Soc 489 First Draft

Instructions

Follow the instructions below:

1. By this time, you should have selected a sociological topic that you will focus on. In this short paper, tell us what the topic is and why you have chosen this topic.
2. Find two additional academic sources on this topic to add to the four that you submitted in Module 4. In total, you should now have six academic sources for the project. You can add non-academic sources such as newspaper articles or other forms of media, but are still required to have at least six academic sources from books or journal articles.

Short Paper Format

1. First Paragraph: Introduction to the social problem and it’s sociological relevance.
2. Second Paragraph: Why is this topic important to you?
3. Third Paragraph: Who is the public audience that your project aims to reach?
4. Fourth Paragraph: Body of Scientific Evidence from your sources. Provide at least tenevidence-based facts that come from the six academic articles you have selected. What have the experts said about the topic? You can list these 1 through 10 or in bullet points. It does not need to be written like a paper, but the facts must be clearly written and cited.
5. Fifth Paragraph: Share the public sociology platform you have chosen for your final project and provide a short description of how you plan to implement this project. You can select from platforms such as short documentary film, podcast, website, social media creation, blog, public exhibit, op-ed written piece, or other. The final passion project can not be a standard powerpoint or prezi presentation.
6. All of the Passion Projects will be placed in a Shared Folder and shared with the Sociology Department after completion of the course.

Grading Criteria

This assignment is worth 100 points.

Make sure you cite at least six articles with evidence on this topic.

My topic is “Income Inequality”

I have attached my assignment #1