Relevant Sources of Sociological Content, Exercises, and Teaching Strategies

Prepared by Caroline Persell 3/6/08

 

Abrahamson, Mark. 1994. "Stratification, Mobility, and a Playing Cards Metaphor." Teaching Sociology 22:183-88.

Adams, David S. 1993. "Technique 58: Sociological and Individualistic (or Non-sociological) Explanations for Human Behavior." Pp. 100-101 in Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts, edited by E. L. Kain and R. Neas. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Atkinson, Maxine, Ronald F. Czaja, and Zachary B. Brewster. 2006. "Integrating Sociological Research into Large Introductory Courses: Learning Content and Increasing Quantitative Literacy." Teaching Sociology 34:54-64.

Bordt, Rebecca L. 2005. "Using a Research Article to Facilitate a Deep Structure Understanding of Discrimination." Teaching Sociology 33:403-410.

Brewster, Zachary W. and Gregory M Fulkerson. 2005. "The Stratification Puzzle: An Active-Learning Exercise in Hard Work and Success." Teaching Sociology 33:389-395.

Brezina, Timothy. 1996. "Teaching Inequality: A Simple Counterfactual Exercise." Teaching Sociology 24:218-24.

Brislen, William and Clayton D. Peoples. 2005. "Using a Hypothetical Distribution of Grades to Introduce Social Stratification." Teaching Sociology 33:74-80.

Caldwell, Agnes. 2004. "Critical Thinking in the Sociology Classroom." Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Coco, Angela, Ian Woodward, Kirstyn Shaw, Alex Cody, Gillian Lupton, and Andrew Peake. 2001. "Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning." Teaching Sociology 29:492-503.

Coghlan, Catherine L. and Denise W. Huggins. 2004. "'That's Not Fair!': A Simulation Exercise in Social Stratification and Structural Inequality." Teaching Sociology 32:177-187.

Cook, James M. 2005. "Filling Structural Holes: Social Networks in the Introductory Course." Teaching Sociology 33:170-180.

Fisher, Bradley J. 1992. "Exploring Ageist Stereotypes through Commercial Motion Pictures." Teaching Sociology 20:280-284.

Granovetter, Mark S. 1995. Getting a Job. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Grauerholz, Liz and Greg Gibson. 2006. "Articulation of Goals and Means in Sociology Courses: What Can We Learn from Syllabi." Teaching Sociology 34:5-22.

Hachen, David S. 2001. Sociology in Action: Cases for Critical and Sociological Thinking.Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, pp. 27-28.

Hanson, Chad m. 2002. "A Stop Sign at the Intersection of History and Biography: Illustrating Mills' Imagination with Depression-Era Photographs." Teaching Sociology 30:235-242.

Hohm, Charles F. and William S. Johnson. 2001. "Assessing Student Learning in Sociology." Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Kain, Edward L. and Robin Neas (ed.).  1993.   Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts (Third Edition).  Washington, DC:  American Sociological Association, Teaching Resources Center

Lee, Matthew T., Julia Wrigley, and Joanna Dreby. 2006. "The Research Article as a Foundation for Subject-Centered Learning and Teaching Public Sociology: Experiential Exercises for Thinking Structurally about Child Care Fatalities." Teaching Sociology 34:173-187.

McKinney, Kathleen, Carla B. Howery, Kerry J. Strand, Edward L. Kain, and Catherine White Berheide. 2004. Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major Updated: Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Sociology in the Twenty-First Century. American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.

Miller, Margaret A. 1992. "Life Chances Exercise." Teaching Sociology 27:316-20.

Misra, Joya. 1997. "Teaching Stratification: Stimulating Interest and Critical Thinking through Research Projects." Teaching Sociology 25:278-91.

Nichols, Laura, Joshua Berry, and Demetra Kalogrides. 2004. "Hop on the Bus: Driving Stratification Concepts Home." Teaching Sociology 32:213-221.

Obach, Brian K. 1999. "Demonstrating the Social Construction of Race." Teaching Sociology 27:252-257.

Persell, Caroline Hodges, Kathryn May Pfeiffer, and Ali Syed. 2007. "What Should Students Understand after Taking Introduction to Sociology?" Teaching Sociology 35: 300-314.

Rafalovich, Adam. 2006. "Making Sociology Relevant: The Assignment and Application of Breaching Experiments." Teaching Sociology 34:156-163.

Sikora, James and Teodora O. Amoloza (eds.).  2000.  Introductory Sociology Resource Manual, Fifth Edition.  Washington, DC:  ASA Teaching Resources Center, American Sociological Association.

Simpson and Nancy Fischer. 2000. "The Brownies Exercise: Stratification, Social Class, Distribution of Wealth." Pp. 204-05 in Introductory Sociology Resource Manual, edited by J. Sikora and T. O. Amolozo. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, Teaching Resources Center.

Stone, Pamela. 1996. "Ghettoized and Marginalized: The Coverage of Racial and Ethnic Groups in Introducory Sociology Texts." Teaching Sociology 28:12-23.

Wagenaar, Theodore. 2004a. "Is There a Core in Sociology?  Results from a Survey." Teaching Sociology 32:1-18.

Wagenaar, Theodore C. 2004b. "Assessing Sociological Knowlege: A First Try." Teaching Sociology 32:232-238.

Weiss, Gregory L., Janet R. Cosbey, Shelly K. Habel, Chad M. Hanson, and Carolee Larsen. 2005. "Improving the Assessment of Student Learning: Advancing a Research Agenda in Sociology." Teaching Sociology 30:63-79.

Wright, Wynne and Elizabeth Ransom. 2005. "Stratification on the Menu: Using Restaurant Menus to Examine Social Class." Teaching Sociology 33:310-16.