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Sociology 287 introduces students to the critical study of society. In this course you will learn about socialization, culture, race and ethnicity, gender, and the family. The goals of this course are to increase your awareness of the realities that surround us and to provide you with the tools you need to move forward with a sensible understanding of the world you live in. 

Unit 1: Introduction and Theory

PressProgress. 2015. "14 First-Hand Stories Underlining How Residential Schools Tried to 'Get Rid' of Indigenous Cultures." PressProgress, December 16.
Legacy of Hope Foundation. n.d. "Residential School Survivor Stories." LegacyOfHope.ca. 
Knowledgia. 2020. "How Did the British Empire Rule the World?" Produced by Knowledgia. May 31. Video, 10:53.
TopTenz. 2020. "Shocking Facts about the British Empire." Produced by TopTenz. January 23. Video, 11:07. 
Canadian Women’s Foundation. 2022. "The Facts about the Gender Pay Gap in Canada." Canadian Women's Foundation, March 15.
Khanacademymedicine. 2013. "Functionalism." Produced by Khan Academy. September 17. Video, 5:41. 
Khanacademymedicine. 2013. "Symbolic Interactionism." Produced by Khan Academy. September 17. Video, 3:34. 
Khanacademymedicine. 2014. “Dramaturgical Approach.” Produced by Khan Academy. October 23. Video, 3:32. 
Lightning Path. 2021. “The System / Regime of Accumulation / A Basic Introduction to Critical Economics and How the Rich Rule the World.” Produced by Lightning Path. December 8. Video series.
Stein, Ben. 2006. “In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning.” New York Times, November 26.
Khanacademymedicine. 2015. “Class Consciousness and False Consciousness.” Produced by Khan Academy. January 20. Video, 4:17.
CNN. 2014. “Emma Watson to United Nations: I’m a Feminist.” Produced by CNN. September 22. Video, 10:48.
Lim, Naomi. 2016. “Eric Trump: My Father Started with ‘Just about Nothing.’” CNN Politics, September 26.
DW. 2018. “Tax Scheme Millions for Trump.” Politics, DW, October 3.

Unit 2: Research Methods

Cartier, Kimberly M. S. 2019. “Keeping Indigenous Science Knowledge Out of a Colonial Mold.” Eos, December 11. 
USU Libraries. 2018. “Empirical Studies: Qualitative vs. Quantitative.” Produced by USU Libraries. January 10. Video, 5:51. 
Mathantics. 2017. “Math Antics: Mean, Median and Mode.” Produced by Math Antics. March 3. Video, 11:03. 
Sosteric, Mike. n.d. “Mean, Median, Mode.” Quizlet. 
DecisionSkills. 2015. “How Ice Cream Kills! Correlation vs. Causation.” Produced by DecisionSkills. July 13. Video, 5:26. 
Livewordcanada. 2011. “Milgram Obedience Study.” Produced by livewordcanada. December 12. Video, 9:53. 
1200WOAI. 2011. “Marine Recruits Arrive at MCRD.” Produced by 1200 WOAI News Radio. July 26. Video, 12:00. 

Unit 3: Culture

ThoughtBox. 2016. “A–Z of Subcultures.” Produced by ThoughtBox Education. April 28. Video, 3:18. 
Khanacademymedicine. 2014. “What Is Normal? Exploring Folkways, Mores, and Taboos.” Produced by Khan Academy. March 3. Video, 7:55.
Folly, Tracey. 2019. “Can We Please Stop Shaming Women Who Don’t Want Children?” Medium, June 2. 
Jonesyy217. 2011. “Female Stereotypes in Disney Films.” Produced by Jonesyy217. December 12. Video, 5:27. 
Hoffman, David. 2017. “Love or Hate Hippies from the 1960s Here Is the Best Documentary to Understand Them.” Produced by David Hoffman. March 13. Video, 28:07.
W CLN. 2018. “OSBC—The Potlatch Ban.” Produced by Western Canadian Learning Network. January 20. Video, 2:54.
Potlatch 67-67. 2018. “Potlatch 67-67: Why We Potlatch.” Produced by Potlatch 67-67. July 23. Video, 1:29.
TeleSUR English. 2017. “Disney’s Single Vision Leads Cultural Imperialism.” Produced by TeleSUR TV. December 14. Video, 1:26. 
TEDx Talks. 2014. “The Dangerous Ways Ads See Women.” Produced by TEDx. May 8. Video, 15:50. 
Ho, M. H.-W. (2014, September 30). 3-6-1 Google’s organisational culture [Video]. YouTube.
CityNews. 2018. “Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Launched.” Produced by City News. August 29. Video, 1:35.
France 24 English. 2019. “Canada’s Artists Lead the Country’s Indigenous Renaissance.” Produced by France 24. October 21. Video, 25:49. 
Grande, Ariana. 2018. “Ariana Grande—God Is a Women (Official Video).” Produced by Nathan Scherrer. July 13. Video, 4:01. 

Unit 4: Socialization and Social Roles

Parra, Aritz. 2021. “Spurred by Lockdown, Spain Gives 4-Day Week a Try.” CityNews, March 27. 
Khanacademymedicine. 2015. “Charles Cooley—Looking Glass Self.” Produced by Khan Academy. January 22. Video, 3:13.
Sosteric, Mike. 2019. “The Emotional Abuse of Children: Teachers, Schools, and the Sanctioned Violence of Our Modern Institutions.” Medium, November 9. 
Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. 2016. “Toxic Socialization.” Academia.edu. 

Unit 5: Deviance

NFB. 2015. The Burning Times. Directed by Donna Read. October 27. Video, 56:15.
BBC Stories. 2017. “Beaten Up for Being Gay—BBC Stories.” Produced by BBC Stories. August 2. Video, 3:58. 
Gray, Richard. 2019. “Did Disney Shape How You See the World?” Worklife, BBC, July 31. 
Jones, Laura. 2015. “Masculinity and the Disney Princess.” The Artifice, November 28. 
Vox. 2019. “The Problem with America’s College Entrance Exam.” Produced by Vox. July 12. Video, 8:49. 
Price, Asher. 2019. “A Secret 1950s Strategy to Keep Out Black Students.” Ideas, The Atlantic, September 19. 
Democracy Now! 2019. “How Standardized Tests Were Designed by Racists and Eugenicists.” Produced by Democracy Now! August 13. Video, 4:54. 
Llana, Sara Miller, and Courtney Traub. 2018. “Culture Shift: What’s Behind a Decline in Drinking Worldwide.” The Christian Science Monitor, October 3. 
NetworkNewsWire. 2020. “National Brands Vie for CBD Dominance.” PR Newswire, December 8. 

Unit 6: Social Inequality and Stratification

Sosteric, Mike. 2016. The Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. Lightning Path Press.
Lightning Path. 2021. “The System / Regime of Accumulation / A Basic Introduction to Critical Economics and How the Rich Rule the World.” Produced by Lightning Path. December 8. Video series.
NowThis News. 2020. “The Lasting Impact of the Trump Admin’s Environmental Policies.” Produced by NowThisNews. October 8. Video, 4:41. 
Logan, John. 2022. “Amazon, Starbucks, and the Sparking of a New American Union Movement.” The Conversation, April 4. 
Tiku, Nitasha, Reed Albergotti, Greg Jaffe, and Rachel Lerman. 2022. “From Amazon to Apple, Tech Giants Turn to Old-School Union Busting.” Technology, Washington Post, April 24.  
Stein, Ben. 2006. “In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning.” New York Times, November 26. 
Jennings, Rebecca. 2018. “CEOs Have Never Been More Idolized. 5 Experts Explain Why That’s a Problem.” Vox, November 29. 
Baptiste, Nathalie, and Jessica Washington. (2020, February 14). “Trump Isn’t Waging a War on Poverty. He’s Waging a War on Poor People.” Mother Jones, February 14.

Unit 7: Race and Ethnicity

CBC News: The National. 2014. “Our Canada: Are We Racist?” Produced by The National. November 12. Video, 19:28. 
Palmater, Pam. 2020. “Racism by the Numbers: Combatting Racism in Canada.” Produced by Pam Palmater. August 22. Video, 17:51. 
New York Times. 2018. “A Conversation with Native Americans on Race | Op-Docs.” Produced by the New York Times. April 15. Video, 6:23. 
Wells, Nick. 2022. “Hate Crimes up 37 per cent in 2020, Other Crime Down: Statistics Canada.” Canada, Toronto Star, March 18. 
CBC News: The National. 2020. “Dying Indigenous Woman Records Slurs Uttered by Quebec Hospital Staff." Produced by The National. September 29. Video, 2:16. 
CBC News. 2018. “First Nations Hockey Team Subjected to Racist Taunts at Quebec City Tournament.” Produced by CBC News. June 1. Video, 6:14. 
Geronimo, Michael. 2012. “Hotel Rwanda (Hutu Tutsi Problem Explained).” Produced by Terry George and A. Kitman Ho. April 4. Video, 1:36. 
Baker, Peter, Michael M. Grynbaum, Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni, and Russ Buettner. 2019. “Trump Turns to Old Tactic: Using Race for His Gain.” New York Times, July 21. 

Unit 8: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

ABC TV & iview. 2019. You Can’t Ask That: Intersex People Answer ‘What Is Intersex?’” Produced by ABC TV. April 14. Video, 2:57. 
Fabiani, Alma. 2021. “10 Cultures That Have Accepted Non-Binary Gender Identities for Centuries.” Screenshot, April 8. 
Them. 2018. “What Does ‘Two-Spirit’ Mean?” Produced by Them. December 11. Video, 6:16. 
PsychED. 2016. “Unethical Psychological Studies: The Case of David Reimer.” Produced by PsychED. September 28. Video, 7:54. 
Corwall, Gail. 2018. “What Science Really Says about the Differences between Boys and Girls.” Parents, October 3. 
Vasquez, L. (2018, November 10). Boys vs girls: 20 ways schools' restrictions are different in kindergarten. Moms. 
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. 2011. “Experiences Build Brain Architecture.” Produced by Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. September 29. Video, 1:56. 
CrashCourse. 2017. “Gender Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #32.” Produced by Crash Course. November 6. Video, 10:48. 
Institute of Development Studies. 2013. “Who Cares: Unpaid Care Work, Poverty, and Women’s / Girl’s Human Rights.” Produced by the Institute of Development Studies. October 7. Video, 4:00. 

Unit 9: Why Inequality?

Graeber, David, and David Wengrow. 2021. “Chapter 1: Farewell to Humanity’s Childhood.” Pp. 1–26 in The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Penguin Random House UK. 
Black, C. (Director). (2010). Schooling the World. Produced by Lost People Films.
Harris, Sonya. 2020. “Research Shows Babies Give Food to Others Even When They’re Hungry.” Home/Science, My Modern Met, August 7. 
Tucker, Abigail. 2013. “Are Babies Born Good?” Smithsonian Magazine. 
HumberEDU. 2017. “The Hidden Curriculum, Part 1 of 2: Norms, Values and Procedures” Produced by HumberEDU. August 10. Video, 3:28. 
HumberEDU. 2017. “The Hidden Curriculum, Part 2 of 2: Sociological Perspectives.” Produced by HumberEDU. August 10. Video, 4:37. 
Anyon, Jean. 1980. “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work.” Journal of Education 162(1):67–92. 
Lightning Path. 2021. “The System / Regime of Accumulation / A Basic Introduction to Critical Economics and How the Rich Rule the World.” Produced by Lightning Path. December 8. Video series. 
Sosteric, Mike. 2014. “A Sociology of Tarot.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 39(3):357–92. 
Sosteric, Mike. 2021. “A Short Sociology of Archetypes.” PsyArXiv. 
Sosteric, Mike. 2018. “Star Wars Is a Religion That Primes Us for War and Violence.” The Conversation, January 4. 
Sosteric, Mike. 2021. “From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science and Technology of Human Manipulation.” PsyArXiv. 

Unit 10: The Environment

Sosteric, Mike. 2016. The Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. Lightning Path Press. 
Vice News. 2021. “Drowning in a Climate Apocalypse: Source Material.” Produced by Vice News. November 15. Video, 9:13. 
Vice News. 2021. “The Destruction of Nature Is as Dangerous as Climate Change: Planet A.” Produced by Vice News. November 15. Video, 22:35. 
Vice. 2022. “The Secret Ways the Oil Industry Brainwashes You: Smog + Mirrors.” Produced by Vice. April 25. Video, 18:14.