Assignment 1: Presentation – Identifying Organizations (Due Week 4)

Assignment 1: Presentation – Identifying Organizations (Due Week 4).

Overview

Forthis assignment, we will expand upon our understanding of a socialproblem through analyzing the organizations that are committed toaddressing it. For example, with respect to the social problem ofhomelessness, we see a variety of local and national level organizationsthat seek to enable people the opportunity to have permanent housing.Habitat for Humanity would be an excellent example of an organizationthat deals with such a concern. As another example, regarding the socialproblem of poverty, we may look at the Salvation Army as a type oforganization committed to helping impoverished people, or peoplerecently released from prison or drug treatment, to find gainfulemployment and reclaim a quality-of-life. Your job in this assignmentwill be to do your own independent research on two organizations thatare committed to addressing a social problem of your choosing.

Instructions

Forthis assignment, you will put together a presentation of 10 slidesminimum. You may use a presentation program of your choice such as anyof these which offer free use:

https://prezi.com/signup/basic/

https://www.powtoon.com/home/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi7TDytGC2QIVhAJpCh3eWQuCEAAYASAAEgLmrvD_BwE&edgetrackerid=100102882751492

https://spark.adobe.com/

https://www.google.com/slides/about/

https://www.canva.com/

https://www.visme.co/

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/impress/

https://slidedog.com/

https://www.haikudeck.com/account/signup?r=0&ref=propricing

or PowerPoint.

Please attach, embed, or provide a link to your presentation to submit it for grading.

Your Presentation must do the following:

1.Select a social problem of your choice. Describe two organizations(feel free to do your own independent research on these organizations)that is seeking to address this social problem.

2.Next,analyze two major ways that each organization is addressing the socialproblem you have mentioned. For example, are they helping to createhomeless shelters, are they helping people receive drug treatment, orare they working with state and local authorities to curb suffering insome area?

3.Define four concepts from our readings/materials that relate to yourchosen social problem and analyze how these concepts help us betterunderstand the social problem you are discussing. Some examples ofconcepts are ideas such as stratification, ethnicity, racism, sexism,and others as mentioned in our readings and materials (NOTE: these arejust examples of concepts – they may NOT apply to your topic – you needto select concepts that apply to your own topic).

4.Define one sociological theory from our readings/materials thatrelates to your chosen social problem and analyze how this theory helpsus better understand the social problem you are discussing. Sociologicaltheories include functionalism, conflict theory, feminist theory,symbolic interactionism, and others as mentioned in our readings andmaterials.

Note – you may find our Sociological Theories and Concepts Toolkit to be helpful (found in Announcements).

Donot use unverifiable, secondary sites such as Wikipedia, about.com,ask.com, and similar. Use our course materials, peer-reviewed journalarticles from the library, and other scholarly sources.

Yourpresentation should utilize sound critical thought and it shouldinclude appropriate APA in-text citations and full APA references at theend.

The structure of the Presentation must include the following:

— TITLE SLIDE (1 slide minimum)

— BODY OF PRESENTATION WITH SUBHEADINGS (8 slides minimum)

— REFERENCE SLIDE (1 slide minimum)

LATE POLICY:

See Syllabus

Note:

Thiscourse has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if you realize yousubmitted an incorrect or blank file, or if you need to submit multipledocuments as part of your Assignment. Resubmission of an Assignmentafter it is graded, to attempt a better grade, is not permitted.

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:

Assignment 1 will evaluate your ability to do the following:

Course Objectives: