Sociology

250 words, detailed, demonstrate critical and original thinking, show understanding of the assigned material, are well-argued, and written clearly. In the context of the history of the treatment of Native Americans, Garroutte points out that “Indian people are often heard to complain that they constitute the only racial group that is required to produce documentation of their identity—a standard that many or most members of other racial groups need not (or could not) meet” (“Enrollees” 29). If it was required, how would you or could you produce documentation of your racial/ethnic identity? What are the challenges/problems involved with producing and providing this documentation?

In this assignment, you will apply things you’ve learned about in this course, particularly this module on work and the economy, to consider what life would be like to budget and live as a parent in a family below the poverty line. After you create a monthly budget with a breakdown of expenses, you’ll write a reflection paper about the experience and its application to the course materials. STEP 1: Imagine you are a single parent with two kids, ages 1 and 6 (a first-grader). You work a full-time minimum wage job. Make a bulleted list with all of the categories below and write a description for each, explaining how you would plan for monthly expenses. You can do this in a table format if you prefer. Family: Describe your fictional family. Where specifically do you work? What are your kids’ names? Budget: What is you annual income at the current minimum wage rate? What is your monthly gross income? Housing: Where will your family live? Look up actual apartments or houses using websites like Zillow or Craigslist to find a good place for your family to live. Where is it relation to the place you work? Childcare and Education: Look up your new address to find what school your children will attend. What is the school’s rating? Next, you will need to find full-time childcare for your youngest child. Look up prices and options in your area (having family or someone watch him or her voluntarily is not an option in this case). How much will it cost? Food: write down everything your family will eat, in detail, for every meal of one day. Estimate the expenses for each of those items. Use this daily information to create a weekly grocery list. Look up prices and write down how much you will need to spend on groceries per month. Utilities and phone: If not included in the rent, look up average utility costs in your area to pay for electricity, water, garbage, cable, internet, and phone bills. Transportation: How will you get around? Do you have a car payment? If you have a car, include an estimated monthly cost. What will you pay in gas expenses? Or is public transportation a feasible option? Others: You’ll need to reserve some funds for needs like diapers, wipes, clothes, toilet paper, toiletries, etc. Look up average needs and costs and include that information here. Miscellaneous: What other monthly expenses do you anticipate needing for you or your family? STEP 2: Write up an analysis paper between 400-600 words, describing your reactions to this exercise, as well as its sociological implications. Consider the following questions: Did anything surprise you about this exercise? Do you feel that it is reasonable to live off the minimum wage in America? What expenses seemed to be the most burdensome? How does this exercise tie in with concepts you learned about in this module? Specifically tie in at least two specific terms or concepts. What recommendations would you make for government or economic programs to better aid those in poverty? In what ways did this assignment make you think about the current state of the economy and things like welfare programs? Notes:  Your essay (not including references) should be 400-600 words. (This does not include the budget portion in Step 1) Proofread for grammatical and spelling errors prior to submitting.  Ensure that you are submitting your own original work and are not plagiarizing material.  Include a list of references used.

Topic 6. How I Will Support My Students’ Efforts to Participate and Persevere My original paper is below, please look into my paper and answer the questions below, ( so it will look like my work), then you will add on to the answers found in my paper. •How will I speak with and interact with my students? •How will I make sure students know what they are expected to do? •What types of activities will I emphasize in teaching? •How will I engage students actively when I am providing instruction? •How will I monitor and help students when they are doing independent work? •How will I use my personal charisma to influence behavior? •How will I use my body language to influence behavior? •How will I influence students to do high-quality work?     How I Will Support My Students’ Efforts to Participate and Persevere ·         How I will speak with and interact with my students Teachers and instructors are responsible for making decisions and facilitating interaction between them and students. Educators at different places are all involved in the interactions with their students.  The interactions differ concerning the type of communication built. I will improve communication with my students by providing emotional support, which refers to how educators can develop a warm environment, support the students, and make them feel comfortable while in the classroom.            Organization in the classroom, organizing the classroom will enable students to get the most out of the learning day. This medium involves how teachers actively engage students in classroom interaction and maximizing learning opportunities. The educators can also achieve positive interactions with students by giving back feedback to students and supporting them in using language. ·         How will I make sure students know what they are expected to do?            I will post expectations on the first day.  Students need to be informed of what is expected of them academically, and socially. Classroom rules will be posted, and students will be informed of target grades.  Achievement contracts can also be designed for each student, highlighting what the student promises to deliver. The Achievement contract will help students focus on their coursework because they now know what targets they have to meet.            Leadership, little can happen in the classroom without leadership. If teachers allow the classroom to be interrupted regularly, this will become the norm, and the classroom will deteriorate.  I will assert leadership as soon as possible. Teachers should exercise authority and avoid being friends with a student. Befriending students will lead to unethical behaviors and a lack of discipline. ·         What types of activities will I emphasize in teaching?            Thinking, pairing, and sharing involves setting a problem relating to a given topic then pairing up students. I will give my students enough time to research and come up with a conclusion, then allow them to share their findings with the other groups.  Brainstorming will generate creative ideas and thoughts. The importance of brainstorming is, it allows students to work together and learn from each other. Students will come up with great ideas, and it will improve their learning skills. I will allow students to debate about a topic. The students should be able to defend their opposing points. Debating encourages them to understand the point of view of others and their own. Critical thinking, students will be involved in activities that allow them to think rationally. It will enable them to discern links between different ideas (Radulovi?, & Stan?i? 2017). They will be able to know the importance of ideas and facts.        ·         How will I engage students actively when I am providing instruction? Instructors can engage students actively by connecting what they are teaching to real-life situations.  The interests of students should be recruited in the learning process, allowing them to understand the lesson.  Learning should be made to feel authentic, relevant, and valuable. Using daily examples. The easiest way to engage students actively is by using practical examples of everyday life, for example, applying a math concept to manage finances and relating biology with daily nutrition. I will allow the students to have choices. Concentration and engagement will increase when students are allowed to be autonomous in learning. They can be allowed to dictate the pace by giving them the freedom to choose a starting point. For example, in a chemistry class, students could be allowed to solve the problem from the easiest one to the most complicated. ·         How will I monitor and help students when they are doing independent work? Monitoring seatwork. Researchers compare students’ performance by evaluating the teachers who did class monitoring, and those who did not students of teachers who monitored their work had a better understanding. Monitoring involves supervising the student, giving guidance, and solving difficult course work (Xerri, Radford, & Shacklock, 2018). Frequent interaction with the students will also increase the trust of the students in their teachers. I will monitor homework. Teachers can liaise with parents to ensure that the assignments given are completed. Homework yields positive results if the task is related to the course work. The lesson given by the teacher is the ability of the students. I will make sure my students understand the homework assigned. Implementing classroom review can be done daily, weekly, or monthly. Reviewing the class work with the students will enable them to understand their strengths and weaknesses accordingly. ·         How will I use my personal charisma to influence behavior? The charisma of a teacher is essential to the students learning. If students do like their teacher, they will not attend the teacher’s class. When the students enjoy the course, they will quickly understand the subject, positively impacting their performance. I will prioritize the building of a positive relationship with my students. The relationship becomes dynamic, and it requires a lot of effort for the teacher to build a personal relationship with the students. Charismatic teachers have empathy for their students. Empathy usually shows the emotional intelligence of a person. Empathy is one of the elements that a charismatic teacher should possess. Teachers should try to put themselves in the students’ shoes and to understand their perspective. ·         How will I use my body language to influence behavior? Incorporation of words and body language will make the message sink deep. The use of body language achieves effective communication. Maintaining eye contact is one-way teachers can influence their students’ actions (Frunza, 2018). Students will pay close attention when they notice you are speaking directly to them. Using gestures and being expressive will inspire students to be engaged in class. Creating a warm environment will result in excellent teaching; thus, students will produce high-quality work. Speaking to students expressively while encouraging them to believe in themselves will be significant in improving their grades. Besides, revisiting old classwork is essential to identify the areas; students are excellent and need improvement. I will follow up by giving feedback and analyzing the topics they did not grasp.  Combining the above processes will enable teachers to produce the best students. ·         How will I influence students to do high-quality work? Excellent teaching involves getting high-quality work from students. First, the students have to be encouraged to believe in themselves and their abilities. High-quality can be achieved if teachers visit students’ old work routinely. It will help identify gaps and improve where necessary. Students should be given feedback regarding their performance. This means giving back the right feedback that will enable them to improve their grades. Lastly, high quality in students can be achieved by breaking complicated course work into small bits.   References Frunz?, S. (2018). OUR DAILY BODY AND ITS INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN COMMUNICATION. AUREL CODOBAN’S READING “BODY AS LANGUAGE.” Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 17(50), 140-156. Radulovi?, L., & Stan?i?, M. (2017). What is Needed to Develop Critical Thinking in Schools? CEPS Journal: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 7(3), 9-26. Xerri, M. J., Radford, K., & Shacklock, K. (2018). Student engagement in academic activities: a social support perspective. Higher Education, 75(4), 589-605. ***** This is the rubic for this paper *Paper clearly, concisely and thoroughly indicates what the writer plans to do as part of normal behavior to help students remain engaged in lessons and refrain from misbehaving. Length of response: 250 words

Human Services Interview Assignment (Chapter 5) Important: • Read and complete chapter 5 assignment.   Directions: • Read chapter 5. • Answer all questions in essay format minimum 500 words up to 1000 words. • Your responses must be typed, double-space using APA format.   Grading will be based on the following criteria: • Following directions. • Grammar, punctuation, spelling and capitalization. • Submit the assignment on the due date during the class meeting. • Assignment is considered “incomplete or late” after the due date. • A late or incomplete assignment must be submitted during the next class meeting with a 10% late penalty; this includes an absence on the original due date and thereafter. •   Directions: 1. Read chapter 5, “The Helping Interview” and familiarize yourself with the skills, process, and case management in the helping interview (pages 125-131).   2. Read the scenario and answer the following questions (use the scenario to assist your responses).   3. RESPOND TO ALL QUESTIONS. The interview assignment is based on the enclosed scenario and chapter 5.   a. To facilitate a helping relationship, how would you create an environment a helping environment? b. It is important to build a strong counseling relationship to produce a positive client outcome(s). Using the scenario, explain the various counseling techniques. c. Explain each stage of the helping relationship. d. Explain the important areas of managing cases. e. Discuss the differences between confidentiality and privileged communications.   TURN TO NEXT PAGE FOR THE CASE SCENARIO>>>>>>>>>>> Case Scenario       The last five years have been difficult for me. As the father of four children, I have always had to work hard because I was a single father. I never married the woman who fathered my children. We lived together until my last child was born. When I came home from the hospital, he was gone. This means that I worked and took care of my kids by myself.     I was lucky because my family believed in education. They encouraged me to attend high school and to do well. When my first son, Sean, was born, I dropped out of the eleventh grade. By my parents insisted that I complete high school and I earned my GED before my second sone Jose was born. I went to a community technical/vocational school program. It was a program to learn about plumbing. The program provided classes during the weekend so I could keep my job as a building maintenance worker. It took me 2 years to complete the entry level plumbing training program.   But soon things began to fall apart. It seems that everything started to go wrong at once. First, my oldest son, Sean a killed in a drive-by shooting. A gang member targeted him and a friend because they broke a fight between two high school girls. The police came to notify me at work to tell me my son had been shot. I rushed to the hospital and waited three days with my son Jose and others. He died on the third day in the hospital. I was holding his hand.   I was devastated by Sean’s death. I routine went through each day but don’t remember much. I knew I had to be strong from my kids. But I couldn’t seem to get myself together. I went to see my doctor. I kept having nightmares and couldn’t sleep. My doctor gave me sleeping pills and an anti-depressant. The following month I injured my back in a car accident. I had fallen asleep behind the wheel and crashed into a highway guardrail. EMT transported me to the hospital and doctors kept me overnight for observation. I injured my neck and my back.   Then, during my work at home,  I hurt my back again. Finally, the doctor diagnosed a fracture in my spine. I had surgery and prescribed anti-inflammatory and painkillers. I was frustrated because I love my work/job. I was on long term disability and the medical bills mounted up. I couldn’t afford my medications. Then, tragedy struck again. I lost my son Jose from a street shooting. He was walking his girlfriend from work to home. He bled to death and died on the sidewalk. Now both my sons were dead. I was in physical pain. I didn’t have funds for the funeral expenses but managed to scrape up some funds by begging family, friends and neighbors for money to bury my son. The next month my disability benefits ran out; I appealed but to no avail. Depression set in and I was taking medicine for pain. I started to take illegal street drugs to deal with the mental anguish, physical pain and to deal with my runaway emotion that I can’t control. I started to drink heavily. My job gave me chances and fired me because of absences/lateness/no call-no shows. I don’t know what to do anymore. I have thoughts of suicide; I have anger and rage. I play this over and over in my head. Each night, I take my gun and put it to my head. One night my child saw my gun pressed against my head. He begged me and was crying; that stopped me from pulling the trigger!

This is the prompt, I need to use both of the readings provided above:  The voice is frequently construed as a site of identity and immediacy. How does Roland Barthes capture this specificity in his essay on the voice? Is the voice mark an imprint of biology or is it semiotic through and through? What kind of argument does Grant Olwage make in this regard?

Find all the class notes attached in the zip file alongside the instructions in the PDFThroughout this course we have explored cinema’s urban foundations and its continued development as a primarily urban phenomenon, and as well as the important links between cinema and the city that give meaning and shape to our social environment and identity.Of all the different genres and forms of urban cinema that we have examined, which do you think is the most evocative of the city – of its environment, atmosphere, values, and way of life?

What we want to see here is that you are exploring this idea, and can offer some specific responses. There isn’t a right or wrong answer, but you’ll need to hit each element of this prompt to get credit. A couple of well-written, thoughtful paragraphs should suffice here. Think carefully about the two following quotes from Mooney’s book: “Bias against people with atypical bodies and minds is central to a culture of normalization.” “Literature and film are filled with characters with atypical minds and bodies who, when not used as tropes for pity, overcome their personal limitations through heroic effort.” Clearly, these are linked with the word “atypical”, but they take us in two different directions. The first quote indicates that we’re fixated on building a “cultural of normalization”, but what does that phrase mean? What are the consequences and pitfalls to focusing so much on normalization? How does the notion of normalization work with the concept of the tossed salad metaphor for our culture? The second quote shows that we all seem to have some drive to be normal. The characters that he nods to have to overcome themselves through “heroic effort” to conquer their limitations. He explains that this kind of story-line makes it this person’s responsibility to change, rather than the environment around them. We’ve all seen those stories, but where have you seen the environment change? If you haven’t seen it really change, where should it?

After reading Text #2, Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class: Summarize each of the seven chapters in sufficient detail that demonstrates that you have read the book. List and explain five new facts that you learned about race, class and drug offending from reading the text.  Be sure to identify the page numbers where the information was found. Give your opinion, based on the reading of the text, and information that you have learned throughout the course, whether drug possession and use should be legalized or decriminalized. Be sure to distinguish between the two (legalization and decriminalization). Discuss whether your opinion differs based on the type of drug; and, if so, explain why. Be sure to provide support for your opinion from information in the text and specific knowledge that you have gained throughout the course. Remember to properly cite your supporting evidence using APA referencing format.  Opinions without supporting evidence from the text and other course material will not earn points.  Your responses to items 1 and 2 will each be weighed as roughly 40% of the grade. Your response to item 3 will count towards roughly 20%.  ** After reading Text 2, students must prepare a written summary that reflects that they have read and understood its content. The summary must be followed by a critique that discusses how the research findings in the text compare to popular understandings of drug offending and drug dealing (particularly with regard to race, class, gender and their intersections).

Hello class? For this assignment, I want you to read the article ‘ELITE VS. MASS’ then answer the related question following. The article itself is attached in the UPLOADED FILES. The article is about Media, Popular culture and TV Shows. Please read the article below carefully, then answer the related question. Elite VS Mass Questions: 1.    There is an increase in the volume, intensity, and speed of communications and cultural exchange. How might this affect our society in both positive and negative ways? 2.    What do you think Rupert Murdock meant when he said, “ are we not creating a homogenized world culture and at the same time destroying indigenous cultures?” 3.    According to the article, how has television gone downwards in terms of Documentaries, quiz shows, news?   4.    Think about games shows from when you were a kid, to the games shows aired today, what are the differences? 5.    The information revolution will not increase understanding among people and nations.  On the contrary, it may easily increase dislike, prejudice and fear of others.  Can you give some examples where TV has done this? 6.    What do you feel good TV should be? Please answer the above questions according to the article, but it’s also important to bring in your OWN opinions and experiences, also, A MINIMUM OF 2 SOURCES are required. You must use PROPER INTEXT CITATION WITH THESE 2 SOURCES. As well as A WORKS CITED PAGE must be included when using any ideas outside of your own minds.  1-2 PAGES DOUBLE SPACED!  IN-TEXT citation is a requirement.  Without any in-text citation, you will receive an automatic zero.  (This applies to all assignments).

You will use the book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as an “in-depth case study” on human development. Answer the question “how do childhood experiences impact later development?” through the use of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  and use the book (in addition to empirical research) as evidence. The main character of the book will be the subject of your case study. ****I have the first part of this paper done, which is the introduction and the summary, I just need the development theory reviews and the integration and conclusion. I have the whole base for the paper all set up, including theories and the question. I need a writer to go off of what I have already wrote for an essay!!!