Write in your Commonplace Book a short (250ish words) reflection considering one of the following topics (or a fascinating topic of your own choice): THE FAERIE QUEENE BOOK 1 CANTO 1-2-3

What connections or contrasts do you see between what Spenser is doing here and earlier chivalric romances like SGGK?

How is Spenser’s “Renaissance medievalism” comparable to Ishiguro’s 21st-century medievalism? What are they each doing with the archaic setting of the medieval past, and how do they each use this distant setting to offer commentary on their own era?

How does the “epic romance” of Spenser so far bring together elements of both epics and medieval romances?

• What do you notice about how Spenser uses symbolism and allegory to convey his political and religious beliefs?
• What do you notice about Spenser’s use of supernatural elements, and how do they compare to the presence of the supernatural in earlier readings for this class?

How do characters like Redcrosse Knight, Una, Archimago, and Duessa compare to earlier characters we’ve met in other readings?

Create a PowerPoint presentation, which identifies and discusses a health care issue and one or two populations it affects. Identify ways the issue can be addressed in a community setting.

In the presentation, address the following:

Identify a health care issue that interests you and one or two populations it affects.

Describe risk and protective factors for each health care issue and population or populations.

• Discuss how these factors can be addressed in a community setting versus a traditional medical setting.
• Explain what issues/controversies might arise in a community setting and how one would address or overcome them.
• Describe successful community interventions that have targeted this issue.
• Support your explanations with four to six scholarly resources.
• Title slide and reference slide are not included in the slide count. Include speaker notes below each content-related slide that represent what would be said if giving the presentation in person. Expand upon the information included in the slide and do not simply restate it. Please ensure the speaker notes include a minimum of 150-200 words.

1 .According to the textbook Global Problems, Global Solutions, Chapter 6: From Difference to Discrimination: Fault Lines of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. What similarities have you found in the histories of racism and discrimination in China, India, and Japan?

2. How do Marx, Weber and Durkheim approaches to religion differ? Why did Weber argue that Protestantism gave basis to capitalism? 

3. Why have religion and ethnicity so often been rallying points for conflict? What is needed to promote understanding between racial, ethnic, and religious groups? Provide an example to support your answer.

After reading “There is no justice in history” (Available on Canvas on Module weeks 9 and 10) by Yuval Harari, answer the following questions. 

4. How do societies create and maintain hierarchies? What does Harari describe as pollution?

5. Yuval Harari in the article: “There is no justice in history” states that all forms of hierarchy are based on fictions? Why do we accept these fictions as something real? Give an example to support your answer.

Choose a movie related to World War II (to watch) and write a review. Examples are “Saving Private Ryan,” “The Tuskegee Airmen,” among others.

First, provide a synopsis and summarize the story and/or contents of the film; include comments on the main historical characters. Second, discuss the story in relation to the information you read in the textbook. Third, express your critical opinion of the story and/or its dramatization? Write the report as an essay with full sentences and paragraphs. Do not use bullet points. Your ideas must be expressed in your own words and the report must be written in an academic format. See section on plagiarism (of the syllabus). Write in the third person and refrain from using “I” or “you”. You will also have to need integrate somethings from the PowerPoint that will be linked below into the paper. Addtionally, PLEASE refrain from using ANY types of AI becasue my school does use AI detection to go over all papers. 

Choose one of the prompts:

How are the impacts of structural inequality and French republican universalism portrayed in La Heine through cinematography and characterization? What are the implications of structural inequality for the social destinies (Siciliano 2007) of men living in the French banlieues?

How are subaltern masculinities and/or femininities in Black Panther and La Heine constructed and normalized by 1) geopolitical (political), 2) neoliberal (economic), and 3) heteronormative (gender) forces in both similar and/or complementary ways? You can do this by discussing various cinematographic techniques, cultural references, performances, dialogues, wardrobe style, and music selections.

Consider the depiction of US foreign policy and involvement as depicted in the film on one hand, and compare and contrast with the debates about Wakanda’s engagement with the world on the other. Pick TWO characters. How do systems of difference and oppression like race, gender, and class inform their beliefs about international relations? How do power, race, gender, and class inform the way solidarities/coalitions are forged or fail?