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Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text is a very, very brief textbook suitable for use as a supplemental or stand-alone text in a college-level minority studies Sociology course. Any instructor who would choose to use this as a stand-alone textbook would need to supply a large amount of statistical data and other pertinent and extraneous Sociological material in order to "flesh-out" fully this course. Each module/unit of Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text contains the text, course objectives, a study guide, key terms and concepts, a lecture outline, assignments, and a reading list.

Minority studies: a brief text: suggested assignments for part v—disability

Essay: Discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ways it impacts our everyday lives .

Essay: Discuss the various forms of stigma against the disabled.

Find on the Internet: Statistical data about the disabled and the law in the United States.

Find on the Internet: Statistical data about the socioeconomic status of the disabled in the US.

In-Class Discussion: Do you know someone who is disabled? If so, what is there life like compared to yours?

In-Class Discussion: What are your stereotypes about the disabled?

In-Class Discussion: What is the Americans with Disabilities Act and how does it apply to our daily lives?

Oral Book Review and Discussion: Stigma by Erving Goffman.

Present to the Class: Statistical data about disabilities in the form of a chart.

Present to the Class: Statistical data about the disabled in the form of a chart.

Read: Stigma by Erving Goffman.

Read: The Americans with Disabilities Act.

Read: Three to five peer reviewed articles about the disabled.

Read: Three to five popular media articles each about the disabled.

Quiz: Definitions, Matching, Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Answer, Brief Essay

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Source:  OpenStax, Minority studies: a brief sociological text. OpenStax CNX. Mar 31, 2010 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11183/1.13
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