Essay Task

Question

It has only been a few weeks since you were introduced to sociology, but I hope that you are just as enchanted as I was when I took Soc 1….For this week’s writing assignment, scan the textbook, the news, or your everyday lives. Pick an issue that intrigues you. Describe this issue and what makes it sociological. How would a sociologist understand the issue that you identified…? Try to reference at least one course reading (the text or the readings on Moodle) as you explain the sociological significance of the issue that you identified.

Here are some wide areas for you to think about that you might draw a more narrow example/idea from:

Police Brutality
The Media and Sexuality
Plastic Surgery Trends
Technology & Society — selfies, cell phones, Facebook….
The High Costs of Education
Obesity
Same-Sex Marriage
The Death Penalty
Terrorism
Racial Climate in the US
Immigration
Health Inequality
The Role of Animals in Society
Food Inequality

You will be graded based on the following criteria:

Identification of an Issue 15 Points
Sociological Explanation of the Issue 15 points
Reference to at Least 1 Course Reading 10 Points (you can always cite the textbookMills’s The Sociological Imagination) and at least other 2 sources
Formatting (MLA format, page length, the inclusion of works cited page) 10 Points

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