Sociology 3901: Social Change and Social
Policy
Schedule and Assignments (Subject to Change)
| Week One: Sept 3 holiday | PART I: POVERTY AND WELFARE POLICIES | Reading Assignment |
| Sept 5 | Social policy: an historical and cross cultural perspective Minnesota State School for Dependent and Neglected Children . |
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| Sept 7 | Civic Engagement Options. Theories of power. |
Hays, chapter one |
| Week Two: Sept 10 | Poverty and welfare in the United States | |
| Sep 12 | Regulating the Poor: Race and Social Policy (When Affirmative Action was White) | Hays, chapter two |
| Sept 14 | Video: "America's War on Poverty: In this Affluent Society"Training for those serving as interviewers in the Neighborhood Needs Assessment Survey | |
| Week Three: Sept 17 | Finish "In this Affluent Society. Groups. | Hays, chapter three |
| Sept 19 | Bring to class discussion questions on two of the first three chapters in Hays. Ending Welfare as We Know It: Enacting the 1996 Reforms | Hays, chapter four |
| Sept 21 | Video: "Let's Get Married" | |
| Week Four: Sept 24 | I'll do Hays, chapter five | |
| Sept 26 | Bring one discussion question for chapter 4 and another for chapter 6 | Hays, chapter six |
| Sept 28 | Video: "Take it From Me" | |
| Week Five: Oct 1 | "Take it from Me, " part II. Groups. | Hays, chapter seven. Study Guide 1 |
| Oct 3 | Groups.Bring 2 discussion questions, chapter 7 | |
| Oct 5 | I'll do Hays, chapter eight | |
| Week Six: Oct 8 | Exam One | |
Poverty, Race, and Housing Policy |
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| Oct 10 | The Making of the Chicago Ghetto | R&R, foreward and chapter one |
| Oct 12 | Video: "Two Societies" Gautreaux lawsuit. | I'll do R&R, chapter two |
| Week Seven: Oct 15 | The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Housing Authority | I'll do R&R, chapter three |
| Oct 17 | Inventing and implementing the Gautreaux program. | R&R, chapter four |
| Oct 19 | Bring to class discussion questions, chapters five and six. Video: "Why Can't We Live Together?" | R&R, chapter five, six |
| Week Eight: Oct 22 | Finish "Why Can't We Live together?" Meet in groups to discuss volunteer projects. |
R&R, chapters seven, eight |
| Oct 24 | Bring to class discussion questions, chapters seven and eight | R&R, chapter nine |
| Oct 26 | Deconcentration: How did it work in Minneapolis | R&R, chapter ten |
| Week Nine: Oct 29 | Video: "The Democratic Promise" | |
| Oct 31 | ||
| Nov 2 | Exam Two | |
| POVERTY, RACE, AND EDUCATION | ||
| Week Ten: Nov 5 | . Video: "Simple Justice," part I | |
| Nov7 | . Video: "Simple Justice," part II. Groups. | Kozol, Introduction and chapter one |
| Nov 9 | Race and the schools: then and now. | Kozol, chapter two |
| Week Eleven: Nov 12 | Video: "Eyes on the Prize: excerpt from Fighting Back | Kozol, chapter three |
| Nov 14 | Kozol, chapter four | |
| Nov 16 | Bring discussion questions, chapters 3-4 . Video: "Making Schools Work: Success for All" | |
| Week Twelve: Nov 19 | Video: "Making Schools Work: KIPP Academy, Houston" | |
| Nov 21 | Video: "Eyes on the Prize: excerpt from Keys to the Kingdom | Kozol, chapter five |
| Nov 23 | No class; Thanksgiving holiday | |
| Week Thirteen: Nov 26 | Video: "Unequal Education" |
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| Nov 28 | Kozol, chapter six | |
| Nov 30 | Bring discussion questions for chapters 6 and 7 | Kozol, chapter seven |
| Week Fourteen: Dec 3 | Video: "Making Schools Work, part II--School systems " | Kozol, chapter eight |
| Dec 5 | Kozol, chapter nine | |
| Dec 7 | Bring discussion questions for chapter 9 and 10 | Kozol, chapter ten |
| Week Fifteen: Dec 10 | Video: "Who Will Teach for America?" Distribute take-home final exam, due in my office by noon on Wednesday, Dec. 19 (Cina 203; if you're early with the final and I'm not in my office, just slip it under the door ) | Kozol, chapter eleven |
| Dec 12 | Kozol, chapter twelve and epilogue | |
| Dec 14 | Wrap-up. |
Final exams will be due on Wednesday, December 19, by noon.
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