Sociology for Teens

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Instructor: Sherene Raisbeck
5-10 students
Suggested Ages: 13-18
Meets: Fridays at 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Eastern time, beginning August 28th

Course Description

Using both a textbook and videos from Crash Course, we will gain an understanding of what sociology is, and how it can help us understand our world.

You May Ask Yourself, Dalton Conley ? edition
Crash Course Sociology

WEEK 1: August 28, 2020
Crash Course episodes 0-2
Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination

WEEK 2: September 11, 2020
Crash Course episodes 3-5
Chapter 2: Methods
Chapter 3: Culture and Media

WEEK 3: September 18, 2020
Crash Course episodes 6-8
Chapter 18 Collective Action, Social Movements, and Social Change

WEEK 4: September 25, 2020
Crash Course episodes 9-12
Chapter 5: Groups and Networks

WEEK 5: October 2, 2020
Crash Course episodes 13-15
Chapter 4 Socialization and the Construction of Reality

WEEK 6: October 9, 2020
Crash Course episodes 16-18
Chapter 16: Religion

WEEK 7: October 16, 2020
Crash Course episodes 19-21
Chapter 6: Social Control and Deviance

WEEK 8: October 23, 2020
Crash Course episodes 22-24
Chapter 7: Stratification

WEEK 9: October 30, 2020
Crash Course episodes 25-27
Chapter 10: Poverty

WEEK 10: November 6, 2020
Crash Course episodes 28-30
Chapter 14: Capitalism and the Economy
Chapter 15: Authority and the State

WEEK 11: November 13, 2020
Crash Course episodes 31-33
Chapter 8 Gender

WEEK 12: November 20, 2020
Crash Course episodes 34-36
Chapter 9: Race

WEEK 13: December 4, 2020
Crash Course episodes 37
Chapter 12: Family

WEEK 14: December 11, 2020
Project Presentations

This course is $325. GHF, SENG, MAGE (Mass), and NHAGE Members pay $310! (But no double dipping, sorry!) Multiple children? Talk to us!

We accept charter school funds

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