Sociology Current Events Assignment
70 Points
The topic of sociology is used everyday in the news. You will connect what we are/will
learn in class to what is happening in the real world.
You will research newspapers and periodicals for examples of sociological topics. A
good place to find this research is through the CB South Library databases.
You will summarize each article (one paragraph, 5-7 sentences long), explain how each
article demonstrates the particular sociological topic (1-2 sentences), and give a
reflection/educated opinion (one paragraph, 5-7 sentences long).
One article will be due each week.
 Culture and Social Interaction-The meaning of culture
-Social structure
-Cultural Conformity and Adaptations
-The American value system
-Cultural change and sociological perspectives -Social construction of reality
 Socialization and deviance-Nature vs nurture and socialization process
- Agents of socialization
-Socialization and the life course
- Punishment vs rehabilitation
-Nature and functions of deviance
- Gender role socialization
-Symbolic interaction and conflict perspectives of deviance
 Social stratification, social class and ethnicity-Types and theories of stratification
- Race and ethnicity in the US
-Social stratification in the US
- Gender
-Mobility and poverty in America
- Age
-Race, ethnicity and barriers to integration
 Institutions: Family and education-Concepts and analysis of the family
-Schooling and social inequality
-Dating, marriage and divorce
-Problems and issues in Education
-Forms and functions of schooling
Due Dates: Mondays
Week One: 4/21
Week Two: 4/28
Week Three: 5/5
Week Four: 5/12
Week Five: 5/19
Week Six: 5/27
Week Seven: 6/2
Articles must be article-length, not news
“snippets”
Ten Points per Article
1 points – Overall neatness; typed
1 points – Copy of article included
3 Points – Summary of article (1 paragraph;
5-7 sentences long- IN YOUR OWN WORDS;
not a rewrite of the article
2 points: A one sentence connection
explanation (How does this article
fit/demonstrate the topic?)
3 Points: Education Opinion (one paragraph; 57 sentences long) What are your thoughts about
the topic of the article? Agree/disagree and
why?)