Expectations for Independent Research 

March 16th  and March 18th 2021

Over the next TWO class periods you will be blended mini research and summarization skills into a self-directed exploration of the essential content related to the foundations of sociological theory. 

Task #1 Read and review the biographies of the founders of Sociology    

Task #2 Create summaries of each Founder in the following NOTE GRID. Include a brief biographical sketch, a summary of the founder's contributions to Sociology and anecdotes or fun facts about the founder.

RESEARCH for CLASS #11 March 16, 2021

Auguste Comte (1798-1857)  “ Weathering a Storm of Change”

Harriet Martineau  (1802 to 1876) “Applying observational methodology”

Karl Marx (1818-1883)  “ An Agenda for Change”

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) “ The Survival of the Fittest”

Jane Addams (1860-1935)  “Pioneering sociologist and community reformer”

RESEARCH for CLASS #12 March 18, 2021

George Herbert Mead (1863 -1931) “The birth of a Social Behaviorist”

W.E.B DuBois  (1868-1963) "Structural Racism" 

Max Weber (1864-1920) “ Expanding the Boundaries of Sociology”

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) “ Unmasking the Power of Society”

C. Wright Mills   (1916 to 1962 )“ Mills and The Sociological Imagination”