

Video: Identity

Assignment: Soc 3.2: Reading: The Roseto Mystery

Assignment: Soc 3.3: Study & Analysis of "My Story"

Video: "My Story 2014"

Video: Song of My Story

Assignment: Soc 3.4: Culture Project

Unit 4: Socialization

 

Reading: Socialization

Assignment: Soc 4.1  Reading Check: "Socialization"

Assignment:  Soc 4.2: Challenging  Socializations

Video: "What is art?"

Video: The Killing of an Innocent Person

Reading: "The Race to Nowhere in Youth Sports"

Reading: "Stressed Families"

Reading: Automatic Associations "The Warren Harding Error" (from"Blink")

Website Activity: Harvard Implicit Association Test

Assignment:  Soc 4.4: "Challenging an Accepted Socialization"

Assignment: Soc 4.3: "The Truman Show"

Unit 5: Social Stratification in the United States

Reading: Social Stratification in the United States

Assessment: Social Stratification in the United States

Video: "Wealth Inequality in America"

 

Reading: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Assignment: Questions for "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"

 

Unit 6: Deviance, Crime & Control

 

Reading: Deviance, Crime, & Control

Assignment: Assessment: Deviance, Crime & Control

Video: The Bystander Effect

 

Reading: We Are All Bystanders

Assignment: Case Studies in Helping Behavior

 

Video: The Triumph of Evil

Reading: Broken Windows 

Assignment: Broken Windows

Reading: Million Dollar Murray

Unit 7: Religion

 

Reading: Religion

Assignment: Assessment: Religion

Video Questions: "Kumare" 

Unit 8: Marriage and Family

Reading: Marriage & Family

Assignment: Assessment: Marriage & Family

Reading: Article: The Changing Landscape of Love and Marriage

 

Study Questions: The Changing Landscape of Love and Marriage

Unit 9: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Reading: Gender, Sex, & Sexuality

Assignment: Assessment: Gender, Sex, & Sexuality

Video Guide: "The Hunting Ground"

Unit 10: Media and Technology

 

Reading: Media & Technology

Assignment: Assessment: Media & Technology

 

Article: 'Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?'

Video: Frontline: "Generation Like"

 

Video: 'The Innovation of Loneliness"

Video: "Status Anxiety"

Video: Simon Sinek: "Understanding the Game We're Playing"

 

Video: Simon Sinek: "Millennials in the Workplace"

 

Video: 'TED: Connected But Alone' 

 

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