Category: Writing Styles

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), History

Written Assignment:  Your written assignment will be a 5-page interpretive essay, based on reading historical newspapers from a selected date in Americas national and/or global history.  Using this day in history as your starting point, you will read across several weekly or daily newspapers from that time period.  I will include a guide that has links to digital newspaper collections that are available through the University Library or through U.S. government sites.

The timespan we chiefly will be looking at is 1865-1965.  Your paper will identify the date you are researching and the chief event that took place on that day.  Are you researching the R.M.S. Titanic sinking?  The bombing of Pearl Harbor?  You will be expected to go into some detail about that key event.  But thats only part of the assignment.  Heres where the fun begins!

You will also research the surrounding events on the front page.  What was happening at the same time as President Kennedy was shot?  How did the newspaper editors and the readers react to this event in question?  This will require looking at the editorial pages, where people wrote letters to the editor long before social media.  What sort of social activities were happening at this time?  You might look at the social pages or the human interest news, what we today call soft news.  What clothes were being worn?  What items were being sold?  Look in the advertisement section to find out.  You can even talk about what plays were being performed, or what movies were being shown (depending on the time period). 

Your grade will depend on your use of newspapers.  In the United States, there are typically two kinds of newspapers.  Weekly newspapers served local communities and small towns.  Many such papers from 1789 to 1963 can be accessed for free at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.  You might need to consult the newspapers one week before or after your date to find any mention of it.

As described in your course syllabus, your short essays will consist of at least three (3) double-spaced pages, not including title pages or end matter.  Adding the title page and bibliography, this amounts to five (5) pages total.  Missing title page and/or bibliography results in the loss of a letter grade each.

Transportation

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

1.  What role can third party logistics play in the CCL e-commerce initiative? Is it a viable alternative to Sheahans private fleet/pool distribution strategy??
2.  What type of 3PL service provider is best suited to serve the CCL e-commerce customers? Why?
3.  Should Howard and Tatar consider the use of an integrated 3PL? Why or why not? not?
4. If CCL decided to add installation services to its e-commerce initiatives, what types of 3PL service provider should be used? Why?

Latin American Politics

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment MLA, Political science

Latin American Politics, Final, Part II. (200 pts)

Fall 2020 (Open Weds, Oct. 21, 2:45; Due Thursday, Oct. 22, 5:00)

For section II of this exam, you may use any materials provided for this classlectures, readings, videos, or your notes.  However, please make sure that you are putting all information into your own words, unless directly quoting (quotes should be minimal).  You are not permitted to use external sources (internet searches for other definitions or information), and all work must be independent.  Please do not discuss this exam with anyoneclassmates or othersuntil the exam period is closed.  Violating any of these rules would be considered a violation of academic honesty.

**Essays should be about 1-2 pages, 200-600 words. 50 pts each

1) In the last decade of the 20th century, both Mexico and Chile democratized, but in different way.  Compare these transitionswhat kinds of regimes they were transitioning from, the nature of the transition, and how successful theyve been.

2) Venezuela and Argentina have had two of the regions most important populist leaders.  What is populism?  How similar or different were Juan Pern and Hugo Chvez?  Compare how they came to power, as well as their policies and political positions. 

3) Relations with the United States played an important role in motivating the Cuban revolution, as well as the evolution of the revolutionary regime.  Explain.

4)According to Samuel Huntington, the world experienced a third wave of democracy around the 1980s.  Are we still in this wave?  **Discuss three of the countries we have studied in this class (Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina or Cuba).  Are these countries more or less democratic than they were in the 1980s?  Do they currently seem to becoming more democratic, or less democratic?  *Make sure to provide relevant details about each case.

Risk management techniques

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 7"), Business and Management

The student will write a 10-page research-based paper in current APA format that focuses on risk management techniques. Specifically, the student will choose a project within an organization, evaluate what environmental factors contribute to the risk of that project, and build a risk management plan to address those project risks. The paper must include at least 10 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. An abstract of 150250 words is required, which is included in the total page count.

Reflection

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Psychology and Education

Your personal response to the text. (i.e. what surprised you, what you valued about the story, what moved you, etc).
Make specific reference to the book to demonstrate your reading of the whole story.
Use your writing to engage in inquiry, raise questions, share wonderings, and insights that were evoked during your reading of the story. 
Make connections to professional readings from the course and list the references at the end.
Please note: This is not a summary of the book or a book report, but rather a description of your personal transaction with the text.

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA By Alexis De Tocqueville

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment Chicago / Turabian, History

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/815/815-h/815-h.htm

Read ONE of the diary entries In “Democracy in America,” Volume One: Introductory Chapter by AdT, and EITHER chapter 3 (Social Conditions) OR chapter 18/Part I (Future Conditions of Three Races)

Answer these questions
1) how do these first-hand accounts shape our view of historical events?
2) How would you evaluate their assessments and put them in historical context?

Comparison and contrast

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

In this essay you will use comparing/contrasting as a strategy to make a point about two items. To compare means you will focus on similarities, to contrast means you will focus on differences. While you may discuss both similarities and differences, your essay should choose to focus on comparing or contrasting. Your thesis should not be These two items have many similarities and differences. You should make a point about the two items you are comparing/contrasting and use the similarities and differences to develop and support the argument. I would lie to compare Apple products to Andriod products.

The First Railroad Track in the United States Built in 1830

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment Chicago / Turabian, History

You already did the research proposal for this paper now I need a annotated bibliography a list of 12 sources and research questions.

You can use the two sources you already found

revise argument/thesis statement

Can you come up with four research questions you could research and answer about this topic.

write out the source then write a short paragraph on how you will use the source in the finale paper

Family Psychology

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment MLA, Psychology and Education

equire that you 1) make a comment about something youve learned in the PPT, 2) make a connection between something youve learned and something outside of the ppt, and 3) pose a question (broad or specific).
o Posts must be at least 5-6 sentences long (a solid paragraph).
Comment: The comment portion of your post can best be thought of as a response to questions like what stood out to you from this ppy this week?
Connection: The connection portion should make a link between something we learned in the ppt and something outside of class, either from another class, some aspect of your life, a previous experience, etc. Take what youve learned and apply it to something outside of the class.
Question: Finally, you should pose at least one question. This question can be big picture or very specific about something youre still not clear on. Or both!

EXCERPTS FROM IBRAM KENDI’S BOOK

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Humanities

READ THE EXCERPTS FROM IBRAM KENDI’S BOOK. See under FILES.

For Chapter 2: Dueling Consciousness —

W. E. B. Du Bois writes about double-consciousness in The Souls of Black Folk as a sense of always looking at ones self through the eyes of others. How can this dueling consciousness nourish a sense of pride in Black identity? How can this dueling consciousness also cultivate shame? How did dueling consciousness impact Kendis parents and, in turn, influence his own upbringing?

For Chapter 3: Power —

What is the difference between being not racist and being antiracist? Have you ever previously used the phrase Im not racist before? How can this phrase prevent us from examining our own ideas, thoughts, and actions? What language can you use in place of saying, Im not racist? Who constructed categories of race, and how did this hierarchy grant power to some and take power away from others?

Question 3: Reflection on Race in America —

How have American policies contributed to the disproportionate punishment and incarceration of people of color? How have policies shaped perceptions about crime and violence? Were you surprised to learn about the connections between unemployment rates and rates of crime and violence? Why or why not?

You are expected to respond to the third question based on some independent research, and not just write your “opinions” on this subject.

Each response should be around 300-400 words.

The Reading excerpts should be the only sources used for the first two questions.