Course details
"The Way We Live" is a comprehensive introduction to sociology. It combines the real world immediacy and intimacy of professionally-produced video with the free, open-source, peer-reviewed textbook "Introduction to Sociology" from OpenStax College. Noted sociologists provide insights for understanding social groups and institutions, social change, and the sociological forces of daily life.
Students visit Delancy Street, an innovative alternative to the correctional system that focuses on rehabilitating instead of simply housing criminal offenders. They meet the people of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of the Pacific Northwest and learn how government land and water policies have affected them. They gain perspective about how thoroughly issues of gender saturate daily life in our society through the players on a women's professional football team.
The course is organized in 22 sections and covers all of the topics taught in college introductory courses in Sociology. It can be adopted "as is" for use as a complete online course or as a homework and test preparation resource for students.
Updated on 22 March, 2018
