Finding
a current event:
For this
assignment, current can be anything that has happened since January 2015. It
can be a newsworthy event from anywhere in the world. You can use paper or
online newspapers. For online newspapers, this is also defined broadly as any
website for a news organization.
Some
suggested sites:
The
Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/)
CBC
News (http://www.cbc.ca/news)
BBC
News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/)
Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/
The
Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/)
PBS (http://www.pbs.org/)
100
Words Requirement:
For this
assignment, write about 100 words explaining why and what aspects of the
current event would be of interest to sociologists. The aim of this assignment
is to see you practice your sociological imagination and to show me that you
are starting to understand sociology. Try to incorporate some of the key
concepts and vocabulary from textbook. The 100 words can be in one paragraph or
two. For this assignment, you can write, “I think”, or “I noticed” etc.
