Sociological Imagination Essay

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· Textbook: Chapter 1

· Lesson

· Minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources

Instructions The textbook reading for the week explores social forces that can affect the seemingly private act of suicide. For this assignment, conduct scholarly research on a different private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue, something other than suicide. You may choose one of the following or a topic of your own:

· Homelessness

· Veteran homelessness

· Domestic violence

· Addiction

· Obesity

In an essay, address the following:

· Determine how the sociological imagination can help understand that problem.

· Compare and contrast that research with the textbook's explanation of ways sociologists apply the sociological imagination to understand a problem.

Your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of quotes or paraphrases with respective citations from assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the outside scholarly sources that you identify on your own.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

· Length: 2-3 pages (not including references page)

· 1-inch margins

· Double spaced

· 12-point Times New Roman font

· Running header in the upper left of all pages

· Page number in the upper right of all pages

· Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style

· References page (minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook/lesson)

· Title page not required