Module Outcome:  You will be able to describe the historical forces that have influenced the intersection of race and family in the United States.  Course Outcome:  You will be able to describe the historical forces that have influenced the intersection of race and family in the United States.  General Education Competency: You will have used critical thinking to analyze problems and make logical decisions. You will be able to demonstrate socialization skills that support cultural awareness and a global perspective.  You will be able to communicate effectively using the conventions of American Standard English in professional and academic environments  What practices did the US government engage in to force Native Americans to assimilate to American culture? What were their motivations? Does this trend continue? Explain. How might this affect the Native American culture in the eyes of Native Americans and non-indigenous Americans alike? Explain. For a top score, you must respond constructively to at least two other students. More extensive participation will be noted. All of your postings should be spread over three different days. Introduction: This assignment will assist in your gaining a better understanding of the theoretical perspectives in Sociology This assignment fulfills/supports Module Outcome: You will be able to how structural functionalism, conflict perspectives, and symbolic interactionism work together to help us get a more complete view of reality. Course Outcome: You will be able to recognize and apply the basic sociological terms vital to the understanding of sociology and the major theoretical paradigms to an analysis of social institutions, social structures, and societal issues. General Education Competency You will be able to communicate effectively using the conventions of American Standard English in professional and academic environments. You will be able to demonstrate socialization skills that support cultural awareness and a global perspective.  Demonstrate computer literacy The Assignment: DF #2 - Theoretical Perspectives Find a newspaper article, online or physical paper, and identify the structural functionalist, social conflict, and symbolic interctionist view of the social issue that is discussed in the article. Think about how each of these perspectives view society. You can get this from your reading of the text. For example, structural functionalists view society as social harmony with a high degree of social order with the institutions meeting their manifest and latent functions, all for the good of society, compared to conflict theorists, which view society as an arena of social inequality; dominant and subordinate groups, competing for scarce resources. In comparison, a symbolic interactinist may view society based upon symbolic meaning, labeling and social construction and the interaction with others in society. Prompt: Write at least one paragraph summarizing your .

1. Module Outcome: You will be able to describe the historical
forces that have influenced the intersection of race and family
in the United States.
Course Outcome: You will be able to describe the historical
forces that have influenced the intersection of race and family
in the United States.
General Education Competency:
You will have used critical thinking to analyze problems and
make logical decisions.
You will be able to demonstrate socialization skills that support
cultural awareness and a global perspective.
You will be able to communicate effectively using the
conventions of American Standard English in professional and
academic environments
What practices did the US government engage in to force Native
Americans to assimilate to American culture? What were their
motivations? Does this trend continue? Explain. How might this
affect the Native American culture in the eyes of Native
Americans and non-indigenous Americans alike? Explain.

2. For a top score, you must respond constructively to at least two
other students. More extensive participation will be noted. All
of your postings should be spread over three different days.
Introduction: This assignment will assist in your gaining a
better understanding of the theoretical perspectives in Sociology
This assignment fulfills/supports
Module Outcome: You will be able to how structural
functionalism, conflict perspectives, and symbolic
interactionism work together to help us get a more complete
view of reality.
Course Outcome: You will be able to recognize and apply the
basic sociological terms vital to the understanding of sociology
and the major theoretical paradigms to an analysis of social
institutions, social structures, and societal issues.
General Education Competency
You will be able to communicate effectively using the
conventions of American Standard English in professional and
academic environments.
You will be able to demonstrate socialization skills that support
cultural awareness and a global perspective.
Demonstrate computer literacy
The Assignment: DF #2 - Theoretical Perspectives

3. Find a newspaper article, online or physical paper, and identify
the structural functionalist, social conflict, and symbolic
interctionist view of the social issue that is discussed in the
article. Think about how each of these perspectives view
society. You can get this from your reading of the text. For
example, structural functionalists view society as social
harmony with a high degree of social order with the institutions
meeting their manifest and latent functions, all for the good of
society, compared to conflict theorists, which view society as an
arena of social inequality; dominant and subordinate groups,
competing for scarce resources. In comparison, a symbolic
interactinist may view society based upon symbolic meaning,
labeling and social construction and the interaction with others
in society.
Prompt:
Write at least one paragraph summarizing your article first, then
write 2 paragraphs explaining how each of these perspectives
may be represented in your article