Social Work and Social Change

Assignment: Social Work and Social Change

As you begin to find your place in the social work profession, it is important to know and

appreciate its history. In order to gain some context, you can study individuals who influenced

the development of the

field, and you can also acquire historical information about how societies

have responded to those in need.

For this Assignment, select one individual from the following list of important historical figures

in social work.

Jane Addams

Florence Kelley

Ida M. Cannon

Grace Abbott

Janie Porter Barrett

Ellen Gates Starr

Frances Perkins

Mary Richmond

Richard Cabot

Josephine Shaw Lowell

George Edmund Haynes

Lugenia Burns Hope

Sophonisba Breckinridge

Lillian Wald

Harry Hopkins

Birdye Henrietta Haynes

Submit by

a 2

-

page document in which you highlight the important contributions of the

individual you selected.

Your document should

Outline the individual’s path to working in the social work field.

Describe the most important contribution(s) of the individual to the field.

Explain how the study of this individual would inform your practice as a social worker.

·

Adhere to APA conventions.

·

Include peer reviewed references

·

Include introduction, and conclu

sion

Assignment: Social Work and Social Change

As you begin to find your place in the social work profession, it is important to know and

appreciate its history. In order to gain some context, you can study individuals who influenced

the development of the field, and you can also acquire historical information about how societies

have responded to those in need.

For this Assignment, select one individual from the following list of important historical figures

in social work.

Jane Addams Florence Kelley Ida M. Cannon

Grace Abbott Janie Porter Barrett Ellen Gates Starr

Frances Perkins Mary Richmond Richard Cabot

Josephine Shaw Lowell George Edmund Haynes Lugenia Burns Hope

Sophonisba Breckinridge Lillian Wald Harry Hopkins

Birdye Henrietta Haynes

Submit by a 2-page document in which you highlight the important contributions of the

individual you selected.

Your document should

Outline the individual’s path to working in the social work field.

Describe the most important contribution(s) of the individual to the field.

Explain how the study of this individual would inform your practice as a social worker.

 Adhere to APA conventions.

 Include peer reviewed references

 Include introduction, and conclusion