Category: Sociology

Answer all of the following prompts in an essay format. Make sure to supply as much detail as possible including examples when needed. Be sure to cite all your work. Use in-text citations and complete your work-cited sections. See the Purdue Owl Writing Lab (Links to an external website for MLA and APA essay formatting examples. There is a 3000 words minimum in total. You must at least use the textbook as a citation.
1. Pick a sociological topic and discuss it using one of the three theoretical perspectives; Structural Functionalist, Conflict or Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
2. Describe how sociology differs from and is similar to other social sciences, provide examples of these similarities and differences.
3. Discuss, in depth, these key sociological concepts: culture, social stratification, social inequality, cultural diversity, gender and socialization.
4. Enter all work cited in an MLA or APA format
•answer each question individually and write them under the question.
•use the textbook along with a few other sources, but mainly use the textbook. once you get back to me I will provide you with my login information to access the textbook. the textbook is called croteau, experience sociology, 4e

Submit a glossary of 10 key concepts that you encountered this semester and write a 500-word entry for each explaining the concept. For each concept (you will do 10), you will use only the assigned texts and authors as sources. You have to clearly give an account of the concept — reconstructing the concept in your own words — and identify the theorist you use. Make sure to include citations and page numbers. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR AI OR CHATGPT. I WILL BE CHECKING AND U WILL BE SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY BOARD IF I SEE THAT YOU CHEATED.
Refer to the concept glossary attached and choose 10 concepts. Textbooks and other sources are attached as well.
You’ll be graded on your final according to the following rubric:
Adequacy: Submitting a coherent piece of writing that meets the word requirements and is submitted on time
Formal: Clarity and intelligibility of your writing, and style of prose
Accuracy: Demonstrating your understanding of the text(s), and accurately reconstructing arguments of the text(s)
Critical Engagement: Demonstrating sustained, systematic and thoughtful engagement with the texts.

Assignment Overview
This worksheet consists of short answer questions (2-3 sentences each). You may use your book, online lectures, and notes to complete the worksheet. Please explain the ideas in your own words, discuss your perspective on the questions, and use examples when relevant. You may submit your worksheet as a Word document using this template.
What does Max Weber mean by the term “life chances?” Do you think life chances impact social stratification in the United States? Why or why not? Try and develop your response with concrete, real-life examples from your life, culture, and community.
What does it mean to say that race is a social construct? Does this mean that race is not real? Why or why not?
Consider the functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist approaches to racial and ethnic relations. Which do you find most compelling, and why?
Define ethnic pluralism and discuss what might be necessary to achieve it in the United States.

Answer ALL the questions.
PLEASE DRAW FROM THE LECTURES, READINGS AND VIDEOS USED FOR THE COURSE for your answers. You may use other material only after you have demonstrated a full grasp of our course materials. Explain the concepts/theories first, and then use relevant examples to elaborate.
Your grade will depend on how well you are able to pull out concepts and theories from the course material and apply them to the answers.
Please do not cut and paste from my lectures, or any other document unless you cite. Please keep citations to a minimum.
Question 1. 
a) Explain how Race is socially constructed in America?Please use the relevant lecture and videos. Your grade will depend on the examples you can bring in.
b) What are the dynamics of a racial boundary as discussed in our class? 
c) Science created racial boundaries as “the truth”. What were the implications of science and its experiments on specific groups of people?
d) What boundaries did Colonization create to enable rule over the native population? How were these hegemonies also used in the role of America in India’s food production, and what were the effects of this intervention?
e) Explain the American role in the covert intervention of Iran?  
Question 2
a) How did the Lofland and Lofland article connect grief, which is one of our deepest emotions, to the social structure (network shape)of two different time periods in America?
b) Explain through examples drawn from the class material how the shape of networks could help you understand social phenomena, for example, why an abused woman would stay with an abuser, or how you could reduce the rate of Juveniles returning to the correctional facilities?
c) Explain the navigation of the maid’s daughter Teresa (in the daughter of the maid) between two networks. Describe the role of Cultural Capital in your answer. (Please explain the concept of Cultural Capital first).
d) Compare the navigation of Teresa to the concept of “Passing” in America? 
e) Why would you NOT classify modern American society as a purely Gesellschaft one? Explain your answer through the theory of Marcel Mauss. 

For this assignment, you will delve deeper into a social problem that really interests you. This can be the social problem you identified in assignment one or you can choose something new. 
Instructions
For this assignment, you will put together a presentation of 8 slides minimum. You may use a presentation program of your choice such as PowerPoint or any of these which offer free use: Prezi, Powtoon, Adobe Spark, Google Slides, Canva, Visme, Libre Office, Slidedog, Haiku Deck.  Please attach, embed, or provide a link to your presentation to submit it for grading.
Your Presentation must do the following:
1.  Include a title slide with your title (title of the presentation, not the title of the assignment), your name, the class, and a visual representing your topic choice. [1 slide]
2. Select “one” social problem of your choice, explain why it is a social problem, and define the scope of this social problem (is it local, national, international) [2 slides]
3. Explore the history of your social problem. Think about how it has changed over time and what major milestones have impacted the problem. For example, if you explore racism, you will want to note major Civil Rights legislation, etc.What transpired in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s (up to today)? Be sure to include some “text” under each milestone [at least 2 slides]
3.    Next, analyze two significant ways that the chosen social problem impacts two groups; Do not select the same group(s) as your topic.  For example, if you are looking at drug use, you might analyze the impact of drug use on families and workplaces. Include a current statistics chart here to support your points. [at least 2 slides]
4.    Define one sociological theory from our readings/materials related to your chosen social problem and analyze how this theory helps us better understand the social problem you are discussing. Sociological theories include functionalism, conflict theory, feminist theory, symbolic interactionism, as mentioned in our readings and materials. [at least 1 slide]
5. Include full references in APA formatting. [at least 1 slide]. 
General requirements:
Font Size: Between 18 to 24
Use APA format for citations and references; although this is a PowerPoint presentation, in-text citations should still be utilized similarly to a paper. 
Include only bullet points in your presentation. You should not have massive paragraphs on your slides. (You may clarify your bullet points in speaker notes.)
View the grading rubric to understand how you will be assessed on this Assignment. 
Disclaimer- Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if need to submit multiple documents as part of your Assignment. Resubmission of an Assignment after it is graded to attempt a better grade is not permitted.

The instruction and paper is attached. The draft I have is AI written and I just want it to be rewritten. The information included and format should stay the same.

Your final essay combines 2 of your best Discussion Board posts with a reflection on the Sociological Imagination. 
Please re-read C Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination, and re-read your answer to the question of what it means to have a sociological imagination in your own life.  https://sites.middlebury.edu/utopias/files/2013/02/The-Promise.pdf
The purpose of the essay is to combine the two Discussion Board posts into a coherent autobiographical essay about the Sociological Imagination in your own life. You may include your short writing on the sociological imagination from the beginning of the semester, but it does not count toward the 2 required Discussion Board posts. For the 2 Discussion Board Posts, use something from Week 6 or later, that is about one of the main readings.
You will copy and paste the two Discussion Board posts you wrote, and then write an overall new introduction, a brief summary explanation/definition of the Sociological Imagination, revise and improve the DB posts, and then write a new long conclusion. The  long conclusion discusses how your Boards Discussion  show  evidence of you having a sociological imagination, and explain how your sociological imagination has improved over the semester.
This process will help you review what it means to have a sociological imagination, and relate it to the writing that you did this semester.
Outline:
Overall Introduction to your combined essay – explaining the purpose of the essay to the reader (150words)
Brief summary or definition of the Sociological Imagination (200 words)
Transition to 1st Discussion Board post
Edited and revised 1st Discussion Board Post
Transition to 2nd Discussion Board post
Edited and revised  2nd Discussion Board post
Reflective conclusion that discusses how your blogs give evidence of you having a sociological imagination, and explain how your sociological imagination has improved over the semester. (450 words)

have a clear introduction and thesis. Make sure to cite from the relevant course material and at least one outside source
Course material: 
Brown, E., & Barganier, G. (2018). Race and Crime: Geographies of Injustice. Univ of
California Press. 
2. Cullen, F. T., & Gilbert, K. E. (2013). Reaffirming rehabilitation. Routledge. 3. Dayan, C. (2013. The Law Is a White Dog-How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons.
Princeton University Press. 
Answer the following question and submit through
BB by MAY 18TH at 11:59 pm. I expect 3-4 pages 1.5 spaced,
Times New Roman, 12-point font, APA style format:
QUESTION 1: Describe the
construct of a decolonial imaginary (this should be a quick 1-2 paragraphs) and
explain how it can be used to deconstruct our approach to juvenile
“delinquency.” How has this approach challenged your worldview of the juvenile legal
system? What was the most impactful takeaway you leave this course with after
having engaged in this course’s literature? How do you plan to use the
knowledge you have acquired in this course in “the real world”?

Strictly no use of AI, the paper should be in  APA style with double spacing. 
Book is uploaded in PDFs in order from Pg-1 till Pg-168

Rough Draft of Final Project
This week, you will submit a rough draft of your final project in this course by developing one of the short answer questions from the worksheets in weeks 2 and 3 or the analysis of the social issue you analyzed in the week 3 and 4 discussion into a draft essay of at least 400 words.
Choose one (1) of the following topics:    
Do you agree with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that language shapes our perception of ourselves and of our reality? Why or why not? For example, does language impact how we think about gender, race, and/or ethnicity? If so, how so? If not, why not?
Explain the concept of culture shock by imagining that a person who lived in the United States in the 1860s time traveled to the United States of today. What are some aspects of American culture that might shock this visitor? Are there any aspects of American culture that might not be surprising? If you were the time traveler, do you think you would adapt to modern American culture, or would you engage in ethnocentrism?
What does “socialization” mean? Why is the family considered by most sociologists and psychologists to be the most important agent of socialization? Do you agree? What do you think are some other significant agents of socialization?
Consider the psychological and sociological theories of human development and socialization. Which do you find the most compelling, and why? Be sure to briefly explain the theory you chose in your response.
What does Max Weber mean by the term “life chances?” Do you think life chances impact social stratification in the United States? Why or why not? Try and develop your response with concrete, real-life examples from your life, culture, and community.
What does it mean to say that race is a social construct? Does this mean that race is not real? Why or why not?
Consider the functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist approaches to racial and ethnic relations. Which do you find most compelling, and why?
Define ethnic pluralism and discuss what might be necessary to achieve it in the United States.
Imagine you are a sociologist who works for an elected official who has no background in sociology or a related field. You have been assigned the task of identifying an important example of social stratification that impacts the elected official’s constituency. Identify two sociological approaches that would take different approaches to the issue and develop an essay that compares and contrasts how you think the perspectives might analyze and approach the example of social stratification you discussed in your memo. 
Here are the guidelines for your essay draft:
Your draft should have a thesis statement, i.e. the main point of your essay.
Your draft should have at least four paragraphs: (1) an introductory paragraph that engages the reader and discusses why the topic is important; (2) two supporting body paragraphs that develop the main point, and (3) a concluding paragraph.
Your introductory paragraph should engage the reader and discuss why the topic is important.
Please include a list of References that you plan to use. At minimum, you should include the textbook and at least one of the online lecture pages in correct APA citation. If you can identify a scholarly article from the South University online library that is relevant to your topic, great! If not, your instructor will assist you in identifying a relevant scholarly article.
It is recommended that you also submit your rough draft to our tutoring services for additional feedback. The LIVE Tutoring link in the course navigation bar is a free essay review service accessed right from your classroom. It is easy to submit a draft for review and get extra feedback sent directly to your email inbox!