Develop a 3-5 page outline of concepts you would like to apply to your own life and identify relevant scholarly sources that will help you with your application of concepts.
Deliverable
Write an essay in which you complete all of the following:
Part 1: Section Outline
Identify the sociological concepts you plan to discuss in each section.
Briefly explain the relevance of each concept.
Sections need to include:
Examine the impact culture and socialization has had on your life.
Examples of concepts to include: Socialization, agents of socialization, culture, values, language,
norms, subculture, counterculture, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.
Social Structure and Groups.
Analyze the impact of social structure and groups on your life.
Examples of concepts to include: Social structure, hierarchy, power, bureaucracy, role, status, primary
groups, secondary groups, and group think.
Education.
Explain your educational experience from a sociological perspective.
Examples of concepts to include: Hidden curriculum, tracking, social stratification, and stereotypes.
Professional field.
Explain sociological issues that affect your field of study.
All concepts from other sections are relevant.
Analyze the role of technology and media in your everyday life. Examples of concepts: Media, digital
divide, framing, and social change.
Part 2: Identify Preliminary Supporting Resources
Identify resources to support an analysis from a sociological perspective.
At least one scholarly source should be identified for each section above.
Provide a brief summary of each identified source.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate
understanding of cohesion between main and subtopics. Written communication is free of errors that detract
from the overall message.
Sources: Cite at least five scholarly sources.
Length: 3–5 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Format: Include a title page and reference page. Use in text citations to cite your sources. [Example: Writing
becomes better as the child matures (Britton, Thomas, & Miller, 1996).]
Font and size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
