Week 1

• Syllabus: Soc 100 FLC Fall 2018
• Tips for being a successful student
• C. Wright Mills The Promise
• Gelles Association Is Not Causation
• Prezi: Module 1

Week 2

• Thompson Hanging Tongues
• Prezi: Module 2

Week 3

• Miner Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
• Boroditsky How Language Shapes Thoughts
• Prezi: Module 3

Week 4

• Marx and Engels Manifesto of the Communist Party
• Why poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of society
• Noah “The Great Divergence.”
• Prezi: Module 4

Week 5

• Wilson When Work Disappears
• Prezi: Module 5

Week 6

• Massey and Lundy Use of Black English
• Bertrand and Mullainathan Are Emily and George More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal)
• Lopez,German. “Why police so often see unarmed black men as threats.”
• Inequality and Society (Ch 22 Psychology of Social Stratification)
• Prezi: Module 6

Week 7

• Mid-term review
• History of War on Drugs
• Patrick Radden Keefe, “Ghetto Capitalism.”

Week 8

• Mexico’s War on Drugs
• MacCoun and Reuter Does Europe Do It Better
• The Rat Park Experiment
• Weitzer Prostitutions Facts and Fictions
• Prezi: Module 8

Week 9

• “Why people migrate: A plea for empathy from Nicaragua.”
• Sampson Rethinking Crime and Immigration
• Prezi: Module 9

Week 10

• Androff Fear vs Facts the Econ Impact of Undocumented Immigrants
• A History of Federal Indian Policy
• How Columbus, of all people, became a national symbol
• Prezi: Module 10

Week 11

• The Tragedy of the Commons (Hardins)
• Wanjek The Truth Behind Early Puberty
• Herman Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Boys

Week 12

• “Survival of the Richest.”
• Guide to Effective Oral Presentations

Week 13

• Break

Week 14

• Final Presentations
• Final Presentation Schedule (Fall 2018, MWF 8am)

Week 15

• Final Presentations

Week 16

• Final Presentations