Day: February 15, 2021

European perceptions and treatment of Native Americans during the 16th and 17th centuries

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment History, MLA

Discuss European perceptions and treatment of Native Americans during the 16th and 17th centuries by addressing the following questions:

1. What negative impressions / assumptions did European explorers have about the indigenous people (Native Americans) they encountered?
– Regarding their physical appearances, clothing
– Their customs, beliefs, religious practices, rituals, language, nomenclature (naming), etc.
2. What facts (*specific examples) were later found to be historically more accurate about Indian societies in relation to:
– Family structure, especially the role of women?
– Tribal structure / government? – Agriculture and trade?
– Alliances (with Europeans as well as with other tribes)?
3. What were the biological and social consequences of contact (i.e. The Columbian Exchange) between Europeans and Native Americans?
– Diseases
– Animals / Insects
– Plants / Crops
– Weapons / Culture
(Must have 4 credible college sources)

Chinese Literature

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment Other, Undergraduate

After you finish the required reading, answer the following question briefly:
What is the similarity and the difference between the three female protagonists in the three works (the female student in “The Journey,” Caitiao-the wife in “Intoxicated,” and Miss Sophia in “The Diary of Miss Sophia”)?

***All three articles are in the same file

short paper

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Economics

ECON 3540: Response 1
Due Monday, February 15th
Select one of the two prompts below. Your response should address the topic provided in its
entirety. Responses should be no less than 1000 words. Proper citation is required. Please
submit via Canvas (.doc, docx, and .pdf le types only please). Responses are due by 11:59
pm (MST) on the due date listed above.
Prompt #1:
The following quotes are from two historical gures (I won’t say which, but a quick search
will satisfy your curiosity) who hold very dierent conceptions as to the nature of what
constitutes a society and therefore an economy.
In the social production of their existence, men inevitably enter into denite [social] relations… in the development of their material forces of production.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are
families.
In your personal opinion – this is economics, after all – what should be the scope of economic
analysis? What is beyond economists’ ability to explain? What should be taken as the
most basic economic agent? Why? Be sure to incorporate readings and class discussions
in your analysis.
1
Prompt #2:
The notion that the US healthcare system contains major ineciencies is generally agreed
upon by most economists and policymakers, regardless of political aliation. This is supported by the observation that despite spending nearly nearly three times as much on
healthcare than OECD countries, the US performs much worse in terms of life expectancy
(as well as many other health outcomes). The proposed solutions to these ineciencies,
however, vary drastically across the political and economic spectra. Proposals range from
complete privatization of all aspects of healthcare to a government alternative in competition with private insurers to universal single-payer healthcare. In your opinion, what
policies (if any) should be implemented to improve the US healthcare system? You should
specically discuss how and why your proposed changes will address particular ineciencies.
2

Any topic (writer’s choice)

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment Business and Management, Not applicable

1.Jasmine agrees to purchase 1,500 tons of recycled glass from Louie, the price to be determined at the time of delivery. Is such an agreement enforceable? Compare the common law with Article 2 of the UCC.
2. Briefly discuss how an offer can be accepted. Include in your answer the application of the mirror image rule.
3. Shirley is an actress under contract with Twentieth Century. Shirley agreed to perform the lead role in a musical to be filmed in Hollywood by Twentieth Century. At the last minute, Twentieth Century decided to scrap the musical and assigned its rights in Shirley to MGM. MGM was planning to film a western in Australia requiring Shirley to spend six months filming in Australia. Can Shirley successfully prevent this assignment?

4. Define and compare the terms vagueness and ambiguity.

Hamlet

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

Does Shakespeare support or challenge the medieval revenge ethic? Is Hamlet an avenging hero who accomplishes his goal, at his own peril, after careful consideration of all the consequences, or has he failed? Or is there some other hero present in the play?

– 7 paragraphs
-850 words
– 3 point paragraphs
– 2 quotes and analysis for each point paragraph following a PEAC format.
– Written in present tense
– No extremely long quotes

RayBradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

Please write a brief essay with an argument that is a thesis/theme (exploring meaning).  Support your argument about the story with cited examples from the text. Use a five-paragraph model with an intro, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Structure is not as important as the strength of the argument and relevant examples.
The essay: There Will Come Soft Rains
By: Ray Bradbury

short paper

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment Economics, MLA

ECON 3540: Response 1
Due Monday, February 15th
Select one of the two prompts below. Your response should address the topic provided in its
entirety. Responses should be no less than 1000 words. Proper citation is required. Please
submit via Canvas (.doc, docx, and .pdf le types only please). Responses are due by 11:59
pm (MST) on the due date listed above.
Prompt #1:
The following quotes are from two historical gures (I won’t say which, but a quick search
will satisfy your curiosity) who hold very dierent conceptions as to the nature of what
constitutes a society and therefore an economy.
In the social production of their existence, men inevitably enter into denite [social] relations… in the development of their material forces of production.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are
families.
In your personal opinion – this is economics, after all – what should be the scope of economic
analysis? What is beyond economists’ ability to explain? What should be taken as the
most basic economic agent? Why? Be sure to incorporate readings and class discussions
in your analysis.
1
Prompt #2:
The notion that the US healthcare system contains major ineciencies is generally agreed
upon by most economists and policymakers, regardless of political aliation. This is supported by the observation that despite spending nearly nearly three times as much on
healthcare than OECD countries, the US performs much worse in terms of life expectancy
(as well as many other health outcomes). The proposed solutions to these ineciencies,
however, vary drastically across the political and economic spectra. Proposals range from
complete privatization of all aspects of healthcare to a government alternative in competition with private insurers to universal single-payer healthcare. In your opinion, what
policies (if any) should be implemented to improve the US healthcare system? You should
specically discuss how and why your proposed changes will address particular ineciencies.
2

Compare and contrast

February 15, 2021 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

Salinger, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” AND Ernest Hemingway, Short Story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
The point of view for both of these short stories might be described as “bleak.”

The essay: Compare and contrast the short stories in terms of their strains of pessimism (i.e., what each writer is trying to express via his pessimism) in an essay of about two pages typed, double-spaced, selecting your own approach to organization.