Overview
. Read Chapters 1 and 2.
2. Find a News Article:
- Visit news websites to find a current event related to a social problem with a public issue (e.g., religion, healthcare, education, government, work, economy).
- Choose an article and cite it in your video.
3. Record Your Video (2–3 minutes): *****(I WILL RECORD THE VIDEO!!!!)
- Explain why you chose the current event and what it means to you.
- Discuss the event's impact on social life at the individual and societal levels. Use concepts and terminology from Chapter 1.
- Explain how sociological research methods (Chapter 2.1) could be used to study and understand this event and its effects.
- Analyze the current event using three sociological perspectives (Chapter 1.3):
- Structural-Functional: How does the event help society work smoothly?
- Social Conflict: How does the event show unfairness or inequality?
- Symbolic-Interaction: How does the event change how people interact or behave?