For this assignment, you are to read current news articles about Latin America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA) and submit two short reviews during the semester.

I am looking for two main points of discussion. First, you should devote the first half of the report to a summary of the main points in the article that you selected. To help you to address this issue, consider some of these questions: What is the main issue being discussed? (i.e. immigration, elections, education, environment, women’s issues, crime, etc.) Who are the main personalities mentioned in the article? (i.e. Enrique Peña Nieto, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President Trump, etc.) How does the issue affect the people of the country mentioned in the article? Does the issue have any connection with United States interests? In other words, please try to be as objective as possible during this portion of the assignment.And for the second point of discussion, please analyze the article that you selected and present your point of view on the story. For example, how do you feel about the story? How did this article contribute to your understanding about modern Latin America? And what do you think about the author’s perspective on the article? I encourage you to present your views as you discuss this portion of the assignment.

And for the second point of discussion, please analyze the article that you selected and present your point of view on the story. For example, how do you feel about the story? How did this article contribute to your understanding about modern Latin America? And what do you think about the author’s perspective on the article? I encourage you to present your views as you discuss this portion of the assignment.

And for the second point of discussion, please analyze the article that you selected and present your point of view on the story. For example, how do you feel about the story? How did this article contribute to your understanding about modern Latin America? And what do you think about the author’s perspective on the article? I encourage you to present your views as you discuss this portion of the assignment.

Assignment:

Part 1:

How does the U.S. Constitution protect the civil rights and civil liberties of Americans?

When can or should the majority limit the civil liberties, such as free speech, of an unpopular/minority/fringe individual or group? Why?

In addition to the use of your course materials (below), your response must include direct references, including citations, to at least two of the four presenters in the following TED radio hour, “The Right to Speak”:

– https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/632611360/the-right-to-speak?showDate=2018-07-27 (Links to an external site.)

Part 2:

Give a contemporary political example illustrating the current state of civil liberties or civil rights in the United States. Be sure to explain, specifically, the relevance of your example to civil liberties or civil rights as depicted in this course. Use your e-text and cite your sources.

Part 3:

Reply, thoughtfully, to the postings of at least two of your colleagues.

Source Material:

• TED radio hour, “The Right to Speak”: https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/632611360/the-right-to-speak?showDate=2018-07-27 (Links to an external site.)
• Open to Debate e-text

• Chapter Three Civil Liberties
• Chapter Four Civil Rights

• Power-point lecture outlines (in the Canvas Modules):

• Chapter Three Civil Liberties
• Chapter Four Civil Rights
• Video Lectures, also in the Course Content Folders (many students find these to be particularly helpful):

• Chapter Three Civil Liberties (esp. parts 2-4b)
• Chapter Four Civil Rights
• American Government Examined e-reader:

• Chapter Ten: Mill
• Chapter Four: Anthony, ERA, or King

Tips for Success:

• I will be looking for direct references to assigned readings and podcasts (author and page # citations are adequate). Again, this is an assignment in which I am looking for your ability to display your knowledge of course materials!

  – I recommend composing your content in an offline text editor and then copying and pasting in post. That way you will have an offline copy of all of your hard work!
  – You are required to reply to two of your peers in this forum; reply first to those students who have not had a lot of replies. In your replies, provide some thoughtful feedback on their ideas. Are you all basing your decisions on the same type of reasoning? Might you be able to point someone to some resources from the course that they would find helpful?

Grading Rubric:
Part 1:	10 points
Part 2:	4 points
Part 3:	4 points
Writing Mechanics:	2 points
Total possible:	20 points

Memory Essay (A Short Memoir)

In the Life Story essay, you focused on diachronic identity shifts, for this essay, you will forge into a synchronic exploration of self (McAdams 102). By composing a very short memoir, based on one memory alone, you will gain an even greater awareness of your self-configuration. McAdams argues that in order to find “unity and purpose,” a person must conceive his/her life story both diachronically and synchronically (102).

McAdams explains, “A self-defining memory is a remembered episode from the past that is ‘vivid, affectively charged, repetitive, linked to other similar memories, and related to an important unresolved theme or enduring concern in an individual’s life’ (Singer & Salovey, 1993, p.13)” (108). For this assignment, you must deeply explore “a self-defining memory,” by way of memoir.

By recalling a self-defining memory with intricate detail, design, narrative and one inserted photograph, you examine your self and your personal history as well as configure a very intricate sensory piece of writing. You will learn to further connect with readers by way of vivid depiction and narrative scene (rhetorical strategies that will empower you professionally in all fields). You are encouraged to play with classic story elements like tension, dialogue and character. As you attempt to captivate and reveal, you will by default become more relatable with readers.

You are also required to include a one-page analytical reflection of your memoir where you might answer questions such as: How has this memory impacted my identity development? In what ways specifically? Am I the same person that I was in my memory? What has changed? What is the same? Do I see my present self in my memoir? Do I see my future self in it? How will this memory affect me going forward? What insight did I gain from this process?

Requirements:

One 4-page minimum memoir based on one memory (creative tone)

One 1-page minimum reflection (academic tone)

One use of McAdams quote in the reflection (well placed within context and analyzed)

Insertion of one related photograph anywhere in the essay

Works Cited page

Correct MLA

Creative title

Works Cited

McAdams, Dan P. “The Psychology of Life Stories.” Review of General Psychology, Vol. 5, No.

2, 2001, pp. 100-122. DOI: 10.1037//1089-2680.5.2.100.

To begin this assignment, click the link below to access the webpage:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). Critical infrastructure sectors. Retrieved from https://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors

Choose the critical infrastructure sector that you identified in your Unit IV Project Topic assignment. Once you click on the sector, click on the tab for the Sector-Overview, and then open the tab for the Sector-Specific Plan. This will serve as a relevant resource for this assignment (though you are encouraged to use any resources from this course).

For this assignment, you will develop a critical infrastructure sector profile by incorporating (in your own words) the information from this sector-specific plan as well as information from your Unit IV Project Topic assignment. Your profile should include the following components:

1. Provide a brief profile of the sector identified.
   1. Describe the purpose and importance of your chosen sector.
   2. Are your sector’s assets important or relevant to the government, private industry, or a mixture of the two?
   3. Does your sector have any subsectors?
2. Define the criticality of the sector.
   1. Why is this sector a critical asset?
   2. What are the ramifications/consequences of its disruption?
3. Identify the sector risks.
   1. What risks threaten disruption of this sector?
   2. Are there any interdependent risks (downstream risks or cascading failures)?
4. Identify partnerships.
   1. Determine the governmental and non-governmental homeland security programs that are specific to your chosen sector and how they assess, plan for, and mitigate threats.
   2. Evaluate the governmental and non-governmental homeland security programs for disaster mitigation and management as they relate to this sector.
   3. Identify the specific roles and responsibilities of the local, regional, and national critical infrastructure partners within this sector.
5. Relate the importance and roles of operational security (OPSEC) and site security to terrorism prevention, preparedness, and mitigation as they relate to this sector.
   1. Define OPSEC.
   2. Describe the countermeasures to OPSEC issues in your chosen sector.

The completed assignment must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. All sources used must be referenced using APA formatting; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Resources

The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.

• Citation Guide
• Submit Writing Center Request

MAIN POST

For this discussion, choose one of the following two readings:

• Option 1 – Elbow, P. (2014). Freewriting. In G.H. Muller (Ed.), The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines pp. 105-108. New York. NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • p. 108, “Writing,” Question 4: Writing an Argument: Write [a response] in which you support or discourage the act of freewriting.
  • Be sure to quote and cite Elbow when writing your response.
• Option 2 – Martin, S. (2014) Writing is easy. In G.H. Muller (Ed.), The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines pp. 114-117. New York. NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • p. 117, “Writing,” Question 3: Writing an Argument: Argue for or against the proposition that one must find the ideal place (“Location, Location, Location,” as Martin calls it) in order to write effectively.
  • Be sure to quote and cite Martin when writing your response.

First, read the article carefully. Answer the question associated with the reading. (100+ words)

Second, after answering the selected question, identify what the prompt was asking of you as a writer. Using the video above, identify what the best rhetorical mode would be to respond to the prompt. Support your ideas with direct support from each reading. Recall that direct support means using a quote. The quote should be integrated into your own ideas. An example can be found here. Make sure that you provide a proper citation. (100+ words)

Third, we want you to do more than just answer a question. Think about what the author is suggesting you do in your writing. How will you apply these ideas to your own writing process? Give concrete and specific examples. (100+ words)

PEER REPLIES

• In 100-150 words, respond to two peers’ main posts. Examine whether the post clearly supports the peer’s ideas about what the chosen prompts are asking, if the chosen rhetorical modes are correct, and if the ideas presented are properly supported.

REQUIREMENTS

• Main post is due by Wednesday at 11:59 PM Eastern. No credit will be awarded for late posts without instructor approval.
• Peer posts should be posted on a different day from the main post and no later than Sunday at 11:59 PM Eastern.
• Use objective point of view only rather than subjective. (See page G-8 for an explanation.)