Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America

Front Matter ....Pages i-vii
 Introduction  (Walda Katz-Fishman)....Pages 1-10
Front Matter ....Pages 11-11
 ‘Teaching Naked’ in Late Capitalism: Instructors’ Personal Narratives and Classroom Self-disclosure as Pedagogical Tools  (Danielle Docka-Filipek)....Pages 13-25
 Untold Stories: Bringing Class into the Classroom  (Adj Marshall, Betsy Leondar-Wright)....Pages 27-40
 ‘Self-made’ Success on the Private Dole: An Illustration of the Reproduction of Capitals  (Roxanne Gerbrandt, Ann Strahm)....Pages 41-53
 Financial Stumbles, Consumer Bankruptcy, and the Sociological Imagination  (Deborah Thorne)....Pages 55-66
Front Matter ....Pages 67-67
 Capitalism 101: Teaching First-Year Students How to View the Social World Through the Lens of Marxist Theory  (Laura Earles)....Pages 69-79
 Teaching Global Inequality Through the World of Commodities  (Eric M. Edwards)....Pages 81-90
 Radical Pedagogical Homesteading: Returning the ‘Species’ to Our ‘Being’  (Phoebe Godfrey)....Pages 91-101
 Socialist Grading  (David I. Backer)....Pages 103-109
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 Overcoming Students’ Fear: Scaffolding to Teach Money and Society  (Stephanie L. Bradley)....Pages 113-124
 Capitalism in the Classroom: Confronting the Invisibility of Class Inequality  (Charlotte A. Kunkel)....Pages 125-130
 Experiencing the Outcomes of Economic Inequality in the Day-to-Day Workings of the Classroom  (Susan Machum)....Pages 131-143
 Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America Using Resources from the Federal Government  (Andrew E. Kersten)....Pages 145-156
 Teaching Social Inequality Through Analysis of Hidden Assumptions in Non-Academic Publications  (Pidi Zhang)....Pages 157-167
 Participatory Action Research as Problem-Based Learning: A Course Study of Rural Poverty, Low-Income Housing, and Environmental Justice  (Leontina Hormel, Cynthia Ballesteros, Haylee Brister)....Pages 169-182
 Inequality and Violence  (Barbara H. Chasin)....Pages 183-195
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 Intersectional Marginalities in Rural Teacher Preparation: Teaching Beyond “What I Am Able to See Visibly”  (Vanessa Anthony-Stevens)....Pages 199-211
 Economic Inequality and Race: No, It Can’t Be that Bad…  (Paul R. Croll)....Pages 213-220
 Irreversible Punishment: Teaching About Inequalities in Capital Punishment  (Kristine Levan)....Pages 221-232
 Making Room for a Postcolonial Critique in the Introductory STS Curriculum  (Dilshani Sarathchandra)....Pages 233-241
 Utilizing Social Science Theories, Findings, and Comparative Analyses to Create a Framework for Understanding Economic Inequality”  (Derek J. Robey, Jason P. Robey)....Pages 243-254
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 Capitalism and the Cost of Textbooks: The Possibilities of Open Source Materials  (Annie Gaines)....Pages 257-266
 Writing Against Ideology: Exploring Strategies that Resist Assessment Orthodoxy in the Classroom  (Joshua Olsberg, Raphi Rechitsky)....Pages 267-282
 Lessons on Inequality and Capitalism: Perspectives from a Community College  (Peter J. Wruck)....Pages 283-290
 Capitalism, Racism, and the Neoliberal University: The Case of the University of Missouri (Mizzou)  (Rose M. Brewer)....Pages 291-299
 Against the “Institutional Real”: The Structural and Cultural Foundations of Corporate Higher Education and the Challenge to Developing Politically Engaged Students  (Corey Dolgon)....Pages 301-319
Back Matter ....Pages 321-380