For each chapter of OB, you should read the entire chapter and take notes (which you will likely use on the respective assignment, as well as in your Midterm/Final Exam studying and other course work).  Once you have finished reading the Chapter, you should look at the “Post-Reading Questions” at the end of the Chapter and  of the Post-Reading Questions answer. Alternatively, you can choose the “Journal Option” […]

 I. Articulate how different historical lenses impact how people perceive an historical event. The lenses include political, economic, and social. A. Explain how historical lenses could be applied to your topic. For instance, are there aspects of this event that might interest a political historian and what are they? B. Choose one of the lenses referenced above, and detail how the historical narrative you started […]

Assignment #7-Slavery and Reconstruction STEP#1 Please watch this short film on lynching in America from the authors of the book Without Sanctuary. Be aware this film contains graphic images.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=dGrXCOIx6QQ&feature=emb_logo&has_verified=1  STEP#2  Take a look at this clip from the film Birth of a Nation.  What do you notice about how the African American Congressmen are portrayed in the film?   (Bear in mind, this film is not […]

Many people are being killed because of the problematic and abuse of power being used in Salem, Massachusetts. Innocent people are being accused of false accusations because of other peoples personal problems. In the Crucible, written by Arthur Miller displays most of the characters being exposed to using power or responding to it. Most of the power being used is used in an abusive way. […]

   Choose one name from above , you have a listing of prominent artists in the history of dance (their names are bolded). For your research paper, please choose one of these artists and write a paper which includes the following, in this order, to organize your paper: 1) Personal/professional background–what are the important factors in their background that contributed to their development as artists […]

In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of teenage girls begin accusing people of witchcraft. Abigail Williams, the girl who is in charge, likes the popularity that she gains from her accusing and she is willing to do anything in order to make sure she keeps it. Everyone accused by the girls becomes a victim of society because their friends and neighbors […]

  The following is a list of the major general ideas, ideals, and values of the Enlightenment found in Voltaire’s Candide, published in 1759. They are concepts as the Enlightenment philosophes understood them. 1. Freedom: especially freedom of thought, necessary for autonomy (“freedom from external control or influence; independence”), as Kant indicated in his definition of Enlightenment;  2. Humanism: a concern for humanity, what is […]

Music played an integral role in Ancient Greek culture, its presence was highly regarded and expected in private and public festivities. Music’s popularity in society caused Ancient Greek philosophers to concern over the nature of music and its effect on people, and they agreed that music could affect a person’s ethos (character). Ethos is an ancient Greek term used to describe music’s moral force in […]

“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.” Winston Churchill Basics: Write a 2-3 page paper in a reasonable font and observing all the normal rules of grammar and style. Be sure to […]

Introduction In New Guinea, the concept of cargo, or technology, was one of innovation and function; for others, “cargo” became one of wealth and power. For local New Guinean politician Yali, the question became how did technology become disproportionately associated with white Europeans and not the black New Guineans? By exploring this issue in his novel Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond sought to dispel the […]