Del and Morten, I love your suggestions!! I should've mentioned this is for an ASA workshop this August. Anyone want to join in as a group leader? I am "chairing" this workshop.
I teach a Saturday course, so I've been limited as to the more traditional trips to prisons, shelters, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ender, M. DR BS&L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:58 PM Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Creative Field Trips workshop > > Sarah, we try to do at least one trip per class: > > Intro: for mcdonaldization in intro, we actually go to McDonalds and > students have to complete a worksheet locating examples of the five > elements of mcdonaldization...students love it and the local mcdonalds, > not knowing what we are doing, are very compliant and invite students into > the kitchen to marvel at the efficiency of the operation... > > Intro: visit the local mall and do an unobtrusive observation of race and > gender and kitchen workers of the all the restuarants in the food > court---we compare to the stores that anchor the food court--there's a > correlation btw race/gender/establishment status...as you might expect we > also; > > Intro: local funeral home (we read Goffman and dramaturgy coupled with > death and dying for this) > > Crim/Deviance; Visit the local prisons--men's maximum security and women's > minimum security > > Social Inequality: we visit the Tenement Museum in NYC and then get a > walking tour by Big Onion Tours--Columbia U history grad students > specializing in NYC nieghborhoods (note, very few Italians live in Little > Italy!); > > Armed Forces & Society: we do a Video Teleconference with soldiers in Iraq > and Afghanistan to tell us what they are experiencing (most units have VTC > systems on the FOBs linked to the U.S.) > > morten > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Sarah Murray > Sent: Mon 9/18/2006 3:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: TEACHSOC: Creative Field Trips workshop > > > I have been asked to organize a workshop called "A Look Beyond the > Classroom: Creative Class Trips that Bring Sociology to the Everyday." > > Anyone have any imput? > > I take my classes to a local shopping mall to search for evidence as to > whether or not we are a culture that supports "family values" or violent > behavior. > > Sarah Murray > William Paterson U. of NJ > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
