The Sociological Imagination:
You will apply the Sociological Imagination to your own life. Use the definitions/discussion of the Sociological Imagination from class notes. You will provide a brief autobiography and analyze how it has been impacted/intersects with the society and time period in which you have lived.
Write a paper. It should be approximately three to five pages, double-spaced, 11 font. Your assignment will be graded as follows:
A) Class/Personal Information: In the upper left corner, indicate your name, my name, and your class time
B) Title: This is NOT to be your name or your society or the dates you’ve lived; this is the title of your paper!
C) Introduction: Explain what you are going to write about. An introduction introduces what you’re going to write about in your paper. When I read your introduction, I should know what elements I will find in the balance of your paper. This will include an indication you are going to give a brief biography of your life, discuss the society and the historical time period in which you’ve lived, and how these three are connected.
D) Autobiography: Provide a brief biography of your life. This should include when and where you were born; places you’ve lived (cities/towns, countries), when and for how long; your family structure and your place in it; types of schools you’ve attended (public/private/parochial); any other data you feel is pertinent.
E) Social/Societal Inputs: You should not use all of the following. Use only those you feel comfortable revealing and that you think have had a strong influence on who you are but you need to indicate and discuss two in detail as to their impact on your life: your political affiliation, your religious affiliation, your social class/economic position, your racial/ethnic identification, your sexual orientation, your sex, your gender. Note: sex is biological (male, female), gender is your culture’s/society’s expectations of appropriate masculine and feminine behaviors).
F) Historical Time Period: Delineate/explain two (2) of the major historical/societal – not personal – events that have occurred during your lifetime.
G) Connecting the Three: How do you think your autobiography, societal inputs, and historical events have combined to influence who you are? What impacts have they had in shaping your world view? Use your Sociological Imagination, THINK, and make a case!!!!!!!
H) Conclusion: Briefly summarize what you wrote about in your paper. This will summarize and tie together all of the elements of your paper.