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1			The website of the Hull House Museum (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html) provides a wealth of information on Jane Addams and her life's work. Follow the directions below and answer the following questions. To view historical photographs of Hull House and the people Addams served, click on "Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963" and then click on "Enter." Now select "Images." Click your Back button three times, and then click on "About Jane Addams." What was the motivation for founding Hull House? What kinds of services did Hull House provide? What projects were Hull House residents involved in? What other social issues were of interest to Jane Addams, and in what ways did she become involved in them? If you were to open a contemporary "Hull House," where would it be located? What kinds of services would you offer?




2			How would you interpret sports in a non-U.S. country from the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives? Explore the website of the Sports Museum of Singapore (www.ssc.gov.sg/museum/home.jsp) and try out your skills in theoretical application. Click on the link to "Sports in Colonial Times" on the main page, and read through the information there. How would a conflict theorist interpret the fact that sports were primarily an activity for expatriates stationed in Singapore, and that clubs for immigrants were largely segregated from one another? Would a functionalist theorist have a different view? Next, link to "Sports in Independent Singapore" at the top of the page. When Singapore became an independent nation, sports were explicitly utilized as a tool for nation building. What do you think that sociologists working from the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives would say about these efforts? Link to "Traditional and Indigenous Sports." The text on this page suggests that traditional sports are less common now in part because of economic and social changes. Which type(s) of sociologist would agree with this analysis: conflict, functionalist, or interactionist theorists? Why or why not? Finally, link to "Our Heroes." From a sociological perspective, why might it be important for the government of Singapore to glorify its athletes? Can you think of any ways that functionalist, conflict, and interactionist theorists might differ in their interpretation of this glorification?

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