You go to a foster home and there are two children placed in the home. One child, who is 4, is in the front yard when you arrive. The front door is shut. When you knock on the door, the foster parent answers and it is obvious that she was asleep. She tells you now is not a good time to visit the children. What would you do?

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You go to a foster home and there are two children placed in the home. One child, who is 4, is in the front yard when you arrive. The front door is shut. When you knock on the door, the foster parent answers and it is obvious that she was asleep. She tells you now is not a good time to visit the children. What would you do?

Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior. Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.

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Social Control

1) Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.

2) Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.

Assess the work of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) in addressing three issues facing the region it represents.

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Alliance of Small Island Developing States

Assess the work of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) in addressing three issues facing the region it represents.

Write an essay on how feminist theory explains pandemic inequalities, how feminist theory explains gender-based violence, how feminist theory explains gender wage gap.

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Reflection paper on feminist theory

A Feminist Approach to Understanding Pandemic Inequalities, Gender-Based Violence, and the Gender Wage Gap

1. How feminist theory explains pandemic inequalities (also add how it might be limited/weak in explaining the issue). Include feminist strategies that would reduce pandemic inequalities.

2. How feminist theory explains gender-based violence (also add how it might be limited/weak in explaining the issue). Include feminist strategies that would eliminate gender based violence.

3. How feminist theory explains gender wage gap (also add how it might be limited/weak in explaining the issue). Include feminist strategies that would reduce the wage gap.

Thoroughly explain if this current event aligns with the function of this institution and how. If it does not, explain how different actions could be taken to ensure the institution is performing its function properly

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National Current Event Analysis Prompt


Introduction to Sociology
National Current Event Portfolio: Social Institution

Requirements: News story that occurred in the United States (outside of Massachusetts) and was published or posted in the last seven days; the entire analysis (summary and connection to course topics) must be 300-400 words. If requirements are not met, points will be deducted. Do not include celebrity or sports news unless it directly relates to our course topics.
Article title and author (include link): 1 point (must use articles that have names of authors)

Summary: 3 points
Where and when did this current event happen: 1 point
What exactly happened: 1 point
Include a quote or statistic: 1 point

Connection to course topics: social institution: 4 points
Which social institution is discussed in this news story: 1 point

Choose stories about the following: education, economy, family, media

Explain at least one function of this institution: (do not use the buzzwords; you can use a definition from the textbook and you must cite where your definition is from): 2 points

Thoroughly explain if this current event aligns with the function of this institution and how. If it does not, explain how different actions could be taken to ensure the institution is performing its function properly: 2 points

Bold the theory you chose and include the word count: 1 point

Suggestions for national news sources: CNN, The Conversation, The Atlantic, The New York
Times, The Washington Post

Write a 3-4-page paper analyzing how sociologists from all three theoretical perspectives (conflict, functionalist, and symbolic interaction) would interpret Nacirema society.

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Social Theory and the Nacirema.

Write a 3-4-page paper analyzing how sociologists from all three theoretical perspectives (conflict, functionalist, and symbolic interaction) would interpret Nacirema society. Illustrate your essay with specific examples from the text.

Identify and share a brief quote, concept, or idea introduced in Module 5 Readings & Resources that is of particular relevance to you. Explain, in detail, how the shared quote/concept/idea is personally relevant.

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Module 5 Discussion

The purpose of this Discussion for students to put a voice to their understanding of assigned course materials and to engage in scholarly discussion about those understandings with other informed scholars by identifying and explaining both connections between course materials and their own personal lives/”real world” outside of the classroom as well as connections between course materials.

POST: Posts should be written in two distinct sections: Personal & Content

PERSONAL:

Identify and share a brief quote, concept, or idea introduced in Module 5 Readings & Resources that is of particular relevance to you. (one sentences)

Possibilities include but are not limited to information that is personally meaningful, applicable to a personal experience, related to learning in another class, applies to a current or sociopolitical event

Explain, in detail, how the shared quote/concept/idea is personally relevant. (one paragraph)

CONTENT:

Identify and share two brief quotes, concepts, or ideas that are related. One must be a quote, concept, or idea introduced Module 5 Readings & Resources and the other must be from another piece of course material presented in Modules 1-4. (one-two sentences)

Explain, with specificity, how the shared quotes/concepts/ideas are connected to each other.

How does this reading connect to cultural relativism and ethnocentrism? Using your sociological perspective, what do you think are the short-term and long-term effects of these demographic changes?

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Demographic shift

 

Reflecting a demographic shift, 109 U.S. counties have become majority nonwhite since 2000

 

Answer the following:

Have you seen signs of increasing diversity in your community (ex: school and neighborhood)
How does this reading connect to cultural relativism and ethnocentrism?
Using your sociological perspective, what do you think are the short-term and long-term effects of these demographic changes?
What are your thoughts on this demographic shift?

What sociological question did the researcher ask? Possible sub-questions: Why were they interested in that question? What motivated them to ask this question?

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Article Analysis of 4 articles

Format: single spaced, 12-point letter size, Calibri type face, one inch margins. Number your pages and include your name and student number on a running header throughout the document.
Follow the detailed instructions regarding format and the questions that should be answered in crafting these summaries.

Assignment Format: There are 5 sections in this assignment, one per article.

For each article (see articles’ detailed summary instructions below)

I. Article 1. Full ASA reference as heading. Then, answer in paragraph form questions 1-4

II. Article 2. Full ASA reference as heading. Then, answer in paragraph form questions 1-4

III. Article 3. Full ASA reference as heading. Then, answer in paragraph form questions 1-4

IV. Article 4. Full ASA reference as heading. Then, answer in paragraph form questions 1-4

V. Final section: A paragraph developing your research question (see detailed instructions below).

Articles’ summaries’ detailed instructions

Sections I-IV:
In your analysis you will include the following four sections for each article:

1. Research question: What sociological question did the researcher ask? Possible sub-questions: Why were they interested in that question? What motivated them to ask this question?

2. Methods: How did they answer the question? Possible sub-questions: What was the method (data collection technique) that they used or what was the data source (interviews, survey, documents, other)? How many interviewees, surveys, or documents, etc. did they analyze? How did they gain access to their study participants, their fieldwork site, or the materials they studied?

3. Findings: What were their findings? Provide a summary of their findings for this section.

4. Possible research question: After reading each article and answering questions 1-3, what research question would you want to ask for this article? This can be a single question or multiple questions.

Section V – Reflection on possible orientation re research question.

We are asking you to think out loud as it were for this section. In your reflection, consider the following: How would you build on what has been addressed by these four articles? What new avenues for research could you pursue?

Separately, explain how conflict theory, structural functionalism, and symbolic interactionism would view/interpret your film/TV show. Thoroughly explain using sociological concepts/terms. Which paradigm do you think is most represented in your film/TV show? Explain.

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Sociological theories

Overview
This project will involve applying the three sociological theories (conflict theory, structural functionalism, and symbolic interactionism) to a film or TV show of your choice.

Directions
For this project, you must write a 2-3 page double-spaced analysis of a video. You need to:
• Pick a film or TV Show

• Provide a short summary of your film/TV show (What is the video about? Clarity is important!)

• Separately, explain how conflict theory, structural functionalism, and symbolic interactionism would view/interpret your film/TV show. Thoroughly explain using sociological concepts/terms.

• Which paradigm do you think is most represented in your film/TV show? Explain.