Category: Sociology

part 1) Carr, Deborah. (2023). Aging in America. University of California Press. ISBN: 9780520301290 Chapters 5 and Conclusion.

Kolb, Patricia. (2019). Understanding Aging and Diversity: Theories and concepts. Abingdon, Oxon UK. Chapters 6, 8 and Conclusion.

Watch the Thurgood Marshall documentary.

Make 3 connections from the documentary to any of the chapters we have read, the Ted talks we have watched or the podcasts we have listened to this semester. Specifically, you are asked to connect the documentary to other elements of the course in a way that demonstrates critical thinking and applies concepts from the documentary to the other course material.

You can take this in whatever direction you wish. Each connection should included 3-4 sentences. A clear connection to other material from the class should be made.

Ted talks-

Part 2) After watching the Ted Talk on A Mother and Son’s Journey through Dementia, choose 2 aspects of the talk that most surprised you or most affected you. Write about each of these aspects and why they surprised or affected you. You should have 3 sentences for each learning.

Then, go back and look at Deborah Carr’s chapter on Family and Social Relationships (Chapter 3). Choose one aspect from this chapter that connects with the learnings you took from the Ted Talk.

Part 3) As we come to the end of the class, share 3 of your greatest learnings from the class. You should write 3 sentences about each of these learnings.

Finally, how will these learnings change the way you approach aging, or help family members or friends approach the aging process? You should write 3 sentences to answer this question.

Research Topic: Alcohol

How it affects the body, the brain, ect

You will write a term paper that further explores your choice of topics pertaining to an area that we will cover in our text. Your paper will be based on what you learn from scholarly internet searches.

-The research paper must be typed

-double-spaced (approximately 6-8 pages (excluding cover page, abstract, and references) using APA format.

-You must cite and use at least 6 references for your research.

You are expected to search journals, chapters, and books, not counting your assigned readings. Prioritize your searches to current/recent documents (e.g., preferably within the past 10-15 years). Do not rely on web-based sites only you are expected to review the professional literature about your topic (e.g., professional journals and texts).

Each paper is expected to be logically organized, grammatically correct, proofread, and neat. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU REVIEW THE RUBRIC TO AVOID LOSING POINTS UNNECESSARILY.

Complete as a WORD document using APA format

I Already started the essay and I’m 4 pages in but I need for more pages on it, I have uploaded my essay bellow fill me to make any changes on it.

Discussion

Prompt

This weeks materials explored the historical experiences of the Hmong, including life in Laos, the impact of the Secret War, migration through refugee camps in Thailand, and resettlement in the United States. We also examined the ways Hmong culture, identity, and historical memory have been preserved through family, community, oral tradition, and artistic practices such as paj ntaub and story cloths.

For your initial discussion post, reflect on how this weeks materials connect war, displacement, migration, and cultural preservation. How did the readings and videos deepen your understanding of the Hmong experience? In what ways do family relationships, community networks, and artistic traditions help sustain identity across generations? You may also consider how this weeks materials connect to broader sociological themes such as ethnicity, assimilation, collective memory, resilience, trauma, adaptation, or community formation.

Your post should move beyond summary and engage the materials analytically. Make clear connections across at least two of this weeks sources, and use specific examples to support your ideas. Focus on explaining why these connections matter and what they reveal sociologically.

Your initial post must be 400500 words.

Sources:

Reading attached as PDF

I did an assignment and 4 peers evaluated me. Look at the following 4 evaluations give them a rating for both motivational and critical AND then write a 200 paragraph giving feedback for EACH peer evaluation (THAT’S 4 paragraphs total) look at the attached documents.

Read your chosen articles and answer the For Your Consideration questions at the end of each article.

Create an initial response to the Discussion Topic and post your answers to the For Your Consideration questions. Please include the title of your chosen article as the first line of your response. Initial responses should be a minimum of 100 words each.

I HAVE ATTACHED MY ASSIGNMENT BELOW BASED ON THAT EVALUATE IT USING THE FOLLOWING

• File Types for Submission: xls, xlsx

To receive points for self-evaluation on this assignment, please fill out this rubric. You should give yourself a score for each row and then total up your points and give yourself an overall score. You should also provide comments for each row and overall comments.

You should comment on the following

-explain why you graded yourself the way you did

-strengths

-challenges

-what you want feedback on

-what you have improved on

-personal circumstances (if applicable)

The grade you give yourself be part of your total outreach grade.

I HAVE ATTACHED MY ASSIGNMENT BELOW BASED ON THAT EVALUATE IT USING THE FOLLOWING

• File Types for Submission: xls, xlsx

To receive points for self-evaluation on this assignment, please fill out this rubric. You should give yourself a score for each row and then total up your points and give yourself an overall score. You should also provide comments for each row and overall comments.

You should comment on the following

-explain why you graded yourself the way you did

-strengths

-challenges

-what you want feedback on

-what you have improved on

-personal circumstances (if applicable)

The grade you give yourself be part of your total outreach grade.

read the 4 evaluations provided, give each category a rating of 1-5 stars, Select at least one criterion where your peer did well or could improve on, and Provide an example (200 words) from the creation and describe how it impacted the quality of their work

do this for each evaluation and label each one by eval 1, eval 2, eval 3, eval 4 etc

below I have attached my submission so you can see what it should look like. Also see the attached the template you must follow along with a sample document as an example of the format you must submit the SAMPLE document is a similar assignment so you can see the layout of how you should submit it is called “pof evals”

Read your chosen article and answer the For Your Consideration questions at the end of the article.

Step 3: Create an initial response to this Discussion Topic and post your answers to the For Your Consideration questions. Please include the title of your chosen article as the first line of your response. Initial responses should be a minimum of 100 words

• the most important agent of socialization was definitely my family because they were my first teachers and had the biggest influence on who I am today. For example, one value I learned from my family is respect, especially toward elders and authority figures, which is something that was constantly reinforced growing up. Another value I learned is responsibility, like staying on top of schoolwork and helping out at home, which prepared me to be more independent. These lessons connect to how families are responsible for teaching children how to interact with others and understand expectations in society (OpenStax, 2020, p. 128). When I think about my future children, I do think their agents of socialization might look a little different, especially with social media and technology playing a bigger role than it did in my childhood. Even so, I still believe family will be the most important influence because its where everything starts.

• This stands out to me because Ive noticed that my confidence and behavior have often been influenced by how others respond to me, especially in school and social situations. Another theory is George Herbert Meads idea that the self develops through social interaction over time. I can connect this to my own life because as a child, I learned a lot just by watching and copying others, and as I got older, I became more aware of how my actions affect people around me. These theories made me realize that who I am today didnt just happen naturally but was shaped through my experiences and interactions with others. Overall, they helped me better understand how my identity has developed over time.
• 1) Sociology identifies several agentsof socialization, including family, peer groups, school, the workplace,religion, government, and mass media, all of which provide the structuredsituations where socialization occurs (Conerly et al., 2022). In my own upbringingwithin African tradition, the most important agent of socialization was theextended family. Unlike Western nuclear models, my socialization was a communalprocess where grandparents, aunts, and uncles played active roles. This agentwas vital because it served as my primary source of “nonmaterialculture,” teaching me the values necessary for social harmony. Twospecific examples of values I learned were filial piety (unwavering respect forelders) and communalism (the belief that the welfare of the group supersedesindividual desire) (Conerly et al., 2022). I can relate these to the agent offamily as they were reinforced through shared oral traditions and communallabor. Looking forward, I believe the agents of socialization will be differentfor my children. In a Western, technology-driven society, the influence of theextended family often lessens, while mass media and peer groups become moredominant agents, often encouraging individualism over the collectivist values Iwas raised with.
• Ethnocentrismis defined as the practice of evaluating and judging another culture based onthe standards of ones own culture, often leading to a sense of superiority(Conerly et al., 2022). In the media, an example of ethnocentrism is thedepiction of African communal living as “primitive” because it lacksthe high-tech infrastructure of the West. A second example is the Westernmedia’s criticism of traditional African dietary habits as “strange,”judging them by Western palates. To address these subjects differently andalign with cultural relativism, the practice of assessing a culture by its ownstandards rather than through the lens of ones own (Conerly et al., 2022)media outlets could highlight the sustainability and social safety nets thesetraditions provide. Regarding my personal experience, I felt significantculture shock (experienced disorientation and frustration) (Conerly et al.,2022) when I immigrated to the United States. This was initially a negativeexperience because I felt marginalized by people who judged my African accentand misinterpreted my respectful silence as a lack of knowledge. However, iteventually became a positive experience, as it forced me to adopt asociological imagination, allowing me to appreciate both my heritage and thenew cultural landscape I was navigating.