Category: Sociology

The assignment is to analyze the rise of the Occupy movement and discuss some of the reasons that is may have contributed to its decline in recent years. Review the historical origins of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park, and its later migration to other countries including Canada. Discuss how its leadership (or lack of leadership) and tactics may have weakened its political impact over the last few years. Also describe some of its spin-offs into other organizations (such as Black Lives Matter), and evaluate its contributions to several different movements and their campaigns.
6 references are required, 2 are supplied (attached) the other 4 are still needed
Please include page number(s) with all in-text citations.

INSTRUCTIONS : 
Structure and Format
Accepted document formats: pdf, doc, docx
Read the handouts in the writing module before you start.
Please structure this assignment as an essay, with a short introduction, an arguable thesis statement, and paragraphs that begin (or end) with a clear topic sentence claim.  Your essay should be at least 6 paragraphs long.
One reason to assign an essay topic is for students to actively engage with course readings.  Please use class sources to define key concepts and to support your points. Please include quotes and specific evidence to support your points.  All information should be cited with the author, year, and page number. Essays without concrete evidence from class sources, or without citations, will earn a failing grade.
It should be between 1000 and 1400 words
Use 1” margins and 12 point font.
Please double space the text.
You do not need a title nor a title page. Please include the name of the menu item selected.
Please include a reference page.  List all the sources used in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.  Please see the handout on formatting for more information.
Please cite the book using parenthetical references. If you mention his name in the text, put the year published after his name and the page # at the end.  Otherwise, put all of the information in the parenthesis.  For example:
According to Michael Omi and Howard Winant (2022), “ . . . .” (p. 33).
OR
“. . . . .” (Omi and Winant 2022: 33).
You do need a reference page.  Each reading needs its own citation.  Here is an example:
Omi, Michael and Howard Winant. 2022. “Racial Formations” Pp. 32-38 in Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, 7th Edition, edited by Charles Gallagher.   Los Angeles. Sage Publishing.
Social Change
Many changes have occurred since George Floyd’s death in May 2020, largely due to protests staged and attended by average people like us. 
President Biden declared Juneteenth, which commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States, a national holiday.
People — both protestors and city workers — took down statues.  Those statues included European explorers such as Christopher Columbus, who initiated the colonization of the Americas; Confederate leaders such as Jefferson Davis, who owned slaves and fought for African American Slavery; missionaries such as Father Junipero Serra, who enslaved and tortured Americas first peoples; and even local settlers such as Sacramento’s John Sutter, who also enslaved hundreds of local native peoples.
Protestors have called to create a more just policing force, as well as to “defund the police” and use the money to create services and outreach programs instead.  People have continued to question decades of mass incarceration and the effects that it has on our communities, particularly the most vulnerable ones.
And major corporations and sports teams have finally addressed racist branding and racist mascots.  Quaker Oats removed their iconic Aunt Jemima pancakes and syrup, replacing it with Pearl Milling Company, which is the name of the company that originally produced the pancake mix.  Likewise, Dryers Ice Cream rebranded its Eskimo pie, which had an Eskimo on the wrapper, as Edy’s Pie.  Similarly, the Washington Redskins finally decided to change their name and mascot, following years of protests and similar changes in sports teams across America.  For instance, Calaveras High School retired their “Redskins” mascot and identity in June 2019, and Stanford retired their “Indian” mascot in 1970.
ESSAY TOPIC:
Racist Brands and Mascots
Frank “What is in a Name?  For Some Brands, a Racist History Primed to be Toppled” (in the Gallagher book starting on p. 300), Merskin “Winnebagos, Cherokees, Apaches, and Dakotas: The Persistence of Stereotyping Indians in American Advertising and Brands” (in the Gallagher book starting on p. 336) and the George Floyd biography, particularly chapter 14 “American Hope” are required. Be sure to cite the author for any information you use.  Cite Frank and Merskin, not Gallagher. 
You should address these questions in your essay:  
How and why did racist branding and mascots happen in the first place? What is the history of this?
Why were the brands and mascots removed? What was the logic behind it?
What do corporations and sports teams have to gain by removing racists brand and mascots?
How and why do the authors think will this help improve race relations and create a more just society?  
How and why do you think will this help improve race relations and create a more just society?
What are some of the limitations of this approach for making social change?  Limitations can be defined as a limiting condition, a weakness, or an inability to make change.  Here, I am asking for you to think about what the approach cannot change or improve. .  Please do not discuss obstacles, such as people being unwilling to make reforms or not having a budget for them.

Please see attached documents for instructions. You can choose from any topic on the list. Please let me know if you have any questions!

In a ten-page essay, examine the contrasting approaches to death and burial in modern American culture and Indigenous South Asian societies. Explore how these burial practices reflect deeper cultural attitudes towards death and the afterlife, and how they serve as mechanisms for coping with loss and honoring the deceased.
Your essay should delve into the rituals, customs, and symbolism associated with death and burial in each culture. Consider factors such as religious beliefs, societal norms, historical influences, and geographic landscapes that shape these practices.
Highlight the significance of death in both cultures, discussing how it is perceived, understood, and commemorated. Analyze the role of community support, family dynamics, and spiritual beliefs in the grieving process, and how these elements are manifested in funeral rites and memorial traditions.
Furthermore, critically assess the impact of globalization, modernization, and cultural exchange on traditional burial practices in both American and South Asian contexts. Examine whether there are shifts towards more secular or alternative forms of burial, and the implications of these changes on cultural identity and collective memory.
Ultimately, your essay should provide a nuanced understanding of how death and burial rituals serve as profound expressions of cultural values, offering insights into the human experience of mortality and the enduring quest for meaning in life and death.   make sure to use        direct quotes from books and cite them. You can use these books provided below to find some information and use it in the esssay. “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory” by Caitlin Doughty
“From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death” by Caitlin Doughty
“The American Way of Death, Revisited” by Jessica Mitford
“Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” by Mary Roach

1.  What are the two main aspects of Globalization and the three main theories of Globalization? Briefly explain each. (2 quotes from the lecture; at least 250 words)
2. Summarize the ‘Introduction’ section of Zygmunt Buman’s book ‘Globalization: The Human Consequences’. What did you learn about Globalization from this reading? (Two quotes from the reading, at least 200 words)

1. Reflect on what you, personally, have learned from our course. 
Personally I learned how the world views me as a young black woman. I also learned how deep inequalities go. 
2. How does this apply to your own life or world view?  
Learning about the work place, health care system, and education system it makes me look at the foundation differently and how things are unfair.
3. Were you specifically surprised by any concepts or course content? 
Yes, the two attached sources surprised me and all the facts. 
4. What made you think about inequality differently? Be specific. 
ONLY USE THESE SOURCES ATTACHED

This assignment I already kind of started, my topic I chose is Mental health in Student-Athletes. I have to do content analysis for the resources chosen. I don’t think there is a certain amount of resources I have to have but I need a lot of information from either websites, media posts, Scholarly articles, etc. I’ve attached the assignment and the doc that I had some work on, it’s bad but I rushed but I guess just to get an idea what the assinment is. It’s messy too.

SOC 214 – Research Methods in Sociology
Spring 2024
Guidelines for Final Project Write-Up
Individual Research Project and Presentation
Approximately 5-7 double-spaced pages. This will include the cover page, references page, and
another other appendices (for example, a copy of survey questions, a list of qualitative interview
questions, etc.).
The major deliverable for students in the course is the final project, which is a comprehensive
research proposal and design. Students are expected to develop a defensible research proposal of
their own—either qualitative or quantitative—that includes the following elements:
a) IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH PROBLEM:
Clear problem statement and rationale for the study
b) RESEARCH QUESTION:
Specific research question(s) that address the topic under study.
c) LITERATURE REVIEW:
Selective review of relevant literature, related theory, and research studies. Choose at
least four (4) research articles.
d) METHODOLOGY:
In-depth description of data collection and data analysis; that is, answer the where,
what, when, how, etc. (What methodology will you be using to conduct the study?
Will you use a survey or do an ethnographic study? What are the selection criteria for
your participants? and so forth). Provide a full description of your general research
design, as well as the specific methods and procedures used in your research project.
The methodology should be sufficiently detailed so that it can be replicated. If you
are following a methodological approach developed by others, cite the relevant
studies. Provide diagrams, charts, and illustrations as appropriate for your discipline.
List the instrumentation you used and provide a diagram of the experimental setup.
Discuss the types of sources you will use (primary or secondary texts, interviews,
surveys, personal notes, etc.).
Explain the details of your methods. For example: how you made measurements; the
concentrations and amounts you used; how you selected your research subjects;
psychological tests used; a copy of your survey questionnaire; an explanation of
statistics used; a definition of your focus in terms of historical period or framework;
etc.
Describe how you will conduct your data analysis (relevant to your methodological
approach – statistical analysis via software program, coding software program for
qualitative research, etc.

The topic I chose is number 2 found in the “Final Paper Guidelines” pdf which is racial 
hierarchy: Sociologists have attempted to map the racial terrain of the US using hierarchical models. What do these models do well? What do they miss? Should we continue to use them? If yes, why? If not, what alternatives can we use to understand race and ethnic relations?
I have no preference of how you choose to approach this paper, just nothing controversial 
and make it acceptable for the class. I attached all of the class readings so please choose 
10 to use in the paper to fulfill the requirement of sources from the course readings as asked for in the guideline I attached. The other remaining 10 sources should come from peer reviewed sources. Find any that are appropriate for the paper. Please do not count the title and 
reference page towards because the minimum for the essay is 8 pages not including those. 

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