Karl Marx’s central theory for explaining the form and structure of society

Karl Marx’s central theory for explaining the form and structure of society is historical materialism (see “The German Ideology”). Write an essay that a) Defines historical-materialism,
base and superstructure, and means and mode of production and b) Uses a historical-materialist
perspective to examine how two social phenomena (i.e., elements of the superstructure) of your
choosing (e.g., sports, racial inequality, or the gender division of labor) contribute to the
reproduction of capitalism and the subordination of the proletariat