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Evidence of support or argue against that statement

Evidence of support or argue against that statement

Evidence of support or argue against that statement

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This is going to be an interesting discussion. We had this discussion last semester the week of the election and so many of my students compared the defeat of Adams to the defeat (or supposed defeat) of Trump. I am sure that these discussions will be quite different this semester. Here is the prompt:

The election of 1828 is similar to the election of 2016.

In your discussion post – I would like for you to either agree with that statement and provide evidence of support OR argue against that statement and provide evidence to support your point of view.  (at least 250 words)

Describes each author role within the harlem renaissance

Describes each author role within the harlem renaissance

Describes each author role within the harlem renaissance

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic.

For the topic you choose:

1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.

2. While some of the topics tend to lend themselves toward particular writing genres, you are not restricted to the specific format suggested for the individual topic. For example, you may do an “interview,” a “proposal,” a “letter,” a “short story,” a “blog,” an “essay,” an “article,” or any other written genre for almost any of the topics. The project is intended to be fun as well as informative, so feel free to be creative with the delivery of your information.

3. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text.

Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

Topic choices (pick 1):

-Office Art Memo. Memorandum. Your boss, who knows you have been taking a humanities class since he pays for your tuition reimbursement, has tasked you with managing the art budget for your company, expecting you to choose various pieces of art for the new corporate offices.  (Note: Replicas of the works are acceptable since they are more cost-efficient and you are working on a budget.)  Include the following:

1. Identify three (3) examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three (3) Post-Impressionist works. Explain how the six (6) pieces of art fall into these two (2) styles.

2. In a memo, describe the appearance of your six (6) choices to your CEO so he or she will know what the art looks like and where it would be placed in the corporate offices.

3. Explain why each piece is considered to be historically significant.

4. Explain how each piece “fits” your company’s overall (or desired) corporate image. Keep in mind that a piece of art is supposed to “say” something about the owner, so describe what would these pieces of art say about your company.

-New Composition. Speech. Your uncle’s birthday is in two (2) months, and everyone knows that he loves almost all kinds of music. As a birthday gift for him, you want to have a special piece of music composed in his honor which will be played at a family birthday celebration. Write a speech that you will make to the composer’s agent. Include the following:

1. Narrow your choices down to three (3) composers you’ve studied in this course. Choose one (1) of the composers and explain why you want him to write the “birthday present” music.

2. Explain why the other two (2) composers were ultimately not selected.

3. Specifically identify the musical elements in the composer’s style that you would like to be included in the new music written for your uncle.

4. Describe what sort of emotion is generated by listening to the works of your selected composer; in other words, what do you want your uncle to “feel” as he hears the music, and why is this composer so perfect for this composition?

-Harlem Renaissance Poets. Essay & Poem. Choose two (2) poems by different authors from the Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that:

1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance.

2. Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the “double-consciousness” being expressed by each author.

3. Fully describe at least two (2) primary themes you see in the poetry written during this time period, referring to specific lines in each of the poems.

4. Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

-Women’s Roles Then & Now.Script. Script a conversation between two (2) notable women from the 18th and / or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. Within the dialogue, include:

1. Biographical information for each woman.

2. The historical status for women in general during the time period in which each woman lived.

3. What opinions each of the women might have on the role the women should play in society during their lifetimes.

4. What each of the women might think about women’s current roles.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

  • The level to which the instructions were followed.
  • The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed.
  • The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea.
  • The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.

How successfully does he deal with these obstacles

How successfully does he deal with these obstacles

How successfully does he deal with these obstacles

 

How successfully does he deal with these obstacles

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Choose one prompt from each section.

Section one:

1. Write an essay comparing and contrasting attitudes about gender in the colonial era with those of the industrial era. Use the Salem Witch Trials, The Jungle, and the experiences of Progressive era activists for your examples. How are attitudes about maleness and femaleness different in the two eras? How are they similar? Ultimately, which is more significant: the similarities or differences?

2. How did the nature of work in American life change from the colonial era (1600-1700s) into the industrial era (1800-1900s)? How did workers respond to these changes? Use examples from class lectures, Sexual Revolution in Early America, and The Jungle to illustrate your points.

Section two:

1. Write an essay describing and analyzing the impact of industrial labor on Jurgis’s family in The Jungle.

2. What are the three most significant obstacles Jurgis faces in his efforts to achieve the American Dream in The Jungle? How successfully does he deal with these obstacles? Of these three, which is the most significant, and why?

writing at the height of the Cold War

writing at the height of the Cold War

writing at the height of the Cold War

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Ropke, writing at the height of the Cold War, characterizes it as a struggle “between two ethical systems in the widest sense”. What are the essential differences of these two systems? Did capitalism ultimately triumph over communism because it was better able to fill people’s stomachs, or because it was better able to satisfy their spirit?

How counterterrorism experts can develop sound models

How counterterrorism experts can develop sound models

How counterterrorism experts can develop sound modelsHistory

Analyze whether terrorist activities can be predicted and deterred. Analyze how the future of counterterrorism can be crafted and what can be done to ensure evolving terrorist tactics are monitored and combated. Discuss whether terrorist attacks can be completely eradicated in a country.

Analyze and identify how counterterrorism experts can develop sound models that provide theoretical warnings about probable future acts of terrorism. Identify considerations that are important in being able to develop sound counterterrorism models.

Interpret and explain whether or not it is necessary to sacrifice a few freedoms to protect national security.

Suggest which freedoms are necessary for citizens to give up in order for the country to experience true freedom or escape worry of a terrorist attack.

 

 

Compare the attitude toward the native americans revealed

Compare the attitude toward the native americans revealed

Compare the attitude toward the native americans revealed

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American Literature before the Civil War

Two Part Homework minimum 300 words each part. MLA Format with works cited if applicable.

Part 1: Compare the attitude toward the Native Americans revealed by at least three of the following authors: Mary Rowlandson, John Smith, Cotton Mather and St. John de Crevecoeur. You might consider the concept of the good Indian, the bad Indian, and the noble savage as part of your answer. Refer to specific native people to illustrate your response. Of these authors, who do you believe expresses the truest description of the native peoples? Contrast how these writings would be received today.

Part II: Readers have been interested in de Crevecoeur’s writings as a documentation of life in America at that time and as an idea of what being an American is all about. More recently, readers have also considered his work an examination of the whole human experience. Discuss your thoughts and reactions to de Crevecoeur’s “Letters from an American Farmer” on any element that speaks to you and, also, specifically in terms of what it meant, and means today, to be an American

Write an essay on the general epistles stating

Write an essay on the general epistles stating

Write an essay on the general epistles statingHistory

Write 2 page paper on one of the General Epistles stating what would be missing if these two letters were left out of our Bibles. Include the occasion, conditions of the church, the purpose and key characteristics of the letters. State one important lesson learned or biblical principle from each letter (book), and relate how this particular lesson or principle impacts your life.

 

managing org short paper/ communication systems

managing org short paper/ communication systems

 

managing org short paper/ communication systems

There are three practices listed in the first attachment that that can be used to achieve good communication inside an organization. For each of the three practices, outline a scenario describing how that particular practice has been, or could be, implemented in a corporate office building. Use  the scenarios that you have outlined and discuss them in a short paper. Also discuss the impact of technology on the communication system. Does technology improve or confuse the system?

Rubric is attached and must be followed exactly. Three practices listed in another attachment fil

 

Practice 1: Use Stories, Metaphors, Analogies, and Pictures as Much as Possible

Effective communication systems connect the hearts and minds of the rest of the organization. Stories, metaphors, and analogies are powerful ways to communicate complex information in compelling ways. John Kotter emphasizes that this is particularly important for communicating the change vision. He restates the truism that “a verbal picture is worth a thousand words.”[27]

However, figurative communication in the form of verbal pictures or graphic depictions is also essential for building confidence in the change program. Stories are pithy narratives with plots, characters, and twists that are full of meaning. Leaders are discovering that the telling of actual “success stories” can often be the catalyst for momentum behind a change initiative.[28] Metaphors and analogies are in- ferential techniques to transfer the meaning of something that is known to another thing that is unknown. For example, Plato compared our perception of reality to shadows on the wall of a cave. Darwin used diagrams of trees to help explain his theory of evolution. And Shakespeare saw the world as a stage.[29] Organizational change, by definition, requires employees to try something new and move into the unknown. Communication systems that rely on stories, metaphors, and analogies can make the unknown future state more attractive and understandable.

 

Practice2: Talk the Walk and Walk the Talk

There is nothing more devastating to change initiative and overall change capability than for the senior leaders to espouse the benefits of change and then not act in alignment with those espoused benefits. In other words, when the behavior from prominent people within an organization is inconsistent with the change vision, then all other forms of communication are disregarded.[26] In short, “walking the talk” is an essential part of the communication system within an organization.

This process begins with the chief executive of the firm modeling the behavior being sought by the change vision. Next, it requires the top management team to police themselves to act congruently with the change vision. And if there are sponsored change agents by the senior executive team, these individuals clearly need to “walk the talk” as well. Change leaders are in a fish bowl, and they must be as if not more willing than the rest of the organization to change their behaviors. As Mahatma Gandhi stated, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

 

Practice 3: Hire, Develop, and Retain Effective Communicators

In a 1998 survey of 480 companies and public organizations by the National Associ- ation of Colleges and Employers, communication abilities are ranked number one among personal qualities of college graduates sought by employers. Work experi- ence and motivation are second and third.[21] Clearly, one of the reasons why com- munication skills are so important is that these skills are essential for facilitating or- ganizational change. A less obvious reason why good communicators are essential is that these individuals understand how to design and enhance the communication systems within an organization so that information flows more effectively.

For example, Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that effective leaders “communicate with care.” Communicating with care means that the leaders choose their channels of communication strategically, tailor their message to the aims of the change initiative, authentically disclose intimate details when appropriate, and are very sensitive to the pace and timing of their communications.[22] Clearly, any employee with this subtle set of skills is a rare and valuable human resource, and the organization does well to enhance this skill set in as many individuals as pos- sible, since their skill can be leveraged into improved communication systems for the entire organization.