Assignment Title:
The # (hashtag) METOO movement (#Times Up Movement)
Purpose:
The main purpose of the Me-too movement
Instructions:
Pre-Writing
In this course, you read about minority groups, social institutions, and social movements and change. Research online to find a social movement working for social change related to one of the minority groups or institutions
Next, two theories related to that minority group or institution help to explain the work of the social movement you researched.
Theories
Your third -two theories related to social movements and social change that help to explain the work of the social movement you researched.
Social movement
Your last pre-writing step is thinking of recommendations you would make for the social movement’s future.
Section 1: Introduction
Begin your paper by briefly describing the social movement you chose: How does the movement refer to itself??
Then briefly state which two theories related to that minority group or institution apply to the social movement and why –no more than two sentences per theory.
Next briefly state which two theories related to social movements and social change apply to the social movement and why –no more than two sentences per theory.
End with a brief list of your recommendations for the social movement’s future. (Don’t explain these recommendations here, in the introduction. You will explain them later in the paper).
Section 2: First Theory Related to a Minority Group or Institution
Analyze and interpret the social movement according to one of the theories related to an institution or minority group. How does this theory help to explain the work that the movement does in relation to that institution or minority group?
Section 3: Second Theory Related to a Minority Group or Institution
Analyze and interpret the social movement according to another theory related to the same institution or minority group. How does this theory help to explain the work that the movement does in relation to the institution or minority group? Compare what this second theory helps us understand about the movement with what the first theory you wrote about helps us understand.
Section 4: First Theory Related to Social Movements and Social Change
Analyze and interpret the social movement according to a theory of social movement and change. How does this theory help to explain the social movement?
Section 5: Second Theory Related to Social Movements and Change
Analyze and interpret the social movement according to another theory of social movement and change. How does this theory help to explain the social movement? Compare what this second theory helps us understand about the movement with what the first theory you wrote about helps us understand.
Section 6: Conclusion—Recommendations for the Future
What recommendations would you make for the social movement’s future, based on the challenges and progress you anticipate the movement will experience? What improvements or changes do you think the social movement should make?
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