- Author:
- Katherine Lyon
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
- Media Formats:
- Downloadable docs
Teaching the Sociological Imagination: Imagining the Social Side of Loneliness (Canada)
Overview
This lesson plan outlines a set of interactive exercises designed for one 50 minute tutorial in a first year introductory sociology course. Students are introduced to Mills’ The Sociological Imagination (1959) and participate in a close reading activity. The class then applies the sociological imagination to research reports on urban loneliness to explore how this seemingly private trouble is also a public issue with social roots and social outcomes. The lesson plan includes activity steps and timing, background information, and handouts and is ideal for a teaching assistant or first time instructor. This lesson plan has also been published in the ASA Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology.
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