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Download full textRose, Suzanna – 1988
An assignment about protesting was given to students in an upper-level undergraduate women's studies course to provide them with experience and skills in political protesting and to promote feminist activism. The students selected for their assignments: (1) a letter writing campaign against Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination; (2) a picket…
Descriptors: Activism, Assertiveness, Assignments, Curriculum Enrichment
Peer reviewedCornelius, Debra – Teaching Sociology, 1998
Presents an active learning project for use in teaching social activism and social movements. Discusses students' backgrounds, the course outline, the context of the assignment, the project itself, measures of the effectiveness of the assignment, and limits and problems with it. Notes other topics for which the assignment could be adapted. (DSK)
Descriptors: Activism, Assignments, Course Descriptions, Group Behavior
