Assignment Details Power’s on, Power’s Off! How convenient is it to have electricity come right to your home? We use electricity for so many things: lighting, heating, cooling, entertainment, cleaning, food storage and preparation, and even for taking this class! Generating electricity from any source creates varying levels of environmental damage, including ecosystem disruption, water […]
post a short (5-7 rich sentences) response to someone else’s message about the OTHER question, the one you did not answer. Oceans in Common. In what ways were the ancient civilizations of the Americas and Oceania (the ones mentioned in Chapter 6) similar to the societies covered in earlier chapters (Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, etc.)? What, […]
Discussion Question #1: What was Thomas Jefferson’s most significant accomplishment and why? Discussion Question #2: Was the War of 1812 justified? What were the major weaknesses and strengths of the United States during the war? PLEASE EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND WHY? (A MININUM OF 150 WORDS) […]
Torture Early in the War on Terror initiated by the Bush administration after the attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush signed documents prepared by his legal advisors authorizing aggressive measures in prisoner interrogations, including practices that some consider to be torture, such as “waterboarding.” If you don’t know what waterboarding is, or have never […]
Movie Attractions. Select one movie that you enjoy. Write specifically what elements of that movie you liked 1) intellectual challenge, 2) emotional involvement 3) simple entertainment. Be sure to use detail from the film in your explanation, such as in the following example: One of my favorite movies is Superbad. There isn’t really any […]
Watch Flight of Faith: The Jesus Story (This 48-minute video will give you an overview of the landscape in which Jesus lived – and how it looks today. The narrator tells the traditional story of Jesus’ life, but as we go through the semester, we will see that there are many other ways of […]
Writing cultural criticism or the “think piece” – worth up to 75 points, repeatable 2x • A think piece is an article meant to be thought-provoking/to initiate conversation • It aggregates research from multiple sources • It analyzes/discusses a cultural concept, usually via pop culture • It often uses personal narrative or takes a more […]
Constructing Deductive and Inductive Arguments Arguments consist of premises and conclusions. Premises are structured so as to lend support to conclusions. The kind of support that a premise lends to a conclusion allows us to distinguish between deductive and inductive arguments. This week, you will be constructing both kinds of arguments. 1. In three […]
Purpose Now that you have read about anthropomorphism, completing the Anthropomorphism Chart will help you dissect characteristics that are often attributed to some animals in children’s literature. Directions Before you watch the 2006 movie titled Charlotte’s Web based on E.B. White’s story by the same name, complete the Anthropomorphism Chart (Links to an external site.)to help you dissect and characterize the […]
We are spending 3 weeks on this novel, and we will carry these same questions throughout those three weeks. Each week I will shift around the question you are to focus on though, to provide a more versatile interpretive experience. –In exploring your assigned question, i would like for you to focus in on the […]
