Category: Social Science

For citizens in some countries, religious oppression is common and long standing. While freedom of religion is guaranteed in the U.S., religious intolerance still exists. According to the Equal Opportunity Employment commission, the number of lawsuits filed for religious discrimination doubled between 2000–2010 (Pledger, 2011). Social workers must be alert for the complex ways that religious privilege functions. By creating an awareness of the privilege given to some while marginalizing others, social workers can understand how this bias impacts their clients.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of the connections between privilege and religion. Describe a situation in which members of a religion experience privilege. Describe a situation in which members of a religion experience religious oppression.

Discussion 3
Provide an article or video from a credible source on the topic of listening skills.  Summarize what the article or video discusses, and how it relates to week three topic of listening skills.
Report on Learning 3
1.  Choose a topic from one of the chapters in this week’s reading assignment and write a summary about the topic as follows:

• Why it interested you,
• What you believe might interest someone else, and
• How you believe it might aide you in the future.

2.  Choose an article from a credible source and post it with your summary report, with an explanation as follows:

• How the article related to your topic.
• A brief summary of what the article is about.

PLEASE READ THE GRADED OUTLINE AND MAKE CORRECTIONS WHEN WRITING THE PAPER (Note from professor: Good start to the final paper. The outline provides a topic and client population of focus. As you prepare for the final paper, be sure that the introduction has a clear thesis statement to guide the paper. The remaining discussions and literature cited will be used to develop that thesis. Friendly reminder, a minimum of 8 references published within the last 10 years is required. As per APA formatting, use section headings to organize paper content and revisions are needed to the capitalization of reference titles — refer to Writing Center or www.apastyle.org )
Your final assignment for this course is a Final Paper that will focus on evaluating research studies and reports to analyze a specific topic within a Health and Human Services research area.  You will select a topic area in Week Three of this course that will be used for the Final Paper.  Examples of possible topic areas include:

• Program effectiveness of community-based mental health treatment facilities.
• Perceptions of ethical competence among human service professionals working in long- term care.
• Treatment intervention outcomes for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Characteristics of successful job placement programs for special needs adults.
• Trends in health care legislation and impacts on health and human service delivery.

For your Final Paper, you will elaborate on each section of your Final Paper Outline from Week Three.  You must utilize at least eight peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last 10 years; these will be the same sources that you identified in your Week Three assignment.  Your sources must present actual research studies that correspond to the problem or background of your selected topic area.  Your Final Paper must address the following:

• Describe your selected topic area.  Your description of the problem or background of your topic area should include more detail than the overview you provided in Week Three.
• Summarize the components, attributes, and/or various segments of the topic area you have selected.  For example:
  • What is the research problem or issue?
  • Who or what is affected by this problem or issue?
  • What are some specific examples of research studies, evaluations, reports, literature reviews, etc. that address it?
  • What are the findings of these sources, and what are their implications on the health and human services field?
• Evaluate the research reports and/or theories from the studies presented in your minimum of eight peer-reviewed resources.  This analysis should add to the exploration of the problem or background of your selected topic area.

Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least eight peer-reviewed sources from the Ashford University Library.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Submit a video presentation summary of the policy proposal you created from last week’s Discussion. Be sure to incorporate feedback from your colleagues. Make sure that your summary presentation provides a solid rationale for the passage of your policy, using reputable sources from experts in the field. This should be a simulation of a summary presentation you would make to “real-world” policy leaders, so make sure you are succinct and informative. You can include any visual aids that you think help your presentation.
Your video should be 4–5 minutes and no more than 6 minutes. (I JUST NEED IT SENT TO ME TYPED AND I CAN MAKE THE VIDEO MYSELF)

SOCI 250: Introduction to Sociological Theory

Quote Integration Assignment

10 marks

Due Date: 19 January @ 23:59

Description:

This is a short assignment that asks you to develop your citation skills beyond proper formatting. This part asks you to find a relevant quote from different sections of the Immanuel Kant reading assigned for week 1 along with the podcast on the Enlightenment.
Each answer will be graded for all of the following:
1. A proper introduction to the quote using the author’s first and last name on your first quote, and last name only on each quote after that. Your introduction should also use one of the following introductory words: states, claims, asserts, agrees, comments, suggests, observes, contends, explains, believes, proposes, argues, concludes, or notes. The proper format would be:
a. Immanuel Kant argues, “X….” (45).
2. An explanation of the meaning of the quote in your own words. This shows the reader that you know what it means and helps the reader to understand by rephrasing what was said. You will also define any key terms that she uses in your explanation.
3. A discussion of why the quote is important. Why should we care?
Each of the above points should be developed in a minimum of one sentence per point.
1. What impact to guardians have (50) on “man’s” ability to think?
2. What possibility does Kant see for regular people/the masses to educate themselves (51)?
3. What does it mean to make “public use” of reason (51)?
4. Should a citizen obey the rules as set out by the government (51-2)?
5. Where does a citizen make use of their freedom and duty as a citizen (52)?

Instructions

For this assignment, you will conduct Internet research about poverty in the United States and create a photo essay that depicts the economic struggles that many Americans are facing today. Photo essays consist of a collections of photographs or images that portray a particular message. The idea of this assignment is to be creative, so don’t let a new type of assignment hinder you. Your photo essay should have an organized theme, linking two photos in some way in the essay.
Theme ideas include a certain area or region (urban or rural), lost jobs, a personal story, the recession, immigration, economic impact of globalization, low-paying jobs, slums, kids and poverty, hunger, elderly and poverty, single parents and poverty, health care and poverty, drugs, or other social issues that may be associated with poverty. You are not limited to these ideas; you may pick any theme that you think depicts the economic struggles of Americans.
You will submit the following in one document:

1. Two photos that support one common social theme.
2. Each photo must come from a different webpage, article, or source. In other words, do not find an article or photo essay online and copy both photos from that one source. The photos may be your own photos, photos found online, or a combination of both.
3. Provide a 100-word (minimum) description for each of the two photos that states what each of the photos represents.
4. The descriptions should educate the reader about the social theme you are presenting.
5. Provide a 150-word (minimum) summary of your photo theme and explain how social class as a social structure influences the opportunities or life choices for the individuals or individual in your photo essay.
6. Conclude with a statement of what you learned from this photo essay assignment.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 9 in the assigned text. Determine and discuss the circumstances, both historical and contemporary, that have contributed to the problem of one of the following populations:

• homeless children,
• homeless runaway youth,
• homeless veterans, or
• homeless single parent families.

Identify one example of a potential risk that could be faced by your chosen population. Explain how a human services professional can most effectively tend to the needs of your chosen population. Identify and provide at least one current societal or governmental initiative that has been implemented nationally or in your area to help your chosen population. Your initial post should be at least 350 words in length.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 8 in the assigned text and refer to Mental Disorders (Links to an external site.).
Select any specific mental illness from Chapter 8 of your text.

• Summarize the mental illness into a paragraph.
• Research the possible causes of the illness, who is at risk, the symptoms, and some of the available treatments and therapies. Explain to the class in two to three paragraphs.
• Continue to teach the class by training them how they could each, as human services professionals, work with an individual diagnosed with this mental illness as part of a broader treatment plan.
• Your initial post should be at least 350 words in length.

When pieces of cloth are sewn together, you might have trouble discerning the individual pieces of cloth that make the final garment, but by looking carefully, you can find the seams. You may have experienced similar difficulty in the first week of this course when asked to explore the individual aspects of culture that combine to create your unique self-identity. Forms of oppression can come together often in almost imperceptible ways to form the complex environment in which you and your clients live and interact. As a social worker, you must examine carefully the intersections between religious discrimination, sexism, classism, and racism so you can respond accordingly.
To prepare: Consider this week’s resources that describe how religion intersects with other forms of oppression.

By Day 7 of Week 8

Submit your response to those resources and analyze what you think is the role of religion in reinforcing sexism, classism, and racism. Provide at least one specific example for each -ism (sexism, classism, and racism). As a social worker, how can you address these issues on a micro and macro level?
Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Catalano, D. C. J., DeJong, K., Hackman, H. W,… Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2018). Readings for diversity and social justice (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge Press.

• Section 4 Introduction (pp. 247-258)
• Chapter 45, America’s changing religious landscape by Pew Research Center (pp. 259-264)
• Chapter 46, Examples of Christian privilege (pp. 264-265)
• Chapter 51, Working it out (pp. 291-298)
• Chapter 52, Native American religious liberty: 500 years after Columbus (pp.  298-301)
• Chapter 53, Religious freedom advocates are divided over how to address LGBT rights (pp. 302-204)
• Chapter 56, Jews in the US: The rising costs of whiteness (pp. 312-316)
• Ch 57, Oral history of (pp. 317-319)
• Chapter 58, Modesto-area atheists speak up, seek tolerance (pp. 319-321)
• Chapter 60, Creating identity-safe spaces on college campuses for Muslim students (pp.  325-328)
• Chapter 62, Critical reflections on interfaith movement (pp. 330-339)

When pieces of cloth are sewn together, you might have trouble discerning the individual pieces of cloth that make the final garment, but by looking carefully, you can find the seams. You may have experienced similar difficulty in the first week of this course when asked to explore the individual aspects of culture that combine to create your unique self-identity. Forms of oppression can come together often in almost imperceptible ways to form the complex environment in which you and your clients live and interact. As a social worker, you must examine carefully the intersections between religious discrimination, sexism, classism, and racism so you can respond accordingly.
To prepare: Consider this week’s resources that describe how religion intersects with other forms of oppression.

By Day 7 of Week 8

Submit your response to those resources and analyze what you think is the role of religion in reinforcing sexism, classism, and racism. Provide at least one specific example for each -ism (sexism, classism, and racism). As a social worker, how can you address these issues on a micro and macro level?
Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Catalano, D. C. J., DeJong, K., Hackman, H. W,… Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2018). Readings for diversity and social justice (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge Press.

• Section 4 Introduction (pp. 247-258)
• Chapter 45, America’s changing religious landscape by Pew Research Center (pp. 259-264)
• Chapter 46, Examples of Christian privilege (pp. 264-265)
• Chapter 51, Working it out (pp. 291-298)
• Chapter 52, Native American religious liberty: 500 years after Columbus (pp.  298-301)
• Chapter 53, Religious freedom advocates are divided over how to address LGBT rights (pp. 302-204)
• Chapter 56, Jews in the US: The rising costs of whiteness (pp. 312-316)
• Ch 57, Oral history of (pp. 317-319)
• Chapter 58, Modesto-area atheists speak up, seek tolerance (pp. 319-321)
• Chapter 60, Creating identity-safe spaces on college campuses for Muslim students (pp.  325-328)
• Chapter 62, Critical reflections on interfaith movement (pp. 330-339)