Activity Assignment 2, option 2 – Families in the United States and Sweden
Due date: The day of the second midterm
How to turn in:
Turn in a copy to Turnitin.com on the day we take midterm 2.
Point value:
This activity is worth 20 points.
Considerations:
We will discuss this topic in class and you are encouraged to talk about this topic with your classmates outside of class. You can even read each other’s papers. However, simply copying and editing another person’s paper is considered plagiarism and you will, at a minimum, get a zero on this assignment. Turnitin.com is very good at catching plagiarizers. Please do not attempt.
Resubmission policy:
Any paper that receives a score of 19 or less (93%) can be revised and resubmitted. However, the resubmit option can only be used once. And the maximum score possible for a paper that is resubmitted is 19. There is a section on Turnitin.com where you can turn in a resubmission. You will have until the next exam to resubmit. No late resubmissions will be accepted.
Assignment:
Read “Marriage & Family: What Does the Scandinavian Experience Tell Us? Comparison of family trends & child wellbeing in the US and Sweden.” Here is the link: http://www.stateofourunions.org/pdfs/SOOU2005.pdf. The article is from page 6 to 14. Summarize the claims that David Popenoe makes. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?
Questions to think about:
Why is the divorce rate so high in the United States?
Why is the breakup rate so high in Sweden?
Why is the percentage of children not living with both biological parents higher in the United States than Sweden?
What feature of both societies does Popenoe claim is the root cause of the weakening family in both societies?
What do you think? Are families weakening? In what ways? Are families becoming stronger? In what ways?
Grading rubric:
1. demonstrated the sociological imagination
2. it is well written
3. it is at least one page, double-spaced (at least 300 words)
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