A U.S. soldier in Afghanistan losses their life in a battle. Is this an example of what C. Wright Mills referred to as a trouble or an issue? (Note: it is not both).

2. How might Karl Marx and his concept of class conflict explain why Detroit has gone from an economic boomtown to a struggling city over the past 50 years? (Read pages 223-225 in addition to the Chapter 1 material on Marx. Also, keep in mind that Detroit’s decline began in the 1960s, decades before Kwame Kilpatrick became mayor.)

3. You are conducting a research study to determine whether HFCC students are satisfied with the education they are receiving. Which research method (called research tools in Chapter 2) would be the best one to use for this study?

4. Identify two values that were taught in the household in which you were raised. Identify three specific ways in which each of those values was taught. (Do not use the examples of values that are provided in the Culture Concepts packet document).

5. If your last name begins with the letter A-L, list 5 norms for completing a discussion board in this class.
6. Using Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis of social interaction, identify the impression you will seek to convey in this online class. List several performances you will use to convey this impression.

Each of the questions is worth 10 points and requires a half page answer.

7. This is an optional, extra credit question. You can earn up to 5 bonus points for answering it correctly, as long as you have already provided answers to the six required questions. A student submits an assignment that includes a sentence that is copied, word-for-word, from an online source, the textbook, or another student. Is this acceptable?