Meet two American families:
The Garcias – Headed by a female/female same-sex couple (both are Hispanic) with two offspring, one child from each woman with the same sperm donor. The Garcias are working-class mothers, each having dropped out of high school. One obtained her GED. One child has dropped out of school in the 10th grade and works part-time at Wal-Mart. The other is a student at a local community college, with a felony on her record. One mother was recently arrested for allegedly selling marijuana in order to help pay the family bills.The Stewarts – Headed by a male/female opposite-sex, mixed-race (he is black, she is white) couple with four offspring. He brings two kids from a previous marriage. She brings two kids from a previous marriage. The Stewarts are upper-class, each having graduated college with a 4-year degree. Two children are enrolled in prestigious universities, while the other two have extensive criminal records. The father is recently under indictment for extensive white-collar crimes.REQUIREMENTS (Read each one carefully!):
Explain how you envision these families coping in our society today, and discuss how the experiences of the children might differ from one family to the next. Be imaginative and create interesting scenarios for both families!
Interpret your understanding (from the text) of how economic status (CH 2), race (CH 3) and gender (CH 4) will likely impact each familys access to our criminal justice system. (CH 8).
Apply a sociological perspective that might help explain each familys experiences. (Functionalism, Conflict, Interactionism).Students are REQUIRED to include 1 direct quote and 1 paraphrase from each chapter listed above (2, 3, 4, 5, 8) for a total of 10 references. Your reference choices should be from different pages (not two from the same page). You should select references that help support your own ideas and that help demonstrate comprehension. Do NOT pick obvious quotes (Our judicial system is biased). Direct quotes are passages directly from the text in quotes. Paraphrases are summaries of the text in your own words. Please reference the text with a page number only in parenthesis when quoting or paraphrasing. This is an example (70). Failure to reference appropriately will result in a “0” for this exam.
IMPORTANT: BOLD each textbook reference so your required references are clear to you and to the reader.
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