This is an essay project in which you develop the metaphor of the social fabric in your own voice. I have extended this metaphor in our class to talk about individuals as threads and the weave as relationships and decorative patterns as social structures. Deepen these ideas. Add to them. Modify them. Tell me about how you see US Society. What does it feel like to be a thread? Describe the different ways that you are interwoven with the different people, organizations and institutions in your life.
This is a written essay that should be around 700 words long. make sure touse robert putnam as your resources. also use a book called the upswing to make statements