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Lesson Materials
May 18th: Inequality and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Panel discussion with Professor of Black World Studies Randy Quaye, Instructor in Black World Studies Dawn Chisebe, and Associate Professor of English Karen Poremski
It’s been said that COVID-19 is the great equalizer. Yet the pandemic has had a much more devastating impact on some groups, whether distinguished by age, race, gender, occupation, economic status, place of residence, or other factors. The panel will discuss the societal implications of the pandemic and what the pandemic might tell us about general issues of health care.
Video Lecture
Assigned Readings
May 20th: How the Pandemic Exposed What’s Great and Not So Great in Our Public Schools
In this session, Dr. Michele Nobel provides a brief look at other pandemics and whether or not evidence supports school closures, explores how COVID-19 has spotlighted some of the best experiences and the worst inequities of our public schools, and provides a call to action for school reform.
Video Lecture
Assigned Readings
Additional Resources
Want to learn more? Below are other articles, videos, infographics, etc. that will provide further information on this week's topics.
May 18th: Inequality and the Coronavirus Pandemic
May 20th: How the Pandemic Exposed What’s Great and Not So Great in Our Public Schools
Recommended Databases
Can't get enough? These databases have up-to-date scientific and academic research that can help you dig much deeper into any topic. Please note that OWU login credentials are required unless the resource is marked as open access. Please check your local public library for more resources.
May 18th: Inequality and the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Directory of Open Access JournalsThe Directory of Open Access Journals has browsable lists of journals in various areas of the social sciences, broken down by specific disciplines.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. It features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and lexicographers and contains abstracts for more than 1,300 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. - MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive source of full text for medical journals.
May 20th: How the Pandemic Exposed What’s Great and Not So Great in Our Public Schools
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Includes abstracts and full text of articles and other publications in education research. - PsycINFO 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
Abstracts the world's most significant professional literature in psychology and its applications.
Search Terms
Knowing what terms to use to search for resources on COVID19 is half the battle. For this week's lectures, we would recommend starting with the following keywords.
May 18th: Inequality and the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Health care inequality
- Public health
- Race discrimination OR social discrimination
- Prejudices in public health
- Marginalized groups
- Socioeconomic status
May 20th: How the Pandemic Exposed What’s Great and Not So Great in Our Public Schools COVID-19
- Education Reform
- Remote Learning
- Isolation
- School Inequities
- Emergency Response