Welcome to the StudySpace

The structure of this site uses contemporary pedagogical techniques to help you strengthen your study habits. The site is organized into 3 parts: Organize, Learn and Connect.

Organize

This material will help you prepare to tackle the chapter material by getting you to think energetically before you read the chapter.  Then when you do open your book you will engage it more effectively.

• Chapter Study Plans highlight the learning tools the site offers.  To keep track of your progress, print the Study Plan.
• Chapter Learning Objectives answer the question: “What will you learn from this chapter?”  Keep these broad objectives in mind as you read.
• Chapter Outlines provide an overview of the major ideas introduced in each chapter. Review the outline before you read the chapter.

Learn

These exercises help you master what you've read in the chapter.

• Read the assigned chapter in your textbook or ebook. Then you might want to reread the Chapter Outlines as a review of those important concepts you should have grasped.
• Quiz + Quizzes for each chapter generate a targeted study plan that includes specific page references and links to relevant studyspace features and to the optional ebook.
• Download the audio version of the Chapter Outlines and listen on your computer or MP3 player anytime you want to review on the go.
• Complete the Data Workshop exercises and gain hands-on experience in the practice of sociology.
• Flashcards help you review key terms in each chapter.

Connect

Here you are asked to apply what you learned from the chapter and to make connections between concepts you have mastered.

• Sociology in Practice DVD exercises feature clips from documentary films that explore sociological concepts from various perspectives.
• Everydaysociologyblog.com short answer exercises allow you to respond to some of the interesting and topical posts on the everydaysociology.com blog.
• Sociology in the News keeps you up-to-date—from a sociological perspective—about what’s happening in the world.
• The Norton Slideshow Maker with Visual Sociology Exercises allows you to use your own photographs and captions to respond to questions that will spark your sociological imagination (select chapters only).

Links

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About W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Margaret D. Norton first published lectures delivered at the People's Institute, the adult education division of New York City's Cooper Union. The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond the Institute, publishing books by celebrated academics from America and abroad. By mid-century, the two major pillars of Norton's publishing program—trade books and college texts—were firmly established. In the 1950s, the Norton family transferred control of the company to its employees, and today—with a staff of 400 and a comparable number of trade, college, and professional titles published each year—W. W. Norton & Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly by its employees.