Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to the Course

    • What is the course about?

    • Guidelines for Teaching and Learning

    • Module Design Document
  • 2

    Power In Our Lives

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Power in Our Lives: Influence or Control?

    • Bases of Power: Reward and Referent

    • Bases of Power: Legitimate, Coercive and Expert

    • Case Studies
  • 3

    Social Organization of Power

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Social Organization of Power: Family

    • Case Study: Patriarchy as a result of social norms

    • Social Organization of Power: School

    • Assignment
  • 4

    Social Inequity

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Unequal Power: Oppression and Allyship

    • A Story about Inequality
  • 5

    Decision-Making in an Unequal Society

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Decision Making In A System

    • Case Study: Decision Making In An Unequal Society

    • Documentaries to Watch

    • Documentary Movie: A Narmada Diary

    • Documentary Movie: Drowned Out

    • Documentary Movie: Knock Down The House
  • 6

    Enforcement and Maintenance of Power

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Ways of Enforcing Power

    • Case Study: Enforcement of Power

    • Assignment
  • 7

    Agency : Humans and Non-Humans

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Does Nature Have An Agency?

    • Assignment
  • 8

    Climate Change as a Consequence of Social Orgnization of Power

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Social Organization of Power and Climate Change
  • 9

    Role of Mass Media in Understanding and Responding to Climate Change

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Mass Media and Climate Change
  • 10

    World Systems and Climate Change

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Can Corporate Influence Governance?

    • Case Studies: Corporate Influence on Governance
  • 11

    Youth Activism for Climate Justice

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • What is Climate Justice?

    • Case Studies: Young Climate Justice Activists

    • Assignment
  • 12

    Importance of Plural Narratives

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Danger of a Single Story
  • 13

    Individual Change or Social Change

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • Individual or Collectives ?
  • 14

    Action Plan to Organize for a Local Issue

    • Background and Pedagogy

    • The Action Plan

    • Youth Activism Toolkit

    • Impact of RTI on Corruption

    • Little Packet of Motivation: Naomi Walder's Speech
  • 15

    Resources

    • List of Movies, Books, Songs about Power