• Textbook: Chapter 9
• Lesson
• In the article below, review the two columns comparing the 1790 Census categories with the 2020 Census categories

Pew Research Center. (2020, February 6). What Census calls usLinks to an external site.. https://www.pewresearch.org/interactives/what-cens…

INSTRUCTIONS

This week, you learned about the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent racial and ethnic categories. For this assignment, you will complete the attached case study worksheet that guides you through analyzing the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender as social constructs, just as sociologists do. You will apply racial and ethnic categories used in the 2020 Census with the four racial, ethnic, and gender categories used in the 1790 Census: Free white males, free white females, all other free persons, and slaves (Pew Research Center, 2020).

*This assignment is adapted from Glaser (2018).

• SOCS185 Case Study WorksheetLinks to an external site.

REQUIREMENTS (APA FORMAT)

• Length: Completed worksheet should be 2–3 pages total
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Page number in the upper right of all pages
• Use the case study worksheet to enter your responses below each question/statement.
• Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
• Title page not required
• Acceptable file type: .doc, .docx, or PDF

GRADING

This activity will be graded based on the Week 5 Case Study Grading Rubric.

OUTCOMES

• CO3: Analyze the concepts of culture and society.
• CO4: Analyze interactions between ethnic or racial groups in social organizations based on the cultural characteristics of the groups.
• CO5: Examine the impact of cultural differences related to the changing demographics of the United States and the globalization of markets.
• CO6: Compare and contrast multicultural issues related to subgroups identified by categories in addition to or other than race and ethnicity.

DUE DATE

By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 9
• Lesson
• In the article below, review the two columns comparing the 1790 Census categories with the 2020 Census categories

Pew Research Center. (2020, February 6). What Census calls us Links to an external site.. https://www.pewresearch.org/interactives/what-cens…

INSTRUCTIONS

This week, you learned about the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent racial and ethnic categories. For this assignment, you will complete the attached case study worksheet that guides you through analyzing the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender as social constructs, just as sociologists do. You will apply racial and ethnic categories used in the 2020 Census with the four racial, ethnic, and gender categories used in the 1790 Census: Free white males, free white females, all other free persons, and slaves (Pew Research Center, 2020).

*This assignment is adapted from Glaser (2018).

• SOCS185 Case Study WorksheetLinks to an external site.

REQUIREMENTS (APA FORMAT)

• Length: Completed worksheet should be 2–3 pages total
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Page number in the upper right of all pages
• Use the case study worksheet to enter your responses below each question/statement.
• Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
• Title page not required
• Acceptable file type: .doc, .docx, or PDF

GRADING

This activity will be graded based on the Week 5 Case Study Grading Rubric.

OUTCOMES

• CO3: Analyze the concepts of culture and society.
• CO4: Analyze interactions between ethnic or racial groups in social organizations based on the cultural characteristics of the groups.
• CO5: Examine the impact of cultural differences related to the changing demographics of the United States and the globalization of markets.
• CO6: Compare and contrast multicultural issues related to subgroups identified by categories in addition to or other than race and ethnicity.

DUE DATE

By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday