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    • I would describe the term “Xicanx” in a few steps. First, you must feel this identity in your bones, and yourself. You must be able to identify yourself this way in everything you have experienced and what you truly feel inside. Second, once you feel this inside you, you must come to terms with the understanding of what it’s like to grow up in a world that likes to mass label and does not care about the individual. Lastly, once this is done, you can then start to define what it feels to you. For me, I do not identify as this, so I can’t really explain how it could be defined other than how I define myself. To define this term, its up to the individual who identifies this way to understand it and only they can interpret it. The evolutions of this word can be traced back to the Chicano movement of the 1960’s. It gave us an identity that connected us to all our roots, including Spanish, Native, and Us, Chicano. It was our own label and allowed us to call ourselves something that we created and not a government or someone who had no idea what it’s like to be us. It gave us a sense of belonging Chicanos haven’t experienced in a long time, before the United States started moving west. The word “Chicano” to this day is very important and something that needs to keep being taught to the youth, so they are aware as well.

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    • The word ‘Xicanx’ does not have a concrete definition. It is not a word that can simply be explained with one precise description. What it may mean to one person, could be different to the next individual. With that being said, I would define ‘Xicanx’ as an umbrella term. It is much more than a word for Latinx individuals to identify themselves with. It goes beyond that. From the struggles that the Mexicans had to go through, the Mexican-Americans after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the workers of the farms, to the youth that took a stand to better their education, for those who simply take pride in their roots or heritage, and to those who just support the struggle. All of that can be placed under the word ‘Xicanx’. Although, for me personally, it means that it is a way for people to identify themselves from Latino descent and is proud of their heritage. While the word ‘Xicanx’ has evolved over the years, the origin of the word can be traced to the time when the Spanish conquered the Mexicas, or better known as the Aztecs. In the book, Chicano Movement for Beginners, it is explained that the Spanish pronounced the ‘x’ as a ‘sh’ sound, so instead of saying Meshicanos, they shortened it to shicanos. That is where the word Chicano originated from, but it has evolved as time has gone on. It has gone on to represent many struggles that Chicanos have had to endure and has also gone to include many individuals. A Chicano can be anyone, it is a way for someone to identify themselves. That would be my way of defining the word ‘Xicanx’ and the way it has evolved.Word Count: 286

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Research Paper

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FIRST Option: Low-Wage Service Workers(choice #1)

World capitalism has created here and abroad a huge labor pool of low-wage service workers. Such an economic system has played havoc with an increasingly distressed American labor force, and thus pertinent to our study of the relationship between individual and society.

The emphasis will be on capturing the views of low-wage services insofar as how they perceive their jobs and living conditions (b) secondarily their attempts to organize against their perceived abuse by their corporate employers

When appropriate, you are to use the information from the instructor’s lectures and Eherenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed, and other written materials as a springboard for exploring this topic. in your literature

k Nickel and Dimed, and other written materials as a springboard for exploring this topic. in your literature search. What it is like to work in the environment of fast food restaurants, department stores, and home improvement stores. Or what is like to clean homes, work in day care or do other work in helping others for low wages?

I want you to explore the point of view of low-wage services workers, as, for example, Eherenreich did in her study. It may also be helpful to review C. Wright Mills’ concept of the sociological imagination. You want to see the coping mechanisms and troubles of the low-wage service workers in relation to the American economy and class structure in America today.

This is an opportunity to compile and evaluate what information you have been able to obtain within a limited time frame. You will be asked to interview five interviewees or informants who are currently doing low-wage service work. In terms of wages, make the cut-off earnings of about a maximum of $13 an hour. Presumably most such workers are making around minimum wage that will vary from state to state or city to city.

The point of the paper is to capture the perspective of the low-wage service worker as Eherenreich has done in the global economy of surplus labor. Do take into account that Ehrenreich did not obtain a random sample of the population of low-wage service workers. Like Ehrenreich you are doing an exploratory study with the difference being that Ehrenreich’s study is based on the method of participant observation.

Make a list of questions to guide your literature search. The questions should uncover the work environment, management style, working conditions and wages/health care. What do the interviewees literature about how well they are coping living on low wages and with probably no company sponsored or affordable health care. You might ask if they and co-workers are working on getting or joining a union.

Your bibliography or list of sources should contain what you have actually read. I suggest you include an appendix of quotes you are incorporating in your final paper. AGAIN i STRESS FOR YOU TO CAPTURE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LOW-WAGE SERVICE WORKER, BUT KEEPING MIND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATE CAPITALIST ECONOMY THAT SO LIMITS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS TO MOVE OUT OF DEAD-END JOBS.

YOUR PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OR SECTIONS

You must first write an introductory paragraph indicating what this paper is about and how you intend to do it. Be sure and define what you mean by low-wage service worker. You will want to include leading questions,

More specifically, You want to structure your paper with the ideas to which you have been exposed so far in the lectures and readings. While we know that individuals have a degree of free choice to better their lives through their own initiative and drive, their options or choices are limited. The system is rigged against them. There are barriers to getting more training and attaining more credentials, and if one should there is no guarantee of a good job.

Your paper should contain the following steps plus keeping in mind the background material cited above:

1 Define low-wage service work along with the purpose of your paper and how you intend to carry it out

2. Select five persons to interview. How you select them is up to you. If you are currently working in a low-wage service job you can interview yourself.

3. Let Ehreneich’s research be your model. Compare your findings to what Ehreneich observed among her co-workers.

4. Body of the paper should contain a picture, a presentation of the world of the low-wage service worker from the perspective of the low-wage service worker. Try to find compilations at the micro-level of what such individuals endure–living on the edge financially. Instability of the work situation. Abuses of management. Get good quotes from your subjects to illustrate how they see their overall situation.

5. To show you are capturing the point of view of each interviewee insert in the body of your paper key statements that the different interviewees have made.

6. Summarize what you found in your overall findings. Be sure and discuss what you learned that you didn’t know before doing the research. What are your recommendations to improve the situation for such workers?

7. The mechanics: aim for about 5-8 pages. Have a reference page listing the books, lectures, and articles that you actually read. List the title and author of at least five sources or citations. An optional appendix would contain quotes from informants and authors you included in your paper. Again I’m leaving it up to you as to the number of references you decide to list in your bibliography.

​Global Stratification

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Global Stratification

1. What is Global Stratification? please quote from the textbook chapter 9 (see attachment for the book). (1 point)

2. Compare and contrast World System Theory with Neocolonialism. What are some strengths and some weakness of these two theories? Please quote the textbook and apply one theory to a country of your choice. (2 points)

Reply to another student wether you agree or disagree, also add any additional thoughts on the students’ point. (2 pts)

1. Social stratification is defined by the textbook as “the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige; applies to both nations and to people within a nation, society, or other group” (231). Global stratification is a similar concept at the global level. The textbook states that “just as the people within a nation are stratified by prosperity, power, and prestige, so are the world’s nations” (247). An example is labeling countries as first, second, or third world countries.

World system theory is “a theory of how economic and political connections developed and now tie the world’s countries together” (254). This theory divides nations into four categories: core nations, semiperiphery, periphery, and external area. Neocolonialism is “the economic and political dominance of the Least Industrialized Nations by the Most Industrialized Nations” (257). They are similar in that they both attempt to explain how global stratification came about. They differ in that world system theory explains that some nations developed more economically than others while neocolonialism explains how stronger nations took advantage of weaker nations and subjugated them even more. The strength of neocolonialism may be that it takes a more realistic view of events. The strength of world system theory is that it does not blame any country and simply explains what has happened. Neocolonialism can be applied to Puerto Rico. America first took control of Puerto Rico under the pretense of freeing it from Spain. Puerto Rico remained a U.S. territory but did not enjoy the rights of legal states.

2. Social stratification divides nations and people within those nations into separate groups based on power, wealth, and relative privilege (Henslin 231). At the top, there are groups with power and at the bottom, there are the poor and oftentimes oppressed. Global stratification takes that division of people and brings it to the global scale with entire countries being grouped together. There are three categories: the Most Industrialized Nations, the Industrializing Nations, and the Least Industrialized Nations (Henslin 246). The Most Industrialized Countries have economies based on capitalism and hold the most wealth. The people living in the Industrializing Nations have “much lower incomes and standards of living than those who live in the Most Industrialized Nations” bust still do better than those living in the Least Industrialized Nations who live in poverty (Henslin 250). Henslin also names a fourth group – the oil-rich, nonindustrialized nations. These nations are wealthy due to natural gas resources, but are not industrialized. However, they do have more infrastructure in terms of technological development and resources than the Least Industrialized Nations.

World system theory states that industrialization gave rise to four groups of nations: the core nations which industrialized first and hold the most power; the semiperiphery, whose economies declined due to dependence on trade with the core nations; the periphery, which sold cash crops to the core nations and had less developed economies; and the external area, which were nations left out of the development of capitalism (Henslin 255). A strength of this theory would be that the groups are clearly defined which makes it easier to classify nations. However, a weakness is that the grouping of the nations needs to be updated due to the economies of certain countries changing. For example, eastern Europe and Asia would no longer be considered external area because they are now capitalistic societies. Because so many countries are capitalist today, the “external area” group would be practically irrelevant. Another issue is that since the globalization of capitalism has connected many countries through trade, many countries would have to be reclassified as semiperiphery.

In colonialism, industrialized countries sought to gain economic colonies by physically taking over another nation’s government in order to exploit resources (Henslin 254). In neocolonialism, industrialized countries are not taking over another country’s government through force but use international markets to control them. The Most Industrialized Nations sell goods on credit to the Least Industrialized Nations, which accrue debt and thus force those nations into trading terms decided by the neocolonists (Henslin 257). A strength would be that it is easier to see which countries influence others by gaining information about how much debt one country owes another. On the other hand, if it is difficult to gain access to information about debt owed this could be considered a weakness. Both the world system theory and neocolonialism are similar because they emphasize that “international political arrangements benefit the Most Industrialized Nations at the expense of the poor nations” and does not blame poor nations the way the theory culture of poverty does (Henslin 256). One example of neocolonialism is the African country Congo influenced by Belgium. Even after decolonization and Congo became an independent country, Belgium continued to control a majority of the Congolese economy. Belgian mining companies still had control over certain parts of resource- and mineral-rich provinces of the Congo.

Public Policy Midterm-DOrs

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GERO 5067 Programs and Public Policy

Mid-Term Exam Assignment Description

TOPIC & ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION: You will answer several comprehensive questions on gerontological public policy, emphasizing the foundation for aging policy in the US upon which we will use to understand programs and services focused in the second half of the course. Your paper will be research-based and contain absolutely no opinions or unsupported facts from personal experience.

CONTENT: This paper should include information covered in weeks 1-7. All information is relevant to completing this assignment. Use the guide below to construct your paper. This is to be a well-constructed and thoughtful paper. DO NOT just answer the questions below like they are short answer quiz items. You are to think about your answers to them, considering what was covered in class, and then put together an integrated and organized paper demonstrating an overview of what we mean by old age politics. You are NOT answer 4 separate questions. The 4 sets of questions below are meant as guides to major sections of the paper that came from the readings of the first half of the class. This is a single, coherent paper and NOT 4 separate questions to answer.

If you complete a paper where you simply list out 4 answers – one answer for each set of questions below – the best grade you can possibly receive is a C, which means “below average” for Masters level work. This assignment is to integrate the first 7 weeks of readings and not be constrained by the topics as separate topics as they might appear simply because they are in different book chapters. The topics are in separate chapter only so that they can be talked about a little bit at a time through a course. Now that you have read 7 weeks of separate topics, your task is to pull them all together so that we can think more thoroughly about programs and services in the second half of the course.

You should answer all of the questions below in depth. Be sure to use your readings, use class discussions, your own research, and supplemental readings to help you fully explore these topics. However, remember that these are guides on the topics you have read about. Go beyond the readings and demonstrate what you can add to them from your own research in the library databases of empirical literature on old age politics.

1) Describe the policy making process of the US system of government. Who are the major actors and what are their roles in the policy making process? What are the pros and cons of this system? What relevance do these characteristics have for gerontology as a professional field and for older adults?

2) How does “old age” make any difference when it comes to politics in the US? Why are politics not just politics regardless of age? How are politics different when one factors in older adults?

3 How does the field of gerontology look at the theoretical views of aging policy? How does theory play into how we understand the actual practice of public policy in the everyday lives of older adults?

4) How do different subgroups of older adults impact the picture of aging politics such as persons of different ethnicities? How has the continuously increasing average age of the older adult been changing the nature of old age politics?

LENGTH AND FORMATTING: The paper should be between 8-10 pages in length (not including your title page and references). Submit using the Moodle website. This is a single, organized paper that follows the standard “Introduction-Body-Conclusions” format for academic papers.

ALL papers in this class should be in APA (6th Edition) format (see: https://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspx). This means that you must have headings and subheadings and component parts (introduction, body, conclusions), and proper citations and references. Not being familiar with APA format is not an excuse to have a poorly presented paper. You must have proper grammar, paragraphs, punctuation, and spelling. Do not use lists. Do not use quotes. All papers should be in Courier, Times New Roman, or Arial font, 12-point size. Margins should be 1 inch all around, with no additional spaces in between paragraphs or sections of the paper. Use page breaks as necessary (e.g., after the title page and before the reference page). If you are unfamiliar with APA style, look it up.

You must include empirical references (in APA style) that are NOT solely Internet sites. Empirical means that your citations are from actual research studies and not just reviews of the literature or opinions that happened to be published somewhere. This is not to exclude other RELIABLE sources, but you need empirical publications as the majority of your sources. While I encourage you strongly to take advantage of all available technologies to locate these empirical sources, you are not to rely upon unreliable websites for information. Unreliable websites for this class are defined by any internet address that does not end in .edu or .gov. Some .org websites are very high quality (e.g., for Kaiser Foundation, etc.), but if you are not sure, do not use it.

Writing Workshop: Transiting Inside and Between Paragraphs

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Writing Workshop: Transitioning Inside and Between Paragraphs

It is important to make it as easy as possible for your reader to follow and understand the order of your argument. Using proper transitions can be a huge help with that. It is important that you transition your readers as you move them between different body paragraphs as well as between different examples within a single body paragraph. The organization of your written work includes two elements: (1) the order in which you have chosen to present the different parts of your discussion or argument, and (2) the relationships you construct between these parts. Transitions cannot substitute for good organization, but they can make your organization clearer and easier to follow.

Transiting Between Paragraphs: If you have done a good job of arranging paragraphs so that the content of one leads logically to the next, the transition will highlight a relationship that already exists by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting something of the content of the paragraph that follows. A transition between paragraphs can be a word or two (however, for example, similarly), a phrase, or a sentence. Transitions can be at the end of the first paragraph, at the beginning of the second paragraph, or in both places.

Transiting Within Paragraphs: As with transitions between sections and paragraphs, transitions within paragraphs act as cues by helping readers to anticipate what is coming before they read it. Within paragraphs, transitions tend to be single words or short phrases.

Check out the sample transitions below:

LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP

TRANSITIONAL

EXPRESSION

Similarity

also, in the same way, just as … so too, likewise, similarly

Exception/Contrast

but, however, in spite of, on the one hand … on the other hand, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, in contrast, on the contrary, still, yet

Sequence/Order

first, second, third, … next, then, finally

Time

after, afterward, at last, before, currently, during, earlier, immediately, later, meanwhile, now, recently, simultaneously, subsequently, then

Example

for example, for instance, namely, specifically, to illustrate

Emphasis

even, indeed, in fact, of course, truly

Place/Position

above, adjacent, below, beyond, here, in front, in back, nearby, there

Cause and Effect

accordingly, consequently, hence, so, therefore, thus

Additional Support or Evidence

additionally, again, also, and, as well, besides, equally important, further, furthermore, in addition, moreover, then

Conclusion/Summary

finally, in a word, in brief, briefly, in conclusion, in the end, in the final analysis, on the whole, thus, to conclude, to summarize, in sum, to sum up, in summary

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Activity, Practicing Transitions:

Look back at the transitions above. Then, read the paragraph below from one of your classmate’s essay on social media. I have removed all the transitions. Help us put those back in by filling in the blanks with an appropriate transition. **Do note the comma used after each transition.

, more often, social media activism fails to make a significant difference as it does not inspire the long-term investment required. , Erin Lee, a journalist for the National Public Radio, in her article “How Effective is Social Media Activism,” relates it all to effort. She says, “Studies have shown that when people support a cause with some effort, they’re more likely to support a cause with an even larger effort in the future… If college students choose to be activists by sharing a link or liking a status, they may not feel more compelled to take real, tangible effort towards social change (2). The popularity of a movement now does not hold real value unless it is held accountable to have the lasting effect of change. ,in the article “Small Change”by Malcolm Gladwell, a renown journalist for The New Yorker, the author makes the claim that social media does not foster strong commitments. He says, “The platforms of social media are built around weak ties,” continuing to ask, “How [do] the [social media] campaigns get so many people to sign up? By not asking too much of them. That’s the only way you can get someone you don’t really know to do something on your behalf” (3). When social media users are asked to do something by a stranger, they do not develop the necessary commitment to follow through. , this idea of weak relationships crosses over to lead to weak campaigns and weak pledges.

Field Observation of a Child or Adolescent

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This project requires you to do a one hour observation of a child (ages 0-12) or

adolescent (ages 12-18) in a natural setting, and then write a 3-4 page typewritten report

about your observations. You should be as unobtrusive as possible and use a notebook to

write down the activities, behaviors, and interactions that you are observing during that

time. The types of observations you will be making will vary greatly depending on the

age of the child you are observing, the setting the child is in, and the activities occurring

within the setting.

HOW TO PROCEED

1. IDENTIFY A SUBJECT. If you have friends or relatives who have children

whom you could observe, contact them. When setting a time to observe, keep in

mind that you want the child to be awake, alert, and active. Do not observe your own children; your own pre-knowledge of them, there behaviors and the reasons why they act the way the do will filter and bias your observation and make this a useless learning activity.

Do not “babysit” in order to observe. You want to be free to see things you would not normally notice, and you want to be an “observer” and not a caretaker. If you need assistance locating a subject, I recommend visiting a local park, or play area, asking to observe in a classroom at a school you may have connections with, a youth group at a church, etc.Finally, if you wish to observe in a public

place (ie: the mall, the ice cream shop), you may do so, however, DO NOT FOLLOWAN UNKNOWN CHILD.. Observe and record the behaviors and

interactions of the individuals you see without judgment or analyzing.Act like a martian who has never seen children on planet earth.

2. If you have permission from a friend or relative to do the observation, make it clear that you are not provding any assessment, treatment, or clinical impressions, and that this is simply a learning experience for you.Assure confidentialilty when writing up your obvservation.Do not identify individuals by name or other identifying features Explain that you will simply be writing down

the activities and interactions that you observe for about an hour, and you will be

reacting to that material with respect to what you have learned in class. Also,

ASSURE CONFIDENTIALITY. Explain that nobody will be identified by name

or identifiable characteristics in your report.

3. After observing the child, research developmentally expected behaviors for a child of this age.IF you do not know the child, estimate the age range you are observing, and not in your write-up that the age was an estimate.

Focus on: language, cognition, social interaction, motor abilities,

socialization, emotional development and gender roles.

4. OBSERVE and RECORD. Give the child a pseudonym to preserve

confidentiality. Note the following: date, time, setting, age, sex, distinguishing

characteristics (dress, appearance, etc.). Take notes on the activities the child

engages in, the objects used (and how), the quality and quantity of social

interactions (Does the child initiate? Is the child seeking attention? If so, positive

or negative? Is the child seeking play? Comfort? Assistance?) How about the

interactions with other children? Is the child playing? If so, is it cooperative,

interactive, parallel, independent, structured, creative…? Take notes on the

content of language, motor development and coordination, and indications of use

of concepts or cognitive stages of development (ie: what cognitive concept must

be mastered to play Hide-and-Go-Seek?). Write down, verbatim, some of the

language interactions or vocalizations. What stage of language development is

the child exhibiting?

This gives you an idea of how to make detailed observations of several

developmental issues. There is LOTS more you can observe and report!

Remember, areas you can focus on include language, cognition, social

interactions, emotional development, motor and perceptual competence,

socialization, and gender role development.

Remember, they may be wanting to know “what you found.” Remind them that

this is just an observation, not a test or clinical/diagnostic session.

5. WRITING THE REPORT. Read your notes carefully and think about how to

organize the information for your report. Organize the top of your report as

follows:

Subject: Pseudonym Date:

Age: Time:

Sex: Setting:

General Description:

Behavioral Observation:

In the General Description section describe the setting, the child’s presentation, the other people in the setting, etc. Don’t go too crazy here, because you will probably find you are short on space.

The major body of your paper will be the Behavioral Observation in which you are reporting your observations and interpreting through the lens of a developmental psychologist. Whenever possible, you should relate observations to what you have learned in class, in readings and in outside readings of typical and pathological behaviors of a child of this age. Do not simply describe or list what you

observed. Interpret or explain what your observations illustrate about the child’s

stage of development. This is the most important part of this assignment. These

interpretations should be thoughtful and should be applied to as many of the

observations as possible. If you wish you may end the report with a personal

reaction to the experience.

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

An annotated bibliography is a list of secondary source citations with a short overview of each essay’s main argument. The educational goal is to 1) gather information necessary for your final research paper and 2) to train yourself in finding other authors’ theses sentences so you can write your own. Before you begin this assignment you should read the Purdue OWL section on annotated bibliographies at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/ (Links to an external site.)

For this assignment you should:

  1. List at least six secondary sources in alphabetical order. These should include 3 books and 3 journal articles.
  2. Include all information required by the MLA style for the citation. You can find this in your handbook or online at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.)
  3. Include a 75-100 word summary of each source, which should include direct quotes. The goal here is for you to find the author’s thesis sentence.
  4. Proofread for grammar errors. For style guidance, go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ (Links to an external site.)

Your bibliography should look something like this for a book:

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books, 1995. Print.

Lamott’s book offers honest advice on the nature of a writing life, complete with its insecurities and failures. Taking a humorous approach to the realities of being a writer, the chapters in Lamott’s book are wry and anecdotal and offer advice on everything from plot development to jealousy, from perfectionism to struggling with one’s own internal critic. In the process, Lamott includes writing exercises designed to be both productive and fun.

Lamott offers sane advice for those struggling with the anxieties of writing, but her main project seems to be offering the reader a reality check regarding writing, publishing, and struggling with one’s own imperfect humanity in the process. Rather than a practical handbook to producing and/or publishing, this text is indispensable because of its honest perspective, its down-to-earth humor, and its encouraging approach.

Chapters in this text could easily be included in the curriculum for a writing class. Several of the chapters in Part 1 address the writing process and would serve to generate discussion on students’ own drafting and revising processes. Some of the writing exercises would also be appropriate for generating classroom writing exercises. Students should find Lamott’s style both engaging and enjoyable.

(Example from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/ (Links to an external site.) )

And like this for an article:

Babbitt, Kevin. “Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theatre, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England.” Theatre Journal 57.2 (2005). 331-332. 10 September 2005. <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ theatre_journal/v057/57.2babbitt.html (Links to an external site.)>.

The author provides an in-depth review of Theresa Coletti’s book (ISBN-13: 978-0812238006) based on the Bodleian Library manuscript Digby 133 (the Digby Mary Magdalene). He is very favorable of the book, describing the author’s analysis as knowledgeable, thorough, and cohesive. Babbitt highly recommends the text for anyone interested in looking at the performance of religion, especially in light of gender issues.

English 1102: Essay 6: Annotated Bibliography

25% Research

The student demonstrates proficiency with searching the Troy University library online catalogue and databases to identify 5-7 potential secondary sources for the final research paper. The research is a combination of books and scholarly articles. Each potential source focuses on a specific text from the syllabus and demonstrates a general focus on a single theme or issue within the work that will be the subject of the final research paper. (In other words, the student does not cite the first 5-7 items that pop up during the research process, but searches for essays on imagery in Emily Dickinson, for example).

25% Proper MLA formatting

The annotated bibliography demonstrates student awareness of proper MLA formatting procedures as outlined at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/ (Links to an external site.). Among these procedures: listing authors in alphabetical order by last name; authors’ last names listed first, followed by first name; proper citation of title using italics for full-length books and quotation marks for an article, short story, or poems; use of place, publisher, and date of publication for books and journal title, volume and issue, date of publication, and page numbers for articles; use of punctuation including periods, commas, and semi-colons; and proper acknowledgment of medium of publication, including use of “Print” for physical books (“hard copy”) and articles consulted and URL and date access documentation for sources read online (Web. Date)

25% Annotations

The student writes a coherent, 75-100 word paragraph summarizing the thesis of the secondary source using complete sentences. The paragraph includes quotes, whether a complete sentence or selected phrases from the source, along with a parenthetical reference for the page number cited.

10% Punctuation/Grammar

The student has followed punctuation and grammar rules throughout the paper. The student has also paid attention to accuracy in spelling and the overall formatting of the paper.

15% Improvement

The annotated bibliography shows signs of concerted effort on the student’s part to correct grammar errors from previous assignments and to demonstrate improvement over the course of the semester.

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Length:Approximately 7 pages, with Normal Fonts and Margins

Typed and Double-Spaced , with the pages stabled together.

Make sure your name appears clearly on the first page

Last night, I had a very strange dream.I dreamed that I received personal telephone calls from the major policy advisors to both political parties.The parties, allegedly, have decided to make welfare reform a major government priority for the coming legislative session and are looking for both basic understanding and specific policy recommendations.I told them all that, as an ivory-tower academic, I usually refuse to give practical counsel to politicians, but that my students would be most anxious to offer their thoughts – and so you shall.

Your task, quite simply, is to design a welfare system for America.It should be quite specific.The candidates are interested in such possible topics as local vs. national responsibilities; the extent of coverage; universal vs. categorical aid packages; benefit levels vs. costs; possible distinctions between deserving vs. undeserving poor; the relative balance among insurance, means-tested, and in-kind programs; the usefulness of family allowances or minimum income guarantees; the role of social services; the value of work incentives and requirements; the importance of the family and the role of women; the relative emphasis on making individuals self-supporting vs. assisting them in times of need, etc.

Importantly, this is not to be just a list of desired items.A reasonably coherent philosophy of welfare reform must underlie your choice.

— Your proposed reform package involves an inherent choice in favor of a specific theoretical conception of the appropriate welfare state for the U.S. and against others.In order to construct a better welfare state, you need to specify what principles underlie your conception of “better.”What alternative principles might others espouse? Why do you reject these alternative principles? What defense do you give for your theoretical approach?

— Your proposed welfare program also will embody assumptions regarding the reasons for poverty, the characteristics of the poor, the nature of American society, and the proper role for government assistance.Make sure that your paper is grounded in the relevant data. In order for you to address the problem of poverty, you need to specify exactly what ‘the problem’ is.

— You need to understand whether the U.S. currently is on the right road or the wrong road, based on your understanding of the problem and the principles you wish to achieve.

— Then you are to offer your proposed welfare program.It is necessary that you make explicit the connections between your principles, your problem, and your recommendations.You need to be comprehensive and consistent. Explicitly how do the particular policies you advocate satisfy your objectives?Why are other possible programs insufficient to solve the problem and achieve your ideals?Why is this the very best imaginable program given your aims?

— Finally, your recommendations are to be practical.What is the right balance between ideal proposals and achievable ones?What complications might your proposal encounter?How might you deal with the feasibility problem, if one exists?

FORMAL ESSAYS — GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Editing:The essays must be edited and proof-read.

Essays with an excessive number of elementary grammatical or spelling errors

will be penalized heavily.I will automatically subtract 5 points from any

paper that uses (even once) the wrong “its/it’s” or “which/witch” or

“whether/weather’ or ‘two/too/to’ or “their/there/they’re.”

Content:Each essay must contain a clear topic sentence in the first paragraph, stating

explicitly the specific position you wish to defend (the claim).This should be

followed, in a tightly organized fashion, by the reasons and evidence you

believe give adequate defense for this claim (the support), such that you

conclude it should be preferred to various alternate and competing plausible

claims.

Citations:You are expected to cite all sources, using a standard format.

Be aware of the definition of plagiarism and the severe penalties for

plagiarism.

Deadlines:All paper deadlines will be strictly enforced.Papers will be penalized 5

points for every weekday late.

REGARDING THE FORMAL ESSAYS:

Your essays should not become an excuse for rhetorical excess or empty exhortation.

You should assume a sophisticated audience, with high-level critical capacities, that is already well acquainted with our class materials.You papers should be grounded firmly in the data discussed in class.In writing, you will be expected to utilize information from the lectures and readings, but you are not to summarize extensively or to reproduce at length the data you have learned.Instead, I am most interested in how you incorporate class materials creatively for the purpose of fashioning a plausible argument of your own.

The essays will be graded based upon qualitative standards — on the richness, coherence, and comprehensiveness of the views expressed, and upon the depth of the arguments used to support them relative to other plausible positions.

The main goal is to help you clarify your own beliefs, to push you to defend them rigorously, and thus to assist you in your own personal, intellectual, and political development.The range of possible options is enormous.I fully appreciate the impossibility of the task before you.All I can say is that you have been fully forewarned.Have fun.

See the questions below

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Question Description

Please avoid plagiarism

Please use simple words

Please answer all the questions below

Here some videos

https://youtu.be/VfmR54giIJA First question

https://youtu.be/QeIFStw14U8 “this atoms for Peace and development”

https://youtu.be/F59fF-xu-bY “what dose the world bank actually do?”

https://youtu.be/WCKz8ykyI2E“ sustainable city”




POL 100 I Exam #1 Total 125 points

Due Date: September 28, 2019

Current Events (15 points total)

1. For the last three months protests have been going on each weekend in Hong Kong. According to the video shown in class “Hong Kong protests: what’s at stake for China” from The Economist answer the following questions. (2 points each—10 points total)

a) What is the agreement now between China and Hong Kong?

b) Who controlled Hong Kong before 1997 and why was the area returned to China?

c) What is the importance of the year 2047 for Hong Kong?

d) What is reason the protests began?

e) Why is China reluctant to end the protest militarily?

2. On September 17 Israel will hold their second election this year. Why is Israel holding another election at this time? What are the results of this election? (5 points)

From the Videos (5 points each—10 points total)

1) According to the YouTube video “”This is Atoms for Peace and Development” what are the goals and responsibilities of the IAEA? (5 points)

2) According to the video “What does the World Bank Actually Do” when did the World Bank begin, what are its two main goals, and what are their primary concerns? What is their position on the issue of “enforced resettlement?” What are the similarities and differences between the World Bank and the IMF? (5 points)

From Social Impact Module (5 points each—15 points total)

1. From the YouTube video what are the 5 principles of social impact described in the Ted Talk? Brainstorm an idea using these principles and propose an organization and write a mission statement for your proposal. (5 points)

2. From the video YouTube video what are the pillars of sustainability? Discuss the goals of sustainability outlined in the video. What are the responsibilities of consumers for sustainability? (5 points)

3. After watching the YouTube video “Sustainable City” what are their main goals? What innovations used there can be adopted in other urban areas? (5 points)

From the Geopolitical Affairs PowerPoint (5 points each—10 points total)

1) What are the “Four Pillars of Power?” (5 points)

2) What is “soft power?” In what ways can this policy be carried out? (5 points)

From POL 100 Notes (5 points each—20 total)

1. Why was the United Nations formed? Why was the organization formed? (5 points)

2. Answer the following questions about the United Nations: (5 points total)

a) What is the mission of the Security Council? Who are the permanent members of the Security Council?

b) Where the International Court of Justice located and what is are its primary responsibilities?

c) List and explain the functions of three UN specialized agencies.

3. What is the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights? Describe the documents origin and comment on three of the rights guaranteed by the document. (5 points)

4. List the five countries with the largest economies in 2018-2019. What is the G7? What do they represent? What country in the G8 was suspended in 2014? (5 points)

From Supranationalism and Devolution (15 points total)

5. Define supranationalism and devolution. (5 points)

6. After watching YouTube videos on the European Union and the African Union, why are they an example of supranationalism? (5 points)

7. From the notes, use Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia as examples of devolution. What new countries emerged after they broke apart? (5 points)

From Terrorism by Walter Laquerer

8. Answer the following questions from the article “Terrorism: A Brief History” by Walter Laqueur. (2 points—10 points total)

a) What is the State Department definition of terrorism?

b) What was the most deadly terrorist attack is the United States prior to September 11, 2001 and who was responsible for that attack?

c) Who were the “assassins” and what methods did they use?

d) What was the “hide tide of terrorism” and what events are linked to terrorist organizations?

e) What is the difference between ”traditional terrorism “ and “indiscriminate terrorism” and what are the targets for each?

9. For 5 points each, after viewing the YouTube videos about each group, write a paragraph about each of the following state department listed Foreign Terrorist Organizations: (5 points each—15 points total)

a) ETA (Basque Freedom and Liberty)

b) IRA (Irish Republican Army)

c) LTTE (Tamil Tigers)

From POL 100 Notes Part II (5 points each—15 points total)

1) What are the policy differences between the “environmentalists” and the “environmental skeptics?” From recent news accounts describe two places where the impact of climate change is effecting geopolitics (5 points)

2) What is the current population of the world? What are the estimates for world population in 2025? What are the five largest countries by population? (5 points)

3) According to Jeffrey Sachs in The End of Poverty how can poverty be eliminated in the next twenty years? What is the definition of extreme poverty according to the World Bank? How many people is it estimated are considered to be living in extreme poverty? (5 points)

Course Project Proposal

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Question Description

Your course project will focus on a particular social movement that has had an impact on American society. Examples of potential topics include the Abolitionist (Anti-Slavery) Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement, the Environmental Movement, and the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

This week you will submit the proposal for your course project. It should include the following components:

  1. Description of the social movement you have chosen, why you have chosen it, what you already know about it, and what you hope to learn through your research.
  2. One-page, double spaced.
  3. Title page that includes the working title for your project.
  4. Reference list with at least three scholarly sources about your topic. These scholarly sources should be articles or books obtained from the Rasmussen Library databases.

Be sure that the components to your paper are properly formatted in APA. You can find resources on APA formatting here.

Project Overview

Throughout the course you will work on a research paper that focuses on a particular social movement that has had an impact on American society. Examples of potential topics include the Abolitionist (Anti-Slavery) Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement, the Environmental Movement, and the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Your research paper needs to include key sociological concepts while consistently demonstrating the sociological perspective. You will apply one of the major sociological theories to the movement you have chosen, explaining how that theory would evaluate the development of the movement and its successes and failures.

Due Date

Your project proposal will be due in Module 2, and your final project is due in Module 6. The due dates for these assignments are highlighted in red in the timeline below. Suggestions for working on your project in the remaining weeks are noted blue.

Timeline

Module

Assignment

1

Begin thinking about your topic.

2

Submit your Course Project Proposal.

3

Continue researching your topic and develop an outline to help you organize your writing.

4

Work on a first draft of your project.

5

Polish your draft and check to be sure you’ve included all of the required elements based on your Instructor’s grading criteria.

6

Submit the final version of your Course Project.

Requirements

Your final paper must be a minimum of 4-5 pages long in addition to having a title and reference page. It should demonstrate a strong thesis statement supported by research from at least 5 different sources. In a research-based project like this, it is important to refer to and cite your sources throughout the paper to show where your information is coming from and to support your points.
In your paper, you are accountable for applying appropriate course concepts, adhering to the standards of academic writing, and adequately supporting your primary position or thesis with appropriate resource materials.

Evaluation

Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your instructor will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date.

Three Major Sociological Theories

There are three major sociological theories accepted throughout sociology:

  1. structural-functional theory (also called functional analysis)
  2. conflict theory
  3. symbolic interaction theory

Each of these theories asks different questions and seeks to understand society in different ways. Each of these theories will be considered as this course unfolds and used to understand society. The following table provides a basic overview of the three theories:

Perspective

Key Elements

Key Sociologist

Key Terms

Structural-functional theory

Explains how society is organized (its structure) and how this organization is maintained (its function). Also examines the recognized and intended consequences of social structures as well as the unrecognized and unintended consequences

Robert Merton

Structures functions (latent and manifest) dysfunctions equilibrium

Conflict theory

Explains why stress and conflict occur in society and how they create social change; focuses on competition, inequality of power and reward, and social change.

Karl Marx

Inequality, power conflict competition exploitation

Symbolic-interaction theory

Explains the meaning of human actions and the processes through which people come to develop and communicate sharing meanings; focuses on interpersonal interaction

George Herbert Mead

Symbols interaction meanings definitions

Sociological Research Design

Sociological research design has developed and taken many avenues over time. Some researchers use a four step method, others use a five-step method, and yet others prefer the eight-step method which allows for more concrete evidence to be submitted in the final results. From each of these there are a variety of offspring that allow for solid research as well.

This is what book we are using this this course.

I only need to decided which topic as the examples above to use. My draft paper will not need to be done until 2 more weeks.