Overview
One of the most difficult aspects of academic writing is selecting and narrowing down a topic. For your project, you will need to choose an American social institution to analyze. Select one of the following social institutions: Education, Economic Organizations, Occupations, Travel, Politics/Government, Military, Religion, Family, Environment, Criminal Justice System, Housing, Medical, Agriculture, Restaurant, Media, Husbandry, Recreation, Fitness, Professional Athletics, Automobile and Aircraft. If you are unsure of what a social institution is --- be sure to ask Dr. Price or review pages 109-110 in your textbook. Witt 5, Social Structure and Interaction.PDF
Limit your selection to the choices above.For this part of the project, you will simply need to start thinking about narrowing down your topic and starting your research. This is so I can have an idea of your general topic, your sub-topic, and the resources you intend to use for your PowerPoint.
Note: If you do not turn in this assignment by the due date, you will not be able to submit your final assignment.
Directions
This assignment will help you to get started on your project. For this assignment you will simply need to submit 3 paragraphs using the following questions as a guide.
- Which general social institution are you interested and why?
- Can you think of specific aspects of this institution that are interesting for you? What makes these interesting for you? For example, if you choose 'Family' perhaps you are interested in single family households. You can even narrow this down further and think about researching single family households in LA.
- Find 3 resources about your institution, summarize in a sentence or two the main ideas of each resource. Add a formal citation at the end of your assignment for each of your resources. Remember: Use a combination of resources. Use more than internet websites. Use books, magazines, letters, movies, interviews, graphs, newspapers, news shows, etc.