Essay Assignment Essay#1: The Sociological Imagination. Double spaced 12 font Aerial. Essentials of Sociology – Seventh Edition, James M Henslin In chapter 1, C. Wright Mills stated that "the sociological imagination (or perspective) enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography. Mills meant that each society is located in a broad stream of events." (Henslin, 2006:p2) In other words, the sociological imagination is the connection between personal troubles and social issues For this essay, you will apply C. Wright Mills concept of the sociological imagination to the following topic from the "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America series DVD." Program 10: Freedom Summer In 1964, national attention turned to Mississippi when three Civil Rights works (two white and one black) were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. This watershed moment eventually led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Relating information from chapters 2, 8 and 9 discuss how this event in history unexpectedly changed America Assignment guidelines To help you in writing essay one, consider the following questions from C. Wright Mills’ ideas about the development of the sociological imagination. These questions are merely guidelines to help you formulate your thoughts but should not restrict you from expanding on your own ideas about the sociological imagination: What is the structure of this particular society as a whole? What are its essential components, and how are they related to one another? How does it differ from other varieties of social order? Within it, what is the meaning of any particular feature for its continuance and for its change? Where does this society stand in human history? What are the mechanics by which it is changing? What is its meaning for the development of humanity as a whole? How does any particular feature we are examining affect, and how is it affected by the historical period in which it moves? And this period--what are its essential features? How does it differ from other periods? What are its characteristic ways of history making? What varieties of men and women now prevail in this society and in this period? And what varieties are coming to prevail? In what ways are they selected and formed, liberated and repressed, made sensitive and blunted? What kinds of “human nature “are revealed in the conduct and character we observe in this period? Textbook: Essentials of Sociology: A Down-toEarthApproach7/E James M. Henslin. 2006. The Essentials of Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, 7th ed. Southern Illinois University , Edwardsville: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 020550440X DVDs: 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America (ISBN: 281844002281