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Yes...there are *tons* of analytical exercises you can come up with,
but why reinvent the wheel? The ASA teaching guides are fabulous.
The one on Teaching gender has an analysis for "gender at the mall" for
example. I would also search the old TeachSoc archives...I seem to
have a gazillion ideas from there. Michael Schwalbe's Intro book has some discussion questions you might adapt for small groups. My student do better in small groups of 2-3 where they are more likely to open up. Students can analyze song lyrics, TV shows, movies, magazines for soc ideas. For example, recreate Goffman's Gender Analysis using magazines that you bring in (ask colleagues/friends to give old ones to you). You can bring in lyrics or ask students to do so. This month's "hot" topic pick in my class - Stupid Girls by Pink. I've done music analysis with *so* many topics -- class, war, gender, family, sense of self, norms/deviance, etc, etc. Ask students to analyze group dynamics at school (e.g., cliques in the cafeteria). Anyalyze power dynamics between teachers/students, cafeteria workers/students, teachers/parents. You've got tons of options. Don't give up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gardetto, Darlaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:05 AM Subject: Re: TEACHSOC: Re: frustrationI actually take my classes on a field trip to a local mall every semester; since the Mall has replaced main street as the American market place and meeting place, it is virtually a sociological laboratory. I have my students spend an hour there looking for corporate values versus family values, and for signs of structural violence, giving them about 50 clues to hunt for and meeting back for lunch to discuss what they found. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gardetto, Darlaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:15 AM Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: frustrationQuick note: Here is the link to the NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/fashion/sundaystyles/07friendss.html?_r=1& oref=slogin The article is called: "Money Changes Everything." Another topic that gets my students going is to talk about the differences in shopping malls -- also differences in bathrooms in various stores -- Walmart vs. Nordstrom, for example. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: Sunny Allen Cc: [email protected] Sent: 5/7/2006 11:12 PM Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: frustration Hi Sunny, The New York Times just ran an article today in its Sunday Styles section (help w/posting a link again, anyone? I've forgotten how already!) about the strain on friendships that include people of very different income levels -- most often experienced in college, but perhaps high schools too if there is a "have" and "have not" side of town? Maybe this concept could spring board into a discussion or exercise? Envision a shopping or restaurant trip in this situation, or visits to one another's homes. Sarah Murray WPUNJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Sunny <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Allen To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:28 PM Subject: TEACHSOC: frustration So I've realized I start to panic on Sunday nights because I dread teaching my soc classes (high school level). I thought it was because of the students in the classes, which it partly is. However, I think the biggest reason is that I just don't like teaching soc. I have no books (text or otherwise) for them, our school dosn't have any computers, and I can't lecture for 90 minutes without losing them. I can't get these kids too engaged in discussions, and we're all getting tired of group projects. I do like sociology, I just struggle teaching it. I seem to have so many activities, ideas, and "fun" things to do with my psychology classes, but have almost nothing with soc. Does anyone have any short demonstrations, activities, or "things" they do in class. I'm teaching inequalities right now (class, gender and race) and I know there is so much more I could be doing. It's probably just end-of-year burnout, but thanks for letting me vent. Sunny Allen Tooele High School Tooele, UT _____ Yahoo! <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman3/*http://us.rd.yahoo.co m/evt=39666/*http://messenger.yahoo.com> Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. --
Andi Every object, every being, Is a jar of delight. Be a connoisseur. ~Rumi~ Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands. ~Cathy Better~ Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ~Johann von Goethe~ ---------------- Dr. Andi Stepnick Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology 314 Wheeler Humanities Building Belmont University 1900 Belmont Blvd. Nashville TN 37212-3757 Direct Line: (615) 460-6249 Office Manager: (615) 460-5505 Sociology Fax: (615) 460-6997 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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