Oral History

Oral History

The purpose of this assignment is to enable you to explore themes that have been discussed in class, particularly sociological theory, social stratification, race, class, gender, sexuality, globalization, the prison industrial complex, and activism. I would like you to select an elder in your family who can tell you your family history. More specifically: 1. I would like to know how you are related to the interviewee, the interviewees age, gender, nationality, marital status, age when married, number of children, education, occupation and current residence. 2. Where they are from, how you arrived to the United States, patterns of immigration, and what it has been like since they have been here. 3. Did they encounter any racism, sexism, classism in two of these four areas: school, work, in the home, or in their neighborhood? How did these experiences limit (or not limit) their life chances? These last two sections is where you make connections between your elders experience and the concepts in the class! This is the most important part of the paper! 4. And last, which theory best describes their experience? The paper must be 6-8 pages in length, MLA format, double spaced, with 1” margins in New Times Roman 12 point font. YOU MUST INCLUDE 4 OR MORE REFERENCES WITH CITATIONS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY!