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Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Kendall, D. E. (2018). Sociology in our times: The essentials. Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

Lesson

Minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources

Instructions The textbook reading for the week explores social forces that can affect the seemingly private act of suicide. For this assignment, conduct scholarly research on a different private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue, something other than suicide. You may choose one of the following or a topic of your own:

Homelessness

Veteran homelessness

Domestic violence

Addiction

Obesity

In an essay, address the following:

Determine how the sociological imagination can help understand that problem.

Compare and contrast that research with the textbook's explanation of ways sociologists apply the sociological imagination to understand a problem.

Your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of quotes or paraphrases with respective citations from assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the outside scholarly sources that you identify on your own.Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 2-3 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

Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style

References page (minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook/lesson)

Title page not required

Grading This activity will be graded based on the Essay (W1) Grading Rubric.