Please respond to one of the following prompts and reply to the post of at least one other student. Each of your posts must be a minimum of one paragraph in length and follow the guidelines listed in the Discussion Forum rubric in the syllabus. Creative and original thinking are always appreciated, as is going outside of the required reading to find information pertaining to your posts. The intent of the discussion board prompt/post exercise is to stimulate critical thinking and intellectual discourse. Threads have already been established for each prompt. Your reply to another student’s post must also be at least one paragraph in length to receive full credit and should not just be “I agree, you make good points, ” or something similar. The reply should give reasons for agreeing (or disagreeing) with the student and should address the student by name so that I can see whose post you replied to when I am grading. Your goal should be to contribute to the other student’s original post, thus enhancing the discussion. These prompts require critical thinking.

Show your creativity! Make a representation of a child with any of the challenges in physical development discussed in chapters 4 and 5. YOU CAN DO THIS ALONE OR WITH ANOTHER STUDENT FROM CLASS.

(1) Put the child in the center of your paper. You can use a photo, an image from the internet, or an image that you make on your own. Give the child a name.

(2) Somewhere on your representation, briefly explain the physical or health condition that the child has.

(3) Somewhere on representation, briefly explain/list/illustrate the educational implications that are important to consider.

(4) Use the other space on your paper to represent the WHOLE child. What CAN the child do just like any other child. These are educational “NON-issues”? How would we expect the child to be a class member just like any other child? We don’t want a child to be “defined” by his/her disability!

Please be creative and thoughtful in your representation. Once you have completed your representation, upload it HERE. You can easily take a photograph of your work and upload the photograph here.

Write 2 paragraphs explaining the differences between Karl Marx and Max Weber explanation of social stratification. (10 points)

Your answers to the questions must be of substantial quality in order to get points. Substantial quality includes a demonstration that you have completed the required readings and videos and thought critically about them. Your answers must be original, use your own ideas and words. Do not copy from any website or written material from another person.

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Written Assignment

This is your fourth discusson board assignment worth 8 points. You are to read the text chapters, lecture, and watch the George Washington videos. You are also to read the information at the follow websites:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_Washington and http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/ten-facts-about-washingtons-presidency (Links to an external site.)/ (You can use a lot of information from this website about these facts concerning his presidency) and http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington (Links to an external site.)(this website also has videos on Washington).

You are to make the transformation to become George Washington who has just been elected. You are going to show you he created the present system of government by making a series of administrative decisions that became traditions of government. You are also going to describe what he thought about the formation of political parties. You are going to show how he worked with Hamilton on setting up economic policies. Finally you are going to describe in his second term his foreign policy.

Finally you will comment on whether Washington could be elected president today.

Persuasion is a method that’s employed all the time, in all kinds of situations in our lives. One of the goals of this course is not only to make you a better writer, but also a more persuasive person in general. Definitely a useful life skill!

To get us started thinking about this, and as a way of introducing ourselves to each other, I’d like to know about a recent time when YOU had your mind changed about something. This doesn’t have to be anything major–an incident when your friend talked you into going to McDonalds instead of Burger King for lunch is perfectly appropriate here, or when a loved one talked you out of wearing that shirt with those pants.

In 1 or 2 paragraphs, describe the situation. What was the point of contention? What did you want to do initially, and what were you talked into doing (or thinking/feeling) instead? Who persuaded you to change your mind, and how? Are you happy with the results?