What is the difference between gender and sex? How are we, both children and adults, shaped by gender socialization? What happens to those who do not fit society’s definitions of what it means to be a man or woman, boy or girl? In the Story of X, how did the people in the story first […]

Select a social problem such as drug abuse, crime, or suicide, and discuss how functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist, and postmodernist perspectives might view and perhaps even solve this problem.   DQ2 Plagiarism   Explain the concept of plagiarism and self plagiarism.  Why is important to properly cite your work?  What is the university policy on […]

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinions – but not their own facts.” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, cited in Vanity Fair, 2010, para. 2)   We form opinions – and make our judgments – based on facts we observe and values we hold. Our judgments are also influenced by the opinions of others. In the section […]

Select one of the following options to research for this discussion:   Option 1: Google <California Washington mural>. You will find numerous reports concerning a California school district that voted to paint over a mural in the high school. The Life of Washington was painted by Depression-era artist Victor Arnautoff.   Option 2: Google <Indiana […]

This week, all the hard work you have done in researching your topic and issue will come to fruition in your argumentative paper. Once you feel you have got the final draft, try to put the paper aside, even for a few hours, and then read it again.   Did you address at least three […]

Annotated Bibliography and Source Evaluation   Required Resources   Read/review the following resources for this activity:   Textbook: review Chapter 6   Lesson   Link (website): Reading and Understanding Scholarly Literature (Links to an external site.)   Link (Word doc): Source Evaluation WorksheetPreview the document (Download and save doc as “[your name] Annotated Bibliography”)   […]

This week you continue to work on your paper that addresses a current controversial issue. This paper is to be in the form of an argument. You have selected a topic and chosen issues related to that topic; this week, you will thoroughly research both sides of the issues you have chosen. Keep in mind […]

Critical Thinking   Go back to your very first journal entry – review your definition of critical thinking. After studying critical thinking for the past eight weeks, would you change your definition in any way? If yes, how and why? If no – if it was perfect – what parts of the text were best […]

Remember – your actual journal entry should be somewhat brief; most of your time should be spent thinking about the questions asked and the issues raised. Your thoughts should then be distilled into a mini-argument that will respond affirmatively to the four tests for evaluating arguments: truthfulness of premises, logical strength, relevance, and non-circularity.   […]

For this journal assignment, briefly answer each of the following prompts. For all instances where you are required to provide a definition, do not copy definitions from the text. Use your own words.   Self-Regulation   The textbook mentions the skill of self-regulation. How do you define this term? You may want to review Chapter […]