1. Culture in your textbook.
Use the information from the text to answer the questions (your response must be informed by the material you've learned rather than offering opinions).
Include APA formatted citations and a reference (no outside sources, please).
Write at least 250 words about this topic. Post your word count at the end of your essay.
Save your essay as a Word document and upload it by clicking on the assignment title before the close of the week on Sunday.
Think about a television show you've recently watched (or take a break and go watch a TV show!).
- In what ways can you use the terms or concepts from chapter three to explain what happened in the show?
- In other words, what from Chapter 3 on Culture can you relate to the show?
- Describe any part of the program using KEY CONCEPTS from Chapter 3, (or Chapter 3 Lecture/PowerPoint if your textbook is delayed).
For example, if you watched an episode of Law & Order, you might discuss norms (folkways, mores, laws), subcultures, values, beliefs, etc. including the behaviors of any of the characters.
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Directions:
Stratification by Gender before you respond. You'll need to use terms and concepts from the chapter in your response.
Write at least 250 words about this topic. Post your word count at the end of your essay.
Include APA citations and a reference to the textbook (no outside sources, please)
Save your essay as a Word document and click on the title above to attach your essay to the assignment page by the close of the week on Sunday.
Sociologists describe gender roles as learned patterns of behavior that a society expects of men and women. In other words, what we know as masculinity is a set of qualities that we expect to find in a typical man and femininity a set of qualities we expect to find in a typical woman. Increasingly we are becoming aware that there may not be only one typical package of qualities that make up being female or male. Some sociologists prefer to speak of the "performance of gender" since more and more men and women are performing roles once considered the domain of the other gender.
In your essay response this week, please respond to the following:
- In what ways do you "do gender appropriately"? (make sure you reference parts of the chapters where gender role socialization and male/female gender behavior expectations are discussed). In what ways do you violate traditional gender norms? Discuss how these behaviors make you feel and how others react to them.
Directions:
1. Read Chapter 13: Religion and Education
2. Choose one of the topics below for your essay.
3. Write at least 250 words about this topic. Post your word count at the end of your essay.
4. Include APA citations and a reference to the textbook (no outside sources, please).
5. Save your essay as a Word document and click on the Title above to upload it before the close of the week on Sunday.
After reading Chapter 13, please respond to ONE of the following options:
Option 1: What objects that you regard as profane might others consider sacred, according to the definitions of profane and sacred in the chapter? What types of beliefs and/or rituals do you participate in that might be considered profane to others?
Option 2: What elements of bureaucracy can you note from your experience in school (examples from elementary through college are fine)? What would you do to make it less bureaucratic? What subcultures have you noted in school?
Remember that journal responses must be informed by the material in Chapter 13. Include APA citations and a reference.