Essay Homework
This homework is designed to develop critical thinking, written and visual communication, and empirical and quantitative skills, and social responsibility skills.
i. Critical Thinking Skills - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
ii. Communication Skills - to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication
iii. Empirical and Quantitative Skills - to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions
This homework will require students to analyze and interpret a primary or secondary document that includes quantitative data (e.g. graphs or other visual illustrations) using sociological terminology in an essay format. The following writing homework is meant to help you use the concepts you have learned in this class to explore and analyze an important current issue in our society. As you write your paper, focus your attention on how you as an individual can respond to this current issue using the sociological imagination.
After reading the assigned article, you will write an essay, 250 words minimum; using Standard English and submit electronically on eCampus. The minimum requirements for this homework are to:
I. Draw three main conclusions from the article;
II. Describe two important elements of data presented on the charts/graph and briefly interpret each data element;
III. Describe the ways in which this can be defined as a personal trouble or social issue. Be sure to cite specific evidence from the article to support your position (i.e. be sure to include other cultural perspectives in addition to your own);
IV. Explore how the social phenomena discussed in the article may or may not contribute to human suffering and or social disorganization (i.e. be sure to include other cultural perspectives in addition to your own);
V. Based on your exploration on prompts numbers 1-4 make three recommendations including, but not limited to:
i. A need for future research on this social phenomenon,
ii. The development of new laws or public policies to address this issue
iii. Relevant programs to assist individuals and groups regarding the issue.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.