Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Collective Behavior and Social Movements: Process and Structure
This resources offers a framework for the study of this ever illusive and beguiling topic which goes to the very heart of positivist efforts to understand social behavior.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About "Occupy"
Learning module with lesson plan and mult-media resources in which students use videos and articles with varying opinion to examine the Occupy Wall Street movement and deliberate whether it should be supported or opposed.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Collective Behaviour
This resource features a very respectable collection of collective behaviors.
Other
Social Movement Theory: Resource Mobilization Theory
Need to write a paper on Social Movement Theory? This resource features a sample of a highly academic starter paper.
Other
Understanding and Changing the Social World: Types of Collective Behavior
A very intuitive resource concerning collective behavior. This module provides an online quiz.
Other
Cultural Politics: Occupy Wall Street
Invesigate the most recent social movement to emerge in the US, Occupy Wall Street.
Other
Social Movement Theory: Past, Presence & Prospect
This resource features an academic paper on the social movement theory.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Maajid Nawaz: A Global Culture to Fight Extremism
"Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold?" Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, talks about the new "age of behavior" and why people join extremists movements...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The J Curve Hypothesis
Read a passage about the J-Curve Hypothesis and answer the follow-up questions.