Prompt: Write a letter to Wang Yi, China’s current Minister of Foreign Affairs, coaching him on how to proceed with the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the concentration camps in Xinjiang. Begin by teaching him about the Warring States period in Chinese history. Then appeal to Chinas historic schools of political philosophy (Legalism, Fengjian w/ Confucianism, and/or Taoism) to convince the minister to embrace a certain approach and reject the others. Recommend at least three specific interventions based on these ideas.
Category: History
Unit II Republics and Revolutions Paper Assignment
Topic:
Alexis de Tocqueville believed that a long, slow global transition to democracy was underway in the nineteenth century; to explore what this might mean for France (and, perhaps, other countries that still had monarchical and aristocratic systems), he visited the United States in 1831 and wrote about his experiences in his now-famous book, Democracy in America (vol. 1: 1835, vol. 2: 1840). Tocqueville was not an uncritical admirer of democracy or democratic political culture, however. In one evocative chapter of Democracy in America vol. 2, he painted a picture of how democracy ripped apart the social fabric and left individuals isolated:
“Aristocracy had made a chain of all the members of a community, from the peasant to the king; democracy breaks that chain and severs every link of it…Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws himself back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.” (pg 105-6 of the excerpt provided at the beginning of this unit.)
China experienced several political revolutions that claimed to be democratic during the period we’ve studied in Unit II: the 1911 Republican Revolution that overthrew the monarchical system (MCM 220-230), the 1926-27 Nationalist reunification of China (MCM 264-278), and the Communist Revolution (MCM 359-368). During the same period, China also experienced several “cultural revolutions” that purported to advance democratic agendas: the May Fourth Movement of the 1910s-20s, the early PRC’s reeducation efforts (thought reform, fanshen, etc) in the 1950s, and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of 1966-76. [I will leave it to you to find page references in MCM for these “cultural” revolutions.]
Pick at least one of these political revolutions and at least one of these cultural revolutions. Based on the textbook, primary sources, and other course resources assigned for this unit, do you think that either of the revolutions you have selected promoted any kind of “democratic individualism”? If so, do you think this sort of “democratic individualism” in China resulted the isolating effects that Tocqueville described in nineteenth-century America? What do you think your answers reveal about China’s revolutionary twentieth century?
Requirements:
-A thesis statement in a well-crafted introduction: give your answer to the topic question posed above and explain your reasoning.
-Discuss in detail the life experience of several specific individuals/types of individuals to validate your thesis. Make the link between these individuals/types of individuals and your thesis explicit. Explain your thought process and use appropriate quotations from the text to illustrate your ideas. [In grading your paper, I will particularly focus on these body paragraphs and specific comments to help you improve your analysis of evidence. -JBH]
-These individuals should be drawn from the primary sources we have read in Unit II (or, if appropriate, Unit I) as well as material from the textbook, Making China Modern. No outside research is needed.
-Contextualize the lives of the individuals you are discussing by using Making China Modern research the major events/trends that occurred during their lives. “Contextualization” can mean different things, depending on the materials you have available to you and how carefully you read those materials. At a minimum, it indicates: explain something about the time period the person lived in (not in the sense of precise years, but in terms of characterization of that time period: prosperous or not, peaceful or not, etc–so, for example not the 1850s, but the “rebellion-plagued 1850s”…but then explain why you have characterized the era in this way) AND explain how you can see the major trends of that era reflected in this person’s life.
Length:
See above.
Citation Style:
See above.
This is an essay in United States History about the Hiroshima war back in 1945 and the debate about if the U.S using the atomic bomb was necessary or not. My professor’s instructions for the essay are :
Please try to answer as many questions as possible that my professor has instructed me to answer.
Part I. Introduction
i. Describe in general the issue being debated.
Part II. Historical Debate
ii. What is the main argument in each perspective? On what points do they agree or disagree?
iii. What types of evidence do the authors use and does that evidence support their thesis?
Part III. Conclusion
iv. How did your reading(s) change the way you understood the subject?
v. How are the issues presented in your readings still relevant to you today? Please explain how your personal background and life experiences might influence your perspective on this topic.
vi. Imagine you have been asked to tackle a current national or global issue, how would you use what youve learned to help you do so?
The essay should begin with full bibliographical information and then address the following points:
What does the researcher want to find out?
How is the researcher investigating this? What sources are used? Are they adequate to the task?
What does the research contribute to our knowledge of the field?
How does it compare with what you learned in class and textbook reading?
Is the writing clear? Does it use direct, straightforward, and unambiguous words and phrases?
Use this Article: Johnstone, Steven. Women, Property, and Surveillance in Classical Athens. Classical Antiquity, vol. 22, no. 2, 2003, pp. 247274. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/ca.2003.22.2.247
Conversation Report (~500-750 words)
A certain food writer once wrote: Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
Have a conversation with someone who grew up with a culinary tradition very different from your own (no Chinese food), and for whom food and culinary practice are important.
Ask them to describe to you:
1) one or two powerful food memories from where they grew up, and
2) ask them whether they agree with the above statement, and why.
Describe their responses with as much concrete details as possible. Briefly discuss your own view of how you understand this statement, and whether you agree with it.
You will be evaluated on the following:
attention to details from the conversation, and evidence of carefully listening to others and their experience (70%)
coherent presentation of the conversation and its relationship to the above statement (15%)
some analytical discussion of the conversation based on our course readings and/or lecture (15%)
TOPIC:
Discuss the successes and failures of the first New Deal. Compare and contrast the first and second New Deals.
INSTRUCTION:
You are to write a response in essay format that includes an introduction, response to the question, critical analysis of the subject, including facts to support your analysis, and a conclusion. Excessive use of quotes will result in a lowered score! Again, you must provide critical analysis of the readings and not simply a restating of the facts the authors present.
USE PICTURES/BOOK I HAVE ATTACHED FOR THEY WILL HELP USE CITATIONS FOR THE ESSAY. USE CORRECT CITATIONS AND SHOWING CITATIONS!!!!!!
difference between Citations and Works Cited. USE CORRECT CITATIONS
Writing frame 1000 words maximum. Introduction; ‘deliberate’ versus in a fit of ‘absence of mind’. First paragraph; examples of when Britain did take over areas deliberately
Last paragraph:
conclusion: periodization; when in 1957-82 did the British really look like they were building an empire deliberately, why?
Step One – Read Amina Yaqin, “Islamic Barbie: The Politics of Gender and Performativity”
Step 2: Identify and read an additional se condary source (or sources) on a related topic that you find interesting (perhaps looking at comparable experiences of females and males from another ethnic or religious group or another nation outside the US).
Step 2: Write a 300-400 word response analyzing the reading.
Use a word processor (like MS Word) to write your response to one the following questions (please don’t all pick the first question – the discussion will be much richer if we have a variety of topics to discuss):
1.What stereotypes does Yaqin identify regarding Muslims? Based on your research, have these stereotypes changed in recent years?
2.Why was Razanne created? How does it compare with Barbie, for example?
3.What role does the internet play for Noorart? Why is this significant?
As the second millennium BCE began so did trade, warfare, and kingdom building. The world witnessed the growth of states developing under common laws and customs rather than solely based on geography. Initially, climate change brought droughts to once fertile populace centers forcing herdsman to travel in search of food and land. These nomadic invasions would ultimately bring cultures closer through their interactions in trade and conquest. Technological advances of the time, like the wheeled chariot, would aid in the movement of peoples and goods around Northeast Africa and Asia. Societies once separated would now find themselves linked culturally and economically.
During this period of political expansion the Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia and the Persian Empire in Iran developed as superpowers. Their political organization allowed them to expand beyond their “ethnic” boundaries absorbing areas and populations well beyond their geographic nucleus. Within these larger territories were more resources and humans to be exploited for the benefit of the empire. The Zhou Dynasty was experiencing a similar expansion in China. Although the leaders were able to integrate larger areas of land, they were faced with strong local lords which hindered the overall strength of the centralized government.
As each empire developed, their political, social, and economic structures evolved to best address their needs. The lasting political, cultural, and religious contributions of these larger political entities are numerous. From the Phoenicians an alphabet originated. Monotheism developed in the Middle East. The idea of a revolving universal time, reincarnation, developed in Vedic Asia. And the Zhou provided a social order.
Respond: Based on your reading of Worlds Together, Worlds Apart; the Interactive Timeline and the Crash Course video on Chinese history:
Discuss the governing styles of the early empires (Persians, Assyrians, Zhou, etc). Specifically identify the similarities that existed to create these larger, successful empires. Which empire do you find to have been most successful and why?
Provide specific examples as evidence of similarities
Identify the civilization you find to be most successful
Provide examples as evidence of success
Explain how the examples demonstrate success
Hint: what counts as success, including who determines it, should be part of the discussion
1.Introduction
The Annotated Bibliography is part of your final project. Students are to provide annotations for five primary sources find about (The Rise of Christianity)and five secondary sources find about(The Rise of Christianity)that will then be used in the final project. Sources should be directly related to the final projects topic. Annotations should be a paragraph (about 100 words).
For secondary sources, students should use high quality scholarly sources, especially scholarly monographs or articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals. Students should avoid using the textbook, encyclopedia articles, or anonymously authored websites.
For primary sources, students should be looking for documents which were originally written during the time period they are trying to study. While architectural or archaeological remains certainly do qualify as primary sources which can be used by scholars to reconstruct the past, they are problematic for an assignment like this. Written documents from the past should be your focus!
2.What is an Annotated Bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources (like a reference list). It differs from a straightforward bibliography in that each reference is followed by a paragraph length annotation, about 100 words in length.
3.What is the purpose of an Annotated Bibliography?
Provide a literature review on a particular subject
Help to formulate a thesis on a subject
Demonstrate the research you have performed on a particular subject
Provide examples of major sources of information available on a topic
Describe items that other researchers may find of interest on a topic.
4.What am I required to include in my Annotated Bibliography?
For Primary Sources:
Bibliographic information according to Chicago style.
The name and background of the author, if known.
The date the document was originally written, if known.
The authors purpose in writing the document and its historical context.
Any bias displayed by the author.
The significance of the document (i.e., why should anybody in the present care?).
For Secondary Sources:
Bibliographic information according to Chicago style.
The name and scholarly background of the author (education, publications, university appointments, etc.)
The authors main argument (note, this is not the same thing as a simple description of the subject matter– what is the author trying to say about this subject?).
The specific types of evidence used to support the authors main argument (are they primary sources? Scholarly secondary works?).
How successful/convincing is the authors argument?
5. You should find Five Primary Sources about(The Rise of Christianity), And find Five Secondary Sources about(The Rise of Christianity).
6. Please read all the instructions carefully which is on above.Then you will get idea what to do.
