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Describes importance within the harlem renaissance

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:

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.

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.

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.

The Topic Is

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

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

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

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.

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

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Write a historical research paper on the barbary wars

Write a historical research paper on the barbary wars

Instructions:

1. Go to the Library of Congress website (www.loc.gov).

2. Search a topic or time period. For example, if you are a sports fan, you can search “baseball” or “flappers” if you are interested in the 1920s. Anything from a jazz song to a teddy bear is fair game.

3. From your search, identify one primary source and analyze it – using the skills and definitions of a primary source defined in class.

4. You have the choice to write 1-2 pages or give a 5 minute digital presentation on what the primary source is and why it is significant to
American history.

Describe the history and development of probation

n a 2-page essay, describe the history and development of probation, including how it is organized and used today.

Students must include a minimum of two references, one being from an outside, non-GU source

Describe the rise of mankind from the earliest hominid

Answer only one of the following questions in essay format. Write (4) pages.

1. Describe the rise of mankind from the earliest hominid to the city of Jericho. At a minimum include Proconsul, genus Australopithecus, genus Homo, the Leakys and the Orduvai Gorge, “Lucy,” Donald Johanson, Neanderthal Man, Cro-Magnon Man, Catal Huyuk and Jericho.

2. Describe the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia from the development of Sumer through the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. At a minimum include Sumer, Sumerian religion and slavery, Gilgamesh, Sargon the Great, Hammurabi, Kassites and Hittites, Assyrians, the New Babylonians and Nebuchadnezzar.

3. Describe the rise of Ancient Egypt from King Narmer through the reign of Ramses the Great. At a minimum include King Narmer, provide details on each of the six historical periods, describe the pyramids and Sphinx, Egyptian religion, Ahkenaton, Tutankhamen, and Ramses the Great.

4. Describe the rise of Israel from Abraham to the Diaspora. At a minimum include Abraham, Moses, the Ark of the Covenant, Israelite religious development Yahweh, Joshua, Saul and David, Solomon, the Babylonian Captivity, the Maccabean Revolt, the Zealots, Masada and the Diaspora.

5. Describe the Minoan-Mycenean Synthesis from its beginnings in Greek mythology to the Dorian invasion. At a minimum include the Schliemanns, Arthur Evans, the Old Palace Period of Minoan history, Knossos, the legend of the Minotaur, Minoan religion and society, art and sports, Thera, Mycenea, the Trojan War, and the Dorians.

6. Describe the rise of Greece from the fall of the Minoan-Mycenean Synthesis to the Peloponnesian War. At a minimum include the Dorians, the Dark Age, the rise of the city-states, Greek colonization of the Mediterranean, Sparta, Athens, Greek religion, Athenian governmental development, the Persian War, the Peloponnesian War, Greek philosophy, art, literature, and architecture.

7. Describe the rise of women from the first female Astralopithecus through Homo erectus, to the women of Classic Greece. At a minimum include the development of religious beliefs in a mother-goddess, women’s roles in Jericho and Catal Huyuk, the rise and fall of women’s social equality in Mesopotamia and Egypt, women of Ancient Israel, the feminine aspects of the Minoan-Mycenean Synthesis, and finally the status of women in Classic Greece.

Difference between developed and developing countries

1. How did Jainism develop in India, and what are some of the most important Jain beliefs?

2. What is the difference between developed and developing countries?

3. Why did rice replace millet as the staple crop in China and Japan, and when did this happen?

4. Did slavery quickly become common in north carolina and south carolina because of the rice plantations.

5. How did Zen buddhism develop in Japan?

Explain this first great period of globalization

Background to the assignment: “Globalization” is one of the key ideas of our time. What most people don’t realize, however, is that we haven’t just discovered globalization with the rise of the Internet. The entire modern age (roughly the last 500 years) has been a period of gradual globalization. In this assignment, you will be exploring this issue in greater detail as you look at the global culture that began to emerge during the Age of Discovery.

Description of the assignment: Go online and read about the “Columbian Exchange.” In a two-paragraph essay, first describe in your own words what this term refers to. Be brief, but thorough, in defining the kinds of things that were “exchanged” during the period of European exploration. In a second paragraph, discuss how your own individual life has been impacted by the Columbian Exchange. What kinds of things do you take for granted that are a direct result of this first great period of globalization? Your answer should be between 300-350 words.

Emergence and establishment of nationalism

Consider the emergence and establishment of nationalism in one of these areas: India, the Middle East, China, Japan, or Hispanic America. Who rose to power with what variations on European nationalism? What role did economics, religion, and traditional aspects of culture play in the coming of nationalism? In what ways was Marxist socialism resistant to nationalism in some places, but in other places, how was it a major philosophy that molded variations in nationalism in these areas? Be sure to include specific examples

Write an essay about metropolitan museum of art deity list

In art, gods and goddesses were depicted as humans, animals, or as humans with animal heads. They were further identified by emblematic headdresses and they held in their hands a variety of scepters and the ankh, the hieroglyphic sign for life.

Use the provided links and select one of the major deities listed. Then post a discussion board essay in YOUR OWN WORDS summarizing information about your selection. Include information such as when the deity was worshipped, which cities were dedicated to them, what they were the god or goddess of, what their animal form is, etc.

Besides information in our text, here are some other links to get you started.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Deity List- https://content.grantham.edu/at/AR320/MetMuseumDeity.pdf

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery.shtml

Students should make every effort to demonstrate in their responses that they have understood the assigned readings. Responses to peers should also be substantial and contribute to the discussion of the topic.

Discuss two non-traumatic causes of bleeding

Part 1:

Did WWI impact African Americans? Did black soldiers serve in the war?

Part 2:

1. Blood, like all fluids is impacted by cohesive forces and disruptive forces. Discuss the (6) basic mechanisms of fluid blood. Why is it important to to understand these mechanisms?

2. Discuss at least two non-traumatic causes of bleeding.

Impact the structure of the society and its laws

Essay Questions

• Indian civilization, similar to other civilizations we have already discussed or will study in the future in this course, developed in a valley of a river, in this case, Indus. Why this particular geographic region?
• What characteristics of this particular region enabled the Indian civilization to develop?
• How did these geographical characteristics impact the structure of the society and its laws, the perception of nature and the relationship between nature and people, and the development of the Indian civilization over time?
• What other civilization can you think of that showed a similar relationship between development and geography?
• Please make sure to support your answers to the above questions with factual evidence.