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Use references from the Homeland Security 7th edition by Donald M. Snow Provide at least one paragraph for each of the following questions in your own words. 1. What are legacy forces? 2. What is asymmetrical warfare? 3. What are the characteristics of a DWIC? 4. Why does the text maintain that nontraditional security concerns could become more prominent in the next five to ten years? Do you agree and why?
Respond to the following essay questions. Be sure to back up your answers with evidence from the texts we have read over the course of the semester and explain your answers. The length of the answers depends on your ability to be concise. There is no minimum length, I am looking for quality; however, I cannot imagine developing complete answers to these questions in fewer than 250 words. Describe what you think are the main features of Puritan theology or thinking. Reference the Puritan texts that we’ve studied this semester to illustrate this Puritan worldview. Describe what you think are the main features of Enlightenment thinking. Reference the Enlightenment texts that we’ve studied this semester to illustrate this Enlightenment worldview. Compare the rhetorical strategies of Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Edwards or Patrick Henry. How would you describe their persuasive strategies and rhetorical styles? What are the chief characteristics of the rhetoric used by each? In what ways were each effective? What are the limitations of each? I am asking you to compare their writing styles, approach to writing, and specific techniques used. What are the social functions of religion in America before 1800? According to the primary documents you’ve read, what does religion do or attempt to do in this era? How does it influence the way society functions? Compare the poetic work of Anne Bradstreet to the poetry of Phillis Wheatley or Edward Taylor. What are the most interesting similarities? What are the most important differences? What is significant about these similarities and differences? Compare the content and style. It is not necessary to compare rhyming schemes since we have not covered that in class. Which ever question you choose I’ll send the story.
3. How does each stage reflect the Thomas Cole’s view of the human condition and community? 4. What stages in your own life have you initially viewed though the lens of growth, apex or decline but revaluated later on? How did your views change as time passed?
OVERVIEW The experience of a personal conversation and/or interview with a person of another faith other than Christianity is great way of understanding his or her religious beliefs and religious worldview (meaning what that person believes about a god or god(s) or no god, and how he or she relates to that deity). By means of engaging with people of other faith positions, you will gain a much deeper insight into their beliefs and religious perspectives, which in turn will aid you in ministering to them as a Chaplain and potentially reaching them for Christ in our pluralistic world with so many religious options. INSTRUCTIONS To ensure success for this assignment, you will select a major world religion, interview a participant or religious leader of the selected religion, and write a paper detailing your interview and research discoveries. Based on your research of the religion by using academic sources and based on your interview with a participant of the religion you choose for this assignment, you will report the interview findings, and then compare and contrast the world religion with Christianity, providing how you would share Christ with a follower of the religion you selected for this assignment. (Other religions besides the major world religions may be selected for this interview assignment with the Instructor’s permission). Based upon your interview and engagement with a participant of the world religion you selected for this assignment, you will prepare your paper using 1,800 to 2,700 words and include the following: A title page A table of contents An introduction Footnotes in current Turabian formatting A description of the religion based on your use of academic research A report of your interview and your research discoveries A section on how you would share Christ with a follower of the selected religion A conclusion A bibliography with at least 5 scholarly sources. Course textbooks may be used as sources.
You will write this about a primary source document of your choice that we will have read by the time the essay is due. Analysis means “breaking something apart” to understand it better, and that is what you will do with a primary source document. The goal of this assignment is to explain why this document is significant to our understanding of a particular era of military history. You should provide information from lecture and/or class readings to support your argument and analysis, but the majority of your evidence should come from the primary source document itself. In 750-800 words, you do not have room for a long introduction. Get to the point right away and do not bother with space-wasting filler sentences in your first paragraph. Provide just enough historical context to explain the document’s position in time and space. Within four or five sentences, your introduction should make it clear what document from what era of military history you are analyzing, and what your argument is (in other words, your thesis statement––see the model below). The body paragraphs of your essay should develop and support the argument you make in your thesis statement. For every claim you make about the meaning, importance, or implications of the document, you should be able to point to a specific piece of evidence––from the document itself or elsewhere from class. No research is necessary or expected for this assignment. Model for analytical thesis statements: Your thesis statement should be no longer than two sentences at the end of your introduction, and should clearly contain all these elements (not necessarily in this order): (Argument/“What do I know,”), (summary of the Evidence you will use/“How do I know this”), and (Significance/“So what? Why does my argument matter on a broader scale, beyond the fact that I have to write an essay for this class?”). Grading rubric for Analytical Essays A range: Presents relevant historical context and clear analytical thesis statement with all three components (argument, summary of evidence, significance). Evidence is chosen and analyzed carefully to support the argument and explain its significance.
Logistics: 3-4 pages (although it can be longer if needed), double-spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman font, 12-font size, American Sociological Association (ASA) format. Instructions: Watch the 27 minute video posted in the Moodle assignment portal, titled “EARTH DAY 2021 Capitalism Is Destroying Our Planet. We Need: Revolution—Nothing Less!” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9DmNijBhyE), and write an essay about it. This video, and this paper, coincide with the second unit of this course–The Environment, Technology, and Society. Keeping in mind what you’ve read and written (in your forum posts) for this unit, this provocative video should provide a useful summary of the scale and scope of the climate crisis, as well as a particular, revolutionary communist, perspective on what drives this crisis, why it cannot be dealt with under a capitalist system, and the need for a new, socialist society based on principles of socialist sustainable economic development. I want to be clear–you do not have to agree with everything (or anything at all, in fact) that the speakers convey in this video. That being said, an important part of being a scholar and critical thinker is engaging with a wide array of different perspectives, ideas, and theoretical approaches to various social and environmental problems. This video compellingly argues that climate change, and the climate crisis more generally, is driven by the very nature of capitalism. This is an important argument, and one that should be carefully considered, regardless of your political or ideological persuasions. I’m guessing that this might be a perspective you haven’t ever been introduced to. This video also presents a vision for a different society, and a different future–a socialist society, and a future with an economy based on meeting human needs in an ecologically sustainable way–that is also worth your consideration and engagement. So, with all this in mind, I want you to do the following in your midterm essay: 1) Provide a brief summary of some of the ideas presented in the video. Note that you do not have to summarize the entire video, or even most of the video. Instead, you can focus on a particular part or parts that interested you or caught your attention. 2) What do you think about the video narrator’s argument, and the argument presented in the interview with political economist Raymond Lotta, that climate change cannot be solved under capitalism? How do they make this argument? In other words: What evidence do they present to back their claim? 3) What is it about this new socialist society described by Raymond Lotta that would make it ecologically sustainable? How would the socialist economy, according to Lotta, differ from our capitalist economy, and how would the United States relate to and interact differently with the rest of the world?
Part 1 Read part III of School. View the documentary Separate and Unequal on Frontline: https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/separate-and-unequal/ View the Youtube Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7BMa9XGXE Think about all three above and provide a written reflection on it. Here are some guiding questions for your reflection: What role do communities play in securing educational equality? What is your definition of educational equality? Part 2 For this section, is to create a visual representation of what this section is about. Think hard. What does Separate and Unequal mean based on what you read, viewed, and discussed as a group? Create ONE visual representation. Add a one page explanation of what you did and why. Each group hands in ONE document containing the visual plus the written explanation with all participating names on it. Part 3 Reflecting on part III of the book. Think about the section, what you read and the visual representation you created as your collaborative project. Essay should be 500-750 words. Use images, video, etc. Here are some guiding questions for your blog: Is separate but equal a viable option in education today? Is this a course we should pursue as a society? Why or why not?
Week 3 Discussion: Strategic Risks and Hazard Risks CO3:Differentiate risk among components including strategic, hazard, financial, and operations Discussion Prompt: We learned of multiple perspectives on the meaning and application of strategic risk. An example of a strategic risk event occurred on March 17, 2000, when a ten-minute fire at a Royal Philips Electronics semiconductor plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, “touched off a corporate crisis that shifted the balance of power between two of Europe’s biggest electronics companies…” (Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2001). This occurred because, besides directly destroying several thousand chips for mobile phones, the fire contaminated the clean room environment in the semiconductor plant, effectively shutting it down for weeks. At the time, both Nokia and Ericsson were sourcing microchips from the Philips plant. However, while Nokia was able to quickly shift production to other Philips plants and some Japanese and American suppliers, Ericsson was trapped by its sole source dependence on the Philips plant (Strategic Risk from Supply Chain Disruptions, Hopp, et al.) Using perspectives from Ch. 4, how do you think these two companies viewed strategic risk, before the fire?
Assignment: Choose a work that was composed about a conflict or time of conflict. You may find this work either through the internet, youtube, the McKay Music library, the Marriott Library, or ITunesU, or it may be one you have in your own library. Many of your sources may come from internet sites. Please cite the URL address at the end of your paper. Please write in your own words. Do not copy and paste from the internet. If you do choose to quote something from another source, please use quotations and cite the sources. This assignment will be run through TURNITIN to check for plagiarism. In a 2-3 page paper, answer the following questions about the piece. The paper should be double-spaced, 12 point Times Roman font. 1. What was the conflict or unrest that the music was composed about or during? Give some historical background information about the conflict. 2. When was the music composed? Give the closest date possible. Was it during, before, or after the conflict? 3. Did the music escalate the crisis? Was it designed to do that? Did it reach the audience that needed to hear it? 4. What do the lyrics discuss? Who’s side of the conflict does the song side with, if any? Who sings the piece? 5. Discuss the music of the piece. What is the texture? What instruments are used? What is the range? What is the melody like…conjunct or disjunct? What is the meter? Describe the rhythm. Do these musical elements make the piece more noticeable or unique? Please submit the paper here as an attachment or if you have Word Perfect or Microsoft Works…. please copy and past the paper in the space below. It is OK if this changes the formatting. I will not mark of for that in this case. Please proof-read your paper for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PAPER HERE FOR CREDIT.) Please attach it as a .doc or .docx or pdf file. Thanks.
READ PAGES 93-97 in “Culturally sustaining pedagogy” (Paris.D) READ PAGES 28-31 in “Service for Learning” (Wade, R.) 12 point font How does service-learning differ from other forms of volunteer or community service or work experience? Describe some of benefits of service-learning compared to more formalized, traditional instruction. Consider both academic and social/emotional benefits. How can service-learning affect and potentially benefit students as they mature and progress in their education? What (future) benefits with regard to citizenship, character and civic education can be observed using service—learning as a teaching methodology? To your mind, how might culturally sustaining pedagogy and student stories connect to service-learning in terms of students writing abilities and social connection to school and learning?