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Describe the different manifestations of progressivism

participate in this Discussion Area by selecting one of the topics listed below and writing a response of approximately 350 words. Compose your thoughts with careful research, analysis, and personal insight. Your commentary will become mind-opening as you demonstrate critical thinking about your topic. Use visual and precise language, seeking to make connections between ideas and artistic form. Clarity is necessary, as is original thought. Remember to seek accuracy, write visually, and get to the point.

Comic Books: How do comic books, such as Superman and Captain America, mold young Americans’ idea of America’s role and responsibility in the world? What visual elements are used in comic books to portray a pro-American vision and to vilify America’s enemies?

SECOND QUESTION:

By Wednesday, April 15, 2015, choose and respond substantively to one of the discussion questions posted below. Submit your response to this Discussion Area. Your response should include a clear argument supported by cited evidence as well as your own explanation of what that evidence means and why it is relevant to your post.
TWO QUESTION OPTION (CHOOSE ONE):

1: How did the historical era’s new immigration reshape America’s cities and workplaces? What connections can you draw between the new immigrant experience and progressive era politics?

2: Discuss the tensions within progressivism, between the ideals of social justice and the urge for social control. What concrete achievements are associated with each wing of the movement? What were the driving forces behind them?

THIRD QUESTION:

Deadline and Deliverable

By Sunday, April 19, 2015, please select any 1 of the following topics and respond in an organized, 600-word essay that supports your statements by specific reference to relevant sections of the document. Submit your paper as an attachment in MS Word format to the W2 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Requirements

• Length: At least 600 words.

• MLA Format (See a sample MLA-formatted essay)

• Citations: Your essay must include a works cited page in MLA format with complete citations for each source you used. These sources must also be cited in the body of your paper in parenthetical references.

• Essay Structure: Your essay should have an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement as the last sentence in the paragraph, several well-organized supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph that sums up the main points of your paper and demonstrates to your reader that the thesis has been proven.

• Quotations: Be sure that any and all text you have copied directly from a source is in quotation marks and is followed by a parenthetical reference. When you have paraphrased from a source, you must also use a parenthetical reference. Please limit your quoted material to 15% of the total word count of the paper. This means that the other 85% of your paper needs to be paraphrased from your sources or your own critical analysis.

Essay Topics

• Describe the different manifestations of progressivism at the local, state, and national levels. To what extent did progressives redefine the role of the state of American politics?

• Analyze the progressive era from the perspective of African Americans. What political and social developments were most crucial and what legacies did they leave?

• What central issues drew the United States deeper into international politics in the early years of the century? How did American presidents justify a more expansive role? What diplomatic and military policies did they exploit for these ends?

• Analyze the impact of the war on American workers. How did the conflict affect the lives of African Americans and women?

• Select an individual from this time period, from any walk of life. Research and write an essay on this person, discussing his or her life experience and contribution to American history.

Write a short history about american cuban conurundum

Full of thematic elements and symbolism

In Lu Xun story “A Madman’s Diary” is full of thematic elements and symbolism that would speak directly to the people affected by the Chinese Revolution of 1911, but what can we learn from this piece? What does Lu Xun have to say to us in our society today?

Statue of liberty-form and function

Statue of Liberty: Form and Function

Post a brief description of the sculptural and architectural characteristics of Lady Liberty. Explain how such characteristics relate to the work’s form and function, literally (as a piece of architecture) and figuratively (as a symbolic sculpture of nationality and/or a state of mind). Support your post by drawing upon your knowledge of design and the descriptive, interpretive, and evaluative analysis of art.

Cite one reference.

Compare the heroic characteristic of respecting elders

compare the heroic characteristic of “respecting elders” and the importance of lineage demonstrated by Odysseus in “The Odyssey” Confucius in “The Analects” and Rama in “The Ramayana”. Examples explaining how they demonstrate respect to elders

Improving your interpersonal communication skills

The Course Project is about improving your interpersonal communication skills. As a result, in Part 1 of the project you will select a communication goal or challenge that is related to interpersonal communication. You will work on this challenge for the duration of the session, so take some time to consider what is worthy of the time. Use the process outlined in Part 1 to identify your challenge.

Note: Since you will later in the course be implementing new communication behaviors to rectify your communication challenge, it is critical that you will have interaction with this person or these people identified in Part 1E over the next eight weeks

Explain character conflict in hairball by margaret atwood

Character Analysis – Whole-Class Discussion

“Hairball” by Margaret Atwood

This forum will focus on character analysis! For your initial post, consider the contemporary issues facing the female characters and please incorporate Psychological and/or Sociological Literary Theory. In other words, psycholanalyze these women according to issues and societal roles in our contemporary society. You may also take a look at multiculturalism and immigrant themes as they pertain to the characters. In your post, make specific references to the story’s characters and scenes.

Describe your personal and household financial goals

Part -1:

Finding Resources/Defining the Process

For the first assignment in this course, answer the questions in each section and attach your answers to the drop box in a single file.
Section One
Go to the following link:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/9/
then read about the following:
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Documenting Electronic Sources
• Avoiding Plagiarism.
Briefly answer the following questions:
• Explain the difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Are researchers required to provide in-text citations and a References page entry for all three? Why or why not?
• What are three ways to avoid plagiarism?
• What makes citing and referencing electronic sources difficult? What can one do to ensure one has done so correctly?
Section Two
Go to the EBSCO library database. Take the tutorial if this is your first time using it. Practice conducting a search.
• What have you learned about navigating the library?
• Go to your GU Resources. What tutorials or links will help you in this course?
Section Three
Read this week’s chapter, Finding.
• In five to seven sentences (a paragraph), explain what it means to make choices in writing.
• Imagine you are trying to convince someone to vote for a new school initiative. If you know that they see the world differently than you do, what strategy would you take to draw them to your way of thinking? What choices would you be faced with?
Remember to post all three of your responses in a single document.

Part -2:

• Week 1 Case Questions
• Should be APA writing style.
Select TWO court cases (from different chapters) from the list below, and respond in writing to the case questions.
1. Casias v. Wal-Mart Stores (Ch 1, p 7)
2. Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 21)
3. EEOC v. Autozone (Ch 1, p 25)
4. Narayan v. EGL, Inc. (Ch 2, p 40)
5. Glatt v. Fox Searchligh Pictures Ch 2, p 42)
6. Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Co. (Ch 2, p 57)
7. Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (Ch 3, p 83)
8. Diaz v. Kraft Foods Global (Ch 3, p 86)
9. Chattman v. Toho Tenax America (Ch 3, p 90)
10. Geleta v. Gray (Ch 3, p 100)

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1″ margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Part -3:

Setting Goals

Should be in APA writing style.

1. Briefly list any financial problems you face personally or as a household, such as too much debt not enough savings, or not enough income.

2. Describe your personal and household financial goals, such as paying off debt or earning more income. Include short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals.

3. Develop a list of practical solutions to help solve the financial problems and reach the financial goals identified above.

Criteria:
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
• Write a minimum of 400 words (approximately 2 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1″ margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost.
• Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
• Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.
• Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc.
• Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Write an essay on the poem fire and ice by robert frost

This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams

“Silence” by Marianne Moore

“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost

“London” by William Blake

“Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock” by Wallace Stevens

“Grass” by Carl Sandburg

“The Wind” by James Stephens

“Oh, my love is like a red, red rose” by Robert Burns

“The Secret Sits” by Robert Frost

Assignment

Words, Imagery, and Meaning Short Essay

Choose one of the poems above. Choose two words that move you with their denotation or connotation. Choose one literal image and one bit of figurative language. In one to three pages, discuss briefly how the two words, the one literal image, and the one bit of figurative language help to create the overall meaning of the poem as you see it.

Comparative citational analysis

Directions:

I. Comparative Citational Analysis

a. Select one citation (one page of panels) from McCloud’s Understanding Comics and show how one citation (one page of panels) Lieuw’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye realizes / demonstrates McCloud’s idea. For this exercise, you must describe the content, the form, and the idea of the comic citations you are using. (If you can include the actual page as a pdf from each text that would be great; if you cannot, then just make sure you include the page numbers). (500 words)

b. Select one citation (one page of panels) from Lieuw’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye and show how one citation (one page of panels) from your OPTIONAL TEXT compares / contrasts with Lieuw’s comic. For this exercise, you must describe the content, the form, and the idea of the comic citations you are using. (If you can include the actual page as a pdf from each text that would be great; if you cannot, then just make sure you include the page numbers). (500 words)

II. Critical-Citational Essay (750-1,000 words)

a. Select one of the comics produced by Charlie in The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (An Hua’s Giant Robot, Force 136, Invasion, Roachman, Sinkapor Inks) and analyze the comic, using citational evidence, in the following manner: How does the comic show the intersection of these 3 discourses: Charlie’s Biography, Singaporean Political History, and Comic History?

III. Critical-Comic Essay (25-30 panels)

a. Draw a comic (Zine, Hybrid, Comic Maker) that draws upon skills, ideas, strategies that you have learned from McCloud, Lieuw, and your Optional Text to demonstrate three key ideas / skills that you have learned so far in this class. The comic should be organized in the style of the 5-paragraph essay (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion / Resolution). Make sure you show not only the ideas but where they come from (i.e. citation)