Stronger engagement
After each new topic is presented, students answer a few reading questions about the main ideas. This helps students maintain focus, actively process information, and construct new knowledge.
Presentation and relevance
Each chapter offers concise presentation of key concepts. Examples and interactive features help students see the relevance of sociology to their daily lives.
Data exploration
Follow the Data feature pages help students develop data literacy and evaluate common assumptions using real data.
Everything you need
Sociology provides everything you need for an online course. And we can tailor the webtext to match your course’s term length, scope, and sequence.
Interactive content
Study questions
Multiple-choice and short-answer questions guide students to critical information by providing immediate feedback. These low-risk opportunities allow students to reset answers to try again or study for tests.
Response boards
Students engage each other through discussion boards that only allow students to see the responses of their peers after they’ve posted their own comment.
Polls
Polls allow students to respond to survey questions and compare their response to the responses of their classmates as well as national survey data.
Study tools
Webtext Reader app
Students can access materials and complete assignments offline with our mobile app available for iOS and Android.
Reading tools
Reading tools allow students to click on vocabulary terms for definitions and mark up their own webtext by highlighting and adding notes in the margins.
Read to Me
Our text-to-speech feature instantly creates an audio version of the webtext page to extend the reach of online content.
My Progress
Students can keep track of their own work inside My Progress, which records their scores, time spent, and completion.
The following materials are available for this course:
- Test bank
- Lecture slides
- Release notes
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Authors
Miguel Centellas, PhD
John Alfieri
Advisory Board
Bethaney Ferguson, MA, Cape Fear Community College
John P. Hoffman, PhD, Brigham Young University
Michael Jessup, PhD, Taylor University
Kendra Murphy, MA, University of Memphis
Jennifer Turner, PhD, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Jennifer Vanderminden, PhD, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Monica Whitham, PhD, Oklahoma State University
Publisher
Mary Jane Lindrum
Executive Editor
Jenny Westrick
Creative Director
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Content Editor
Alexandra Tanner
Lead Learning Designer
Lindsy Pietroski
Learning Designer
Jonathan Campbell
Assessment Specialist
Laura Aitcheson
Assessment Writers
Stephen Clark
Rebekah Krahe
Production Coordinator
Natalie Welch
Production Editors
Rachel Garzarelli
Marquita Jones
Assistant Production Editors
Erin Griffin Collum
Serena Giunchigliani
Thinacha Newberry
Photo Research
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Permissions
Rachel Garzarelli
Christine Myaskovsky
Video Production
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Kristian Melom
User Interface Design
Sam Korthof
Clint McFarlin