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Sociology 1301	Introduction to Sociology, Honors Section H01
HO:1	Wednesdays, 2:00-4:50 pm

Background Material:

Your Job
in College

Opening Day Reading

Part 1	Lecture outlines and handouts. Print and bring to class each day ------------------>	Study Guide Part 1
Intro and Theories	These will help your thinking think through points of view..	"Which Sociological Perspective?"	The Macro-Micro Triangle
TOPIC 1: Self and Society	Readings for your Journal: Sociological Imagination The Welfare Queen	Other readings and links: Forced Labor and the Things We Buy	And on the subject of Welfare
TOPIC 2: Research Methods & the Annotated Bibliography	Readings for your Journal: Frat Rape Tearoom Trade	Materials for Class: Journal page for readings Journal page for Show & Tell	The Introduction and Annotated Bibliography Assingment Annotated Bib Prep Annotated Bib Example
	Optional book illustrating Participation Observation Research:	Gang Leader Part 1 Gang Leader Part 2 Gang Leader Part 3	Just for reference: Components of a Research Paper
TOPIC 3: Macro-Theory	Readings for your journal: Durkheim on "Suicide." Marx and "The Communist Manifesto." The Protestant Ethic and the Religious Tattoo	Other readings and links: Macro-Perspectives on Ferguson, Missouri, Police, and Race: Functionalist: Washington Times Op-Ed Conflict: Washington Post Op-Ed	Stats: Divorce and Suicide

TOPIC 4: Micro-Theory	Readings for your journal: Goffman Gay Evangelical Cheating in Adolescent Romantic Relationships	Other readings and links: Imitative Stage Obedience A re-enactment of the Asch Experiment on YouTube	Measure the Line: News vs. Fake News Cost of Illegal Immigration Easy to read summary

TOPIC 5: Social Deviance

Mar-a-Lago and the FBI:

A functionalist perspective

A conflict perspective

Readings for your journal:

Body Art and Deviance

Norms, Politics, Shame

Ruling Class Crime & Health

Other readings and links:

Campus Carry

Gun violence statistics

Tatto data - Who has 'em?

Measure the Line:

Gun Laws & Gun Deaths

Assault Weapons, High Capacity Magazines, and Death Rates

Carry Laws and Crime

Part 2 Stratification, Social Class, Diversity	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide of Lectures and Handouts Part 2
TOPIC 1: Stratification	Readings for your journal: Forbes 400 & You 26 Billionaires College students debate: Money and Social Class	In class: Diagrams from Lecture Prestige	Other links: Gunning for the Poor (Conflict Theory) The race card (Functionalist Theory)

TOPIC 2: Race Lubbock's Segregation Law repealed in 1977 De-Facto Segregation	Readings for your journal: Race and the Name Game Asain Americans' Secret to Success Cosmetics and Color NFL Coaching and Race	In class: Race and Wealth Income and Ethnicity The Jim Crow Museum If I Woke up ...
TOPIC 3: Age, Sex, and Gender	Readings for your journal: Women, Aging, & American Film Gender, Violence, High School Wage discrimination Who You Gonna Call?	In Class: 5 Things Women Couldn't do in 1965 Koufax Gay? Lindsey Lohan x 2 Mystery Woman	Links: An exception to the "rule" regarding women, age, sex, and American cinema Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Content Alert. These images and ideas may evoke difficult memories. WHERE TO GET HELP	The "P" Word, Date rape, sexual harrassment ... And a final word of hope.	Dirty Pictures The OBJECT of desire Women Tweet Giuliani's defense A Sign	The Witness Chair The Copy Room Raising Good Men

Part 3 Diversity in Social Institutions, Part 1	PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!	Study Guide Part 3
TOPIC 2: Education	Reading for your journal: Pygmalion in the Classroom	In class: Campus Diversity The SAT and Social Class	Other links College Tuuition Costs
TOPIC 1: Family	Readings for your journal: Religiosity ... Fundamentalism, ... Partner Violence. Marriage, Cohabitation, Cheating		Measure the Line: Contraception and Abortion Boy or Girl? Still? The Bible, homosexuality, and Leviticus
TOPIC 3: Religion	Readings for your journal: Christian Colleges as Moral Communities Religion and Sex US Religion 2020	In Class: Hypocrisy Factor	Link: God and Guns

Part 4

Diversity in Social Institutions, Part 2

PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT AND BRING TO CLASS EACH DAY!

Study Guide Part 2

TOPIC 2: Health Care

Readings for your journal:

Is Religion a Health Resource for the Poor?

Maternal Mortality in Texas

Causes of Death

Pro Life? Uninsured Children by State

U.S Healthcare spending vs. the rest of the developed world:

News Report

The Full Research Article

TOPIC 3: Health Care and Religion.

Dr. Ron Cook, D.O. Chair, UMC Family Practice

Readings for your journal:

Types of Prayer

Doctor Says ...

Other readings:

Prayer, Meditation, & Your Brain

Prayer and AA