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Sociology 1301	Introduction to Sociology, Section 007
Spring, 2020	Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00-12:20

Background Material:

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Opening Day Reading

Part 4	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lecture Outlines and Handouts for Part 4
Links to readings from the fourth segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Family	Readings:	Religiosity ... Fundamentalism, ... Partner Violence. Marriage, Cohabitation, Cheating	Teen Pregnancy Research Teen Pregnancy News Teen Pregnancy Politics
TOPIC 2: Education	Readings:	Pygmalion in the Classroom	The SAT and Social Class College Tuuition Costs
TOPIC 3: Religion	Readings:	US Religion 2020 Religion and Sex	God and Guns Hypocrisy Factor

Part 5	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lecture Outlines and Handouts for Part 5
Links to readings from the fifth segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Health Care	Readings:	Is Religion a Health Resource for the Poor? The Impact of Obamacare Maternal Mortality in Texas	U.S Healthcare spending vs. the rest of the developed world: News Report The Full Research Article
TOPIC 2: Politics (Government)	Readings:	Social Class & Presidential Appointments Presidents' Religion	Who Voted for Trump? (Optional)
TOPIC 3: Economy	Readings:	Economic Recovery for All? (At least read "Executive Summary.")	Ads and Schools

Part 6	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide for the Final Segment
Links to readings from the final segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Collective Behavior	Readings:	Rumors	Snopes.com - Urban Legends Is Paul Dead???
TOPIC 2: Populations and Community	Readings:	Alcohol, Drugs, & the Homeless	Overton 1 Overton 2
TOPIC 3: Social Change	Readings:	The Support Study Support Study Overheads	Hospice Pain and suffering at life's end

Part 1	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lecture Outlines and Handouts for Part One
Links to readings from the first segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Self and Society	Readings:	Sociological Imagination Forced Labor and the Things We Buy	And on the subject of Welfare
TOPIC 2: Macro-Theory	Readings:	Durkheim on "Suicide." Marx and "The Communist Manifesto." The Protestant Ethic and the Religious Tattoo	Stats: Divorce and Suicide
	Macro-Perspectives on Ferguson, Missouri, Police, and Race:	Functionalist: Washington Times Op-Ed	Conflict: Washington Post Op-Ed
TOPIC 3: Micro-Theory	Readings:	Goffman	Gay Evangelical
TOPIC 4: Research Methods & Ethics	Readings:	Frat Rape	Tearoom Trade
	Optional book on Participation Observation Research:	Gang Leader Part 1 Gang Leader Part 2	Gang Leader Part 3
TOPIC 5: Culture	Readings:	Language No Language Yes	American made cars One Hen -- Two Ducks ... The Kid

Pop quiz for the first day of class

Part 2	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lecture Outlines and Handouts for Segment 2
Links to readings from the 2nd segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Socialization	Reading:	Cheating in Adolescent Romantic Relationships
TOPIC 2: Social Deviance	Readings:	Race, Prison, & Drugs	Gun Control Research: Study 1 Study 2
		Campus Carry Gun violence statistics	On handguns: Training Accuracy
TOPIC 3: Groups and Organizations	Reading:	Obedience Forbes Facts	A re-enactment of the Asch Experiment on YouTube
TOPIC 4: Social Structure and Interaction	Readings:	Ethnomethodology	Dr. Sheldon Cooper illustrates Ethnomethodology: Apple Windows Media

Part 3	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lecture Outlines and Handouts, Segment 3
Links to readings from the third segment of the course:	These will help you think through exam questions.	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Stratification	Readings: Diagrams from Lecture	Forbes 400 & You 26 Billionaires College students debate: Money and Social Class	Gunning for the Poor (Conflict Theory) The race card (Functionalist Theory)

TOPIC 2: Gender and Age	Readings:	Gender, Violence, High School Women, Aging, & American Film Koufax Gay?	5 Things Women Couldn't do in 1965 Wage discrimination
	Links:	Lindsey Lohan x 2 Mystery Woman	Dirty Pictures The OBJECT of desire
	The "P" Word:	Women Tweet Giuliani's defense A Sign	Campus rape warning The Copy Room Raising Good Men
	Age, Gender, and Sex:	Sexuality and Aging Caution - Rated "R" for nudity	Sexuality, Age, and Illness Also rated "R" for nudity

TOPIC 3: Religion, Sex, Gender	Reading:	Cumpulsory Heterosexuality and the Bible?	Religion and Diversity

TOPIC 4: Race Lubbock's Segregation Law repealed in 1977	Readings:	Race and Wealth Race and the Name Game Asain Americans' Secret to Success	NFL Coaching and Race Driving While Black