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1. Culture And Society Week 4 HW
Culture And Society Week 4 HWCulture And Society Week 4 HWIntroduction There is a
strong tradition of writing both sociologically- informed biographies and sociologically-
informed autobiographies in the discipline of sociology. For this assignment, you will be
doing a bit of both of those. You will both reflect on your own life story, making connections
between your everyday life or your life story and broad sociocultural structures within
which you live, and you will also compare and contrast those with someone you
interview.The socioautobiography is a “disciplined, systematic exploration of one’s life from
a sociological point of view” (Hill, 2009, p. 3). Also, the sociobiography is the systematic
exploration of another person’s life from a sociological point of view.Instructions To begin
this assignment, consider your own life as you review all the textbook readings and online
weekly lessons and decide which sociological concepts you wish to explain in connection to
a part or parts of your own life story. Click on the following link for questions to consider as
you reflect on your life:Link: Questions to ConsiderReflect As you consider your own life
and as you create questions to ask the person you interview, consider the following
questions:ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSHow might a
sociologist introduce you or the person you interview? How have social influences shaped
you or the person you interview? What were the social forces that constructed your life or
lifestyle? How have you negotiated the crisscrossing pressures of autonomy and
conformity? Who are you in social context and what does it mean to understand your life
using the “sociological imagination,” or utilizing a sociological perspective? What
sociological concepts would be most helpful in understanding and interpreting your life
experiences, whether class, or reference group, conformity, agents of socialization, gender
socialization, racial socialization, norms, roles, significant others, total institutions
(particularly if you were in the military), achieved status, ascribed status, deviance,
subculture, culture, culture shock, ethnocentrism, folkways, mores, peer groups, and any
others described in the textbook chapters, to interpret your life experiences? What events,
moments or relationships in your life have impacted you significantly?Interview Locate
someone willing to be interviewed regarding sociological perspectives on a part or parts of
that person’s life story. The person can be anyone you choose, whether in your family or
outside your family. Be sure to inform that person that you will be writing up your
observations from the interview in an assignment for your Society and Culture course.
Culture And Society Week 4 HWWrite In a paper, compare and contrast your sociological
observations about yourself with your sociological observations of the person you

2. interview. Address the following 3 important sections:1. Explore the interconnections
between your life story and the larger social structure or culture.2. Explore the
interconnections between the life story of a person you interview and the larger social
structure or culture.3. Compare and contrast the sociological themes and concepts related
to your own personal story with the sociological themes and concepts related to the story of
the person you interviewed. Apply the sociological imagination in the analysis.Include the
following in your analysis:Quotes or paraphrases and citations from both outside scholarly
sources and assigned readings (online Lessons or textbook readings), to support your
observations in all 3 required sections. 6 different concepts, key words, or vocabulary
words from Chapters 1-6 in your analysis and observations, formatted in boldface and
underlined in the main text of your paperYou may repeat these 6 terms throughout the
assignment.Click on the following link for a socioautobiography/sociobiography writing
tip:Link: Writing TipWriting Tip: FocusAs Kanagy and Kraybill (1999) wrote in their book,
The Riddles of Human Society, the socioautobiography is “not a diary” or a “point-by-point
account” of life since birth (p. 287). The sociobiography is not a “point-by-point account”
since birth of the person you interview, either. Feel free to focus on only a part or parts of
your life story and of that of the person you interview.Include headings for each of the three
main sections of the paper:Socioautobiography Sociobiography Comparison/ContrastEach
of the three main sections of your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of
quotes or paraphrases with respective citations from assigned reading (the textbook and/or
the lessons from Weeks 1-3) and the outside scholarly sources that you identify on your
own.Writing Requirements (APA format)Length: 3-4 pages (not including references page)
1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Running header in the
upper left of all pages Page number in the upper right of all pages Minimum of 3 headings
(centered, bold, & title case) Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA
style References page (minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook/lesson
and interview) Title page not requiredGradingThis activity will be graded based on the
Essay (W3) Grading Rubric.Course Outcomes (CO): 3, 5Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on
SundayReferenceHill, M. R. (1989/2009). What it means to be a humanist sociologist: A
socioautobiographical perspective. Sociology Department, Faculty Publications. 453.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1463&context=sociologyfacpubKanagy, C. L., & Kraybill, D. B. (1999). The riddles of
human society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (pp. 287- 289). Culture And Society
Week 4 HWLength 10.0 pts Meets length requirement0.0 pts Does not meet length
requirementContent 10.0 pts Addresses all aspects of the assignment.8.5 pts Addresses
most aspects of the assignment.7.5 pts Addresses some aspects of the assignment.6.0 pts
Addresses few aspects of the assignment.