In-class student presentation schedule, for Soc 255

 

 

Questions are posted on my website for each reading.

See, specifically, http://www.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Soc_155_fam_reading_Q.htm

 

 

 

Week 1:

 

April 2

Introduction to the class

 

 

 

 

Week 2:

 

April 7

Cherlin, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Chapters 1-3 (Demographic Trends, Explanations, and Consequences)

April 9

Cherlin, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Chapters 4+5 (Race and Poverty, The State of Our Unions)

 

 

Week 3:

 

April 14

Wilson, The Marriage Problem, Ch 1-3 (Two Nations, Why Do Families Exist, Sex and the Marriage Market)

 

Presenter: Diane

April 16

Moynihan “The Negro Problem”

 

 

Week 4:

 

April 21

Wilson, The Marriage Problem, Ch 5-7 (African Americans and Slavery, Mother-Only Families, Divorce)

 

Presenter Bobby

April 23

Reading from the Feminine Mystique, TBA

 

 

Week 5:

 

April 28

Reading from the Feminine Mystique, TBA

April 30

Faludi, Backlash, Chapters 2, 9, and Epilogue

 

 

Week 6:

 

May 5

In-class Midterm

May 7

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 1-2

 

 

Week 7:

 

May 12

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 3,4,5

 

Presenter: Joshua

May 14

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 6,7

 

 

Week 8:

 

May 19

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 8,9

 

Presenter: Wangshu

May 21

Sullivan, Same Sex Marriage Pro and Con, chapters 4 and 5

 

 

Week 9:

 

May 26

No class, Memorial Day

May 28

Sullivan, Same Sex Marriage Pro and Con, chapters 3 and 8

 

 

Week 10:

 

June 2

Reading from The Second Shift, TBA

June 4

Final Exam Review

 

 

Tuesday, June 10

In Class final exam, 12:15-3:15