The assignment is to write a 1500 word book review on the following textbooks.

1. Lethal Violence and Human Behavior: Death in the Stream

The Book Reviews must be typed in the APA format, double spaced, using New Times Roman 12 point font. Answer the following questions in detail.

1. Title and Author of the Book
2. How does the story begin

1. What is the story about?
2. Who are the characters?
3. Where does the story take place?
4. How does this textbook apply to real life applications
5. Do the events described make you think this could happen to you or people you know?
6. How does the story end?
7. Why do you think this book was written?
8. What did you learn by reading the book?
9. What is your opinion about the book?
10. Should these textbooks be required reading for all students?

In 500-750 words, write an essay that addresses the following:

1. Discuss your own placement on the cultural competencecontinuum in relation to the controversial issue you chose to writeabout in this course.
2. Reflect on what factors throughoutyour life resulted in your place on the continuum.
3. Reflecton where you would like to be on the continuum to be an effectiveeducator who respects individuals with differing personal and familybackgrounds, and who has various skills, abilities, perspectives,talents and interests, including any steps you could take to helpyou get to that point.
4. Conclude by describing the effectthe controversial issue you have chosen may have on you as a futureteacher, and on your future students. Offer potential solutions forthe issues you identified that you could implement in your futureclassroom.

MOD8

Design two specific processes that you can use to encourage strategic thinking in your HCO. Compare how these different processes offer this encouragement.

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• Your post should be 175-250 words.
• Review the Discussion Grading Rubric
  
• You will not be able to see any posts by other students until you make your original post.
• Support your post by citing one reference (other than the text).
• Cite paraphrased information but do not use quotes for this assignment.
• Submit your original post by Monday before 12am midnight (EST).
• Respond to at least two (2) other students’ original post by Wednesday before 12am midnight (EST).
• In addition to your replies on other students’ posts, you should also respond to any student who posts to your original post and to any of my questions.

Stephen Glass vs. Lance Armstrong Assignment

After viewing the Oprah/Armstrong interview excerpts and other material linked in the Ethical Dilemmas powerpoint, as well as the Glass 60 Minutes interview, please address the following in a minimum of 250 words

• What similarities and differences do you find between the two situations?
• Do you think either person is sincere in making his apologies?
• You might want to Google Stephen Glass to see what has been going on with him since 2003.
• You might want to watch the complete Oprah interview with Lance Armstrong and/or Google Armstrong to see what has been going on with him since 2010.
• Please include Works Cited/Consulted if you quote or cite facts.
• Do you think either person has or will earn redemption? Why or why not?

Writing Assignments: Students must submit an assignment of five-to-eight pages on any topic related to medical ethics, such as abortion, the principle of double effect, physician-assisted suicide, in-vitro fertilization, the Affordable Care Act, cloning, etc., with the approval of the instructor.

The following guidelines are for writing a paper:

1.It must be typed, single-sided, double-spaced, with one inch margins and the pages numbered.

2.You may not use a type face larger than 12 point.

3.It must be formatted as a Word document.

4.Extensions will only be given for extenuating circumstances, provided that the student successfully contacts the instructor at least 24 hours before the due-date.

5.Students shall lost points for a paper containing grammatical and spelling errors.

6.It must include both a Cover Page and a Reference Page.