SCS 200 Module One Short Response Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage with course content.

Prompt: During the first module of the course, you will respond to several questions in the webtext as you complete this week’s reading. At the end of Module One, you will review your answers to these questions and ensure that you have responded to each question. It is important that you answer each question. Otherwise, the words no response will appear in brackets when you submit the assignment. The questions and their original locations in the webtext are listed below in case you want to refer back to the reading as you edit, but you can edit your responses to all the questions directly in Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-4 (page 5) in the webtext before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in the learning environment.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-1 (page 3):

· Question 1: Do you have any healthy habits? What role have culture and environment played in the healthy or unhealthy habits that you have formed?

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-1 (page 4):

· Question 2: Choose a society from the map. Within that society, characterize one of the social science principles we identified in this module. As a reminder, the social science principles we focus on in this course are social roles, social institutions, social norms, and beliefs and values.

· Question 3: Provide an example of the environment influencing the population in an area of increased longevity. Then, provide an example of the population in that area influencing its environment.

· Question 4: Think about factors affecting your lifestyle in comparison to the areas of increased longevity. Characterize two social science principles in your day-to-day life. Use the two principles that you did not describe in response to the earlier question. For example, you could describe some social norms in your day-to-day life.

· Question 5: From a social science perspective, what are three factors that shape your day-to-day life? For example, you could describe some factors that influence your social interactions, your access to certain foods, your day-to-day activities, the pace of life in your area, etc.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-2 (page 1):

· Question 6: Identify two social science issues related to war.

· Question 7: Identify two social science issues related to education.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-2 (page 3):

· Question 8: Recall: What are the five social institutions that we are examining in this course?

· Question 9: Identify the social institutions discussed in this reading about India.

· Question 10: Choose one of the five social institutions. Describe some of the factors that have influenced this social institution in India.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-2 (page 4):

· Question 11: Use the reading about social institutions in India to identify two social science issues that could be researched further.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-3 (page 3):

· Question 12: Describe two social norms in Dubai noted in the reading and explain how these social norms may differ from those of the culture that you grew up in.

· Question 13: What factors shape the social norms in Dubai? Name at least two, and describe how they shape the social norms.

· Question 14: What factors influence your society’s social norms? Name at least two social norms that exist in your culture, and describe the factors that influence them.

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-3 (page 4):

· Question 15: Based on the reading about Dubai, identify two social science issues that could be researched further.

· Question 16: Now choose a social science issue listed above, or pick one of your own. Adopt the social science perspective to ask a question about this issue from the point of view of a psychologist. What is a question that a psychologist might have about this social science issue?

· Question 17: Now choose a social science issue listed above, or pick one of your own. Adopt the social science perspective to ask a question about this issue from the point of view of a sociologist. What is a question that a sociologist might have about this issue?

· Question 18: Now choose a social science issue listed above, or pick one of your own. Adopt the social science perspective to ask a question about this issue from the point of view of an anthropologist. What is a question that an anthropologist might have about this issue?

Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-4 (page 3):

· Question 19: Who occupies the social role of spiritual leader in most Papua New Guinean kinship groups?

· Question 20: What are the societal expectations for a woman’s social role in Papua New Guinea? What influences these expectations?

· Question 21: Within your own society, what social roles do you occupy? What other social roles could you occupy, if you chose to? How much choice does your society give you to occupy different social roles? How much flexibility do you have to fill that social role differently than society expects?

Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Each short response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. Follow the instructions at the bottom of Module One: Exploring Social Science Issues, learning block 1-4 (page 5) in the webtext, to download your work and submit it to your instructor as a single Microsoft Word document uploaded in the learning environment. Refer to the Submitting Webtext Assignments Guide for assistance on downloading, saving, and submitting this assignment.

Critical Elements

Proficient (100%)

Needs Improvement (75%)

Not Evident (0%)

Value

Engagement and Relevance

Written responses directly and comprehensively address short answer prompts, drawing from presented course concepts and terminology

Written responses are topically related to short answer prompts, but responses do not consistently draw from presented course concepts and terminology

Written responses do not address topics identified in short answer prompts

60

Critical Thinking

Written responses demonstrate understanding of course content through inclusion of original ideas and examples

Written responses demonstrate understanding of course content through reiteration of provided materials but do not consistently include original ideas and examples

Written responses do not reflect original ideas and examples

30

Articulation of Response

Written responses are captured in complete sentences without errors impacting legibility and the clarity of response

Written responses are captured in incomplete sentences or include numerous errors that negatively impact legibility and the clarity of response

No written responses are captured in complete sentences

10

Total

100%