Common Assignment 1 Final Exam Part A -“Writing for Social Change”, psychology homework help

APPENDIX B. COMMON
ASSIGNMENT & GRADING RUBRIC, Common Assignment 1

Competancies
Addressed:

· 
EP 2.1.1, PB1 Social workers advocate for client access to the
services of social work;

· 
EP 2.1.5 Advocate for human rights and social justice

Writing for Social Change Activity(Common Assignment 1) – 15% of the grade

Please write a
three-four page paper that incorporates a human rights perspective, social work
history, and how social workers conceptualized and responded to social problems
or conditions. Please use APA style (cover page, double-spacing, 12 point font,
one inch margins, citations, and references). Please answer the following
questions:

· 
Please identify one or more social problems or conditions that
social workers responded in the last 19th and 20th centuries (e.g., child
abuse, poverty, industrialization, immigration, crime and punishment, racial
justice, and women’s rights, disability rights (mental and/or physical health)
(1 page)

· 
Please identify social work leaders and/or organizations that
worked on this social problem or condition. How did they conceptualize and
critically analyze the ‘problem’? How did they respond to the problem using
research, practice, and policy advocacy? (1 page)

· 
Critically analyze and compare how social workers responded in
our early history compared to contemporary social work practice? Please use a
human rights framework in both the conceptualization and critical analysis of
the problem and response. What might you that is similar or difference? (and
please explain your rationale) (1 page)

· 
Critically reflect upon what you learned from completing this
assignment (1/4-1/2 page page)

Due: March 1, but can be
submitted anytime up until then.

Common Assignment 1 Final Exam
Part A -“Writing for Social Change”