Climate Change as a Pressing Social Issue

M8A1: Social Issues and Movements
Due May 5 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting an external tool Available after Mar 8 at 12am
New York's Gay Pride Parade celebrates passage of same-sex marriage law There are many ways the ideas from Chapter 13 apply to our interpersonal conflicts and how we manage them. Quite often, disagreements between people concern issues reflecting societal conflicts. Currently, American society is engaged in numerous conflicts, which focus on different issues at state and federal levels. These issues may permeate neighborhoods, and even families, where differences of opinion exist. Societal conflicts that exist at the interpersonal level involve social, religious, political, and economic issues.
As we approach the end of the course, it is appropriate to take time and reflect on how the concepts from this course apply to everyday situations. Chapter 13 focuses on managing social conflict. Instead of providing you with a case study, this activity will give you the opportunity to explore the managing of a social issue of your choice.
As you analyze your selected social issue, describe how the concepts from chapter 13 apply to your social issue. Since your analysis may be driven by your worldview, it is critical to validate your position with scholarly references and concepts from the assigned reading.
For this activity, please engage in the following:
Search in the Excelsior library for a current social issue. Use the Library Tip Sheet download to help you perform an effective search.
Provide background (briefly) of the issue and then express your position about the issue in the introduction of your essay (use a thesis).
Provide the necessary evidence (research) to validate your position.
Use and define the concepts you read in Chapter 13 that apply to this scenario.
Explain and contextualize the behavior of the groups or people you see involved in your selected social issue (provide evidence of research).
Cite at least two sources using APA style using scholarly sources from the library.
This essay should be about 500-700 words.
In your conclusion, suggest a method to manage the social conflict through communications.
Below are some examples of various social issues, but there are others you could select: Environmentalism
Fighting Urban Poverty
Climate Change
LGBTQ Rights
Bullying
Women in Combat Roles
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.
Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”
Turnitin®
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Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.
Evaluation
This assignment will be graded using the Written Assignment Grading Rubric located on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please review the rubric prior to beginning your work so that you ensure your submission meets the criteria in place for this assignment. Collectively, essays are worth 25% of your final course grade.