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What Are the Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America?Should the Federal Government make reaeational Marijuana legal moss the Is Drinking Mak Healthy?

Controversial issue of you choice from the list Is a College Education Worth goirx) in b3 debt for a Ana?

Should Students Have to Wear School Uniorrns?

Is the Use of Standarcized Tests Improving Educaion in America?

Should Teachers Get Tenure?

Shcxid the Words ‘under God’ Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance? el- good for Petence

Are DACA (Deferred Action for Chidhood Arrivals) and the DREAM

Is Homework Beneficial? Debi’Student

Should tablets/ Chromelx3oks replace textbooks in pubic schools (K-12)? Healthcare:

Should Abortion Be Legal?

Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisied Suicide Be Legal? SO sties?

Should the Federal Government make reaeational Marijuana legal moss the Is Drinking Mak Healthy?

Should Prescription Drugs Be Affordable?

Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entered) to Health Care?

Should Vaccines Be Required for Chidren to go to pubic schools?

Should People Become Vegetarian?

Should the E-Cig ban continue, federally? Or stay in the state system? Or Should there be no ban on E-Cigs?

Should the United States provide more for their veterans? Health care? Mental Awareness?

Opioid Crisis? Who’s to blame? Doctors? Patients? Big Pharma?
COVID Vaccine Mandates?

Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?

Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?

Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?

Should more Gun Control laws be enacted?

Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21?

Should the voting age be lowered to 16?

What Are the Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America?

Should Social Security Be Privatized?

Should a person lose their job because of their sexual orientation?

Should police officers wear body cameras?

Should felons who have completed their sentence (incarceration, probation, and parole) be allowed to vote?

Should the Federal or State Minimum Wage Be Increased?

Does Lowering the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Create Jobs?

Should you need to produce an identification card such as a driver’s license, in order to cast a vote on Election Day?

Should the United States use surveillance techniques, which may invade privacy rights- tt.’ keep America safe?

Consider which side you agree with and WHY. What was your thought process? Find evidence to support the side of the argument you agree with more (e.g., book chapters, websites, journal articles, TED talks, videos, etc.), but make sure to mention the other side of the argument.

1. Assess pros and cons for creating a pathway to citizenship for the 700,000 DACA recipients in the United States.

2. Practice good critical thinking and thoughtful online responding: Consider which side you agree with and WHY. What was your thought process? Find evidence to support the side of the argument you agree with more (e.g., book chapters, websites, journal articles, TED talks, videos, etc.), but make sure to mention the other side of the argument.

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Explain why the general topic interests you and why other people might also find it important.Is there a specific social issue related to your topic that you would like to understand better? Apply your developing sociological imagination to explain why this is an important social issue. (Hint-How would Mills’ concept help you identify or clarify your topic as an important social phenomenon?

Discovering the sociological perspective

General topics — a few examples of related social issues are in brackets

1. Climate Change and the Environment [sustainability, biodiversity, consumption, environmental justice, environmental justice]

2. The Social Contract and Civic Engagement [citizenship, immigration, DACA, gerrymandering, immigration, LGBTQ+, meritocracy, policing, pluralism, political action committees, schooling/systems, special interest groups, voting rights, women’s rights]

3. Infrastructure and Urban/Suburban Development [bridges and tunnels, gentrification, malls, migration, public works, urban renewal, urban sprawl]

4. Media and Social Change [social change, cultural values, social media, leisure class, media industries, popular culture]

5. Social and Economic Inequality [affordable housing, cost of living and minimum wage, living wage, meritocracy, race/ethnicity, social class]

Write an essay in which you demonstrate your understanding of how sociologists identify and explore social issues. Use the following guidelines to complete your essay.

a) Explain why the general topic interests you and why other people might also find it important.

b) Is there a specific social issue related to your topic that you would like to understand better? Apply your developing sociological imagination to explain why this is an important social issue. (Hint-How would Mills’ concept help you identify or clarify your topic as an important social phenomenon?).

c) If you were able to conduct a research study to learn more about your specific social issue, which research method/design would you use? Why this approach? (Hint-Would you use a quantitative approach, if so, which one, why? Would you use a qualitative approach, if so, which one, why?)