by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
For this module assignment you will need to visit the PBS documentary on Youtube titled: People Like Us. You will need to view at least 3 of the videos. Please utilize concepts and ideas from the text to better explain your thoughts. I have provided a link in the module for the playlist for your convenience.
300 Word Initial Response to discussion thread
4 – 50 Word Response threads to your peers threads
Please include (identify) in bold which videos you viewed by including the title of the video.
Include the number of words in your essay at the bottom of the page.
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
Within Chapter 7 there is a section discussing Robert Merton’s Strain Theory of Deviance. This theory basically argues that when individuals feel pressure and/or strain to attain certain cultural goals they may resort to different forms of deviance to alleviate the pressure and achieve specific social goals.
Utilizing Merton’s theory identify you will need to identify an individual or social group that is well known in the public sphere. You will be utilizing one of his subcategories of deviant behavior (innovator, ritualist, rebel, or retreatist). You will need to explain and specify which category this individual best fits into and why using their own behavior and track record as your examples. For example, you may choose a professional athlete (Lebron James), artist(?) (Justin Bieber), or social group such as the Amish. Please be specific with the examples and how they fit into the category.
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Minimum Length – 600 Words
Chosen Typology – Bolded or Highlighted
Chosen Individual or Social Group – Bolded or Highlighted
Word Count at bottom of Submission
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
For your information I live in Bronx, New York, USA. and the current president is Biden and I support him.
Important: please use only the source I provided u, no plagiarism please
And also use easy English please
The answer for each question doesn’t have to be long, also ans each question separate doesn’t put all the answers together.
Most important: the link for the book is down bellow, for each of my home work you have to read each chapters that is mentioned in the each homework for example, for homework 4 u need to read chapter11, for homework 5you will need to read chapter 12.
This is the book,
https://d3bxy9euw4e147.cloudfront.net/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/AmericanGovernment2e-OP.pdf
CONGRESS, Chapter 11 HOMEWORK #4
Who are your senators in the United States Senate? (senate.gov contact)
Name:
Political Party:
Name:
Political Party:
Which congressional district do you live in? (What is the number of your Congressional District?) (house.gov)
Who is your representative in the United States House of Representatives?
Name:
Political Party:
Please write a brief email to YOUR representative in the House of Representatives.
This person works for you. It is important for them to hear from you.
Tell your Representative who you are.
Tell your representative a bit about your connection to the area where you live—which is the area they represent. For example, how long have you been in the community? 8 years Do you have other friends, family in the community? Yes Do you use the public schools, parks, public transportation, etc.? Yes Do you shop and/or go to restaurants, etc. in the community? Yes
Tell your Representative about an issue which concerns you. Housing.
Describe an issue you care about, which you hope your representative will work on. Homelessness
What is the issue? Why do you care about it? Be as specific, and as personal, as possible.
Tell your Representative what you would like them to do.
What do you hope your representative will do about this issue?
Thank them for their time and attention.
The Presidency, Chapter 12 HOMEWORK #5
Please look at some current news sources to answer the questions below. The New York Times and/or The Washington Post websites may be helpful, but feel free to use other sources as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-46th-president/?hp_top_nav_first%20100%20days
Please share three facts about President Joe Biden:
a.
b.
c.
Please share three facts about Vice President Kamala Harris:
a.
b.
c.
Please describe three important actions the Biden/Harris administration has undertaken since taking office on January 20th.
Action #1:
Why do you consider this to be important?
Do you consider this action to be successful? Why or why not?
Action #2:
Why do you consider this to be important?
Do you consider this action to be successful? Why or why not?
Action #3:
Why do you consider this to be important?
Do you consider this action to be successful? Why or why not?
What issues do you hope the Biden/Harris Administration will work on in the weeks/months ahead?
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
We are going through what many call an unprecedented health crisis in the US and around the world. However, this crisis is not exactly unprecedented. What became known as the Spanish Flu – a global pandemic of 1918-1919 – was a modern pandemic. Even though the sophisticated data collection techniques we have today were not available a hundred years ago, vital statistic information collection for death rates and cause of death were around. According to the US Centers for Disease Control, “it is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.”
The object of this assignment is for you to listen to the program – An Unfinished Lesson: What The 1918 Flu Tells Us About Human Nature – linked below and then respond to and address the questions below. The program is an interview with Dr. Nancy Bristow, an historian with an investigative sociological bent who has studied and written about the Spanish Flu pandemic. Bristow’s interview covers several topics that relate to society and sit right in the middle of sociological study. Listen for those as you play through the interview as they will be part of what you will need to address in your discussion.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/23/820066211/an-unfinished-lesson-what-the-1918-flu-tells-us-about-human-nature (Links to an external site.)
(1) One of Bristow’s points is that the information about this topic has been largely ignored. Before this module, had you ever heard about the Spanish Flu and if so, in what context?
(2) Can you see any similarities in societal behaviors and social justice between what was described in how people responded to the 1918 pandemic and what you are observing today? Yes or no and explain.
(3) Although there is no vaccine and no cure for COVID-19, putting our society on a par with the 1918 pandemic, we do understand more about viruses in general and how the virus is spread. And, we also have medical technology like ventilators that can assist people’s breathing while their bodies fight off the virus, thus, are in a better position for more people to survive. This leads to a very difficult question. We know that in a bad case scenario, there will not be sufficient ventilators for all who need them. Reaching into your system of values and ethics, if medical equipment has to be rationed, should scarce supplies go to those who are the sickest or those who are most likely to recover? Why?
(4) What did you find most surprising about the story of the 1918 pandemic and what are you likely to take away from this discussion?
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
Short (1 – 2 page) discussion of:
a) an important argument or interpretation in the reading and
b) summarizing briefly some evidence presented by the author that supports it and
c) what you think about this argument and why).
reading: Mizuko Ito Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life (Intro., Ch.4, 6-11, 13, 15)
https://apjjf.org/-Mizuko-ITO/1896/article.pdf
Ian Condry Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story (Ch.1 & Conclusion) see doc browse
Anne Alliso Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (Ch. 7 & 8)
see doc browse
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Social Sciences : Sociology
ONLY USE THE SOURCES GIVEN
Immigration and inequality is all around us- whether it affects you or your parents directly or it can be found somewhere along the line of your family’s life span. It’s traumatic, it’s intense, and it changes how we move through the world.
But, let’s fight back! Millennials and Generation Z are known for fighting back!!!! Our activism has been crucial to taking back power from institutional structures that do not serve us- be it for our gender, our race/ethnicity, our identities, our intersections, etc.
Read the two attached articles and respond to the following questions.
Guiding questions:
How do you fight back? How can we act as individuals or communities to lesson inequality? In what ways are you an activist?
