Assignment task:
Write a paragraph introducing C.W. Mills's Sociological Imagination and give a general overview of how you'll be applying it to the personal situation that you will discuss in your paper. First, describe sociological imagination. Then, clearly specify your topic by providing a brief description of the personal situation that you have selected. (It is how societal institutions/factors impact our life choices and opportunities. It can be family/church/media/peers/culture/social status etc.)
Next, identify three chapters that will be utilized to draw sociological concepts from that you will use to analyze your personal situation. Next, identify three chapters that will be utilized to draw sociological concepts from that you will use to analyze your personal situation.
Lastly, identify one sociological theory from the text that you will use to analyze your personal situation (e.g., conflict theory or symbolic interactionism).