June 13
Chapter 1 The
Study of Social problems
What is sociology?
How is social
research conducted?
What are social
problems?
American values and norms
June 14
Chapter 1 The
Study of Social Problems
Who decides?
Theoretical
perspectives
Do we want to solve them?
June 15
Chapter 15
Social Problems of Marriage and Family
What is a family?
Who is a family?
What should the government do for
families?
Should paid parental leave be mandated
by law?
June 16
Essay 1 due
Chapter 11 Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Why is there a war on drugs?
Should marijuana be decriminalized or
legalized?
Web page for Peer-reviewed journal
questions assignment:
http://mjcgeri.tripod.com/id20.html
June 20
Chapter 10
Physical and Mental Health Care
How much responsibility should the
government take for our healthy diets? How much should our choices be limited
by law? Or should we be solely responsible for what we eat and the health
consequences?
June 21
Essay 2 due
Continuation of Mental Health Care
Why is suicide projected to be the
number one cause of death in 2020?
Chapter 6
Aging and Ageism
Why do old people get so much free
stuff?
June 22
Chapter 3 Race and Immigration
What does “immigration reform” mean?
Should affirmative action be continued?
Everyone’s a symbolic interactionist
when it comes to talking about illegal immigration. What should we be doing?
June 23
Essay 3 due
Chapter 4 Gender
Why are women so angry?
June 27
Chapter 02 Inequality, Poverty and
Wealth
Why don’t the poor just get jobs?
Do we want equality?
Do we need a middle class?
June 28
Essay 4 due
Chapter 17
Globalization and
Inequality
Chapter 18
Population Problems
Why do Americans
have so much stuff?
June 29
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Chapter 07 Work
and the Economy
Should government
or the private sector be responsible for solving social problems?
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June 30
Essay 5 due
Chapter 08 Politics
!!!!????!!!!
NO CLASS ON JULY 4
July 5
Chapter 13 and 14 Crime and Criminal
Justice
Additional Reading:
Michel Foucault, “Discipline and
Punish”,
Introduction/Chapter 1
On reserve in the library or online
(see “links”)
Should prison be warehousing,
punishment, or rehabilitation?
Death penalty: Yes or No?
July 6
Essay 6 due
Chapter 12 Sex and Sexuality, Sexual
Orientation
Should Prostitution be legalized?
Should Caitlin use the Ladies’ room?
July 7
Peer-Reviewed Questions due
Chapter 09 Problems in education
Should the federal government take over
education for the country? How can we judge our schools?
July 11
Essay 7 due
Chapter 19 Environment
Chapter 16 Urbanization : Social
problems from the Growth of Cities
July 12
Essay 8 due
Media and Technology
Should we let the media determine
social problems?
Facebook, cell phones and real life
Science as God
Technology and privacy: Paranoia?
July 13
FINAL ESSAY (#9) DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS
THIS ESSAY IS AN ASSIGNED QUESTION ON
THIS WEBSITE!!!
Chapter 20
War and Terrorism
Surviving the zombie apocalypse
How scared should we be?
Can the government do anything?
July 14
Free-for-all screaming debate and
brawl!
No answers, just more questions
