Identify the author’s thesis and purpose.

Social Studies by Geoffrey

Pick 1 article, and then answer the following questions based on your reading and analysis.

  1. Identify the author’s thesis and purpose.
  2. Analyze the structure of the passage by identifying all main ideas.
  3. Make an outline of the work or write a description of it.
  4. Summarize the main points in your own words. 
  5. Formulate Your Own Opinion on the Subject Matter.
  6. You must number your responses.
  7. You must answer all of the questions.

Pick 1 Article to Analyze

A Methodological Framework for the Sociology of Culture

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/271027.pdf?casa_token=ybGeIoYDYrwAAAAA:HDhkrzHRhmP_jU5GdMtvlc2OhyreZJ_FMGUzvRbf7b0YEYtyzp-MhSsgoP0Lw84tzGMKH2XdCtXsrBb_gSI6Hdq7mkclQ9iT-CyDgPs6tTdiIqTir-sj (Links to an external site.)

Classical Social Theory and the Origins of Modern Sociology

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2777595.pdf?casa_token=QPfTdo7JoOQAAAAA:td-eRB9uQoA4w_BHNY1h8QwgWyeoqJuNmzRb_SgAJvRnQcJ5XFPvHwN7CgITK39Os9PFGypiR-XNLT7uS1T2ZJ3qwteibS2Ge3kMa9QUKmcugPFpLkGX (Links to an external site.)

2. Do Sociological Theories Grow?

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2779516.pdf?casa_token=MZU8PpgQYdAAAAAA:w8sO_19S66FFVDygDsJleTnGZU_Wrqsotkw3mI_9lgVdYtigtuDhIhD4dDrqI_oftkHKUIgeG3WV748va4XXT_EKxq8nYbtQvzn6hLCymJbN5uzATj3m (Links to an external site.)

From Nature and Nurture, to Culture: Expertise and achievement from a sociological perspective

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vidar-Halldorsson/publication/338839710_From_nature_and_nurture_to_culture_Expertise_and_achievement_from_a_sociological_perspective_english_version_Fra_arv_og_miljo_til_kultur_Ekspertise_og_prestasjon_i_et_sosiologisk_perspektiv/links/6010304ba6fdcc071b94423a/From-nature-and-nurture-to-culture-Expertise-and-achievement-from-a-sociological-perspective-english-version-Fra-arv-og-miljo-til-kultur-Ekspertise-og-prestasjon-i-et-sosiologisk-perspektiv.pdf

Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Culture

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2654982.pdf?casa_token=Bq5DAhPmjYMAAAAA:KesGXU7evtyXSnF0hrEFRwq9fqy9a-oCVL_EqFSwh8CnHTxMIf4WQ9r3FWn7oWSj4_bBzNLihNVcJvN447vXl1cx_cE2jPs7UPIFz3k-u07Oo7mAfvx4

A Reconception of Socialization

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/202172.pdf?casa_token=rW5DG9Dhf_wAAAAA:SS4tmiqmVzGgv5KDjQ6xfu9uhuipnyBIb1MPLoqcH03vPWzW2HLAIrxJRIOgaQ0G0tXwiy–8RUBcCh3MCMwZCyx7hse_hk4fEmkg_9zJAnafQf4OAhj (Links to an external site.)