Humanities Homework Help

Bullying is a difficult concept to understand and reconcile the consequences.
This assignment focuses on the critical thinking skills that are needed to
analyze an emotionally charged topic.

Student Success Tips

• Review the Student’s Guide to Research section of the textbook (Chapter
  2)
• Take notes as you watch the video below.

Watch the video titled, “From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara
Coloroso at TEDxCalgary” (19 min 5 s) located below. You may also view the video
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg.

Write a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you:

1. Identify the most important step in the student’s guide to research that you
   would need in order to analyze bullying.
2. Define the identified critical step of research in your words.
3. Explain how bullying relates to one (1) of the following
   topics:
   1. the agents of socialization (i.e., family, teachers and school, peers),
   2. formal organizations (i.e., conformity to groups),
   3. different types of deviance (i.e., everyday deviance, sexual deviance, or
      criminal deviance).

Provide a rationale for your response.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
  margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional
  instructions.
• To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for the essay
  should be the TED video and the sections noted in your text. For this reason,
  APA citations or references are not required for this assignment.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is
  not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:

• Define the basic concepts used in the discipline of sociology.
• Define the various methodologies for sociological research.
• Identify the sociological perspective to the inequalities of class, race,
  gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, and political
  aspects.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
  sociology.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.