Sociological

Chose 2-3 major events in your life that were significant in terms of your socialization and analyze them sociologically.

Here are some suggestions for your writing/research:

How have macro forces and social structure influenced you at the micro level? Be specific using concrete examples and social events/occurrences. Make sure you are also engaging with terms and concepts from our course.

Who were the major players in terms of your socialization? Relate your experiences to your identity formation or how you and others came to see yourself.

How did you experience social constructs such as race, class, gender, religion etc.? When did you realize you came from a privileged or marginalized group and what did that mean for your identity and how you experienced the world?

It is imperative that you not only describe these life events, but also inform them using the sociological language and research. Click to visit the Sociology Research Guide and find articles that address your life experience. Apply and engage fully with your articles using content from your life to explain and dissect.

Other Information:

Drafts:  I expect a well written, sociologically thoughtful paper.  How the writing is organized, style, and grammar will all be important parts of making this paper successful. Many students have informed that they have found this writing very therapeutic, so I hope that is the case for you, as well.   I highly encourage you to write more than one (and probably several) drafts of the paper, read and re-write, before submitting.  If you would like feedback, I would be very glad to review your paper in advance of the deadline and to provide detailed comments and suggestions. (please submit at least one week early) Details & Grading:   The details of what I'm looking for in this assignment are noted in the rubric (Links to an external site.).  The paper will be graded according to this rubric. I encourage you to carefully consider this rubric (Links to an external site.) as you write and edit your paper.

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http://classroom.synonym.com/write-essay-socioautobiography-using-sociological-concepts-4222.html (Links to an external site.)

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Sample Paper

Sociological Autobiography Sample1.docx

Sociological Autobiography Rubric

The rubric below should provide direction for your sociological autobiography.  This rubric will be used to grade your paper.  Note, in order to get an A on this paper, you will need to receive almost all Excellent ratings.  I encourage you to consider this rubric as you write and edit your paper.