Sociology 1101 (CE): Lessons, exercises, exams, readings

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Lesson One: Social Forces No reading assignment: See video, "A Class Divided"
Exercise1: A Class Divided
Lesson Two: History and Theory Stark, chapter 1 Exercise 2: The Sociological Imagination and other important concepts
Lesson Three: Culture, Society, and the Sociological Process Stark, chapter 2 Exercise 3: Cliques and Stratification in our schools
Lesson Four: Micro Sociology Stark, chapter 3 and video:"Growing Up Online" Exercise 4: Growing Up Online
Lesson Five: Macro Sociology Stark, chapter four. Take exam one Exam One
 
Lesson Six: The Looking Glass Self Macleod, chapters 1 & 3 Exercise 6: Racism and the looking glass self
Lesson Seven: Sociology of Family MacLeod, chapter 4 Exercise 7: Compare and contrast families
Lesson Eight: Sociology of School and Work MacLeod, chapters 5&6 Exercise 8: Work and School
Lesson Nine: Social Stratification MacLeod, pp. 13-16(Bourdieu), 18-20(Willis), & chapter 7 Exercise 9: Poverty Budget
Lesson Ten: the Hangers and the Brothers, 8 years later MacLeod, chapters 9-10 Exam Two
 
Lesson Eleven: Race and Class MacLeod, chapter 11

Exercise 11: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow"


Lesson Twelve: Social mobility and social reproduction MacLeod, Read 275-6 and then read about 4 of the Hallway Hangers (ch. 12) and 4 of the Brother (chapter 13)

Exercise 12: the Hangers and the Brothers at forty

Lesson Thirteen: Social Movements Stark, chapter 21; see video, "At the River I Stand," which is on reserve in the UMD library(13.a.)or or do alternative web assignment (13.b.) which includes listening to Martin Luther King's last speech, which he delivered in Memphis just before his assasssination

Exercise 13.a: "At the River I Stand."

or

Exercise 13. b. Martin Luther King and the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike

Lesson Fourteen: Human Social Ecology

Readings: 1. China's Pollution Nightmare ; 2. Why Bother?
3. U.N. Reports Pollution Threat in Asia Watch video: "An Inconvenient Truth.

Exercise 14: An Inconvenient Truth
Lesson Fifteen: Power and Politics Readings: Domhoff , Wolfe , Gore Exam Three