For this assignment, choose a private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue. You may choose one of the following or a topic of your own:
- Homelessness
In a 2-page essay, address the following:
- Thoroughly explain what the sociological imagination is
- Thoroughly examine how and why the sociological imagination helps understand your chosen topic
- Incorporate one outside scholarly source you find on your topic
The paper must contain scholarly support in the form of paraphrases *only* with respective citations from the assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the outside scholarly source that you identify (which I will provide). Do not directly quote from sources for this paper, but instead, paraphrase in your own words from source material and cite the sources with parenthetical in-text citations and with full APA-style reference on a reference page at the end of your essay.
Requirements
- Length: 2 pages (not including reference page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point font
- Page number in the upper right of all pages
- Parenthetical in-text citations and a reference page formatted in APA style
- Abstract and title page not required
- Acceptable file type: .doc, .docx, or PDF
