Social Problems – Week 7 Assignment 1
Final Course
Project
The course project gives you the
opportunity to become an expert on a widely known current social movement that
has, or is having, an impact on American society. Following is a list of questions that you
will need to address in your final course project.
1. Identify
your chosen social movement.
2. Identify
the underlying social problem that is the focus of this social movement.
3. When
and where the social movement was started?
4. Who
were the original founders of the social movement?
5. What
were the initial goals and objectives of this social movement?
6. What
are some of the challenges this social movement has encountered?
7. Who
are the current leaders of this movement?
8. What
other groups or social movements have shown support for this social movement?
9. What
groups or social movements have shown opposition to the objectives and goals of
this social movement?
10. What
are the achievements of this social movement to date?
11. What
are the goals of this social movement that remain to be achieved?
12. Identify
and describe any related social movements developed as a result of this social
movement (these could be movements with similar or conflicting goals)?
13. Analyze
this social movement from one of the three major sociological theories/perspectives
(structural-functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist). You can focus on
the motivations behind the social movement, its accomplishments, resistance to it, etc.…)
14. Provide
a critique of the approaches the social movement has taken toward achieving
their goals.
15. Propose
additional strategies the social movement could use to achieve their goals.
Other Requirements
1.
Your
submission should be 6 to 7 pages (not including the reference or cover page)
2.
A
minimum of 8 sources need to be listed on your reference page and cited in your
paper showing where they were used.
3.
Full
use of APA formatting is required.
Your paper should
be free of writing errors and double spacing should be used throughout.
