General Resources for Classes taught by
Walter T. Kawamoto, PhD
California State University, Sacramento
Reading Materials
CoosJan2000abs.htm
An article that is going to be published soon in American
Behavioral Scientist that you may enjoy.
Poster Resources
My FACS 050 in-class sections must do an academic poster for their final project. Here are two examples of how professional organizations specify their expectations for posters.
National
Council on Family Relations
National Center for Diversity
Here are some quality poster handouts that I and fellow students have chosen to be shared with the world.
Kristy Jackson of the
Communication Department, created a poster focussing on
Traditional Nuclear Family and the Blended Family
Teri Sutherland did a poster focussing on gender and parenting.Nina Shouse did a poster focussing on the similarities between chimpanzees and humans
Nicole Christensen did a poster focussing on the similarities between the Jewish and Sudanese holocausts.
Angela Staples did a poster focussing on the similarities between single parent mothers and fathers.
Sample
Web Evaluations (FACS 50 Awards)
In addition to
being quality examples of good website
evaluations.
Previous Web Based FACS 50 classes have awarded the
following websites the FACS 50 Website Award by virtue of
the evaluation done by a student and the acclamation of the
class. 
Click
on the student's name to see their evaluation, and click on
the website link to go that website.
Traci Carlson nominated http://parentsplace.comJeanette Mulhern nominated http://www.familyeducation.com
Michelle Richards nominated http://www.smartmarriages.com
Tracy Bale-Magourik nominated http://www.pregnancy.about.com
Kathy Norton nominated http://www.elderweb.com
FACS150
Sample Papers.
As a service to
other FACS150 professors, and way to share the quality work
of my students, here are a few papers from former students
in FACS150 who have given me permission to use share their
work. I have made comments about what I liked and didn't
like in bold.
Cultural Differences Between Chinese and American Society
based on the book: Bone by Fae Myenne NgCoping With the Suicide of a Loved One: Feelings of Guilt (Research Paper on Bone)
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