This blog posting (your fourth) and is for both Sec 35-D and Sec 35-E.
In this blog posting you will listen to songs that talk about various dimensions of social stratification (inequality). Below is a playlist of several songs. These songs are from different eras and genres. Your task is to give an educated opinion about which song does the best job of describing: (1) the effects of social class, (2) racial inequality, (3) gender inequality.
Your Instructions:
Read pp. 63 - 79... Read Full Story
In this blog assignment you will make a connection between what we have learned about status positions and roles, and apply it to our current understandings about sexuality and society.
Your instructions…
Read pp. 158 – 163, from your textbook, Society: The Basics. These pages discuss four key sexual issues and controversies in the United States.
Review pp. 81 – 92 in your reader, The Meaning of Sociology.
Read the general blog question.
Respond by first... Read Full Story
In this blog assignment you will make a connection between what we have learned about status positions and roles, and apply it to our current understandings about sexuality and society.
Your instructions…
Read pp. 158 – 163, from your textbook, Society: The Basics. These pages discuss four key sexual issues and controversies in the United States.
Review pp. 81 – 92 in your reader, The Meaning of Sociology.
Read the general blog question.
Respond by first... Read Full Story
In order to complete this assignment succesfully, you must:
Read the chapter on Culture, pp. 81 - 92 from your reader, The Meaning of Sociology.
Respond by first agreeing or disagreeing with the comment made before you and explaining why: “I agree/disagree with John because…”
Support your argument by discussing an idea that comes directly from the reader or the textbook (you can list page number if you want), and then given an example from everyday life.
There is no word minimum/maximum for... Read Full Story
In order to complete this assignment succesfully, you must:
Read the chapter on Culture, pp. 81 - 92 from your reader, The Meaning of Sociology.
Respond by first agreeing or disagreeing with the comment made before you and explaining why: “I agree/disagree with John because…”
Support your argument by discussing an idea that comes directly from the text (you can list page number if you want), and then given an example from everyday life.
There is no word minimum/maximum for this assignment... Read Full Story
Okay class. here is your first assignment.
Read Chapter 3, pp. 31 - 43, “Humans are Embedded in Social Organization”
Write about 500 words about how YOU are embedded in various social organizations.
Use at least six of the following concepts from that reading: (social action, social interaction, patterned social interaction, dyads, groups, primary groups, secondary groups, formal organizations, communities, societies).
This assignment is due exactly one week after your test. Your test is... Read Full Story
Okay gang. here is your first assignment.
Read Chapter 3, pp. 31 - 43, “Humans are Embedded in Social Organization”
Write about 500 words about how YOU are embedded in various social organizations.
Use at least six of the following concepts from that reading: (social action, social interaction, patterned social interaction, dyads, groups, primary groups, secondary groups, formal organizations, communities, societies).
This assignment is due exactly one week after your test. Your test is on... Read Full Story
Hello All (Both Sections of Sociology)
Thanks to an inquisitive student, I realized that the book I used to plan the readings and blog postings for the class is not the same one sold in the bookstore!
The one you should NOT use is the one pictured below. It has “A Reader” in the title.
The one that you should use, and the one that is in the bookstore, is this:
This does not effect you so much…moreso me because I have to change some assignments.
If you are having trouble finding this book... Read Full Story
