Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology
Video and Multimedia
Audio Resources
Audio 10.1: Taxes and Nontraditional Families
Description: A discussion of how unmarried couples living together in the same household navigate the U.S. tax code.
Learning Objective: 10.4: Diagram and explain how the institution of family interacts with other institutions.
Audio 10.2: In “Transparent”, Transgender Issues Are a Family Affair
Description: NPR reviews Hollywood’s takes on family dynamics after one parent reveals to their grown children that they identify as transgender.
Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.
Video Resources
Video 10.1: Arranged Marriages
Description: This video examines arranged marriages with regard to where they take place and why so many people accept this form of marriage as the norm.
Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.
Video 10.2: Marriage
Description: In this funny, casual talk from TEDx, writer Jenna McCarthy shares surprising research on how marriages (especially happy marriages) really work.
Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.
Web Resources
Web 10.1: Monday Numbers: What Does the Modern American Family Look Like?
Description: This article takes a statistically based approach at describing the changing family dynamics in America.
Learning Objective: 10.1 Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.
Web 10.2: Friendsgiving
Description: Some millennials are ditching the traditional Thanksgiving meal with their family and establishing new traditions with their ‘chosen’ family.
Learning Objective: 10.1: Discuss how definitions of families are socially constructed and change over time.