In your reading, Kwasi Wiredu described how stories have been used as a scare tactic to keep children and the weak-minded in line. One example he uses is Akan parents telling their children not to sing while bathing; otherwise, their mother will die. (Wiredu says this is for the child’s well-being so that he or she did not accidently drink the dirty water and possibly […]

   For the final paper, I’d like you to reflect on the reconciliation of Platonic, Aristotelian, and Christian thought. Specifically, how did Augustine embrace Platonic themes to elaborate his political thought? How did Aquinas embrace Aristotelian philosophy? What role do this-worldly concerns play in the thought of Augustine and Aquinas? What role does the realm of the ideal play in their thought? Contrast Augustine and […]

Questions are about Ch. 4, but may involve other chapters.  Under 200 words per answer. Questions are 2 points each.  Mechanical invention, or what we could term “incipient functionalism,” was frequently incorporated into design in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This included things like coiled springs, levers, cranks, casters, and moving parts. Look through Chapters 1 to 4 and select examples of objects that emphasize […]

   The Contenders Paper Instructions You will write a 3–4-page research-based paper that focuses on the contrasting ultimate war objectives of Kim Il-Sung’s North Korean government and Syngman Rhee’s South Korean government. How did their attempts to unify the Korean peninsula reflect the differing beliefs of their respective allies, the communist nations of the Soviet Union and China, and those of the United Nations and […]

I Need a Power point research project.  no less than six slides and no more than seven. see attached the example as a guide. see the requirements. This is a Spanish class. it can be done in English or Spanish. If it is in  Spanish is better, but it can be done in English and i will translate.     The research question of this work […]

  •The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites below, make your case for the side you chose and against the other […]

The Mexican Explosion/ Chapter 7  “Like our popular fiestas, the Revolution was an excess and a squandering, a going to extremes, an explosion of joy and hopelessness a shout of orphanhood and jubilation, of suicide and life, all of them mingled together” (Octavio Perez)    “…in that explosion, much was unclear: Who won? Who lost? What were the goals, and were they achieved? And were […]

Which of the following industries was the United States not a world leader in by 1900? steel cotton Wheat Oil gold Flag this QuestionQuestion 2 1 ptsThe process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company’s industry is known as vertical integration. horizontal integration. a corporate-controlled market. an Invisible Hand market. a hostile takeover. Flag this QuestionQuestion 3 1 ptsWhen one company buys everything needed […]

Based on your reading of Chapter 9 in the textbook, the primary source documents, and the online lessons, please share your views on ONE of the discussion topics.  How did the early Industrial Revolution create a market society in the Unites States?? What major factors contributed to the growth of the Cotton Kingdom in the early 1800s?? Please note that you need to write in […]

1) What did the 1968 Indian Civil Rights Act entail? Compare and contrast the US government’s perspective and the Native American perspective. 2) What does the term “sovereignty” mean? Why might it be an important term to Native American tribes based on the history we’ve learned so far? 3) What did the 1975 Native American Sovereignty and Educational Assistance Act entail? Compare and contrast the US government’s […]