Bankrate.com hosts a calculator that estimates the cost of raising a child from 0-18. The defaults are based on data from the USDA, but you may adjust them.
Good website to visit in class, or to assign as part of homework.
DJ Academe
Teaching sociology with videos
AFRICA
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Morocco’s naming criteria a hurdle for parents
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- Kenyan news outlet grapples with the word “gubernatorial”
- Kenyan survey finds 1 in 3 females abused before age 18
- Growing Up in a Still-Wounded South Africa
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
- Nigeria seeks to curb child sorcery claims
AMERICAS
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- We Had No Idea He Was Homeless – Blackboard Wars
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle in the South
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
ASIA
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Palestinians learn to survive in divided land
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Inside North Korea – VICE Travel
- Chinese ‘Apartheid’? Hukou System Comes Under Fire
CULTURE
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- Key & Peele: Dueling Hats
CRIMINOLOGY
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Documentary elicits changes in U.S. military
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle in the South
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- Breaking Polygamy
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- Hard Time : Prison Family
- Top 50 Serial Killer Moments with Real Footage and Information
DEVIANCE
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- Neo-Nazi Skinhead Prisoner
- Hard Time : Prison Gangs – criminology, corrections, subculture
ECONOMICS
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Palestinians learn to survive in divided land
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Ronnie Dunn – Cost Of Livin’ (2011)
- Inside North Korea – VICE Travel
EDUCATION
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- We Had No Idea He Was Homeless – Blackboard Wars
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Teachers Embrace ‘Deep Learning,’ Teaching Practical Skills
- Teacher Uses Music to Make Math Fun, Cool
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- Breaking Polygamy
- Germany: Homeless Students
EUROPE
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- Youth Violence in Germany – juvenile crime
- Spain protest for disabled: We’re being “abandoned” – ableism
- Germany: Homeless Students
- Euro-Crisis: Separatist Movements Mount
- Emoticon diplomacy in Europe
- Women search for love in the world’s first ‘adopt-a-guy’ dating boutique in Paris
- The world’s first ‘pop-down’ restaurant opens in a mine 80 metres below ground in Finland
- Greek art scene invigorated by crisis
FAMILY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
GENDER
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
HEALTH
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
HISTORY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- A Quick Lesson on Southern Linguistics
- Zora Howard – Biracial Hair – poetry, spoken word, race
- Ethneezy raps about social issues – conscious hip-hop
- Totally Biased: It’s a great time to be an Indian American
MEGAPOSTS
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
MUSIC VIDEOS
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Ronnie Dunn – Cost Of Livin’ (2011)
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- MEGAPOST: New Orleans Bounce Music
- Ethneezy raps about social issues – conscious hip-hop
- Too Short – The Ghetto (1990)
- MEGAPOST: Sociology of Gangnam Style
- MEGAPOST: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
- Eric B. & Rakim – In The Ghetto (1990)
NATURAL RESOURCES
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Climate changes threaten Iraqi wetlands
- Starbucks makes stores from shipping containers
- More Afghan Opium May Mean More Pakistani Addicts
- Why the US Economy Needs Bees
- New Orleans – An Intoxication Destination
- Action, Awareness Growing for Climate Change in China
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
RELIGION
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
RACE/ETHNICITY
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Neo-Nazi Skinhead Prisoner
- Boom in Asia’s male beauty market anything but made up
- Hard Time : Prison Gangs – criminology, corrections, subculture
- Comedy on White-Sounding Black Guys
SOCIAL CHANGE
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Morocco’s naming criteria a hurdle for parents
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- A Quick Lesson on Southern Linguistics
SOCIALIZATION
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Teachers Embrace ‘Deep Learning,’ Teaching Practical Skills
- Teacher Uses Music to Make Math Fun, Cool
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
TECHNOLOGY
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- George Carlin – Modern Man
- Robots: The Next Generation
- MEGAPOST: Sociology of Gangnam Style
- Human Rights Watch Campaigns Against ‘Killer Robots’
- MEGAPOST: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
- Dueling Malala Narratives on Pakistani Social Media
- Vietnamese Cautiously Stand Up to Police Brutality
- Improving access to microfinance for rural Kenyans
THEORY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- Documentary elicits changes in U.S. military
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