Identify and apply the sociological standards for formatting of citations and references (ASA rules)

Description

Write two paragraphs explaining the sociological imagination.  Assume your reader is completely unfamiliar with the concept (they are relying solely on your explanation; they’ve never read The Sociological Imagination or heard anyone talk about it before).

Here are the requirements:

Write two paragraphs, using the principles discussed in Module Three
Clearly/accurately explain the sociological imagination

Include a distinct point in each paragraph (there should be a clear reason that the explanation is split into two paragraphs)

Integrate at least one quote from “The Promise,” using the principles of integration and ASA citations discussed in this module

Learning Objectives

This assignment is designed to advance the following learning objectives:

Module-specific Student Learning Objectives

Correctly describe and apply the ideas from a classic sociological text
Clearly and accurately summarize others’ work

Identify and apply standards for ethical use of others’ work (citations and references)

Identify and apply the sociological standards for formatting of citations and references (ASA rules)

Apply strategies for effective paragraph structure and development

Apply strategies for integrating quotes in a manner that is grammatically correct and fluid

Course-level Student Learning Objectives
Produce discipline-specific written work that demonstrates upper-division proficiency in language use, grammar, and clarity of expression

Explain, analyze, develop, and criticize ideas effectively, including ideas encountered in multiple readings and expressed in different forms of discourse
Organize and develop essays and documents according to appropriate editorial and citation standards