Social Institutions Assignment

Social Institutions Assignment

Preparation:  Review the module five reading/lectures (chapters 16, 17, 18, and 20).

Homework Activity: Consider the ways in which the major social institutions explored in this module affect the process of socialization. 

Instructions: Choose one of the following major social institutions:  the family, education, politics/government, or the economy/work and consider the ways in which these institutions shape the process of socialization across a person's lifetime. 

Summary and Analysis:

Explain which social institution you selected and why. 

Analyze the ways in which the institution influences the process of socialization across a person's lifetime.  Discuss this generally and give at least three specific examples. 

Explain how that process may vary depending on race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, sex/gender, sexual orientation, and life stage. 

Give one example from your own experience.

Mechanics: Assignments must be a minimum of one page, single-spaced, typed