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Soc 169: Extra Credit: Worth up to 5 percentage points on your paper 1 grade

Discuss how an event, film you recently watched, and/or a news story relates to at least one of the theories assigned for the course in a 1-page paper (12 point font, double-spaced). Did it support and/or contradict the author’s or authors’ theoretical arguments? Be sure to summarize the theoretical arguments, citing the reading for at least 0.5 pages.

Be sure to cite the relevant course reading(s) using parenthetical notation. For example, XXXXXXXXXX (Omi and Winant 1983: 31-40).

Provide a full bibliographic citation of the news story that you are referring to using ASA format.

Note: You can do one assignment total (to add up to 5 points total to your paper 1 grade. If there are extra points left over, they will be added to your Exam 2 grade.

Soc

169:

Extra

Credit:

Worth

up

to

5

percentage

points

on

your

paper

1

grade

Discuss

how

an

event,

film

you

recently

watched,

and/or

a

news

story

relates

to

at

least

one

of

the

theories

assigned

for

the

course

in

a

1-page

paper

(12

point

font,

double-

spaced).

Did

it

support

and/or

contradict

the

author

s

or

authors

theoretical

arguments?

Be

sure

to

summarize

the

theoretical

arguments,

citing

the

reading

for

at

least

0.5

pages.

Be

sure

to

cite

the

relevant

course

reading(s)

using

parenthetical

notation.

For

example,

XXXXXXXXXX

(Omi

and

Winant

1983:

31-40).

Provide

a

full

bibliographic

citation

of

the

news

story

that

you

are

referring

to

using

ASA

format.

Note:

You

can

do

one

assignment

total

(to

add

up

to

5

points

total

to

your

paper

1

grade.

If

there

are

extra

points

left

over,

they

will

be

added

to

your

Exam

2

grade.