Extra Credit - Read a Book

DUE: No later than: November 22
POINTS: Up to 10 
LENGTH: five pages (about 1,200 words)

Get a book approved by one of us. THEN:
(YOU MUST HAVE THE BOOK APPROVED BY ONE OF US; IF YOU DO NOT, IT WILL NOT
BE ACCEPTED)

Briefly summarize the main theme(s), or else some set of ideas
that struck YOU as important.

Then, drawing from any chapter in the Schaefer text, critique the book
using some set of ideas, themes, theories, or issues.
(REMEMBER: A book critique IS NOT a book report)

In the bulk of the paper (about two-thirds to three-fourths), discuss how the
book your chose provides insights into the social world that we might
not have had if we had not read the work.

In short: What did YOU get out of the book that's relevant to sociology
or that helps us understand things better?

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