In this assignment, you will use scholarly resources and instructor feedback from your Milestone One and Milestone Two assignments to draft your research paper.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
III. Creating Connections: Now that you have broken the social issue into smaller pieces in the PowerPoint presentation, you will explain the connections you made and how these connections will help you better understand the issue, using your knowledge from the course. You will use your knowledge from the course to describe the connections between the sociological concepts and the social issue and demonstrate the value of using a sociological view when examining social issues.
- Cultural
- Describe the relationship between the cultural beliefs and biases identified in the PowerPoint and the social issue and provide specific
examples to support your description. For example, you might describe how the cultural belief is related to bias based on race, ethnicity,
gender, expression of gender, age, sexual orientation, or social class.
- Explain how the cultural beliefs and biases identified in the presentation help you better understand the social issue.
- Social
- Describe the relationship between the social roles identified in the PowerPoint and the social issue and provide specific examples to
support your description. For example, you might describe how the relationship is positive, negative, or strained. In your response, you
might consider what expectations are in place because of the social roles.
- Explain how the social roles identified in the PowerPoint help you better understand the social issue.
Roles
Inequalities
- Social
- Describe the relationship between the social inequalities identified in the PowerPoint and the social issue. How are the social
inequalities present in the issue?
- Explain how the social inequalities identified in the PowerPoint help you better understand the social issue.
- Impact of Social Change
- Describe how the social issue is challenging the existing state or conditions, providing specific examples.
- How might the social issue facilitate change for the existing state or conditions? Provide specific examples.
Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must include at least four scholarly references, be a minimum of 1 page in length, a Word document, and written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Submit the PowerPoint from Module Four with the paper. All references should be cited in APA format. Refer back to the Supporting Resources List for more information on supporting sources and citations.
Rubric
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
| Creating Connections: Cultural Beliefs and Biases | Describes the relationship between the cultural beliefs and biases in the map and the social issue, providing specific examples and using knowledge from the course | Describes the relationship between the cultural beliefs and biases in the map and the social issue, but description has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use specific examples or knowledge from the course | Does not describe the relationship between the cultural beliefs and biases in the map and the social issue | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Cultural Beliefs and Biases and Social Issue | Explains how the cultural beliefs and biases identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue, using knowledge from the course | Explains how the cultural beliefs and biases identified in the map help better understand what’s happening in the social issue, but explanation has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use knowledge from the course | Does not explain how the cultural beliefs and biases identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Social Roles | Describes the relationship between the social roles in the map and the social issue, providing specific examples and using knowledge from the course | Describes the relationship between the social roles in the map and the social issue, but description has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use specific examples or knowledge from the course | Does not describe the relationship between the social roles in the map and the social issue | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Social Roles and Social Issue | Explains how the social roles identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue, using the knowledge from the course | Explains how the social roles identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue, but explanation has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use knowledge from the course | Does not explain how the social roles identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Social Inequalities | Describes the relationship between the social inequalities in the map and the social issue, using knowledge from the course | Describes the relationship between the social inequalities in the map and the social issue, but description has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use knowledge from the course | Does not describe the relationship between the social inequalities in the map and the social issue | 12 |
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
| Creating Connections: Social Inequalities and Social Issue | Explains how the social inequalities identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue, using knowledge from the course | Explains how the social inequalities identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue, but explanation has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not use knowledge from the course | Does not explain how the social inequalities identified in the map help better understand what is happening in the social issue | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Existing Conditions | Describes how the social issue is challenging the existing conditions, providing specific examples | Describes how the social issue is challenging the existing conditions, but description has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not provide examples | Does not describe how the social issue is challenging the existing conditions | 12 |
| Creating Connections: Social Change | Explains how the social issue might facilitate change for the existing conditions, providing specific examples | Explains how the social issue might facilitate change for the existing conditions, but explanation has gaps in detail or accuracy, or does not provide specific examples | Does not explain how the social issue might facilitate change for the existing conditions | 12 |
| Articulation of Response | Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization | Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas | Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas | 4 |
Total 100%
