For Thursday, 8/1

Prep

• ‘Aging and the Elderly’
• Review Caroline Hodges Persell, Kathryn M. Pfeiffer, and Ali Syed, ‘What Should Students Learn After Taking Intro Sociology?’, Teaching Sociology35 (October 2007)*

In Class

1. Attendance
2. Announcements
   1. Dems Round 2
   2. Sex, Gender, and Athletic Competition
   3. Housing Law (and Aging Populations)
3. Immigration: Assimilation vs. Multiculturalism
4. On Passing the Torch
   1. Video: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
      1. Which theoretical perspective (‘disengagement theory’, ‘activity theory’, or ‘conflict theory’) sheds the most light on the opening scene? Cf. Sociology (2016:438-40).
   2. Going Dutch (Sociology 2016:462)
      1. Ibid., p. 466, Question 2
5. BREAK
   • I will set up the Blackboard pages for the class participation essay as well as the final exam during this time.
6. Review: Kyle D. Stedman, ‘Annoying Ways People Use Sources’, Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol. 2 (2011):
   1. Armadillo Roadkill
   2. Uncle Buddy’s Encyclopedia of Useless Facts
   3. Am I in the Right Movie?
   4. I Can’t Find the Stupid Link
   5. I Swear I Did Some Research!
7. Review: Class Participation Self-Evaluation Essay
8. Review: FInal Exam
   1. Decoding Cryptic Grading Comments
   2. When Should I Use Dictionary Definitions? (Hint: Rarely)
9. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Audio: ‘Recycling Won’t Eradicate Plastic Pollution’. 2018. Midday on WNYC(26 July 2018). Ecologist Matt Wilkins and Environmental Sociologist Rebecca Altman, discuss the evolution of plastic in the environment, the problems it’s causing today and what we can do about it. 
• ‘Social Change and the Environment’