Journal assignments will appear in each learning unit. The journal assignments will consist of a question or questions related to the topic of the unit. Students will add their response to those questions in their own journal. The journal posts are only available to the student and the instructor. Answers should be written in complete sentences. These entries will not be long writing assignments, but all journal entries should be a minimum of 100 words and be in paragraph format. The instructor will respond to journal entries made by each student or may send an email to all students commenting on the journal in general.

 If this is your first Sociology class: What information was new to you in this first unit? What was confusing? Explain your answers briefly. These aren't "yes or no" questions.

 If this was NOT your first Sociology class: Where did you take a Sociology course prior to this one? Were the concepts covered in Unit 1 also included in that course? What do you most about the class? The answer to the last question doesn't have to be a serious one. What you remember most might be how hot the classroom was