I want a review paper for ,Understanding the Canadian Border Today

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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.

Prehistoric Art

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Can we see social change in art? Demonstrate the ability to identify changes in human culture through visual media and material culture from the ancient world. Find three examples of art, objects, or architecture that illustrate changes in human society in prehistory and the development of cities.

Step 1. Read or listen to the discussion of the Standard of Ur posted on D2L. Identify three indicators of changing social complexity that are examined in the Standard of Ur. These should be general and relatively abstract such as hierarchy, power, labor specialization, luxury, etc. These words may not appear directly in the text, so you may have to infer or interpret them. Once you identify an abstract idea that indicates changing social complexity, be sure to note down the page number because you will be returning to it later.

Step 2. This assignment asks you to analyze an idea by illustrating it with examples of objects. These illustrations should be from the same historical period as the text you read (i.e. prehistory and the Bronze Age, roughly 40,000 BCE to 1,000 BCE). These illustrations should represent the themes of the text as it relates to increasing social complexity and the origins of cities. To be certain you have appropriate images, I suggest using library databases such as Artstor (available through http://library.uco.edu – just search for “Artstor” and log in to view it). Each scavenger hunt requires three images from either art, objects, or architecture.

Note: I am not asking you to find images of the Standard of Ur. I am asking you to illustrate abstract concepts from the reading.

Step 3. Once you have selected your images, create a presentation in PowerPoint or Microsoft Word that does the following:

  1. Identifies what your image is of, including a name, date, and location where it was found
  2. Includes a brief two to three sentence explanation for how each image illustrates the concepts.

These sentences can be organized as a paragraph or in bullet points.

Step 4. This document should be uploaded to the D2L dropbox when complete. A submitted assignment that receives a grade of “A” will have clean writing, express insight that synthesizes image and text, and meet the minimum requirement of three images.

​Civil Liberties/Civil Rights Discussion Board

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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:

  • 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

CHFD307 Assignment 2

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Assignment Instructions

Instructions & Guidelines:

Assignment 2: Problems Children Face: – This assignment is due at the end Week 6. This assignment is a continuation of assignment one (1). In Assignment one (1) you choose from the six (6) problems children experience daily. For this assignment, address the same issue from an applied perspective.

Assignment 2: Problems Children Face

Topic:

In Assignment 2: In Assignment one (1) you choose from the six (6) problems children experience daily. For this assignment, address the same issue from an applied perspective.

What is being done to address this problem?

Is there a consensus about how to improve this problem, or is there a great deal of controversy?

What solutions have already been tried for this problem?

How successful have these solutions been?

What are the barriers to solving this problem?

What resources are available in YOUR community to deal with this problem?

Future approaches to the problem

How will this problem be addressed in the future?

How successful are these solutions likely to be?

Research Paper or Opinion Paper?

Research, NOT opinion

Number of published, peer-reviewed sources required; must all be published within the last 8 years

  • Course readings may be used as one of the resources.
  • Do not use any direct quotes from any sources

Five (5)

Length required (not including title page and references

  • Tables, graphs, charts, lists, figures, etc. may be used, however do not count toward the length requirement

800-1200 words

Reference style required

American Psychological Association, 6th edition

Submission requirements

Microsoft Word document submitted as attachment in Assignment Submission area. Do not attach to a Message or email, and do not paste into Submission text box.

Grading Rubric

CHFD307

Rubric

POSSIBLE POINTS

STUDENT POINTS

Student exhibits a defined and clear understanding of the assignment. The student provides a detailed description of one (1) of the problems children experience daily.

25

Student demonstrates proficient command of the subject matter in the assignment. Assignment shows an impressive level of depth of student’s ability to relate course content to practical examples and applications.

25

Student provides well-supported ideas and reflection with a variety of current and/or worldviews in the assignment. Student presents a genuine intellectual development of ideas throughout assignment.

20

Evidence of research for materials/content is listed using APA format.

15

Clarity of writing style Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling

15

TOTAL

100

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.

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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.

Discussion: Environmental and Biological Effects on Intelligence and Achievement

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Intelligence tests are controversial, partly because they sometimes determine important aspects of people’s lives. For example, intelligence test scores have factored into determining school placement, identifying giftedness, and diagnosing mental retardation and learning disabilities. Even when an intelligence test shows that a child has normal intelligence, there might be speculation of a learning disability due to him or her falling behind in academic achievement. A child’s biology and environment influences his or her academic achievement, as well. Children from different cultures and socioeconomic status have diverse experiences, beliefs, and attitudes that affect their academic achievement. There are also differences in skills that caregivers emphasize during a child’s development that contribute to a child’s school readiness, which influences intelligence and academic achievement.

Intelligence and academic achievement are often used to determine many aspects of a person’s life, including the diagnosis of a learning disability. Most identifiers of learning disabilities are seen within the realm of intelligence and achievement. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 is an example of a federal mandate that allows for identification of indicators of learning disabilities, such as limited response to intervention or a meaningful discrepancy between a student’s intelligence and achievement scores. When diagnosing a learning disability in determining a child’s intelligence, a combination of indicators is more accurate than a single test score.

For this Discussion, you will explore the differences between intelligence and academic achievement (as opposed to other types of achievement). You also will examine environmental and/or biological influences on intelligence and academic achievement.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources related to intelligence and academic achievement and consider environmental and biological influences.
  • Select two influences: environmental and/or biological (you can select two of either category or one of each) that have been associated with intelligence and academic achievement.

By Day 4

Post an explanation of the difference between intelligence and academic achievement. Then, briefly describe the two environmental and/or biological influences you selected. Explain the effects of each influence on intelligence and academic achievement. Be specific and provide examples from your Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and citations, Zero plagiarizing, Quote work, No.com’s

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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.

social democracy discussion

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Socialism was started as a system to protect the laborer from the economic mechanisms of capitalism. Although it does not allow for citizens to reach the economic heights that they can here in the United States, it also is set up to guarantee that the citizens have certain services available to them at all times.

Consumerism

As you have learned in this section, there are several differences between socialist and capitalist economies. Among the most significant of these differences is the high level of consumerism that exists in capitalist countries. Americans, for example, spend 3 to 4 percent more of their time shopping than Europeans. This consumerism in the United States dates back several decades, when it reached new heights in the mid-twentieth century. The trend even received something of an official sanction in 1953 when Arthur Burns, the Chairman of the Economic Advisors Council under President Eisenhower, said that the American economy’s ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods.

Consumerism received a further boost from advertisements on television, a new medium that exploded in popularity in the 1950s. In the decades that followed, television commercials, radio spots, magazines, newspapers, and, in recent years, the Internet bombarded consumers with advertisements for an endless array of products. The average American views 3,000 ads in a single day. These advertisements have proven highly effective at creating a desire among the public to buy goods and services in ever increasing amounts. Economists have estimated that consumer spending accounts for 70% of the U.S. economy.

Go online and research social democracy, including some specific examples of how it works in various countries, and then consider the following discussion questions:

  1. What examples, such as health care, social security or employment, can you give that may work better in a socialist nation than a capitalist one? What about in a capitalist nation over a socialist one?
  2. Which system do you feel protects the freedoms of the individual better? Given an example.
  3. As you prepare for life outside of high school, whether it be a job or college, which economic system would you prefer to be a part of right now? Support your answer.

ONLY NEED A SHORT 100-150 WORD ANSWER.

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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.)

help with a quiz

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Match the term on the left with its corresponding definition on the right.

National Preparedness Goal

Prevention

Mitigation

Recovery

Public information and warning

Planning

Interdiction and disruption

Access control and identity verification

Capabilities

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
A.

Capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an incident
B.

To accomplish a mission, function, or objective based on the performance of related tasks, under specified conditions, to target levels of performance
C.

Capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism
D.

Delay, divert, intercept, halt, apprehend, or secure threats and/or hazards
E.

Capabilities necessary to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters
F.

To expand on existing state, territorial, tribal, and local hazard identification and risk assessments
G.

To apply and support necessary physical, technological, and cyber measures to control admittance to critical locations and systems
H.

To deliver coordinated, prompt, reliable, and actionable information to the whole community through the use of clear, consistent, accessible, and culturally and linguistically appropriate methods to effectively relay information regarding any threat or hazard, as well as the actions being taken and the assistance being made available, as appropriate
I.

To prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk
J.

To conduct a systematic process engaging the whole community as appropriate in the development of executable strategic, operational, and/or tactical-level approaches to meet defined objectives
K.

Provides guidance and tools for the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises