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https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street Watch the TED Talk on Dollar Street. The

Caaltu — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 19:00:10 +0000

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street
Watch the TED Talk on Dollar Street. Then go to the interactive dollar street website.Visit 2 families of your choice from very different parts of the world.Write a short one page paper describing the similarities and differences between the two families. Your paragraph should include the following information: Answer the following questions: What country are your families from? What is the size of each family? What is the occupation? What are the biggest noticeable differences between the two families? Even though the families are from two different countries, what similarities did you see? What can we tell from the pictures about the culture they live in? What are possible explanations for these similarities and differences?
i upload both of the TED Talk on Dollar Street. and interactive dollar street website.

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Final Essay You will be required to write an essay between 7 to 8 pages (you ma

Caaltu — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:33:40 +0000

Final Essay You will be required to write an essay between 7 to 8 pages (you may go over 8 pages). You are required to use class sources (discussion posts, e-lectures, class reading links, class videos, etc.). You may use outside sources but only in addition to class sources. Grading Rubric for All Essays & Writing Assignments:
1) COMPOSITION (20%): grammar, syntax, spelling, organization
2) CONTENT (20%): information & data
3) CREATIVITY (20%): originality of approach and ideas
4) CRITICAL ANALYSIS (20%): sociological imagination
5) CITATION(20%): sources; references of each textbook, each film clip, online Canvas posts, class lectures/discussion, bibliography/works cited -page.
Select two sociological and/or social scientific studies that have already been conducted. You may use studies from the class readings. Compare and contrast these studies. What are the purposes of these studies? What were the hypotheses of these studies? How did the researchers define the problem. What variables were being examined? How did he/she/they conceptualize and operationalize his/her/their variables? What research method/methods were used to collect data? Did he/she/they use qualitative or quantitative methods? What were they? Were they effective? Were the research projects valid? reliable? What ethical questions were they grappling with, if any? What types of measures did they use? Did they utilize inductive and deductive reasoning? How did they analyze their data? Did they use primary or secondary sources (or both)? Were these studies empirically-based? Did they include human subjects? What were the main findings? How important were these findings? What societal implications did these studies have? How would you do your study differently if you were to select a similar topic? Or how would you build on the studies already conducted? What were the findings of these studies?
ALL CLASS SOURCES:
WEEK #1: January 2nd – January 8th
TOPICS: Familiariize yourself CANVAS; The Sociological Imagination & Human Inquiry; Getting to Know Your Classmates
Required Reading for Week #1: *The Syllabus
* https://www.thoughtco.com/sociological-imagination…
* https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology2nded…
WEEK #2: January 8th – January 12th
TOPICS: Way of Knowing; The Limitations of Science and Positivism & Research Ethics
Required Reading for Week #2: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociol… * https://sites.google.com/a/narrativebioethics.com/…
* http://www.drjkoch.org/Intro/Readings/Humphreys.ht…
* https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html
* https://www.prisonexp.org/
* https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/…
* https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html
* https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/crime-and-dev…
Slides to Watch:
https://www.slideshare.net/CherylVierheiligMBAM/th…
Suggested Film to watch (the following is the trailer, not the film itself): The Stanford Prison Experiment – Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
(Links to an external site.)
WEEK #3: January 15th ~ January 19th
TOPICS: Conceptualization, Operationalization, & Research Methods & Design
Required Reading For Week #3
* https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapte…
WEEK #4: January 22nd ~ January 26th
TOPICS: Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods
Required Reading for Week#4:
* https://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/soc2web/content/pha…
* https://www.aiuniv.edu/blog/2012/october/qualitati…
Final Paper Guidelines will be posted on Week #4. (under “Assignments”)
WEEK #5: January 29th ~ February 2nd
TOPICS: Generalizations & Limitations
Required Reading for Week#5:
* https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chap…
https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/i…
WEEK #6: February 5th ~ February 9th (Course Review)
Required Reading for Week#6:
https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/2-1-soc…
Links to an external site.
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-sociology…
Links to an external site.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/subje…
Links to an external site.

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You completed a simulation in which you attempt to move up or down the social cl

Caaltu — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:07:36 +0000

You completed a simulation in which you attempt to move up or down the social class ladder. The consequences of your decisions show how family and your initial social class influence the prospects of social mobility. Answer the following questions regarding your experiences with the simulation.
1. Which path did you choose—to rise in social class or to fall? If you haven’t done so already, be sure to explore both paths. Describe your reactions to the choices you faced in both paths. What was the most difficult decision for you to make in each? Explain why you made the decision you did and why it was difficult. Which, if any, results surprised you? Why?

2. Based on your experiences with this simulation, how does social mobility affect family relationships? In what ways do relationships with parents and siblings change when a person moves either up or down the social ladder?

3. The simulation shows that a family’s social class can either help or constrain social mobility. Based on your simulated path(s), what are three other potential aids and/or constraints to social mobility?

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This assignment will require you to think about gender, sexuality and social ins

Caaltu — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:23:24 +0000

This assignment will require you to think about gender, sexuality and social institutions. You will apply a social theory to discuss how sexism and heterosexism are embedded in social institutions. You will evaluate how inequality is created and maintained by social institutions. You will be asked to think carefully about current policies in place to prevent discrimination and bias against women and against members of marginalized sexual and gender orientations. You will be asked to make suggestions on how these policies could be improved.
For this activity, you will identify one area where sexism or heterosexism is evident in one of the key social institutions you have studied. You will find a current event article from a local, national or international news source that details an institutional act of sexism or heterosexism. This might include laws that allow women or the LGBTQA community to be treated unfairly, reports on differences in pay or hiring practices, publicized violations of Title IX, or any other act that appears biased that is committed by an institution. For example, several years ago, the Boy Scouts of America (an institutionalized group) came under fire for refusing to allow gay men to serve as troop leaders. This is an example of heterosexist bias. Recently, the Pope made a statement that women were allowed to nurse their infants in any Catholic church during Mass; this was due to some parishes banning public nursing. Banning public nursing is an act of gender bias. Be sure that you are discussing an institutional act and not an individual act of bias. You will describe the event that you have chosen. You will then apply key sociological concepts and theories to your discussion of this event. You will also apply a social theory to explain why this institutional practice exists. The theory you pick will be the one that best fits your world view (structural functionalism, Conflict, Symbolic Interaction, Feminist or Queer Theory). You will review the positive (social stability) and negative (social dysfunction) consequences of this practice. Your review and analysis will focus on the structure of society and not on the individual. You will support your arguments with appropriate outside sources as needed.
Evaluate
Before beginning this project, please be sure you have thoroughly read and reviewed all of the content in modules 4 and 5. Pay special attention to the terms and concepts from your reading material that help you understand the way that sociologists look at and make sense of gender and institutional development in society. Next, select a current event from a local or national news source that discusses a sexist or heterosexist act. Then, please write an approximately 750 words of text (approximately 3 pages of double-spaced, 12-point font of text) essay addressing the following question prompts. A references list should make up an additional page.
Briefly summarize the article that you have selected. Provide the specifics of the act and which social institution is engaged in the act.
Provide a theoretical explanation for why the act occurred. This must be a structural explanation that focuses on the institution. Use the theory that best fits your understanding of the act.
Discuss how this act was managed. For example, if it was illegal, what were the legal sanctions against the institution? If not illegal, what was the public response?
Finally, suggest policy changes that might prevent future occurrences of this act.
Your essay will be evaluated in terms of how thoroughly you: answer the questions above; use resources to document your main points; and properly cite referenced work. Your essay should address all of the questions above and should consist of approximately 750 words of text (3 pages of double-spaced, 12-point font of text). Citations and a references list will likely make up an additional page.
To successfully complete Project 1, you will need to organize your responses to the questions and then craft a formatted essay that includes each of the following:
A title page;
Well-developed introductory paragraph explaining the purpose of the essay and briefly referencing some of the main points/contentions offered in the essay;
The body of the essay should consist of your effort to best answer the primary questions from the assignment prompt and should consist of approximately 750 words (approximately 3 pages of double-spaced, 12-point font of text). Though the method by which this is done is largely up to you, it is essential that the responses to the questions in the prompt be based upon scholarly readings and should remain at all times defensible (in an academic sense). You have a great deal of information to draw from in creating your essay, including the assigned readings and hyperlinked sources in the module notes. As is the case with every assignment in SOC101, presenting any unsubstantiated, illogical, or indefensible position will have an adverse effect on the final grade. Please direct any questions regarding these expectations to the instructor;
A concise concluding paragraph that briefly restates both the purpose of the essay as well as some of the primary argument offered by you, the essay’s author. Be sure the concluding paragraph does not introduce new information;
A list of all sources consulted in the preparation of the essay. The essay should be formatted according to APA-style documentation. This includes the format of the list of references.

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I want you to think about what Marx means by the materialist conception of histo

Caaltu — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:44:39 +0000

I want you to think about what Marx means by the materialist conception of history and how economic class determines who we are as indviduals, First please define materialist concept of history as best you can and also define economic classes in Marxist terms. Then please use these terms to apply them to today. What is your economic class, how is it different or similar to Marx’s definitions? How does the material or economic system shape who you are? Please remember that I would like you to refer to readings, slides, and videos and that each post should be at least 300 words but preferably more.

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Take a moment to reflect upon the topics covered within this course. Identify an

Caaltu — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:47:08 +0000

Take a moment to reflect upon the topics covered within this course. Identify an area in which you have increased your knowledge/understanding. Identify an area that you would like to further educate yourself and learn more about in the future. How will you go about gaining this knowledge?
textbook we used is,
Dunn, Ruth. (2015). Introduction to Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text.

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1. Identify at least three people and/or experiences that most influenced Fela K

Caaltu — Wed, 29 May 2024 12:55:49 +0000

1. Identify at least three people and/or experiences that most influenced Fela Kuti’s music and activism as depicted in the film Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense and/or the article “Make it Funky”. How did they influence him and why do you believe that they were most influential? Support your choice of influences with specific material from the film.
**use as references for this question
https://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=521787f8-666e-4dd7-a5fc-a9f226f8148c
https://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=3230cc3822a64c1a808251017414f5d9
And PDF named “Make It Funky” that is attached.
2. Drawing from Appiah’s article, “The Case for Contamination,” argue for or against the following statement: Globalization is destroying traditional cultures. In your response, you must define globalization as articulated by Clarke and Thomas and provide examples both from the week’s materials and your own observations to support your argument.
**Use pdfs named “case for contamination” and “intro to globalization race for this question
3. Why does Fela Kuti insist that the solution to Africa’s problems lies in embracing “authentic” African cultural beliefs and practices? In light of Appiah’s commentary, do you consider Afro-beat authentic African music? Why or why not?

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The questions you need to answer are: How are white nationalist and related righ

Caaltu — Wed, 29 May 2024 09:44:15 +0000

The questions you need to answer are: How are white nationalist and related right-wing beliefs, tropes, and politics framed, rationalized, and interpreted in public and political discourse? With what impact? The essay needs to incorporate and cite the film “The Man Card” (find it online please) and the four files attached (Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser and Deborah J. Schildkraut, Sophie Bjork-James, Loretta J. Ross, and Yvonne Lindgren). In which you answer the questions based on the film and each article provided. Minimum of 800 words, double-spacing, 12-point font, and insert page numbers. When citing materials, use APA and cite all materials used. Please use in-text citation with a bibliography.

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