Entries by Sarah Kaelo

What is Agent Orange And What Were Its Effects on Humans and Environment?

Follow instructions Please watch the folowing, and engage, two posts of about 100 words each. Watch: Deepen your understanding of Decolonization by Samantha Moyo on TEDex (16 min): https://youtu.be/7JFHjpnD8UA Watch this one too: What’s left of you? Performance, decolonization, and self-determination by Jules Orcullo on TEDex (16 min 04 sec): https://youtu.be/LOYE-gCdSM8 And, an added personal take by […]

Why did senators assassinate Caesar?

Crash Course 6 Watch VideoThe Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or…Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10Duration: 12:26 Watch the video then answer the questions listed below.The Roman Empire: World History Crash Course #101. According to legend, how did the Roman Empire begin? 2. Rome was divided into two broad classes:  the _________________ (a small group […]

Why were they important in WWI?  Are they still important in our world today?

Week 8 Discussion   Please respond to one of the following, using the resources from this week’s Learn and those below as the basis of your response: Option 1: Write for one minute using the stream of consciousness writing method. (Note: You may also type it offline and copy it within this discussion thread.) Describe your experience and your reaction […]

How to Improve Your Score with Discussion Boards

Each week we will be looking at a set period from our past.  Although these are our ancestors, it will seem like we are studying a distant planet, inhabited by people with the strangest of habits.  Fortunately, these subjects of our observation give us abundant clues about who they are.  Their art, their writing, their […]

How much of the European population died from the Bubonic Plague?

Crash Course 7 Watch VideoThe Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9Duration: 10:31 User: n/a – Added: 3/22/12Watch the video then answer the questions listed below. The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: World History Crash Course #9 1. The Silk Road radically expanded the _____________ of trade. 2. The Silk Road was not actually a road […]

What controversial issue will you investigate?

South Africa Travel Guidebook Project Proposal Purpose: Choose and evaluate primary sources and submit a project proposal that demonstrates the viability of a project topic. Task:  First, read over the assignment for the final Travel Guidebook project. Then, choose a topic for the project. Your topic should be thematic and regional, meaning that you’ll investigate change over […]

 How do we explain its rise in the 16th century?

. Making comparisons: To what extent did these four early modern states face similar problems and devise similar solutions? How did they differ? In particular, how did the rulers of these states deal with subordinates? How did they use violence? What challenges to imperial authority did they face? 2. Assessing spectacle: In what different ways […]

How are Athenian direct democracy and American representative democracy similar or different?

What are the thesis and main points of Eric Cline’s argument? What evidence does he use to support his thesis? Which author — Aristophanes or Sophocles — has a more positive view of women? Give specific examples form the Lysistrata and Antigone to support your answer. What does Herodotus see as the strengths and weaknesses of the three forms […]

. How did the creation of overseas colonies contribute to European political rivalries?

Answer one (only one) of the following 1. How did the Enlightenment change Western civilization? In what ways did the Encyclopedia symbolize the fundamental beliefs of the Enlightenment? 2. How did the creation of overseas colonies contribute to European political rivalries? 3. What were the major causes of the French Revolution? Were short-term or long-term factors more significant for producing […]