final project overview: analyze a sociological issue in this course you have learned about many different kinds of social problems in societies around the world and in the united states, such as poverty, social inequality, race and cultural discrimination, gender stratification, environmental damage, population growth, and urbanization. for the final project, you will write a 1,750- to 2,450-word paper examining the impact of a current social problem on a particular social group. you may choose a social problem and social group from the list below, or you can research a social problem and social group that is not in the list. however, if you choose your own, you will need to submit a request for approval to the instructor by week four. suggested social problems and social groups list choose one combination of a social problem and a social group from the list below. social inequality and minorities in the united states (use this subject for paper) gender stratification and women in developing nations poverty and children in the united states fossil fuel dependency and americans racial profiling and male african americans ageism and the elderly ethnocentrism and immigrants in the united states modernization and indigenous cultures racial discrimination and hispanics in the united states you may also find it helpful to review the text as well as the discussion questions and assignments throughout the course for topic ideas and information relevant to the area you want to research. for example, let’s say you are interested in exploring the topic of gender stratification for the final project. as you work on your weekly dqs, checkpoints, and assignments, you search the text for social groups that are affected by gender stratification and read in ch. 15 that nations such as egypt are providing more social opportunities for women in developing nations to control population growth. you decide that you would like to study the impact of population control on women in developing nations. you search the online library to find out if there is enough data and research available for you to examine this issue. you find that there are several articles and case studies available that you can use for your paper. you submit your suggestion to the instructor by week four and the instructor approves it. recommended web sites: in addition to the online library, the following are suggested web sites that can be used to research information for the final project. population reference bureau at http://www.prb.org u.s. census bureau at http://www.census.gov world population information at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html population connection at http://www.populationconnection.org the world factbook at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov Envirolink at http://www.envirolink.org WomenWatch at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ Institute for Research on Poverty at http://www.irp.wisc.edu The World Bank at http://www.worldbank.org/data National Center for Children in Poverty at http://www.nccp.org Joint Center for Poverty Research at http://www.jcpr.org Final Project Timeline