concept of narrative dialogue and character design by authors

concept of narrative dialogue and character design by authors

This lesson connects with the concept of narrative dialogue and character design by authors.

Look at the events of Chapter 17, where Father and Mother discuss the family’s return to Berlin and announce their decision to Bruno and his sister.

Write a  one page narrative that tells that story from a different character’s point of view.  Tell it as if readers are hearing the thoughts and feelings of Father, Mother or Gretel.  Remember to use what you already know about these characters to guide your writing.

One page,  skip lines for speakers, use vivid description and natural dialogue.

Is the United States an Empire?

Is the United States an Empire?

Do you think it is correct to describe the United States as an empire? Discuss with reference to historical events and examples. Should the U.S. play a less aggressive role in the world, more aggressive, or has it been about right? Discuss and explain your thoughts.

Background Materials

1.  OpenStax American Government (Links to an external site.), Chapter 17.

2.  J. Rufus Fears, “The Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today (Links to an external site.).” (The Heritage Foundation, 2005).

3.  Video: Democracy Now, “How to Hide an Empire” (Links to an external site.)

House on Mango Street- Esperanza Rising

House on Mango Street- Esperanza Rising

Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

This week you will read a section of a story from the book Esperanza Rising. The section titled House on Mango Street (pages 145-146) is narrated by Esperanza. After reading this section analyze the narrator of the story (Esperanza) by answering the following questions:

  1. How would you describe Esperanza?
  2. Describe Esperanza’s family’s social-economic condition.
  3. How do you think the nuns’ reaction impacted Esperanza?

Please make sure your answer is 150 and you reply to two of your classmates.

House on Mango Street

https://mrperrysclassroom.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/the-house-on-mango-street.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Poverty as a Predictor of Child Abuse

I need someone that has experience with Empirical studies to provide me 5-6 studies and 1qualitative study. The study is realated to If or is “Poverty as a Predictor of Child Abuse” 

Final list of Empirical Studies (Due. 5/13)

Directions:

Review the empirical literature in your area of interest that has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Focus on studies that have been published in the past decade, include both qualitative and quantitative research, and take an interdisciplinary approach by reviewing research in social work as well as related fields.

  • Use your critical thinking skills and what we are      learning about research in class to distinguish among the articles you      locate in order to identify the top 5 or 6 studies that you appraise to be      the strongest and most rigorous, and therefore the best guides for policy      and practice in your area of interest. Abstract each of your “top” articles including a full APA      reference, statement of the main research question or questions,      identification of the research method and study design, description of the      sample, measures and/or measurement instruments, methods of data      collection and analyses, strengths and limitations, findings, and      significance of findings to current social policy and/or social work      practice.

Format and other requirement: You will need to:

· Provide the final list of empirical studies (minimum of 5), including an abstract of each article.

· Provide a draft of your literature review covering the main research question or questions, identification of the research method and study design, description of the sample, measures and/or measurement instruments, methods of data collection and analyses, strengths and limitations, findings, and significance of findings to current social policy and/or social work practice.

· Among your 5 empirical studies, include 1 qualitative study.

I will attach what I expect for the Empirical study to look like.

What events and factors led to the rise of the Chicana Feminist Movement?

1. What events and factors led to the rise of the Chicana Feminist Movement?

2. How was the ideology of the Chicana movement different from that of other movements such as the white women’s movement and black feminist movement?

3. What were their contributions to contemporary feminism?

4. How Chicana Feminism impacted your life/culture/family? If so, how? If not, how do you think it has impacted Mexican American and Latino culture in the U.S.?

· Make sure that each answer is approximately 1.5-2 paragraphs long.

· Edit your work and separate EACH RESPONSE. Number each reponse.

· Cite at least ONE source from this module for EACH QUESTION . This means that you will have a minimum of four citations when you complete the assignment. Make sure that you cite IN TEXT in APA style.

· Due 4/18 @ 11:30 p.m.

 

https://crbb.tcu.edu/clips/889/women-in-the-brown-berets

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Chicana+feminist+movement&&view=detail&mid=A36179C0B44F34540040A36179C0B44F34540040&FORM=VRDGAR

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dolores-huertas-50-years-of-civil-rights-activism/

 

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/conferencia-de-mujeres-por-la-raza

how did (pre-Covid) levels of global travel increase the risk for global pandemic?

how did (pre-Covid) levels of global travel increase the risk for global pandemic?

Pandemic – how did (pre-Covid) levels of global travel increase the risk for global pandemic? How has the present pandemic affected global travel? How can we prepare for future possible pandemics?

Please Note:

  • You must use at least six sources for this essay, all of which must be trustworthy, reliable sources. Web sources may include .org and .edu sites—please check with me about .com sites, as their reliability is not always a given. Your Works Cited list should all six of your sources—and you should cite each of your sources at least once.
  • Because you will be using sources, you must include in-text citations and a Works Cited list, both in proper MLA format. If you are confused about MLA documentation, please let me know and we will review it again.
  • We will learn about MLA documentation in class and I will provide MLA resources to you. I will automatically deduct 5 points from any essay that does not include both in-text citations and a Works Cited list.

UCM on Cold War Insecurity

Learning Pod Discussion (Mandatory):  UCM on Cold War Insecurity: Death of a Diplomat

– http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/norman/indexen.html

You are responsible to read all of the information in the following top tabs and corresponding side tabs as well as the primary documents associated with each one: Home (Welcome); Murder by Slander (Introduction); Background (all side tabs and primary documents); Cold War/Hot War (all side tabs and primary documents); In Pursuit of Norman (all side tabs and primary documents); Aftermath (all side tabs and primary documents).

Please use the following questions to guide your investigation/analysis of the Norman Great Canadian Mystery:

Was Norman guilty of being a Soviet spy? Why? Why not? Evidence?

How did the context of China and the Cold War contribute to the charges against Norman?

How much did systems of government in Canada and the US contribute to the Cold War climate?

What was the role of McCarthyism? Was it a successful way of dealing with threats to National Security?

Did Norman’s death represent justice served or a terrible tragedy? How would you deal with “internal threats” in a time of “war”?

Do you think this kind of event could/should happen again?

Assessing Ronald Reagan

Discussion #12: Assessing Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, has been described as having had a very engaging personality. Even people who disagreed with his policies, found themselves drawn to his attractive and carefully honed public image. Surrounded by tough, energetic administrators who insulated him from many of the pressures of the office, he seemed to offer general guidance but not make specific decisions. His presidency was also mired in a series of scandals, but the most damaging was the Iran-contra scandal. After a series of investigations and congressional hearings, the White House conceded that it had sold weapons to the revolutionary government in Iran, and used some of the money to illegally aid the Contras in Nicaragua. This was in direct violation of the Boland Amendment.

In order to prepare for this discussion forum:

  • Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapter 31 that support your discussion.
  • Review material on this site on the Reagan administration.

After you have completed your readings post your response to only one of the following questions

  1. In 1983, Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder described Reagan’s presidency as “Teflon-coated,” because scandals surrounding his presidency seem to have no effect on his individual popularity. Is this a valid assessment of Reagan and his presidency?
  2. Should Reagan (or the policies of any past presidents) be credited with the collapse of world communism, or was the end of the Cold War more a result of internal developments within the Soviet Union and the nations it dominated?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

 

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4A: Completing the Revolution

In some ways, the Civil War completed the American Revolution. The ideals boldly proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, that “all men are created equal”, were now being somewhat realized. The reality was that at the end of Reconstruction the United States was still, in fact, an “unfinished nation,” and that it will be the Civil Rights era and its accomplishments that completed the revolution.

INSTRUCTIONS

In order to prepare you must complete the following readings:

  • Review and identify relevant sections of Chapters 29.
  • Review and identify relevant sections of chapters that have been covered throughout the semester.
  • Utilize at least one of the linked sources provided in this assignment to support your discussion.
  • Identify and incorporate at least one additional outside source to support your discussion. In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources. Please keep in mind that WIKIPEDIA is not an acceptable reference.

Additional Sources:

PREPARE AND SUBMIT:

Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:

Discuss in what ways the United States was an “unfinished nation,” and how the accomplishments of the Civil Rights era completed the process. In your opinion, is the United States currently a “finished nation” or is there still “unfinished business” that needs to be addressed?

Reminders

  • Use Microsoft WORD to write the essays. The acceptable submission file types are .doc, .docx, and .rtf.
  • Prepare the assignment as a Word Document, double-spaced, and using a standard font of 12 points.
  • Paragraphs in an essay are not numbered. Any questions that are associated with an assigned reading are there to serve as a guide for your discussion.
  • Your discussion should incorporate all of the information from the documents and or textbook, and outside sources as one essay.
  • Students are required to research and incorporate into their discussions additional sources that relate to the content. Recommendations can be found in at the end of the textbook chapter in Additional Reading.
  • All statements must be supported and all sources must be identified and cited, and included in your reference list. This also applies to the textbook. Failure to do so constitutes Plagiarism, and the college has strict policies and penalties for failure to comply. Under the Resources, you will find links to sites that review how to format a paper or essay. I recommend that students use APA or Chicago Style to format their essay. Students should ask their instructor which format style they prefer you to use.
  • Proofread your work. Make sure that you have looked for all of the spelling and grammatical errors and corrected them, and that you have organized your work into coherent paragraphs.
  • Submit via the Dropbox as an ATTACHMENT. Any work that is submitted directly into the box will be graded as a 0.

Point Value: 100

Grading Criteria:

  • Analysis and discussion (60%)
  • Support for discussion (30%)
  • Organization (10%)

Reminder: All written work must comply with standard English rules, such as proper capitalization, grammar, and spelling. The assignment must be submitted by the deadline listed in the calendar.

Note: Even though you will see a statement giving you the option of copy/paste or file attachment, please disregard this statement. You are required to attach the assignment in MS Word format.

OR

 

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 4B: Mission “Not” Accomplished

On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussain invaded Kuwait. The US response was swift and effective. On January 16, 1991, the U.S. and other U.N. members began daily bombing raids, and on February 23, 1991, the ground assault began. Within one hundred hours Kuwait was liberated and the first President Bush declared a cease-fire.

In his State of the Union address in January 2002, the second President Bush stated that we must “prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction.” On the night of March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom began, and by mid- April Saddam’s statues were toppling. Swift and short, on May 1, 2003, standing before a huge banner declaring “Mission Accomplished” aboard an aircraft carrier, President Bush declared victory in the Iraq War. Was this declaration premature?

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Review and identify relevant sections of Chapters 27, 30, 31, and 32.
  • Read the following linked article www.English.Illinois.edu/maps/Vietnam/interpretations.htm
  • PBS Frontline-The Gulf War link.
  • The Whirlwind War link- The Gulf War.
  • Utilize at least one of the linked sources provided in this assignment to support your discussion.
  • Identify and incorporate at least one additional outside source to support your discussion. In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources. Please keep in mind that WIKIPEDIA is not an acceptable reference.

PREPARE AND SUBMIT:

Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:

Compare the Gulf War with one of the following wars: the Korean War, Vietnam, or the Iraq War, identifying and discussing similarities and differences that may explain why the US “won” the Gulf War, but did not “win” the other. In your opinion, are these valid comparisons?

Reminders

  • Use Microsoft WORD to write the essays. The acceptable submission file types are .doc, .docx, and .rtf.
  • Prepare the assignment as a Word Document, double-spaced, and using a standard font of 12 points.
  • Paragraphs in an essay are not numbered. Any questions that are associated with an assigned reading are there to serve as a guide for your discussion.
  • Your discussion should incorporate all of the information from the documents and or textbook, and outside sources as one essay.
  • Students are required to research and incorporate into their discussions additional sources that relate to the content. Recommendations can be found in at the end of the textbook chapter in Additional Reading.
  • All statements must be supported and all sources must be identified and cited, and included in your reference list. This also applies to the textbook. Failure to do so constitutes Plagiarism, and the college has strict policies and penalties for failure to comply. Under the Resources, you will find links to sites that review how to format a paper or essay. I recommend that students use APA or Chicago Style to format their essay. Students should ask their instructor which format style they prefer you to use.
  • Proofread your work. Make sure that you have looked for all of the spelling and grammatical errors and corrected them, and that you have organized your work into coherent paragraphs.
  • Submit via the Dropbox as an ATTACHMENT. Any work that is submitted directly into the box will be graded as a 0.

Point Value: 100

Grading Criteria:

  • Analysis and discussion (60%)
  • Support for discussion (30%)
  • Organization (10%)

Reminder: All written work must comply with standard English rules, such as proper capitalization, grammar, and spelling. The assignment must be submitted by the deadline listed in the calendar.

Note: Even though you will see a statement giving you the option of copy/paste or file attachment, please disregard this statement. You are required to attach the assignment in MS Word format.

OR 

 

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3A: The New Deal and Minorities

Roosevelt called his program to reform the nation’s economy during the Great Depression the New Deal. Not only did it bring about major reforms, and introduce tougher regulation of big business, it also set a precedent for greatly expanded federal government involvement in the economy and society. Some of the programs that were initiated had a lasting impact while others were struck down by the Supreme Court. Just as the depression impacted people differently, so did the reforms that were passed during the New Deal.

INSTRUCTIONS:

In order to prepare you must complete the following readings:

  • Review and identify relevant sections of Chapters 23, 24, and 25.
  • Transcript of Roosevelt’s 1936 radio address discussing the New Deal
  • Utilize at least one of the linked sources provided in this assignment to support your discussion.
  • Identify and incorporate at least one additional outside source to support your discussion. In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources. Please keep in mind that WIKIPEDIA is not an acceptable reference.

Additional Sources

PREPARE AND SUBMIT:

Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources, in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:

Analyze and discuss how women, blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, were impacted by the Depression and New Deal. As part of your analysis and discussion, you must address the long-term legacies of the New Deal and major historical assessments that have been made of it, and if you agree or disagree with these assessments.

Reminders

  • Use Microsoft WORD to write the essays. The acceptable submission file types are .doc, .docx, and .rtf.
  • Prepare the assignment as a Word Document, double-spaced, and using a standard font of 12 points.
  • Paragraphs in an essay are not numbered. Any questions that are associated with an assigned reading are there to serve as a guide for your discussion.
  • Your discussion should incorporate all of the information from the documents and or textbook, and outside sources as one essay.
  • Students are required to research and incorporate into their discussions additional sources that relate to the content. Recommendations can be found at the end of the textbook chapter in Additional Reading.
  • All statements must be supported and all sources must be identified and cited, and included in your reference list. This also applies to the textbook. Failure to do so constitutes Plagiarism, and the college has strict policies and penalties for failure to comply. Under the Resources, you will find links to sites that review how to format a paper or essay. I recommend that students use APA or Chicago Style to format their essay. Students should ask their instructor which format style they prefer you to use.
  • Proofread your work. Make sure that you have looked for all of the spelling and grammatical errors and corrected them, and that you have organized your work into coherent paragraphs.
  • Submit via the Dropbox as an ATTACHMENT. Any work that is submitted directly into the box will be graded as a 0.

Point Value: 100

Grading Criteria:

  • Analysis and discussion (60%)
  • Support for discussion (30%)
  • Organization (10%)

Reminder: All written work must comply with standard English rules, such as proper capitalization, grammar, and spelling. The assignment must be submitted by the deadline listed on the calendar.

Note: Even though you will see a statement giving you the option of copy/paste or file attachment, please disregard this statement. You are required to attach the assignment in MS Word format.

economy ‘consumerism’

During the late 19th and early 20th century the United States witnessed an explosion in industry and production.  More production, meant more goods being produced, which, in turn, meant more products being available to the American public. It also fueled a reliance on wages and money. Industrialization created thousands of new urban (at that time) jobs to create these consumer goods. These new goods needed to be marketed and sold, so urban Americans became much more reliant on currency instead of trade. We call this new economy ‘consumerism’ and it has been a staple of the industrialized world for nearly 150 years.

Think about how our economy works today. If you have a job, why do you work? To make money. Why do you need money? To buy the things you need and want. Why do companies want your money? To make the things we we want and need so they can produce more. So, we work to make money, give that money to businesses to make more products, who market and sell their products, so we will buy the products, so they can make more products, so we work more to make more money… and on and on. That is the consumer economy (consumerism). Consumerism was substantially augmented (increased) by industrialization during the Gilded Age and the early 20th century. The reasons are simple: factories make more products than the traditional hand-made industries of the 18th and early 19th centuries. If you make more products, you have to sell more products, etc.

Consumerism led to enormous changes in transportation (moving materials to produce and sell), communication (you need to know what to produce and sell), education (you need an educated workforce), innovation (there is a constant demand for better products), advertising (you need to market your goods), and daily-life (people want and need newer, better ‘stuff’, plus entertainment).

This is a rather simplistic summary of how industrialization and consumerism relate to each other. For this discussion, I want you to take one major change or new product that came about during the late 19th and early 20th century (1877 – 1920) and discuss it. Limit your response to the above paragraph. You may choose transportation, communication, education, innovation, advertising, or daily-life. Explain how it relates to industrialization and consumerism historically. Then, explain how your choice may or may not affect our lives today. You may be general or specific here. In other words, you may choose transportation as a category and explain it overall OR you may be more specific by discussing, say, the automobile in particular (please don’t all choose the automobile…).

Just to clarify, your initial response needs to go over the history of your choice and its current or modern effects. There is no min-max length, but I imagine most good responses will be 2-4 paragraphs in length. I don’t want you to write a novel, but neither do I want you to be vague. Also, if you use any historical facts (and you should!) please cite where you got the information. A simple parentheses and short citation will work, e.g. (Give Me Liberty, pg. 681)

After posting an initial response you must reply back to another post. The reply for this first discussion is simple: find a post that mentions something different from your own and add to it. In other words do not just write, ‘I agree’ or ‘I did not think of that.’ Instead add something to either/both the historic changes and the modern effects.

The point breakdown will be:

35 points max for the initial response

15 points max for the reply

Grade breakdown:

A: 45-50 – well-reasoned and explained response and reply

B: 40-44 – decent response and reply, but needed more argument or fact

C: 35-39 – completed the assignment but only a satisfactory response and/or reply

D: 30-34 – simplistic or irrelevant information; little argument or fact

F: 0-29 – you know why you got this

Chinese American non-fiction narratives.

Chinese American non-fiction narratives.

  1. Please go over today’s materials (three pdf documents in this email attachment) on 322Part9189-210
  2. Prepare a critical essay based on the readings of the four pieces of non-fiction writings in the Class Reader:
    In Kingston’s “No Name Woman” and “Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains,” What is Kingston views on Chinese family culture and Chinese American history in building the Transcontinental Railroad?
  3. Paper Due day:  May 5 (Wednesday)