Sociology

What is colorism?

How do neoliberalism and global economic restructuring impact negatively on the most vulnerable people globally? Drawing on The True Cost, Corinne L. Mason’s “Transnational Feminism” and STITCH and the Maquila Solidarity Network “Women Behind the Labels: Worker Testimonies from Central America”, explain how global economic restructuring impacts women globally. What social changes can you suggest to economically improve the lives of women in Canada and globally?

Choose two of the four prompts below. Completely answer, in essay format, the two selected prompts. Upload your response as one document utilizing Microsoft Word format through Blackboard by Sunday, August 16, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Your response should be limited to 3-5 pages. You may utilize your textbooks, the PowerPoint presentations, and any notes you may have taken during the class meetings. Remember to cite any references.   1.     Define Curriculum and Instruction. What is the relationship that exists between these terms? In your discussion compare and contrast the prescriptive and descriptive curriculum including each of the components associated with the written curriculum. 2.     Five levels of curriculum development and responsibility exist. What are these levels? Provide a description of each level including the role, functions, and responsibilities of each level. Evaluate the role of district leadership regarding these five levels. 3.     Seven types of curriculum have been identified in our class meetings and in the textbooks. Describe each of these seven types of curriculum and analyze the relationship between these curricula types. Synthesize the role of the principal regarding the seven curricula types. 4.     Several stages of curriculum development and implementation have been examined in which principals must show leadership. These include, but are not limited to, the development of scope and sequence, program goals, and objectives; the determination of learning outcomes; and, the creation of authentic tasks in order to measure outcomes. Analyze the interrelationships that exist between these stages and evaluate the role of the principal in leading through these stages of curriculum development.

Write a 5-page research paper double space. The topic would be on interracial “marriages-problems for adults and children.” It will need to have 5 good sources.

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following categories representing minority groups during 1880-1914: Women’s rights activists African Americans Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe Child workers Great Plain Indians Then, address the following for your selections: Explain the socio-economic status and challenges of your minority groups at the turn of the century. How did the Industrial Revolution affect your chosen minority groups? Analyze how the Progressives brought reform to your selected minority groups. Do you find that the Progressives were successful in making government responsive and improve the conditions of your chosen minority group? PLEASE USE THIS TEXTBOOK FOR REFERENCE: OpenStax. (2019). U.S. history. OpenStax CNX. Retrieved from https://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]:gMXC1GEM@7/Introduction

Describe how the coronavirus has affected your household and your social way of living. How do you feel about the coronavirus? Are you concerned about the coronavirus? How does this pertain to sociology?

The value of diversity in groups and society is continually debated. Its benefits and challenges are many, particularly in the workplace where increased awareness of diversity issues has changed the nature of organizations. Instructions: After reading the required material for this week answer the following questions in your discussion post: What kinds of diversity do you believe strengthens a group or organization? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a diverse work team? For more information on Value of Diversity read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_diversity

Consider the community risk factors your peers listed. Are they similar to your community? Did any of their risks surprise you? Why or why not? Reply to at least two of your classmates on two separate days (minimum) utilizing at least two scholarly references per-peer post.

The current ever evolving experiences with Covid 19 presents a number of issues relevant to our class discussions this year. The consequences of the coronavirus have impacted some more than others among the various segments of Canadian society and beyond. Hop over to your local favorite coffee joint and sit down with your tutorial members and check out the adjoining table where seated in animated discussion are Karl Marx, Stuart Hall, Marcel Foucault, and Judith Butler discussing their take on the coronavirus situation. Without appearing to be eavesdropping hear what they have to say and apply some of the discourse and concepts overheard (from the course  term) and apply those of interest to you in explaining how power and its role played (and is playing) out over the past 4 months as we all wait for more positive results to happen. Were there winners and losers? What might be helpful is to consider health as a commodity. Such concepts as commodity fetishism, communicative models of consumption, financial fitness, the concept of the gaze and its relationship to privilege, as well as the consequences experienced on the mental state of the many multitudes involved over the past months will be applied in your analysis. Include a brief analysis of the type of information about the coronavirus communicated in various media formats that reflect the power dimensions of the ‘centre’. Length of paper – 3 to no more than 4 pages double spaced – be concise and at a minimum cover the key theorists and concepts mentioned that you feel are relevant to the questions posed. – This exam is due no later than August 5th at 4 pm.

Each of the scholars explored this week understood the confines of understanding our social world was limited to dominant scholarship. Explore these ideas in relation to how Thomas Kuhn defines a paradigm change. Offer a contemporary example from an interdisciplinary perspective on how paradigm changes impact our understanding.