Week 5 In this week, you will explore Interactive Unit 6: Social Institutions.
Humanities
Week 5
In this week, you will explore Interactive Unit 6: Social Institutions.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Interactive Units
Laureate Education. (2018). SOCI 1001S: Introduction to Sociology [Lecture Notes]. Retrieved from Laureate Education, Inc.:
https://class.waldenu.edu
- Interactive Unit 6: Social Institutions
Discussion: Creating Positive Social Change
In the Week 1 Discussion, you used your sociological imagination to better understand a value or behavior. In Week 3, you completed the Rough Draft Essay Worksheet to help you organize your thoughts for writing the Final Essay due in Week 6. For the Final Essay, you will explore a social issue or problem within a social institution through the lens of at least one of the sociological perspectives. To help you further prepare for writing the Final Essay, in this week’s discussion you will apply your sociological imagination to the specific social issue or problem you plan to explore in your Final Essay. By using your sociological imagination to better understand the complex interactions that contribute to issues or problems in society, you can better understand your role in creating positive social change.
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review the concept of the sociological imagination in Unit 1 of the Interactive Units.
- Review the Rough Draft Essay Worksheet that you completed in Week 3, in which you began exploring the content for your Final Essay.
- Consider the feedback you received from your instructor on your Rough Draft Essay Worksheet.
- Consider the feedback you received from your instructor and classmates in the Week 4 Discussion.
With these thoughts in mind:
By Day 3
Posta 1- to 2-paragraph response to the following prompts:
- Share the social issue or problem you plan to explore in your Final Essay.
- Using your sociological imagination, what do you believe might be some possible explanations for the social issue or problem?
- How could you use your sociological imagination to bring awareness to other possible viewpoints or ways of thinking or acting related to the social issue or problem?
- Describe your confidence level with writing your Final Essay. Are there any components of the assignment that you would like to better understand?
Refer to 2 specific examples from the readings provided or other sources you find. Be sure to include information about each source, including title, author, year, and page number. If you refer to concepts from your Interactive Units, note the unit and element (lecture notes, video, etc.) to which you refer.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
- Ask a probing question.
- Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
- Offer and support an opinion.
- Validate an idea with your own experience.
- Make a suggestion.
- Expand on your colleague’s posting.
You may return to this Discussion during the remainder of the course to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
Submission and Grading Information
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Discussion Rubric
Post by Day 3 and Respond by Day 5
To participate in this Discussion:
Week 5 Discussion
Week in Review
This week, you analyzed social stratification and the components of class structure, race and ethnicity, aging and the elderly, gender, sex and sexuality, and other sources of inequality, including global inequality.
In the final week, you will examine our changing society in light of media and technology, population and demography, and social change.
To go to the next week:
Week 6
