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- To take a look at some of the sociological issues that are being debated in the USA, go to The Aspen Institute . Specifically visit the Global Interdependence Initiative (at http://www.aspeninstitute.org/site/c.huLWJeMRKpH/b.612039/) and synthesize into your words the mission of the G11. Then, explain how this demonstrates a sociological perspective.
- Do a general search on "The Sociological Perspective" or "The Sociological Imagination." Find a definition and an example of this concept, being sure to site your sources. Then create your own example and include a short discussion about how we can better understand your example using the sociological perspective. Some possible places to search include:
Google (at www.google.com)
Your college online library database
The Internet Public Library
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Sociology Glossary Links
Google Scholar
- Go to Intute: Virtual Training Suite and take the Sociologist tour (at http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/sociologist/?sid=2253207&itemid=12025). When taking the tour, collect 5 to 10 websites and place them in your link basket. Then make a document with each with a brief 1-2 sentence description of how you think this site will help you with your sociology course.
- What do sociologists do? Go to some online job search engines like Monster (at http://www.monster.com/ ) or Career Builder (at http://www.careerbuilder.com/ ). Run a websearch for what jobs are available to sociologists and social scientists. You may wish to compare local and national searches. Then select 3 careers that look interesting to you and write up a paragraph how the study of sociology would aid someone looking to fill that position. Then, revisit this assignment during the final week of your sociology course and compare your first assessment of how sociology would apply to these positions. Then, write a short paragraph describing why these jobs are more or less interesting to you, given what you have learned in your sociology course.
- Visit the website for the journal Teaching Sociology (at http://www.lemoyne.edu/ts/tsmain.html), which is a journal dedicated to helping instructors better convey sociological material to their students. Search the site to find an article on an activity that seems interesting to you. Write the title of the article down along with a brief explanation of why the activity or concept looks interesting to you and submit it to your instructor.
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