SCS100 Southern New Hampshire Marriage Graphic Organizer Paper Please see attached for instruction.This project needs to be completed in the word file provided.Learning material also provided with 1 extra link and 3 youtube videos.Please also check guidelines and rubric for 100% grade. SCS 100 Learning Block 3-4 Marriage Graphic Organizer Rubric
Prompt: Complete and submit your Marriage Graphic Organizer.
Critical Elements
Engagement of
Response
Topical Response
Proficient (100%)
Provides a response to parts a,
b, and c in the graphic organizer
Provides responses that relate
to personal biases, advantages
and drawbacks of the three
types of marriages presented
Question
Develops a question that social
scientists might ask to further
the investigation of marriage
Clearly communicates ideas and
thoughts in graphic organizer
Communicates
Clearly
Needs Improvement (75%)
Provides a response to parts a,
b, or c but not to all three
Responses are only partially
related to personal biases,
advantages, and drawbacks of
the three types of marriages
presented
Develops a question, but the
question is not relevant to
content provided
Responses in graphic organizer
needs clarification in order to
support ideas presented
Not Evident (0%)
Does not provide a response to
any parts of the organizer
Responses are not provided
Value
30
30
A question is not provided
30
Responses in graphic organizer
are not legible and key ideas are
not understandable
Total
10
100%
Marriage
Marriage is a cultural universal. Remember that a cultural universal is
something that all human cultures do. Why is marriage so important to
humans? Marriage is a key social institution that helps regulate individual
behavior, sexuality, reproduction, allocation of wealth and resources, and
inheritance of property; yet, it is also full of romantic ideals in some societies.
As Westerners, we may think that marriage is mostly about finding the perfect
“soul mate” and celebrating romantic love. However, marriage is about far
more than the expression of undying romantic love. Marriage in some cultures
is about the union of families rather than the union of two individuals. In some
countries, marriages are arranged or approved by the entire family in order to
secure the social or financial status of the family. As a result, divorce rates are
quite low because the entire family is invested in the union. However,
marriage is changing in our society and in societies across the globe. In our
own society, people are marrying later, and many are not marrying at all or
are choosing to have children outside of marriage. In many societies,
marriage is also about money and who will inherit it. In addition, marriage is
key to tracing one’s “lineage,” an anthropology term for something similar to a
family tree. In the remainder of this learning block, you will review many kinds
of marriage, examine the many different forms of marriage developed by
humans, and better understand the benefits of each form based on their
cultural context.
Use following article and videos to support your essay
1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807210739/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/125/phot
os/explore-weddings/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbjMV8tffA
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25uLeIabcBg
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4I2bvZGa_M
SCS 100 Theme 2: Marriage Graphic Organizer
Using the three different representations of marriage presented in the learning block (polyandry, arranged marriages,
and walking marriages), fill in the graphic organizer below. In Part A, you will have to first identify the biases you have
regarding marriage and their influence on your perspective of marriage. In Part B, you will then take an objective
stance and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these types of marriage. In Part C, you will create a question a
social scientist might ask to further the investigation of marriage.
A) In this first step, do your best to identify three of your biases on marriage due to your culture and religion. The
American culture and legal system generally allow only one type of marriage. What type of bias does this embed
in us? The religions that people belong to and practice can also impact their biases toward marriage, depending
on how their chosen religion defines marriage. How does this influence your perspective of marriage in general?
How does this bias influence your perspective on these specific types of marriage?
Biases
Bias 1:
Bias 2:
Bias 3:
Influence of
the Biases
B) While it is impossible to “check our culture and biases at the door” and become totally objective, we can
identify our biases (as you have already done above) and try to ignore them in order to consider other points
of view. In this next step, take a culturally relativistic standpoint (in other words, try to overcome your biases)
and consider the tenets of each type of marriage. Why might these other forms of marriage be more successful
or advantageous in certain contexts than the Western concept of marriage (based on love and monogamy)?
Then, from that same culturally relativistic standpoint, also consider some possible drawbacks to these forms
of marriage.
Type of Marriage
Polyandry
Arranged Marriages
Advantages
Drawbacks
Walking Marriages
C) Create a question: In this learning block, you were given a lot of information about marriage and what marriage
means in different cultures. You were also asked to think about what marriage means to you. The next step is to
take the information you have been given and create a question a social scientist might ask to further the
investigation of marriage. For example, after reading about arranged marriages, you might ask: Are rates of
depression higher in women in arranged marriages? Social scientists use existing information to come up with
new questions. This is the iterative process of social science research.
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