Module 5.1: Journal – Class and Social Mobility
Directions
Journal Guidelines
For all of the journals in the course, please follow the guideline below.
Each journal entry should be between 1-2 pages and include the following:
- An Introduction to the topic being explored in the journal.
- A Summary of main points and concepts extracted from the assignment (may include videos, articles, or textbook material including exercises). (1-2 paragraphs)
- A Critical analysis of the material in the assignment. Analysis may include personal feelings on the subject matter supported with examples or evidence of why you feel this way. Although personal experience is fine to cite, it should not form the basis of your arguments for supported material (2-3 paragraphs)
- Additional evidence or statistics from literary sources, newspapers, media, or the textbook which can enhance the analysis and make it more polished and valid. (1-2 paragraphs)
Assignment:
Watch the following videos. You can also find them in the Reading – Viewing – Comprehension section.
- The Diverse Middle Class Video Segment [Length 5:26]
- TEDx. (n.d.). The Social Capital Gap [Duration 10:48]Links to an external site.
- Olivia Kon. (2017, December 18). Pierre Bourdieu: Theory of Capital (Social and Cultural Capital) [Length 9:53]Links to an external site..
Based on what you have learned about class, stratification and social mobility from the videos and chapter 9, address the following questions in your journal entry:
- What did the videos and the reading teach you about wealth, stratification and social mobility in the US?
- What is the role of social and cultural capital in achieving upward social mobility?
- Based on what you have learned, what does this say about capitalism? Can “anyone” “make it” simply through hard work?
- Please include specific references to learned material.
Submission
Submit your journal by clicking the Start Assignment button above and submit it as an attachment.
Please note the following:
The assignment will be submitted via Turnitin to check for plagiarism. Please find the plagiarism policy in the Course Syllabus. All submitted student work will be added as source documents in Turnitin reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such assignments in the future.
