For context (on race/racism), please read the “preface,” & the “photo essay” of Gilbert & Reynolds’ Africa. You may use this “preface” as a backdrop for the video. Your assignment, however, is to provide a concise (MAX. 5 pages) review of the video in terms of:
1-What Davidson sought to prove (his hypothesis).
2-What evidence did he use to demonstrate/illustrate his hypothesis
3-Was he successful– did he convince you!
Discuss the legacy of Champlain in the Birth of New France. In your answer, be sure to touch upon his struggle to establish a settlement in Quebec, a successful fur trade and the relationship he forges between the French and the Indigenous people of the S
Explain some of the political, economic and social circumstances that arose in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries that set the stage for the era of transatlantic exploration.
One extremely important question answered on the powerpoint is WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL WORK? It is to enhance the transactions that maximize growth and development by tapping into individual’s strengths and coping abilities to match their environment. This seems simple, but it is made complex when you consider all the systems in people’s lives, which can operate as either supports or stressors, or both. Take a look at the powerpoint to review this in more detail.
There are 3 levels of intervention: micro, mezzo and macro – I think the following definitions, in addition to the powerpoint and text best explain the distinction between the 3 levels of intervention:
Micro social work involves meeting with individuals, families, and small groups to help them identify and manage mental, emotional, social, behavioral, and/or financial challenges that are negatively impacting their happiness and quality of life. The goal of micro social work is to help vulnerable populations through one-on-one guidance and emotional support. Tasks that micro social workers typically complete include individual and family counseling, resource connection and navigation services (ex. how to apply for Medicare or Medicaid and other federal or state aid programs, what resources are available in one’s community, etc.), helping clients develop skills to address emotional and social difficulties, and intervening in situations in which clients encounter a crisis or severe distress (ex. school violence, domestic abuse, severe substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.).
Mezzo social work involves the development and implementation of social service initiatives at the local and small community levels (ex. schools, neighborhoods, and city districts). Like micro social workers, mezzo social work practitioners tend to interact directly with the people they wish to assist. However, instead of engaging in individual counseling and support, mezzo social workers administer help to groups of people at a time. Examples of projects that mezzo social workers could be involved in include the establishment of a free local clinic to help under-served members of the community, county health programs to help disadvantaged families learn about and obtain proper nutrition, and local workshops to guide unemployed individuals through the processes of applying for jobs and unemployment benefits.
Macro social work is the effort to help clients by intervening in large systems. Examples include lobbying to change a health care law, organizing a state-wide activist group or advocating for large-scale social policy change.
So, your weekly assignment is to answer: Why is it important for social workers to look at individuals in terms of the systems they are a part of? What are examples of micro, mezzo, and macro work that social workers are either doing now or could be doing in society? (Include one example for each area- you can get ideas from news outlets- I would suggest New York Times, or National Public Radio (https://www.npr.org/)
Does any of this work interest you? Why?
Answers should be minimum of 300 words
In light of the course material and any other outside research necessary, prepare a case study addressing whether the Boston Marathon Bombing was an intelligence-sharing failure. Use some aspect of the incident as the case and explain what lessons has this incident taught about something to do with law enforcement intelligence.
Websites to Consider Looking at:
1.https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/investigative-report-criticizes-counterterrorism-reporting-waste-at-state-and-local-intelligence-fusion-centers
Begin by providing an overview of the social problem (CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM)with which a social worker may be involved. As part of this overview, explain how elements of human rights and social justice intersect with this social problem.
Next, discuss the population you have previously selected that would require social work services related to this problem.(AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES) Describe and analyze characteristics of this population such as ethnicity, health concerns, and socioeconomic class.
Explain the implications of this problem on the developmental phase of life (i.e., infancy and early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or late adulthood) that you have previously selected. Your explanation should examine how an intervention, or lack thereof, might affect the individual’s life course trajectory.
Once you have presented the social problem and the selected population, explain how your studies and experience as a social worker will assist you in advocating for your clients who face this problem.
Support your assessment of human behavior in social environments by drawing upon at least five scholarly works in the discipline of social work.
This week your task is to prepare an annotated outline for your Signature Assignment. Use the following criteria to organize your outline, which will become the basis of your Signature Assignment.
The Signature Assignment for this course is to identify a current social problem(Criminal Justice reform) with which a social worker may be involved. As part of your presentation of the problem, be sure to describe how elements of human rights and social justice intersect with this social problem.
Select a population that would require social work services related to this problem.
Select a developmental phase of life (i.e., infancy and early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or late adulthood), and then explain the implications of this problem on an individual’s life course trajectory.
Examine how you as a social worker would advocate for the affected population regarding this problem.
Support your assessment of human behavior in social environments by drawing upon at least five scholarly works in the discipline of social work.
Length: 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your task is to analyze the mental health and developmental disability services in your community. (North Carolina Fayetteville)Assume you need to develop a pamphlet to help educate the community, which may consist of clients, potential clients, and family and loved ones trying to assist an individual in need. Most often, family and loved ones do not know where to turn for help.
As part of your pamphlet, address the following points:
Describe the services that are available for:
Mental health
Developmental disabilities
Assess the following services by neighborhoods
Accessibility
Staffing
Hours
Ethnic needs
Identify the types of service providers
Faith-based
Community clinic
Private
Group homes
Advocacy organizations
1. YOU ARE ONLY TO USE THE SOURCES WE READ IN CLASS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. The only exceptions are the questions that ask you to find articles to discuss.
2. You must put all your sources into a properly formatted reference list in ASA Style
3. All questions require a combination of direct quotations and paraphrases of the reading material you have used PROPERLY CITED and your own analysis and conclusions.
4. No cover pages, folders or envelopes.
5. On the top of the first page put your name, day and time of class
6. On each page put your name, day and time of class and page number.
7. This is to be in exam format. All questions are to be repeated, then answered, section by section. The rewriting of the question does not count as part of your answer.
8. This paper must be uploaded as a WORD DOCUMENT in 12 point type, not copied and pasted into www.turnitin.com.
9. This paper requires one reference list at the end of the paper listing all sources you have used. You may list The Cunning of History as a print book since you are likely to be using a pdf of the book.
10. Please do your paper in a “question and answer” style. That is, number the question, put a brief version of the question, and then answer it.
The thesis of The Cunning of History and Donald Trump. Answer all three questions and upload them as one file.
This paper has three parts
Part A . How does Rubenstein apply Weber’s theory of bureaucracy to the Holocaust? (about 2 pages)
Part B..How did he apply it to the Nixon Presidency? (About two pages)
Part C.. How do you think Rubenstein would apply Weber’s theory of bureaucracy to the actions of President Trump today? (at least 2 pages )
Parts A and B can be answered using class readings.
To answer Part C you will need to find reputable news articles on Trump and his actions. Reputable sources include the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek. Academic Search Complete and the newspaper section of Lexis-Nexis are excellent sources for reputable popular sources. Choose an article that was published after June 1 2020.
PLEASE FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUTIONS.
Social Problems Semester Project Guidelines
Description
You will present your semester project to the class in some format. Please feel encouraged to run your ideas past me and ask for help before you post. You will give thoughtful peer review the week after we post projects. You will then have the opportunity to revise and resubmit your project the third week. Your final version is the one that will be graded.
Objective
The objective of this project is to demonstrate achievement of one of our course learning objectives. Use these to guide your ideas about your project. The course learning objectives are:
Students will be able to:
Distinguish between scientific and non-scientific approaches to social knowledge.
Understand, articulate, and apply the stages of the social problems process of social construction.
Assess proposed solutions to social problems from a contemporary liberal and conservative perspective.
Display a factual knowledge of the extent, history, and persistence of various social problems.
Show how interpretations and solutions to these problems will vary depending upon the theoretical and ideological perspective chosen
Format
Your presentation format is open. You may want to present by making a video of yourself or a video of your materials. You may want to create a podcast. You might want to make a poster or an infographic or a website. Be creative and use your own personal skills.
Examples
Your project will be an in-depth look at a smaller aspect of something related to our course learning objectives. Individual sections of the chapters we have read and research results might spark ideas. You may want to profile an activist, author or organization, or go in-depth on a past or present news event. You might want to explain a theory in depth and give an application of that theory. You may want to do a social media analysis. You may want to interview a panel of friends (or classmates). You can get ideas from our readings and from the examples below.
Here are some examples of ideas. You do not have to use one of these ideas, but you are welcome to.
Design a book cover for a (non-existent) book you would like to see that is related to some aspect of one of our learning objectives. What would the book be called? What would the back cover read? What would the description of the book be? What would the reviews say? What would the author’s bio say? What picture or design would be placed on the cover and why? Make a mock-up of the book cover.
Compare and contrast two theories from the readings. Compare and contrast the theories by applying them to a specific scenario and developing a list of similarities and differences. Alternately, find an article or source that has a different point of view and compare and contrast those. You could present this in a variety of ways.
Pick an issue to debate. Present arguments for and against the concepts of your reading. Present Liberal vs. Conservative approaches to a social problem. This could be presented in a variety of formats.
Pick a theorist from your textbook. Imagine that you need to form a Twitter (or other social media) feed for this person. What would the Twitter handle be? Make a list of tweets that this Twitter feed would share. Come up with hashtags this Twitter feed would popularize. What would be the person’s objective with their Twitter account? Explain how this is related to the course objective.
Come up with a list of interview questions you would like to ask any person mentioned in our book if you had the chance. Once you have brainstormed your list, go through your questions and see if you can find answers to your questions from the point-of-view of the person you chose. This could be presented in a number of ways.
Ask people from different groups what (some aspect of a social problem you choose) means to them. Analyze your results and compare them to what you have read in the text. Compile a video or other presentation relating your findings to concepts or readings from class.
Create a list of jobs that are typically associated with people of different groups (gender, age, social class, race, etc). Find out the actual job statistics for the groups you are comparing. Look up the average salaries and working conditions for each profession. What conclusions can you draw from your activity? You might want to present this information in a visually compelling manner.
Develop a website to profile an activist working on social issues related to of any kind.
Present a creative work you created (art, music, video, an invention, etc.) that addresses one of our learning objectives. Prepare an artist statement describing how your work illustrates concepts from class.
Present a profile of an organization working to improve a social problem. Do a recorded interview with someone from the organization about their work and how it relates to our class learning objectives. You could present this information in a variety of ways including video, podcast, part of an interactive video, and more.
Your ideas here! I hope this list has sparked some ideas about ways you can be creative with your project. We will have individual consultations the week after midterms so you can get your project plan solidified and off to a good start.
Semester Project Grading Rubric Criteria:
Project directly addresses a Course Learning Objective
Makes concrete, meaningful references and links to course materials
Project is well researched (demonstrated through the extent and quality of sources you use)
Project is well designed
Presentation is well executed
Extra resources are provided (links to related websites, articles, videos, etc.)
Complete citations (any format as long as they are complete and I can find your source) are included. You cite a variety of sources.
Quality of peer review suggestions
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