links to interesting articles/activities for teaching

A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence

Corruption Perception Index ~ How money in Politics Hurts You

Cost of War ~  http://www.costofwar.com

Counseling, Testing and Career Center Make-up Test Proctor Form

Crime ~ Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice http://www.cjcj.org/

Economic Policy Institute ~ http://www.epinet.org/

Families ~ Child and Family Statistics  http://www.childstats.gov/

Grading Rubrics ~ Sociology Scoring Rubric:  Sociology Scoring Rubric (.pdf file)

Description: Somewhat generic scoring rubric that can be used as a stand-alone assessment tool or in conjunction with more traditional assessment techniques/measures. I have developed it to show the utility of such a form. If you would like one tailored to a specific course or courses, drop me a line. Please note that there are some rights reserved with it -- click on the Creative Commons link on the form to get more info.
http://www.geocities.com/socintervention/ideas/socrubric.pdf

Using Scoring Rubrics:  http://www.calstate.edu/acadaff/sloa/links/using_rubrics.shtml

Inequality/Poverty ~ National Center for Children in Poverty  http://www.researchforum.org/

Intro Textbook for Department ~ Sociology for the 21st Century, 4th edition.  Curry, Jiobu, Schwirian.  http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131850784-TOC,00.html - Also available on the department public drive (H:\PUBLIC\INTRO TO SOC TEACHING RESOURCES)

Media Resources ~ Media Education Foundation   http://www.mediaed.org/index_html

PBS   http://www.pbs.org/

Sociology ~ Sociology Resources   http://www.educationindex.com/sociology/ 

Sociology Central UK ~ This link includes lots of teaching and learning resources - some of the materials will need to be adapted for U.S. use.

They Rule ~ They Rule is a Web site that allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top 100 companies in the United States in 2001. The data is static, so it is fast becoming out of date, as companies merge and disappear and directors shift boards. A new version of this site is being developed.  http://www.theyrule.net/

Understanding Prejudice ~ This page contains links to teaching ideas, materials, and resources, including more than 35 college-level classroom activities and student assignments.

United for a Fair Economy ~ an organization addressing the widening income and asset gap in the U.S. through research, education, and media coverage.
http://www.faireconomy.org

Welfare Mom Homepage:  http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/

updated 3/28/08

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