2H & I — Role of Place & Each Semester vs. Every Year

Introduction

Chapter 1 — Social Action: An Overview

A & B —Social Action’s Role & US College Social Action

C & D — Benefits & Bring Into Class

E — Overcoming Challenges

Chapter 2 — Developing a Social Action Class

A & B — Course vs Co-Curricular & Prerequisites 

C — Creating a Social Action Syllabus

D & E — Teaching Style & Norms

F — The Students

G — Building Allies

H & I — Role of Place & Each Semester v Every Year

J — Maintaining Momentum

Chapter 3 — Launching Student Campaigns

A — On Your Mark

B — Students Choose Their Issue

C — Group Dynamics, part 1

D — Change Theory

E — Building Power

F — Campus Tour

G — Research

H — Group Dynamics, part 2

I — Strategy & Tactics

J — Campaign Kickoff

Chapter 4 — Planning, Implementation, & Evaluation

A — Campaign Plan & Timeline B & C — Implementation & Execution D — Campaign Evaluation E — Finals: Binder & Presentation

Chapter 5 — Where Do We Go From Here?

A & B — Next Semester & Mainstreaming TSA C & D — Internships & Pipeline to Jobs E — Status of Current Campaigns

CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action

• Chapter 2H: The Role of Place (p. 48-50)
• Chapter 2I: Every Semester vs. Every Year (p. 50-51)

The Role of Place

Clearly, where your campus is located will affect the student's social action campaigns. The below photo is of Dine College on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. This less densely populated area will impact many aspects of a social action class, as will a campus in the middle of a city.

Questions

Here are some key questions for you to answer about location:

1. How will the location of your campus (urban/rural, red/blue state or region) impact your class?
2. Is there a history of social action on your campus, and if so, how will this impact your social action class?
3. What is the social life like on your campus currently? How will this impact your class?

Each Semester vs. Every Year

If you can not teach your course every semester, t is important to have other faculty who can teach social action at your campus, as this allows for the student campaigns started in your class to continue the following semester.

You can search here to see if other faculty are teaching social action courses on your campus. If you scroll down, there is a map of where all the courses are being taught for the 2026 fall semester. If you can’t find any, please contact us, and we will help brainstorm with you on how to recruit other faculty on your campus to teach social action during the semesters you are not teaching it.

Question:

1. As discussed in the reading, it is possible, but rare, for the students to win a campaign in one semester. In light of this, here is a question to consider: What steps can you take to ensure to help support that a class using social action occurs on your campus the semester following your class?

Continue to Ch. 2J — Maintaining Momentum