SOC 320 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

 

Overview: In Module Two, you selected an issue for your final project. Now, for Milestone One, you will select the social advocacy group and potential research sources. You will also identify the theoretical lenses that are appropriate for analyzing historical and modern interpretations of the issue.

 

Prompt: Complete the worksheet to accomplish the following:

 

• Name the issue you submitted to the instructor and for which you received approval.
• Select the social advocacy group you will use as the basis for your final project.
• Identify potential research sources that you may use as a source of sociological evidence for your final project.
• Compile your research sources as a detailed bibliography using the format provided.
• Identify the theoretical lenses you may use for the position paper, and why you think each is applicable.

 

Worksheet

 

Name of Student:

John Smith

 

Course and Section Number:

SOC 320

 

1. Name the instructor-approved issue you will focus on for the final project.

My approved project issue: Same-sex Adoption Rights

 

2. Select the social advocacy group you will use as the basis for your final project. You may consider social advocacy groups included in the Module Three resources or one that you identify on your own.

 

Social advocacy group name and link to its website: Adoptions Together; https://www.adoptionstogether.org/adopting/lgbt-adoption/

 

 

3. Identify at least 3 and no more than 4 research resources (e.g., books, journal articles) that you may use as sources of sociological evidence for your final project. Use the Shapiro Library for help identifying appropriate resources.

 

• If you completed the optional portion of the final project issue selection assignment, be sure to reevaluate the resources you already identified for applicability to your final project.
• You may find it helpful to read more than the abstract for a given resource to ensure it is appropriate for the issue and social advocacy group you selected.

 

4. Compile the research sources you identified in the previous step into a detailed bibliography format, which adheres to APA format using the following table:

Resource details This research is related to my selected issue because it portrays the different avenues of opportunities given to same sex couples. It includes reasons why same sex couples can do other things to include marriage but not adopt a child.
Citation (use APA-style formatting) Atienza, B. J. G. (2014). Adoption by Same-Sex Couples in the United States: The Revolving Door into the Lives of Parentless Children. Arizona Summit Law Review, 8(1), 15–32.
Resource details This research is related to my selected issue because it explains the discrimination same sex couples face when attempting to adopt a child. It also goes into detail about why the criteria is more invasive and costly than opposite sex couples’ adoption process.
Citation (use APA-style formatting) Janet McDermott, & Stephen Hicks. (2018). Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption, Second Edition: Vol. Second edition. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Resource details In this book they interviewed families involved at different stages of the fostering and adoption process. They share some of the social stigma that families have endured to include homophobia and various discriminatory policies from different agencies. Families also express strategies they have used to overcome and address them.
Citation (use APA-style formatting)
Resource details This research is related to my selected issue because…   (Provide a 1- to 2-sentence description of how this research source related to your selected issue.)

 

5. Foreachtheoryyou identify, use the table below to provide a brief explanation of how it is related to your selected issue. If you select more than one classical or modern theory, you may also explain them in the table below:

 

Classical theory: Conflict Theory	Modern theory: Queer Theory
This theory relates to my issue due to the mistreatment based off sexual orientation and in some cases gender. Laws prohibiting same sex couples from adopting is discrimination.  Social change would be needed to reach an egalitarian society which promotes equality.	Queer is both theory and political action. This is explained by defining the oppressive power of prevalent norms, specifically those relating to sexuality. This relates to the inequality experience from same sex couple adoption rights.
Additional classical theory (optional):	Additional modern theory (optional):
How this theory relates to my selected issue (2- to 4-sentence explanation):	How this theory relates to my selected issue (2- to 4-sentence explanation):

 

6. Save this worksheet.

 

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

 

Critical Elements	Proficient (100%)	Needs Improvement (75%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Issue Selection	Names an issue that the instructor has approved	Names an issue that the instructor did not previously approve, but is acceptable	Does not name an issue	5
Social Advocacy Group Selection	Names a social advocacy group that is well related to the issue	Names a social advocacy group that is not well related to the issue	Does not name a social advocacy group	5
Research Sources: Citations	Utilizes APA citation guidelines	Uses APA guidelines for citations with some minor errors	Uses APA guidelines for citations with major errors	10
Research Sources: Details	Provides a description of how the source relates to the issue, demonstrating analytical insight	Provides a clear description of how the source relates to the issue	Does not describe how the source is related to the issue	30
Theory Selection	Identifies one classical and one modern theory, both of which are appropriate for the analysis of the issue	Identifies theories but one of the theories is not appropriate for the analysis of the issue	Does not identify theories that will be used in the analysis of the issue	20
Theory Justification	Gives description of the relationship between the theories selected and the issue that demonstrates thorough understanding of the theory	Gives description of the relationship between the theories selected and the issue but it is not complete and/or contains some minor inaccuracies	Does not give description of the relationship between the theories selected and the issue or descriptions are grossly inaccurate	30
Total				100%