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3.8: Additional Resources

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Helpful Resources for Instructors

Additional helpful resources for instructors was created by Kathy Dolan and Jennie Law of Georgia State University.

Resources include:

A list of web sources related to each module.
Please see the curated YouTube playlists corresponding with each OpenStax Sociology 2E chapter at this link (note that these chapters differ slightly from the Lumen version): Curated YouTube Playlists For Each Chapter

General Sociology Resources

American Sociological Association This is the site for the national sociology association. This site has resources on sociology, teaching, careers, research, and more.
Ted Talk Topics for Sociology This site is a curated list of Ted Talks on sociological topics.
Sociological Images This site is a wealth of resources on sociology, popular sociology, and visual sociology.
The Sociological Cinema This site contains great information and videos relevant to the course.
Contexts This is the ASA sociology magazine aimed at the general public. There are links to a lot of free articles.
OpenStax Sociology 2E

Sociology Infographics

Module 1: An Introduction to Sociology

August Comte, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Website on August Comte
Harriet Martineau, The Martineau Society Website on Harriet Martineau
Sociologists for Women in Society Sociologists for Women in Society
Karl Marx New Yorker Magazine Karl Marx Yesterday and Today
Herbert Spencer PBS Carnegie writing on Spencer
Georg Simmel Georg Simmel
Emile Durkheim Did Emile Durkheim Forsee Today’s Chaos?
George Herbert Mead, The Social Self The Social Self
Max Weber, About Max Weber
Locavores Locavores Website

Module 2: Sociological Research

Revise Sociology: Seven Examples of Field Experiments Seven Examples of Field Experiments
Thoughtco, Major Sociological Studies and Publications Major Sociological Studies and Publications

Module 3: Culture

Medium.com, The Four Stages of Culture Shock The Four Stages of Culture Shock
The Guardian, Behemoth, Bully, and Thief: How the English Language is Taking Over the Globe Behemoth, Bully, and Thief: How the English Language is Taking Over the Globe
Popular Culture Intellect Books Popular Culture
The Digital Divide Stanford site on Digital Divide
The Economist, Mobile Phones in Sub-Saharan Africa In much of sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Phones are More Common Than Access to Electricity

Module 4: Socialization

The Industrial Revolution Why the Industrial Revolution Didn’t Happen in China
Presentation of Self, Goffman’s Model Goffman’s Dramaturgical Model
Nature Versus Nurture What is Nature Versus Nurture
Gap Year What is a Gap Year?

Module 5: Society and Groups

Barefoot College Barefoot College
Peer Influence and Smoking Peer Influence and Smoking
Tea Party U.S. Tea Party Official Site
Online Eating Disorder Support Groups Eating Disorder Hope
New York Times, Authoritarian Leaders Greet Trump as One of Their Own Autoritarian Leaders Greet Trump As One of Their Own
McDonaldization of Society What is McDonaldization?

Module 6: Deviance, Crime and Social Control

BBC How Prison Changes you The unexpected ways prison time changes people
Business Insider, Florida Felons Regain Voting Rights Florida Felons Regain Voting Rights
Duke.edu, The Endless Cycle of Corporate Crime and Why it’s So Hard to Stop Endless circle of corporate crime
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
National Crime Victimization Survey National Crime Victimization Survey

Module 7: Stratification and Inequality

CityLab, Does America Have a Caste System? Does America Have a Caste System?
History.com British Royalty and Commoners British Royals Marrying Commoners
Slate.com, The Most Prestigious Jobs in America The Most Prestigious Jobs in America
Conspicuous Consumption Conspicuous consumption
Global Inequality Inequality.org
Global Extreme Poverty Our World In Data Extreme Poverty
Banning Sweatshops Only Hurts the Poor Fee.Org Article
Factory Girls Factory Girls Have Grown Up and Are Going on Strike

Module 8: Race and Ethnicity

Fair Housing Act of 1968 Digital Commons Law
Intersectionality What is Intersectionality, and what does it have to do with me?
Model Minority Model Minority Myth Used as a Racial Wedge

Module 9: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Gay Gene Research DNA and Sexuality
Teaching Tolerance, Toxic Masculinity What we mean when we say toxic masculinity
The #MeToo Movement in India Times of India MeToo Movement
Unconsenting Media: A Search Engine for Sexual Violence in Broadcasting

Module 10: Marriage and Family

The Atlantic The Rise of the Single Dad
NPR DNA Tests and Ancestry My Grandmother Was Italian Why Aren’t My Genes Italian?
Psychology Today, Polyandry Why are there virtually no polyandrous societies?
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome Don’t Shake

Module 11: Religion

Vice Pentecostal Snake Handling
Washington Post, Megachurches Billy Graham Inspired Megachurches Taking Over the World
The Economist, Separation of Church and State American separation of church and state is fraying
Atheism Atheist Organization

Module 12: Education

Smithsonian Magazine, Finnish Schools Why are Finnish Schools Successful?
National Trends in Grade Inflation Grade Inflation
PBS Charter School FAQ Closing the Achievement Gap
InsideHigherEd.com, Cultural Capital Can colleges build students’ cultural capital and should they?

Module 13: Health and Medicine

Columbia Journalism Review, Contested Illness Lyme Disease a Contested Illness
Think Before You Pink Stop the distraction
Sleep Foundation, Sleep Hygiene
State Of Obesity Youth Obesity

Module 14: Aging and the Elderly

The Atlantic, Making Aging Positive Valuing the elderly, improving public health
Eldercare Robots Waypoint Robotics
LGBT Seniors LGBT Seniors Face Tougher Old Age
National Institute on Aging, Elder Abuse National Institute of Aging

Module 15: Government and Politics

Nautilus, Charisma The anatomy of charisma
Washington Times Anarchy in Armenia
Pew Research Center Voter Participation
Sociological Images The Power Elite

Module 16: Work and the Economy

Wired The Future of Work
Life Without Money Moneyless.org
The Global Assembly Line IPhones The economics of iPhones
Vox Career Inheritance
Pew Research Gender and Jobs in Online Image Searches

Module 17: Population, Urbanization and the Environment

Live Science, Fracking What is Fracking?
Washington Post, Megalopolis Southeast could become an overdeveloped megalopolis in the next half century
Forbes, Exurbs So much for the death of sprawl, America’s exurbs are booming
The Hindu, Water Crisis Water Crisis in the Himalayas

Module 18: Social Movements and Social Change

The Nation, Anonymous Truth about anonymous activism
The Guardian, Princess Diana’s Death and Crowds Death of Diana
The Black Church, Nonviolence, and the Civil Rights Movement The Black Church, Nonviolence, and the Civil Rights Movement
The Atlantic, Stonewall An amazing account of the Stonewall uprising

Resources for Instructors. Authored by: Kathy Dolan and Jennie Law . Provided by: Georgia State University.. Located at: https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/psychology-ancillary/11/?fbclid=IwAR0w1n8jecFiy49h_hKpaZ5bqd43keKhxGxKtpYUs6_eNatlYVhpYadleIA. Project: Affordable Learning Georgia Grant 2018. License: CC BY: Attribution
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