Instructions
The textbook readings for Weeks 1 and 2 explore social forces that can affect our lives as individuals. For this assignment, choose a private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue. You may choose one of the following or a topic of your own:
• Homelessness
• Domestic violence
• Addiction
• Obesity
In a 2-page essay, address the following:
Thoroughly explain what the 0•sociological imagination is • Thoroughly examine how and why the sociological imagination helps understand your chosen topic • Incorporate one outside scholarly source you find on your topic
Your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of paraphrases *only* with respective citations from the assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the
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