Helpful Resources for Instructors

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

Resources include:

1. A list of web sources related to each module.
2. 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

Video List

All videos used in the text of this course have been compiled in a spreadsheet for easy review. This spreadsheet details the alignment of videos appearing in the text to skill-level learning outcomes.

Link to access the spreadsheet: Sociology Video List

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

• Visually infographics on sociology topics
• Infographics Mania infographics on sociology topics
• Sociology at work infographics on sociology topics
• Black History Web infographics on sociology topics
• Smithsonian Magazine WEB DuBois 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

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