Day: October 6, 2020

Account of the Use of Quipus

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment History, MLA

Read the attached document and answer the following questions:
1. What were the quipus? What functions in society did they serve? What were the limitations?
2. What role did the quipucamayus serve in society?

Introduction:
Garcilaso de la Vega, also known as El Inca, was a mestizo born in Cuzco in 1539 to a Spanish conquistador and an Inca princess. At the age of twenty-one, he traveled to Spain to claim the inheritance his late father had left him, and remained there for the rest of his life. He claimed to have learned how to read the quipus as a child, and he describes their use in his monumental history of the Incas, published in the early seventeenth century. In this passage, he argues that these devices served primarily to record quantifiable dataperhaps because, as some modern researchers theorize, he only knew how to read this type of quipu, having observed its use in recording amounts of tribute that native peoples rendered to his Spanish father. Elsewhere in his chronicle, however, he notes that they also recorded fables and verses.

education

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment Not applicable, Psychology and Education

VIDEOS:
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/07/19/blackautisticjoy-in-ada-30/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HR8NEPK7l0&t=86s

QUESTIONS:
1.How can Universal Design for Learning be used to support students with and without disabilities? Give specific examples from your area of expertise (e.g., early childhood education or high school science).

2.How can culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining education (CRT) be used to support students with and without disabilities? Give specific examples from your area of expertise (e.g., elementary education or middle school physical education)

3.What are some similarities AND differences between UDL and CRT as approaches to educating students with and without disabilities?

4.What questions do this Module’s texts raise for you?

The Baltimore Area Project

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Law

Assignment 2: The Baltimore Area Project
Due: Sunday October 11th

Formatting
Block formatting
Suggested Length: ~ 4 double-spaced pages.
o Outline format (i.e., similar to how these instructions are set up) is encouraged.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Margins: 1 inch on all sides of page.
Subheadings: Please use subheadings.
References: Use APA citation structure as appropriate. Cite all sources, including links
See rubric on Sakai for detailed information on grading.
For this assignment, you will create a version of the Chicago Area Project for present day
Baltimore. The Chicago Area Project is ground in the belief that neighborhood residents can take
a lead role in the prevention of crime and delinquency through community building and
providing resources. The website for the Chicago Area Project is here:
http://www.chicagoareaproject.org/
The Chicago Area Project (CAP) was started in 1934 by Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay to
address issues of juvenile delinquency and youth gangs in the city. The focus on this project is on
the local community as a place for action which was in line with the Chicago Schools
thoughts on using the city as a laboratory. In order to prevent crime from occurring, the CAP
worked with residents and local institutions/organizations to support their reinforcement of
societys conventional values or norms. They viewed juvenile delinquency as an effect of social
disorganization in the community. Thus, the goal was to support the community in developing
social organization by changing the attitudes, sentiments, code, and moral standards of the
neighborhood as a whole (Burgess et al., 1937).
You are tasked with creating a project outline for implementing a Baltimore Area Project
inspired by the Chicago Area Project. I intend for you to approach this assignment with an open
mind of establishing this Baltimore Area Project in the way you would if you had access to
unlimited resources and partnerships. Try to create an ideal version of what you would see the
Baltimore Area Project as including. You can do this city wide *or* select one specific
neighborhood to focus on. Make sure you clearly state your selection at the start of your
outline.
You should include the following section in your Baltimore Area Project assignment:
1. A brief description of the Chicago Area Project and their approach to crime
reduction/prevention.
o How was this intended to be effective in Chicago? Review their historical look at
the project here: http://www.chicagoareaproject.org/historical-look-chicago-areaproject
o Consider do you think this model would be effective in Baltimore? Why or Why
not?
o What modifications would be needed overall to the approach to effectively
implement this in Baltimore.
2. The mission, philosophy, goal, and objectives for the Chicago Area Project are located
here: http://www.chicagoareaproject.org/about-us
o Modify these for your Baltimore Area Project.
3. The Chicago Area Project includes Community Organizing
o They describe it as: Community Organizing involves identifying local leaders
and supporting their efforts in mobilizing residents to take responsibility for
guiding young people. Working together, community leaders, residents, and youth
prioritize neighborhood-specific issues, seek effective solutions, and identify
available resources to address them.
o Explain how community organizing would fit into your Baltimore Area Project.
o Specifically list who local leaders could be that could mobilize residents to take
responsibility
4. The Chicago Area Project offers Direct Services
o They describe it as: Direct Services occur through CAP’s network of more than
40 affiliates offering educational, cultural, and recreational programs.
o Here is a list of the affiliates of the Chicago Area Project:
http://www.chicagoareaproject.org/affiliates-list
o Explain what Direct Services you would offer under your Baltimore Area Project.
o Specifically list what affiliates in the community you would like to enlist in order
to offer these direct services.
5. The Chicago Area Project engages in Advocacy
o They advocate with neighborhood groups on behalf of their youth for
improvements in schools, juvenile court systems, and employment opportunities.
o Identify specific projects that your Baltimore Area Project could advocate for
around the city
o Identify any neighborhood groups that you think could be beneficial partners to
advocate with
Please note: I do expect there to be some differences in how students approach this project, and
which parts of the Chicago Area Project they think would be applicable to a Baltimore version,
which parts they dont see as relevant, and what new additions they could make. As you contrast
your version, provide justifications for *why* you are either keeping the structure the same or
making modifications.
Your assignment should include many different sources and contents. Please include links and/or
citations to anything you are referring to in the outline (e.g., links to websites or news articles for
affiliates or projects to advocate for). Feel free to include pictures, maps, or other multimedia as
they are relevant as well.
This assignment will require you to some research on the city, neighborhoods in the city, and
community-based organizations that exist and offer local services. The Baltimore Neighborhood
Indicators Alliance here at UB (https://bniajfi.org/) collects information on key indicators,
including crime, across the regions of the city if you think these may be helpful. Remember that
as this assignment is focused on the Chicago School Perspective, the approach to crime includes
the ecological perspective, social disorganization, symbolic interaction, and culture conflict.
Your assignment should include justifications that link back to these theoretical perspectives.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment Marketing, Not applicable

Product Category Schemata –
Pick a product category. Describe your personal product category schemata (or associative memory network). Who are the leading brands in this category? Discuss the 1) product category risk, 2) utilitarian category value, 3) category signal value, and 4) category consumption visibility? How does all of this affect your perception of global brand superiority in the category? Do you have a preference for a global or local brand in this category? Now, pick one brand in this category and briefly discuss the brand’s cultural positioning. Is this effective?

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment History, MLA

Read the attached documents and answer the following questions:
1. In simple terms, what does this legal document say?
2. What problems or weaknesses of the Requerimiento does the author expose?

The first attachment is the text of the document that Indians were supposed to hear before Spaniards waged a war upon them. A team of Spanish legal scholars and theologians, headed by Juan Lopz Palacios Rubios, a member of the kings Royal Council, met in 1510 to draft it. Palacios Rubios also authored other tracts supporting the legitimacy of Spanish dominion over the Americas, but even he later noted the absurdity of the way this document was used.

The second attachment is a selection from a history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas written by Gonzalo Fernndez de Oviedo, who took part in an expedition to the Isthmus of Panama in 1514. Oviedo was personally acquainted with Christopher Columbus and many other famous explorers conquistadors. Although this passage cast the Spaniards in a critical light, elsewhere in his history Oviedo wrote much more favorably toward the conquest and denounced the indigenous people as cannibals and barbarians, so much so that Bartolom de las Casas disputed many parts of his account.

Poverty and Domestic Violence

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Law

General Guidelines for Writing Essay #2

A major project for this course will be a review and analysis of the literature and a specific problem in criminology and criminal justice which each student will select. Specifically, you should do the following:

Follow these general guidelines. Exceptions are possible,  but  they  must  be  discussed  and  approved  by  the
Instructor  prior  to  writing    Essay #2.

a.    There should be at least two citations related to your topic.Citations that are used in Essay 1 (attached) can be used. In your essay, you will need to cite your references to provide empirical support for any factual statements you make about your problem. 
b.    The more recent the citations, the more likely the work reflects what is happening currently with regard to the problem.
c.    Make  sure  to  paraphrase  information  into  your  own  words,  rather  than  stringing  together
numerous  direct  quotes  from  your  scholarly  references.
d.    Please  give  yourself  sufficient  time  to  write  the  Essay  in  your  own  words.  Evidence 
Of  plagiarism  will  result  in  a  zero  for  this  assignment.

Reference citations should  include empirically and theoretically related articles concerning your topic.  Again, the more recent the citations, the better you can capture the current state of knowledge with regard to the design, methods, measures, sampling, results, and limitations of empirical studies that test the validity of criminaological theories with regard to explaining the problem.

Essay #2  Will  Consist  of    The  Following  –
Title  Page 

MAJOR  SECTIONS  SHOULD  ADDRESS  THE  FOLLOWING:

1. DESCRIPTION  OF  STUDIES:  (start by saying how many studies you are describing and evaluating, and the theories they have examined).  For each study you describe, include the purpose of the study, sampling, the rationale for, and measurement of, dependent, independent, and control variables, and the results of the study.

2.  LIMITATIONS  AND WEAKNESSES:  Identify  and  discuss  limitations  and  weaknesses  of  the  studies  included  in  the  section  –  DESCRIPTION  OF  STUDIES.

3.  THEORETICAL  PERSPECTIVES:    Identify  and  discuss  those  criminological  theories  that  have  been  used  to  explain  the  criminal  justice  issue  that  you  plan  to  study.  You  should  rely  very  heavily  on  your criminology  theory  textbook,  as  well as  the  empirical  journal  articles  that  you  have  collected  on  your  research  topic.    Be  sure  to  cite  your  references  and  include  them  on  your  reference  list.

Numbered Data collected can only be in whole numbers, no percents, 

Course Project

October 6, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 7"), Other

What Constitutes Sexual Harassment?

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individuals employment, unreasonably interferes with an individuals work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. There are two types of sexual harassment: quid pro quo and hostile work environment. Quid pro quo, which means this for that, involves a person with power over someone else who uses that power to either benefit or harm a person based on his or her willingness to participate in or tolerate some form of sexual behavior. A hostile work environment exists when an individual is exposed to conduct that is sexual in nature, severe and/or pervasive, and unwelcome or unwanted; a power imbalance may or may not exist. 

Assignment:  Read each scenario below, and then in an APA formatted Word Document explain each scenario and determine whether each constitutes sexual harassment, and explain why or why not.  Be sure to utilize what you have learned about sexual harassment this week, and cite your sources and list your references.

Scenario 1
Mary and Bill work in the same department and have known each other for over a year. Mary and Bill are friendly, but nothing romantic has occurred between them. One day, Mary asks Bill if he would like to go out after work.

Scenario 2
Charles is attracted to his coworker, Shelly, but Shelly is unaware of the attraction. He tells her one morning, You look really nice today.

Scenario 3
At a company party, employees are called up individually to receive year-end bonuses. Susan is shocked to discover that whereas the men in her department receive cash, she and her female coworkers receive flowers.

Scenario 4
Adam and a coworker are looking at a sexually explicit Web site. Someone walks in and sees the Web site. That person is offended and reports the incident to Adams supervisor, who never tells Adam about the complaint. The person walks into Adams office three more times in the next several months and again sees sexually explicit material on Adams screen. The person never tells Adam that he is offended.

Grading Rubric for Weekly Assignment

Assignment

Point Value

Total

Adequately covers the topic -Writing is within the required minimum word count  (300 words)

40 points

Organization- Uses correct APA format in paper as well as with citations and references

20 points

Spelling/Grammar/Posts Word count

20 points

Uses 2 good scholarly resources
One may be your text

20 points