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Unit IX. Social Change
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Exercise
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Collective Behavior and Social Movements
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Theme
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DescriptionStudents identify a social movement in their community, analyze the movement, and then link the movement to relevant sociological concepts.
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Learning GoalsApplies sociological concepts and theories to actual events. Helps students develop analytical skills that explore topics covered in social movements section of course. Can help students develop a research design.Back to top
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Things NeededMaterials: No special materials are needed.Back to top
Time: Can be adapted as a research project to extend over several weeks or could be used as short discussion in class.
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More InformationBooks:
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Freeman, Jo. 1999. Waves of Protest: Social Movements Since the Sixties. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
McAdam, Douglas. 1988. Freedom Summer. New York: Oxford University Press.
Marx, Gary and Douglas McAdam. 1994. Collective Behavior and Social Movements: Processes and Structure. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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Henry Hampton's Eyes on the Prize
Paul Barnes and Ken Burns' Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Station and Susan B. Anthony
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Creator/SourceMargaret Andersen, Professor of Sociology and Black Ameican Studies, University of Delaware.