Week 1: Sociological Theories, Culture, and Socialization

Section 1.3. Theoretical perspectives in sociology. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 3.2. The Elements of Culture. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 3.3. Cultural Diversity. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 4.1. The importance of socialization. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 4.2. Explaining socialization. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Additional Materials:

Tufekcy, Z. (2018) Online social change. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_online_social_change_easy_to_organize_hard_to_win

Adubato, S. (2019) The history of white supremacy and racism in America. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/video/the-history-of-white-supremacy-and-racism-in-america-today-e38kks/

Coronavirus Related Materials:

Frontline (2020) Coronavirus Pandemic Season 2020 Episode 10. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/video/coronavirus-pandemic-w1akqx/

Daskal, A. (2020) Digital surveillance can help bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, but it also threatens privacy. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/digital-surveillance-can-help-bring-the-coronavirus-pandemic-under-control-but-also-threatens-privacy-135151

Tatter, G. and M. Chakrabarti (2020) Farm to table: The coronavirus and America’s food supply chain. Retrieved from https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/04/15/coronavirus-food-grocery-supply-chain

Week 2: Race, Class, and Gender

Section 10.2. The meaning of race and ethnicity. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 10.5. Racial and ethnic inequality in the United States . In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 8.2. Explaining stratification. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 8.3. Social class in the United States. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 8.4. Economic inequality and poverty in the United States. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 11.1. Understanding gender and sex. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.240

Additional Materials:

Sandberg, C. (2010) Why we have too few women leaders. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders.html

Slaughter, A. M. (2013) Can we all ‘have it all.’ Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all?language=en

Carter, M. (2006) Greening the ghetto. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_greening_the_ghetto

Coronavirus Related Materials:

Haedicke, M. (2020) To understand the danger of covid 19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants look at the industry’s history. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/to-understand-the-danger-of-covid-19-outbreaks-in-meatpacking-plants-look-at-the-industrys-history-137367

Villarreal, A. (2020, April 21) Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates inequalities for women, UN warns. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/un-coronavirus-pandemic-gender-inequalities-women

Pulliam, C. and I. Sawhill (2020, March 26) The middle-class is not ready for the looming recession. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/26/the-middle-class-is-not-ready-for-the-looming-recession/

Week 3: Modern Societies, Social Interactions, Formal Organizations, and Disabilities

Section 5.2. The development of modern society. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 5.3. Social interaction in everyday life. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 6.3. Formal organizations. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 4.5. Resocialization and total institutions. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Additional Materials:

Breithaupt, F. (2020) Social distancing increased over the course of human history – but so did empathy and new ways to connect. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/social-distancing-increased-over-the-course-of-human-history-but-so-did-empathy-and-new-ways-to-connect-134604

Aaron, J. (2015) Forever crooked: how everyday language reflects negative attitudes about the physically disabled. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/forever-crooked-how-everyday-language-reflects-negative-attitudes-about-the-physically-disabled-38881

Coronavirus Related Materials:

Haedicke, M. (2020) To understand the danger of covid 19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants look at the industry’s history. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/to-understand-the-danger-of-covid-19-outbreaks-in-meatpacking-plants-look-at-the-industrys-history-137367

Low, S. (2020) How cafes, bars, gyms, barbershops and other ‘third places’ create our social fabric. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/how-cafes-bars-gyms-barbershops-and-other-third-places-create-our-social-fabric-135530

Wright, R. (2020) Who is “worthy”? Deaf-blind people fear that doctors won’t save them from the coronavirus. Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/who-is-worthy-deaf-blind-people-fear-that-doctors-wont-save-them-from-the-coronavirus

Week 4: Social Control and Deviance, Global Inequalities, and the Environment

Section 7.1. Social control and the relativity of deviance. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 7.2. Explaining deviance. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 7.3. Crime and criminals. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 4.5. Resocialization and total institutions. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Section 9.3. Explaining global stratification. In: Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.2401

Carrington, D. (2020, May 5) Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/halt-destruction-nature-worse-pandemics-top-scientists

Additional Materials:

Goffman, A. (2015) How we are priming some kids for college – and others for prison. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_goffman_how_we_re_priming_some_kids_for_college_and_others_for_prison?language=en.

Dorling, D. (2016) Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are). Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/danny_dorling_maps_that_show_us_who_we_are_not_just_where_we_are.

Coronavirus Related Materials:

Gee, A. and D. Anguiano (2020) We created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene is biting back. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/05/we-created-the-anthropocene-and-the-anthropocene-is-biting-back

Kevany, S. (2020) Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/29/millions-of-farm-animals-culled-as-us-food-supply-chain-chokes-up-coronavirus

Rubin, A. (2020) Prisons and jails are coronavirus epicenters, but they were once designed to prevent disease outbreaks. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/prisons-and-jails-are-coronavirus-epicenters-but-they-were-once-designed-to-prevent-disease-outbreaks-136036