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5 lecture launchers
Mapping Changes in American Families
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module explores changes in family patterns across the U.S. in recent decades.
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Increase in Cohabiting (Unmarried Partner) Households 2000-2018
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines the rise in cohabiting (unmarried partner) households from 2000 to 2018.
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Rise and Stabilization of Single-Parent Families 1960-2018
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Intermediate
This module examines the rise and subsequent stabilization of single-parent households in the second half of the 20th century to the present.
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Research Methods
9 lecture launchers
Exploring the Correlation between Class and Race
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module explores the most common research questions in the social sciences concerning the relationship between race and class and its impact.
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Exploring Health Conditions in the United States
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module will show users how to explore changes in various health conditions over the years as a means of answering related research questions.
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Downloading Census Data for Analysis
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module demonstrates how Social Explorer can be used to download clean and organized datasets for further analysis.
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Social Justice
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Poverty and Exposure to Environmental Hazards
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20 minutes
Advanced
This module uses census data to explore the intersection of poverty, race and ethnicity, and environmental hazards.
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Social Problems
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Work and Unemployment
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs U.S. census data to explore rates of labor force participation.
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Health and COVID-19
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module explores the cumulative mortality rate per 100,000 across U.S. counties.
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Crime and Social Control
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10 minutes
Intermediate
This module employs FBI crime data to explore hate crimes in general and by race/ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and gender.
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Sociology
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Is the American Dream Dying? Or Just Changing?
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15 minutes
Beginner
This module examines the changing relationship between higher educational attainment & poverty rates in the Industrial Midwest.
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Linguistic Diversity in the United States
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines the complex history of language in the U.S.
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Religious Diversity in the United States
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15 minutes
Intermediate
This module examines how religion has shaped American life & society.
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Urban Sociology
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Locating LGBTQ Neighborhoods
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20 minutes
Advanced
This module explores and examines the locations of LGBTQ communities in the United States.
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Urban Growth Patterns
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20 minutes
Beginner
This module examines Ernest Burgess' famous Concentric Zones model for the analysis of city growth and change.
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Urbanism as a Way of Life
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10 minutes
Beginner
This module introduces the data variables that drove much of early American urban research.
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