You will write an essay that shows your understanding of the factors that explain the increase in economic inequality in the last two decades in the United States.
You will provide examples of real world examples from your book or the real world to support your arguments. We will discuss the assignment in more detail and I will provide a rubric that will guide you in addressing all aspects of the assignment. The paper will be a minimum of 5 pages long.
In this chapter we learned that the sociological imagination applies to all aspects of our life. Think about and discuss some of your friends and classmates in high school.
• Where are they are now (in college, working, unemployed, etc.)?
• What information would a sociologist want to know to help explain why these people have reached this point in their lives?
• Do you think that there is something that you learned in the Chapter 1 that can help explain where these people are in their lives.
• Was there anything in the text that was particularly striking to you?
Please be sure that your Initial post response to the DB questions listed about are at least = 100 to 150 words.