Sociology
Instructions
- Create a detailed outline as shown in the example that meets the following requirements:
- Include specific information/content for the topic.
- Organize the essay by Roman numerals (main headers) and capital letters (subheadings).
- Create flow by making sure the content provided is logical and easy to follow.
- Sources and citations are required for this outline and must be cited in APA Style. Integrate several sources throughout the essay. (At least five sources are required.)
Example of detailed outline:
i. Over and over again, families are left without their loved ones due to acts of suicide. The social problem of suicide includes not only those who have died, but also those who have attempted suicide. Although there are warning signs as well as suicide prevention programs, suicide continues to be a leading cause of death.
A. Suicide carries social and moral meaning in most societies. At both the individual and population levels, the suicide rate has long been understood to correlate with cultural, social and economic forces (Smith & Brown, year of publication).
B. Given its unique nature, research on suicide faces series that limit progress in the understanding, prevention and treatment of the problem.
ii. Suicide is not something new; rather, it is something that is part of civilization’s history.
A. A history of suicide dates back to Egypt, Greece and Rome, where suicide was used as part of ritual ( Anderson, year
of publication).
1. Suicide in ancient Egypt was viewed as a neutral event because death was merely a passage from one form of existence to another. It was a means of avoiding disgrace, abandonment, guilt, cowardice or the experience of the loss of a loved one (Anderson, year of publication).
2. Cleopatra committed suicide as part of a ritual.
References
Anderson, A. B. (year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. City, State: Publisher.
Smith, C., & Brown, D. E. (year of publication). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pp. x-x.
***These references are included to demonstrate basic APA Style rules regarding references and in-text citations