Students are required to provide substantive responses to each essay question. By substantive responses, it means: Cover all key elements of each essay questionGive enough information about the topicS

Module 3 Assignment
Chapters 7-10 [Required/Graded: 15 Points)

Assignment 3 Instructions:

Students are required to read the textbook Chapters 7-10. Students are required to use Microsoft Word and save the completed assignment as Word document with a filename that includes the assignment title, your first initial and last name.

How to earn full points?

This is the writing assignment with essay questions and is worth a total of 15 points. Students are required to provide substantive responses to each essay question. By substantive responses, it means:

  1. Cover all key elements of each essay question

  2. Give enough information about the topic

  3. apply the chapter concepts and theories to real-life situations

  4. Seek out additional resources to gain a better insight of the topic

  5. Bring in examples and experiences to illustrate the point

  6. Cite references if necessary

  7. Acceptable length: write a minimum of 150 words per essay question

Formatting Requirements
Use one-inch margins

Use 1 12-point Times New Roman font

Use double-line spacing in the document

Cite all sources in APA (American Psychological Association)
How to get and submit Assignment 3?

  1. Click on Module 1 Assignment tab under Assessment and Assignment

  2. Click Download Assignment questions link on top and save it on your computer

  3. Write your responses under each question

  4. Save the completed assignment as Microsoft Word document. If instructor cannot open the document, you might receive a zero (0) on the assignment. 

  5. Click on the Submit Assignment 

  6. Click on Text Entry to copy and paste the completed assignment to box 

  7. Click on the Submit button


Late work policy
See Syllabus or calendar for due dates. Late assignments receive a 10% deduction if assignments are not posted by 11:59 pm EST on the day they are due  

Chapter 7 (Class and Stratification in U.S.) Questions
  1. Identify intergenerational mobility and intragenerational mobility and give an example to 
    illustrate them.

  2. Explain the model of American class structure and their lifestyles: the upper-upper class, 
    middle class, working class and working poor class

Chapter 8 (Global Stratification) Questions

3.  Explain World systems theory and construct a list of countries in each of the three categories.
4.  Describe dependency theory and modernization theory? Explain the ways these two 
     theories complement or clash with one another. 

Chapter 9 (Race and Ethnicity) Questions 

5.  Sociologist Robert Merton identified four combinations of prejudice and discrimination. Give each one example unprejudiced nondiscriminators, unprejudiced discriminators, prejudiced nondiscriminators, and prejudiced discriminators

6.    Identify subordinate group and give examples of subordinate group in terms of race, gender, etc. Also identify a subordinate group and explain how this group of people with minority status is discriminated against. 

Chapter 10 (Sex and Gender) Questions  7.     Differentiate between sex and gender. Highlight factors of gender inequality. Please give examples to illustrate it. 

8.    Explain multicultural feminism and use an example or any source to describe the possible disadvantages and multilayered oppression that women might experience based on race, social class, class, sexual orientation, and age.