Introduction
Chapter 1 — Overview
A — Social Action's Role in U.S. Experiment in Democracy B — US College Social Action C — Benefits of Social Action for Students, Campuses, and Society D — The Vision: Bringing Social Action into the Classroom E — Overcoming Challenges of Teaching Social Action
Chapter 2 — Developing a Social Action Class
A — Academic Course vs Co-Curricular & B — Prerequisites C — Creating a Social Action Syllabus D — Teaching Style & E —Classroom Norms F — The Students G — Building Campus Allies and Community Partners H —The Role of Place & I —Each Semester vs Every Year (or Other Year) J — Using Mural Board (option)
Chapter 3 — Launching Student Campaigns
A — On Your Mark: Preparing Students for the Road Ahead B — Go! Students Choose Their Issue C — Get Set: Setting the Tone D — Change Theory E — Building Power F — Walking Tour G — Research: Historical Overview, Power Mapping, & Target Analysis H — Group Dynamics I — Strategy & Tactics J — Campaign Kickoff
Chapter 4 — Campaign Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
A — Timeline & Campaign Plan B — Campaign Implementation: "Series of Actions" Begins C — Campaign Execution & Case Studies D — Campaign Evaluation E — Day of the Final: Campaign Notebook & Group Presentation
Chapter 5 — Where to Go From Here
A — Next Semester B — Mainstreaming Social Action C — Social Action Internship Program D — Pipeline to Jobs & Graduate School E — Status of Current Campaigns F — Impact of Social Action on Former Social Action Students
Mural Board is an effective way to organize the multitude of activities that the student are involved with, as well as to provide them with real time feedback.
In Soci. 164: Social Action, I look at our Mural Board both mid-week and on the weekend, which allows me to continually provide feedback to the students, and not to lose time between classes.
In the past, I would have to wait until the following class to see if the students had made progress on their campaign activities. With the Mural Board, or some other board app, you can see if the students are making progress, or not, with their campaign activities in real time.
In light of having only 15-16 weeks maximum to do a social action campaign, the Mural Board has made it possible for all campaigns in Sociology 164: Social Action for the past several years to at least do one campaign action a semester.
See the Fall ‘22 Mural Board for Sociology 164 - Social Action:
