Write “analytic reflection” on how you can apply the term to what is happening in society or your own life to better understand what is happening around you. This is
an opportunity to consider how sociology helps us comprehend and explain social issues brought on or exacerbated by the contemporary coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. You
may also use these reflections to understand the Black Lives Matter movement, mass protests, the wildfires, the presidential election…and anything else that might
occur during the course of the term. I encourage you to write about contemporary issues so that you can see how sociology helps us understand both large-scale and
individual-level concerns.