SOC 400 Week 4 History and Current Issues
Overview
This assignment is the second in a series of four assignments on the same topic, due in Weeks 2, 4, 7, and 9. The assignments build upon each other.
In this assignment, you introduce the topic problem and explain its history and how it is currently affecting the community. This sets the stage for your Week 7 assignment, in which you focus on solutions to the topic problem.
Remember, as a reporter or Department of Justice investigator, you are using your critical thinking and information literacy skills to assess an ethnic, racial, gender, or class issue causing problems for and affecting a specific community or group of people. Your goal is to provide both an in-depth analysis of and put a human face on this issue by writing an article or report that will be presented at a professional conference.
Preparation
For this assignment, write the first part of your article or report, focusing on the history of the subject, current issues, and problems caused by the issues.
Requirements
Write a 2-3 page (approximately 750-1,000 words) paper in which you:
- Create an introduction for your article clearly stating the topic area and the purpose of the article or report.
- Move from the general to the specific: Begin with a quote, question, statistic, or another item (from your credible sources) that grabs your reader's interest.
- End your introduction with a thesis statement explaining what you will present in your article.
- The Strayer Library's Drafting page contains helpful information on developing a thesis statement.
- Your introduction should be 1-2 paragraphs.
- Describe 2-3 major historical factors of the past 50-100 years relevant to this topic area.
- These factors can include social events, attitudes, wars, laws, the economy, the political environment, and the like.
- Analyze how those historical factors contribute to 2-3 major current issues or problems in this topic area.
- Those current issues or problems can be economic, social, political, legal, or the like.
- Describe 1-2 groups of people affected by the issues and problems.
- Include 2-3 quotes and/or paraphrased comments from the people affected (using and crediting your reliable sources).
- Use five or more credible, relevant, and reliable references in addition to the textbook.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Analyze historical events, current events, and trends that impact various cultural groups within a diverse and complex society.
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