Selected Teaching Resources

I have found many valuable resources that facilitate student learning during my time teaching. Below, I provide links to some of these resources.

Online Resources
PBS Frontline Online Videos: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/
   This site provide full length selected PBS frontline videos. An excellent resource for on-line teaching and for out of class
    assignments.

PBS People Like Us Website: http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/
   The website to accompany the documentary. An excellent resource on social class even if students do not watch the video.

Life Happens: A Work, Class & Access to Resources Exercise: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/teore/Life/LifeHappens.html
   An excellent exercise developed by Dr. Tracy Ore to learn about economic inequality and life chances. Best used as a group  
   activity.

The Good Wife's Guide: http://www.robinsweb.com/humor/good_wife.html
   A fun read from a 1950's women's magazine about gender roles and families. This also appears in an ASA teaching guide, which
   suggests students write a modern day script.

World Meters: http://www.worldometers.info/
   Up to date statistics on various measures.

Contexts Website:  http://contexts.org/
   The website for the sociological magazine.Links to podcasts, blogs, images, and related materials.

Social Theory Sites:
   Alternative Ways to Understand Sociological Ideas: http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/
      Social theorists' ideas through a comical view.

   Theory Trading Cards:  http://www.theorycards.org.uk/
       Highly rated by students as a resource for keeping track of theorists' ideas.

    A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace: http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/theory.html
       A comprehensive listing of resources related to theory and development of sociology.

Videos
The Pill (PBS): An excellent video showcasing the history of the birth control pill. Good for gender, sexuality, and family courses.

Stolen Childhoods: A great video to discuss child labor, globalization, human rights, and related issues.

Let's Get Married (PBS): A video that discusses the marriage movement, divorce, and related issues. Great for family classes when discussing reasons for getting married.

People Like Us  (PBS): Use for discussions of social class in the US.

Race the Power of an Illusion (PBS):  A three part series discussing race issues. Great for historical overview of slavery, redlining, and related issues.