Introduction to Sociology - Fall 2020
Syllabus | Schedule | Online Media | Notes | OPRs |
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BREAK WEEK.
Happy Thanksgiving!
No assignments this week.
AMNESTY PERIOD Nov 23-29. Turn in any homework, discussion, and/or quiz assigned since week 9 (on Chapters 9, 11, 17 and 20) with no late penalty.
OPR 3 now due LATE by Nov 29Celebrate a Sociological Thanksgiving!
The Myth of Yams and Pumpkin Pie: Remembering the Past This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving guilt trip: How warlike were Native Americans before Europeans showed up?
The Truth About Thanksgiving Is that the Debunkers Are Wrong
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Sociology Quote of the Week
"Thanksgiving in the United States is marked by people from different cultures and religions; it is a time to come together." - Krystal D'Costa (2009)
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Online Media SOCIB1:
The Overpopulation Myth featuring Hans Rosling (YouTube, ~50min long)
Online Media SOCI10:
Van Jones - What if a US presidential candidate
refuses to concede after an election? TED, Oct 26, 2020
P.S. 11/22/20 -- Anyone noticing this strategy starting to come true? As Jones explains, it may come down to us to call and pressure our representatives to keep American democracy safe safe from demagoguery.
Online Media SOCI9:
Crash Course in Sociology #7: DuBois and Race Conflict (YouTube, 2017, 10 mins)
Online Media SOCI8:
Somebodies and Nobodies, book excerpt from Robert Fuller (2004)
Online Media SOCI7:
Exploring Sociology: Deviance and Social Control (YouTube, Dallas Telelearning, 2002, 28 minutes)
Online Media SOCI6:
Six Degrees of Separation at Top Documentary Videos (YouTube, 2009, 46 minutes)
Online Media SOCI5:
Ego as a Social Construction by After Skool feat. Alan Watts (YouTube, 2020, 10:36)
Online Media SOCI4:
Crash Course in Sociology video on Social Interaction and Performance (YouTube, 2017, 11:38)
Read "The Culture of Fear" by Frank Furedi (Spiked, 2007) and watch the Interview with the author of the book The Culture of Fear, Barry Glassner (YouTube, 9 min)
Questions
Online Media SOCI2:
Watch this video about "The Fine Art
of Baloney Detection" (by Carl Sagan)
Questions
Online Media SOCI1:
Watch this video about
the "sociological imagination" and read these excerpts from C. Wright Mills'.
Questions
More info on the online media assignments:
Each week, except exam weeks (see the course schedule) you will be reponsible for completing and submitting by email a weekly online activity. This may entail doing a reading or watching a video made available online, or performing some other kind of activity. Instructions will be posted weekly right here on the webpage by Monday and will be due (by email) on Friday at 5pm of each week. You should e-mail your completed assignment to reymers@morrisville.edu, with the subject heading of "SOCI#" (with "#" being the number of that week's online activity, as noted above).
Recommended Reading:
Careers in Sociology