Create a work of poetry, lyrics, music, or dance, inspired by your selected art piece.

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 9, 10
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions
This week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper.

Part 1: Art Creation
Select a poem, musical piece, or dance piece to use as a point of inspiration. Create a work of poetry, lyrics, music, or dance, inspired by your selected art piece. Video or audio recordings should be no longer than 5 minutes and must be in MP4 format.

Note: If your art creation requires a separate file submission, please submit in the Art Creation Submission (Recordings) area following this assignment.

Part 2: Reflection
Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production and the inspiration piece. Include the following in the reflection paper:

  • Introduction
  • Inspiration Piece
    • Include the inspiration poem, lyrics, or recording of musical or dance piece within the document. Use a link in the case of a recording.
    • Record the title, artist/author/composer, year, and place of origin.
    • Briefly explain the background of the inspiration piece.
  • Your Art Piece
    • Include your original poem or lyrics within the document. If you selected a musical or dance piece, submit as a separate file in theArt Creation Submission (Recordings)area following this assignment.
    • Provide a title.
    • Explain the background of your piece.
  • Connection
    • Explain the thematic connection between the two pieces.
    • How are they similar and different?
    • Are they the same medium? How does the medium impact what the viewer experiences?

Original Artwork Requirements

  • Methods: typed poem or lyrics, or recording of musical or dance piece
  • No computer-generated pieces

Writing Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page, text of inspiration piece, or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)

 

 

 

 

Discuss the post-operative care of a mother who delivered via C/S.

Paper details:

1. Discuss the post-operative care of a mother who delivered via C/S. Include priority assessments in the immediate recovery period, advancement of diet, pain management options (pharmacological and non-pharmacological), and teaching required for her incision (be sure to state warning signs of infection). 2. Discuss the discharge teaching for a postpartum mother regarding her own care. Please include the following topics: a. Breast care b. Lochia norms c. Activity level d. Dietary e. Sexual activity and birth control f. Mood changes g. Elimination patterns h. Wound healing (episiotomy or abdominal incision) i. Pain management j. Warning signs and symptoms to report 3. Discuss three essential assessments for a postpartum patient. Include the discussion of vital signs expectatiohkzns in the immediate postpartum period.

Is rule consequentialism or act consequentialism preferable?
Topic: The Ideal Account of Consequentialism

Paper details:

Format: 8-10 pages (this does NOT include your cover page or your bibliography). Papers should be double spaced, standard margins, 12 PT Times New Roman font. Don’t forget to CITE your sources throughout the paper. WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE! Prompt: In this paper, you will describe what you think is the ideal account of consequentialism. You should answer these questions (please write your paper in the form of a standard paper/essay, i.e., don’t number your answers/don’t answer the questions like you’re writing an essay exam with multiple questions.): (1) Is rule consequentialism or act consequentialism preferable? If you think act consequentialism is preferable, answer these two questions: is maximizing, satisficing, or scalar consequentialism preferable? Is actual or expected consequentialism preferable? If you think rule consequentialism is preferable, answer this question: is it conformity with rules or internalization of rules that matter? (2) What do you think is “the good”? (E.g., is it pleasure, is it satisfied preferences, satisfied desires, or is it some “objective list” that includes things like relationships, knowledge, etc.?). (3) Is agent-neutral consequentialism or agent relative-consequentialism preferable? (4) Keeping in mind what you answered in response to the above three questions, answer this: what is the criterion of right action, according to your account of consequentialism? Be as specific as possible. [Your answer to this question should be just ONE sentence long. It should begin with something like this: “According to my account of consequentialism, rights acts are those that…” (5) What moral principle should be used as a decision procedure? (If your decision procedure principle is different from your principle of right action, explain why. If it’s the same, explain why.) After you put forth your ideal version of consequentialism, then answer this: (6) What does your account of consequentialism imply about the moral treatment of farmed animals? Does it imply that all farming should be abolished? Just Factory farms? No farms? (7) What is the best possible objection to your account of consequentialism? Play devil’s advocate and think of the best objection. Don’t just consider and respond to an obviously bad objection! (8) What is the best response to that objection? In all of your answers, you should define key terms. Pretend that you are writing your paper for someone who doesn’t know much about consequentialism. For instance, when talking about rule consequentialism, define it. If you talk about preferences, define them. In answering questions 1-5, you should do your best to defend your positions and explain why you took the position you did, perhaps by showing why the major alternatives are problematic. For instance, if you think act consequentialism is preferable to rule utilitarianism, you should say something about why rule consequentialism is (more) problematic. Sources/Materials: When relevant, you should draw on course sources. If you don’t engage with the course readings, I will deduct at least 5 points from your final grade. That being said, you are welcome to engage outside sources, but course readings should be given priority. For this assignment, you are just defending what you think is the best version of consequentialism—and it’s possible that the best version of consequentialihkzsm is still a deficient theory!

Is there such a thing as “objective human nature” that extends past a merely physical definition of human beings as the specific sort of carbon-based lifeforms that we are?
Topic: Human Nature

Paper details:

1) Is there such a thing as “objective human nature” that extends past a merely physical definition of human beings as the specific sort of carbon-based lifeforms that we are? If so, define human nature as best as you are able. If not, why not? Further, if there is no such thing as human nature in this sense, what do we put in place of a theory of human nature in order to attempt to explain the various things human beinhkzgs do, say, believe, and ultimately are.

What is an Immune response?

Microbiology: Basic and Clinical Principles, 1e, Norman McKay, Pearson

 

Chapter 11: Innate Immunity, page 324

 

  1. What is an Immune response?

Ans: ____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What is the difference between innate immunity and adaptive immunity?

Innate immunity: _______________________________________________________

 

Adaptive immunity: _____________________________________________________

iii. What is normal microbiota and what is its role in shaping immune responses?

Ans: __________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

 

  1. a. What is the first line of defense and explain how the three sub-categories of first line of

defense help provide protection?

Ans: _____________________________________________________________________

  1. _________________________________________________________________
  2. _________________________________________________________________
  3. ________________________________________________________________

 

  1.   When does the second line of defense comes into play and what body system is

responsible for this second line of defense?

Ans: ________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

  1. a. Name the primary and secondary lymphoid tissues and tell the function of thymus and

spleen.

Ans: ____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

  1. Which of the following are formed element of blood ? (select all that apply).
  2. platelets       b. RBC          c. plasma         d. Leukocytes          e. complement protein

 

  1. i. Which cellular components of the blood are phagocytic? —

—- ____________________________________________

  1. What is the role of eosinophils? — _______________________________________
  2.   a. Name and Explain the four mechanisms involved in the second line of defense.
How has gender as a social construct impacted your life choices?
Topic: Gender Studies

Paper details:

(I am a black gay male if that helps with this paper) In this course we will address a number of topics related to gender and society. To analyze the impact of gender in society, we will first examine the way in which gender has affected our lives as individuals. For this assignment, you will describe your “gendered self,” providing a description of gender in your everyday life, and then analyze the ways that your gender impacts your everyday life. Describe what it means to be your gender in society and for you as an individual. Also discuss the way in which you conform or deviate from societal expectations of masculinity or femininity. How has gender as a social construct impacted your life choices? What socializing agents have impacted your thoughts on gender? Provide a detailed description and analysis of at least one example of when gender has influenced you, interactions with others, decisions, etc. Make sure to indicate this example in the paper (for example, use headings in the paper). Incorporate related theories and course materials in your analysis. Also consider the following questions in your paper: How does your gender impact your every day interactions with others? How is appearance and body image related to how you experience gender? How are your performances of gender related to other social factors such as race, class, and sexuality? How are you rewarded or disadvantaged for the way you “do” gender everyday? Also incorporate at least one example from the media (such as a commercial or print ad) that demonstrates gender expectations in society. Include a brief discussion on the source and include a link/image. Paper Requirements: 4-6 pages in length (not including title and reference pages) Follow APA formatting guidelines Include a title page General requirements: Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, 1″ margins, times new roman 12 pt font, and saved as .doc, .docx, .pdf. Use APA formhkzat for citations and references

 How Popular Music confronts economic class
Topic: How Popular Music confronts economic class

Paper details:

Create a strong thesis statement on your chosen topic, and develop an argument defending that thesis throughout your essay. Investigate this issue at length: how does popular music address, challenge, and change our thinking on the issue? Who are the participants in this discourse? What are the power dynamics inherent in the rela- tionship between musicians, the music industry, and listeners? How can that power balance shift in one di- rection or another? It’s important to remember that music can either reflect a particular subject position on any given topic, or it can construct a subject position. That is, music may be written in response to an event or paradigm shift; music can also work to create that shift itself. Your job is to demonstrate music’s role in our thinking about your chosen topic. You will choose one musical example to analyze at length. Examples should be limited geographically to North America and Britain, to stay within the confines of the course. Examine how the example illustrates the argument of the essay, using terminology from class. What instrumentation do performers use? What textures, timbres, forms, harmonies, rhythms, and other musical gestures further a listener’s understanding of the topic at hand? Your essay should present a clear picture of the social issue you have researched, connecting musical per- formance, audience reception, performer intent, and an analysis of the music’s role in our understanding of the issue. *All papers must contain musical analysis based on the terms used in class. This analysis must be incorpo- rated into the paper, not separate, and can include video analysis. Analysis should occupy approximately 15- 20% of your paper. (1-2 pages)* *Essays must be based on scholarly research, and must include at least two peer-reviewed sources, plus three other (e.g., journalistic) sources.* Citation Requirements Students are expected to use reference materials in the library or available through the library website (books, journals, encyclopedias, recordings). You may use more than one article or entry from a peer-reviewed source to count towards your two peer-reviewed sources (such as two entries from the Grove Dictionary of Music). Reliable online sources, such as the official website for an artist, may be consulted for the additional three sources. Official biographies or non-peer-reviewed magazine articles or books on popular music in gen- eral are also acceptable secondary sources. Authors must be cited in all websites used, and proper biblio- graphic format used. Use of Wikipedia is prohibited. Students should use a minimum of two peer-reviewed written sources in addition to other sources and recordings, and must cite all directly or indirectly quoted and paraphrased material, including the prof’s notes or lectures. Essays with citations, bibliographies, and discographies that do not meet the format of the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style will lose 10%. Bibliographies and discographies must be single-spaced, with sec- ond and subsequent lines of each entry indented and all punctuation in the correct place. Either author-date format or footnotes may be used for in-text citations. You may put your bibliography and discography on the same page. There will be no exceptions to this rule. Misplaced punctuation, misnumbered citations, and other minor mis- takes will be grounds for losing the full 10%. The library has reference guides on reserve, or check the Chi- cago quick guide online for assistance in citing sources: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. Essays that do not use the minimum two peer-reviewed sources and three additional sourchkzes will lose 5% per missing source.

Which entry mode strategy—franchising or wholly owned stores—should they pursue to help Treasure Cup succeed as an international brand?

A GLOBAL LAUNCH FOR TREASURE CUP?

 

Nina Lopez and Matt O’Rourke have been trying to raise capital to expand their growing chain of cupcake shops, Treasure Cup. They make a full range of traditional cupcakes, but they found immediate success with their signature cupcakes, those that have a range of fillings, from ice cream to candy to exotic fruits. They opened their first store 10 years ago and quickly expanded throughout their state. They now own 15 stores in four states in the Northeast and are looking toward further expansion.

 

Initially, Nina and Matt were thinking they would try to branch out nationally, but with the swift success they’ve had, and the fact that they both were born in countries outside of the United States, they decided to set their sights even bigger and expand overseas. Their Treasure Cups have broad appeal, and their fillings can be easily tailored to local taste. Nina and Matt therefore concluded not to limit themselves by looking at just the U.S. market. They had already proven that they could scale; now was the time to capitalize on their experience and success.

 

The plan is now to launch Treasure Cup as a global company, serving clients in multiple countries. However, some potential investors have expressed doubts about their ability to operate globally before the company has built out beyond one region in the United States. One investor asked Matt and Nina whether they really were prepared to respond to the needs of business clients located hundreds or thousands of miles away.

 

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

What aspects of global integration do Nina and Matt need to consider in order to be successful?

Which entry mode strategy—franchising or wholly owned stores—should they pursue to help Treasure Cup succeed as an international brand?

If you were Nina or Matt, what would you do? Explain your response.

Describe the role of the early childhood administrator as an instructional leader implementing high-quality program models, theory, and curriculum into your early childhood program.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Where We Stand on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation (Links to an external site.).

The word “program” in early childhood education refers to “the planning of the curriculum, which also includes the instructional practices, the daily schedule, the routines for caring for children, and the recreational activities, such as outdoor play” (Gadikowski, 2013, Section 4.1). Educational administrators are the instructional leaders of their schools and centers primarily in the planning of curriculum. For this assignment, you will choose a particular age group (infants, toddlers, or preschoolers), and design (outline) a program that is developmentally appropriate.

Please review the following web pages for examples:

In your paper,

  • Describe the role of the early childhood administrator as an instructional leader implementing high-quality program models, theory, and curriculum into your early childhood program.
  • Briefly describe the learning and developmental needs of your chosen age group.
  • Analyze how your program will address the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of children in this age group (give specific curricular ideas for each area of development), as well as classroom management, individual assessment, and the daily schedule.
  • Explain how your program aligns with the philosophy, vision, and mission statements you created in Week
  • Discuss how your program aligns with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) indicators of effective curriculum, as outlined in Chapter 4, and found in the position statement Where We Stand on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation(Links to an external site.).
  • Discuss a plan of professional development to train staff on how to implement high-quality program models, theory, and curriculum into their specific environments.

The Program Planning as a Leader paper

  • Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s APA Style(Links to an external site.)
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.