Turn a lemon into lemon aid. It can be an advantage not to have the limits of a text. Rural sociology is one of the richest but least explored areas. Why not have the students start their own text. What are the core activities in your community. In ours there are the fire stations pancake breakfasts the local hang outs for adults for teens... I was in one town where the Saturday night was place was Peoples dept store lot...about 50 teens and pick up trucks.
Students could start the process with portfolios that could become chapters or parts of chapters. Our community is shifting form rural to suburban. Farms are sold to developers. Houses are bought for the land..... Is this kind of thing taking place in your community. Or is the wal mart taking over. How about getting the local media involved. Home grown sociology is where we started. I have found that the people in this case students can push the envelope in ways that we can not expect or place in texts. Good luck Del Tracy wrote: > Sunny-- > > I don't know if this will help, but you can try an exercise that I > created called "Life Happens. You can find a copy of the instructions > and materials at > http://web.stcloudstate.edu/teore/Life/LifeHappens.html. I have used > this exercise in a variety of settings, including with high school > students, and students have always responded positively. I would be > happy to talk with you more about this. > > Best, > > Tracy Ore > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
