Background  The year is 1916. The Great War (WWI) has been raging for over a year. The United States has remained neutral and stayed out of the conflict. Opinion in the States is sharply divided as to what our role should be in this conflict. Should we stay out of it completely and only offer humanitarian aid to victims of the war? Or […]

Book Critique Instructions There are several criteria that you must meet when writing a formal book critique for this course. 1) Proper bibliographic citation. A proper citation will look like the following: Landes, David. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some Are So Poor. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, N.Y., 1998. pp. x-xxi, 1-658.  2) Your bibliographic […]

A Letter from Boston  Place yourself (same age, family situation, and relative  occupation) in     early 1770s Boston. You are inspired to write a letter to someone  (family,     friend, co-worker, etc.) outside of the area about what you have seen  or heard    happening with regards to the growing rift with Britain. Below are  questions     you must address in your letter. You are encouraged to be creative […]

   Book Analyses Instructions The Purpose of a Book Analysis In preparing an analysis, you are expected to approach a book from a critical standpoint to thoroughly interact with the author’s theological, biblical, and historiographical perspectives. Since you are not considered an authority, it is important that you withhold personal references, opinions, attitudes, values, etc. from this process, except where suggested below. Formatting Guidelines (cf. […]

This is a take home history test. It has 25 questions about WW2 & an essay question. The essay question is composed of two questions. It doesn’t have to be a full essay, it just needs to be a paragraph or so & if you can apply specific details it will be perfect. You don’t have to use the test paper, you can use a […]

   Only one Required Book  Black Religion and Black Radicalism,  by Gayraud S. Wilmore, 3rdEdition. Available on Amazon.  Be sure to order this book at the start of the semester.   Recommended writing book—:Rules of Thumb Silverman, Hughes and Wienbroer. (any edition is a helpful writing source). You can find it on Amazon for less than ten dollars. This is a very comfortable book and actually […]

Each student is to write a 2-4 page paper (double-spaced) on a subject related to material from the film  Kingdom of Heaven.  These are not to be synopses of the films.  The purpose of this assignment is to force you to think about a singlehistorical issue raised by the film.  For example, what does the film seems to say about different levels of status in […]

Guidelines for Documentary Review How to write a Review of a Documentary: Guidelines Include your name; the Title; Name of the producer and/or narrator; year produced What is the subject of the documentary? What is the purpose/goal of the documentary? What new perspective does the documentary hope to offer. Does the documentary engage diverse viewpoints? What evidence/testimony or footage does the filmmaker use to support […]

   Each week, you must complete a Journal based on the assigned prompts below. Integrate course reading and course videos as appropriate. Write as much as you need to fully address the scope of the prompt. * For Journal 4, consider one of the following two journal prompts:  1. After completing Discussion Board Forum 2 on Romans 8, consider how this practice of meditation can/should […]

  Important! 1. Part of the exam is assessing how appropriate the documents you chose to use are to your topic. Please be careful in your choices. 2. Terms will not be considered correct unless you engage how Judt approaches them. This does not mean you simply need to cite from Judt once, but if you disagree with his approach you must take into consideration […]