SS 310
Fall 2009
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Assignment #3: Studying Global Stratification with Existing Data
In this assignment you will be using existing data from two different websites to understand
global social stratification (or inequality) and its impact on the life chances of people living in
developing and developed nations. In the process, you will also become comfortable with two
sources of existing sociological data: the US Census Bureau and the CIA.
A. Go to the following website:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
1. Select the nation of Guinea, a developing nation in Africa, from the drop down menu at
the top of the page. Read all of the information listed about Guinea.
2. Select the nation of the United States, a developed nation in North America, from the
drop down menu at the top of the page. Read all of the information listed about the
United States.
3. Looking at both nations, compare the facts from the “people” and the “economy”
categories. Which statistics are most striking to you, and why? Which statistical
differences (between life in the United States and life in Guinea) do you think are most
related to/reflective of the inequities of the global economy, and why?
B. Go to the following website:
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/summaries.html
1. Select the nation of Guinea and the year “2009” from the drop down menu. Read all of
the information presented on Guinea in the chart.
2. Select the nation of the United States and the year “2009” from the drop down menu.
Read all of the information presented on the United States in the chart.
3. While some of these data were on the previous website, these charts present that data in a
historical format. In other words, they indicate where nations have been on variables like
fertility, mortality, etc., as well as where they are headed on the same variables. What do
these historical trends indicate about life in Guinea and the United States – then, now,
and in the future? How do these trends compare across the two nations?
In a two-page, typed, double-spaced paper, describe what you have come to understand about the
lived realities of global social stratification (or inequality) in comparing these nations/statistics
(use your answers to the questions posed in #3 of A & B as a guide).
Be sure to use concepts from class notes/readings and to make direct reference to the statistics
from the two websites when describing the relationship between a nation’s place in the global
economy and the life chances of its people. Ground your argument (particularly your
introduction and conclusion) in globalization, and don’t forget to cite when/where appropriate!
This assignment is due at the beginning of class on November 19th.
Please bring it in hard-copy form.
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Content:
Data
integration,
use of
text/notes,
analysis
Appropriate data
points are
integrated with
relevant excerpts
from the text/class
notes to support
argument.
Argument is
grounded in
globalization, and
it addresses all
elements of
assignment
Mostly relevant
data and excerpts
from the
text/class notes
are integrated to
support
argument.
Argument relates
to globalization,
and it addresses
most of the
elements of
assignment.
Data points are
included, but
they are only
loosely
integrated with
text/class notes
and/or
supportive of
argument.
Argument
addresses some
of the elements
of assignment.
Few data points
are included, and
little reference is
made to text/class
notes. An
argument is barely
stated and/or
supported. Paper
addresses few, if
any, elements of
assignment.
Paper not
written, or
plagiarized.
Presentation:
Document
format &
structure
Paper integrates
data in appropriate
format. Paragraphs
unfold in logical,
ordered manner.
Paper is two pages
long and doublespaced. Paper
includes a wellformatted works
cited page.
Paper integrates
data in semiappropriate
format.
Paragraphs
unfold in
relatively logical,
ordered manner.
Paper is just
over/under two
pages, and/or it is
not doublespaced. Paper
includes a works
cited page that
contains only
minor errors.
Paper does not
integrate data or
does so in an
extremely
inappropriate
format.
Paragraphs unfold
in confused and/or
confusing manner.
Paper doesn’t
include a works
cited page, nor
does it follow
formatting
guidelines of two
double-spaced
pages.
Paper not
written, or
plagiarized.
Readability:
Grammar,
mechanics
Paper is written in
complete,
grammatically
correct sentences.
Errors of spelling,
punctuation, and
capitalization are
absent.
The majority of
the paper is
written in
complete,
grammatically
correct sentences.
Errors of
spelling,
punctuation, and
capitalization are
minimal.
Paper
integrates data
in an
inappropriate
format.
Paragraphs
unfold in a
manner that is
slightly
confusing.
Paper is
considerably
over/under two
pages, and/or it
is not doublespaced. Paper
includes a
works cited
page with a
number of
errors.
The paper
contains a
significant
number of
incomplete and
grammatically
incorrect
sentences.
Errors of
spelling,
punctuation,
and
capitalization
are abundant.
The paper consists
of incomplete and
grammatically
incorrect
sentences.
Paper not
written, or
plagiarized.