Initial post:

In preparation for the initial post, consider two (2)?of the leading causes of the American Revolution: 

The Proclamation Act of 1763 

The Navigation Acts 

The Stamp Act 

The Declaratory Act 

• The Townshend Act 
• The Boston Massacre 
• The Coercive Acts 
• Then, in one (1) to two (2) paragraphs, address one (1) of the following:  
• Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections from the list above do you consider the most significant and why? 
• Examine and explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence to the development of the American Revolution.
• Use your own words use 2 scholary sources cited and use apa format

Reply:

For this week’s discussion, I chose to analyze the cause and effect of the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre.

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies, requiring them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The act was met with widespread opposition among the colonists, who argued that they should not be taxed without representation in Parliament. This led to protests, boycotts, and acts of civil disobedience across the colonies. The Stamp Act Congress was convened,uniting colonial leaders in opposing British taxation policies and laying the groundwork for future cooperation and resistance.

• The Boston Massacre of 1770 was a violent confrontation between British Soldiers and a crowd of colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. Tensions had been rising between the colonists and the British authorities, particularly due to the presence of British troops in Boston and the enforcement of unpopular policies. The massacre occurred when a mob began harassing British soldiers, leading to the soldiers firing into the crowd and killing five civilians. This event further inflamed anti-British sentiment in the colonies and fueled calls for independence.
• In terms of significance, while both the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre were crucial events leading to the American Revolution, in my opinion, the Stamp Act had a more profound and far-reaching impact. The Stamp Act directly challenged the principle of colonial autonomy and sparked organized resistance and unity among the colonies. It prompted the formation of the Stamp Act Congress, which laid the groundwork for future intercolonial cooperation and resistance against British policies. Additionally, the repeal of the Stamp Act marked a significant victory for the colonists and demonstrated the power of their collective action.

On the other hand, the Boston Massacre served as a rallying cry for the. Colonists further fueled anti-British sentiment, but it did not have the same organizational impact as the Stamp Act. While it contributed to the growing tensions between the colonies and Britain, the Boston Massacre was more of a catalyst for further resistance rather than a unifying force for colonial opposition. Therefore, while both events played important roles in the lead-up to the American Revolution, the Stamp Act is considered more significant due to its broader implications and its role in galvanizing colonial resistance against British taxation and control.

The first human civilizations emerged in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern and East Asia approximately five thousand years ago. The civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China were all significantly influenced by their respective geographical surroundings, and they structured their agricultural practices, trade patterns, and even religious beliefs around the natural world. Members of these early communities crafted unique social, cultural, and political institutions that reflected their relationship with nature and with each other.

In this task, you will be required to describe the key geographical features, religious beliefs, political structures, and social structures of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. You will then compose a brief essay that compares your choice of two of these civilizations by using one characteristic from the table. 

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1004.1.6 : The First Civilizations (through 250 BCE)

The graduate examines how primary characteristics (political, religious, and geographical features) of the first civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China) contributed to the development of these societies.

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INTRODUCTION

The first human civilizations emerged in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern and East Asia approximately five thousand years ago. The civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China were all significantly influenced by their respective geographical surroundings, and they structured their agricultural practices, trade patterns, and even religious beliefs around the natural world. Members of these early communities crafted unique social, cultural, and political institutions that reflected their relationship with nature and with each other.

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A.  Describe each of the following characteristics of the four early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China, using the attached “Early Civilizations Table” or similar document:

1.   key geographical features

2.   religious beliefs

3.   political structures

4.   social and/or cultural characteristics

Note: You may include a short paragraph in each cell or a thorough bulleted list with significant key terms. Please be sure to include appropriate source references for the information in your chart.

B.   Write a brief essay (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) in which you compare similarities and differences of two civilizations from part A using one characteristic described in the attached “Early Civilizations Table” or similar document.

C.  Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content.

1.  Include the following information when providing source references:

 

Case Study # 2: Managing Fluid Overload with Diuretic Drugs

Instructions

Complete the following case study.  Students must handwrite their responses and upload to Canvas as a word doc or pdf file. 

Students must use resources and cite them in APA 7th edition format- click on link or go to the writing center for further assistance (APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) – Purdue OWL® – Purdue University.  Answers must include in-text citations to back up the responses.

The APA citation page is the ONLY thing that can be typed.  Do NOT use a citation machine as it can be incorrect formatting.

Sources must be within 5 years of the current date (evidence-based practice). Earliest date that is allowed = 2019

View the rubric below to know how the case studies will be graded. 

Assignment

Mr. Thompson is a 70-year-old Caucasian male who is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF). He has a history of hypertension and was recently diagnosed with systolic heart failure. Mr. Thompson reports progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and lower extremity edema for the past two weeks. His blood pressure (BP) readings are elevated, ranging from 160/100 mmHg to 180/110 mmHg.

Medical History:

1. Systolic heart failure diagnosed recently

Hypertension

Progressive dyspnea, orthopnea, and lower extremity edema

1. Current Medications:
2. Lisinopril 20 mg once daily for hypertension

Physical Examination:

Blood pressure: 175/102 mmHg

Heart rate: 90 bpm

Respiratory rate: 24 breaths per minute

Bilateral crackles on lung auscultation

• Lower extremity edema
• Laboratory Results:
• Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP): 800 pg/mL

Serum creatinine: 1.2 mg/dL

Electrolytes within normal limits

Assessment: Mr. Thompson is diagnosed with systolic heart failure exacerbation, and his hypertension needs to be managed to improve his symptoms and reduce fluid overload.

• Plan:

Diuretic Medication Adjustment: The physician decides to adjust Mr. Thompson’s diuretic regimen to address fluid overload.

Selection of Diuretic Agent: Considering his clinical presentation, the physician chooses a loop diuretic for its potent diuretic effect.

Monitoring and Symptom Management: Close monitoring of fluid balance, electrolytes, and symptom improvement is crucial. Adjustments to the diuretic dose may be necessary.

• Prescription: Furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg IV push, followed by 20 mg IV every 12 hours
• Questions for Students to Answer:
• Pathophysiology Understanding:
• Explain how systolic heart failure contributes to fluid retention and the development of symptoms such as dyspnea and edema.
• Diuretic Medication Knowledge:

Describe the mechanism of action of furosemide (Lasix).

What distinguishes loop diuretics from other diuretic classes, and why are they often preferred in heart failure management?

Patient Assessment and Monitoring:

• Identify at least 3 key assessments and monitoring parameters to evaluate the effectiveness and potential complications of furosemide in Mr. Thompson.
• Patient Education:
• What information will you provide to Mr. Thompson regarding his new diuretic medication, furosemide?

How will you educate him on signs of worsening heart failure and the importance of medication adherence?

Collaborative Care:

What other interventions or therapies might be considered in the collaborative care plan for Mr. Thompson?

For all of the questions, make sure you include a rationale for your answers and use in-text citations to backup your response.  This helps build critical thinking skills. 

For this first major assignment you are asked to work collaboratively with your peers (OR ON YOUR OWN)  to read, analyze, and synthesize sources on our case study topic: surveillance and privacy. We will be discussing the topic via our discussion boards in advance, but the collaborative presentation will give you a chance to go into more depth and will give you practice in developing an inquiry topic, conducting research, and analyzing sources.

If you want to work in a group, email me and (if I have others who want to collaborate) I will connect you. If you want to work with particular people (and they want to work with you too!) email me and copy those individuals on the email so I know you want to work as a group.

Please note that you DO NOT have to do this assignment as a group assignment!

INSTRUCTIONS:

We will all read and discuss the six essays on surveillance provided in the Module, which will give you multiple perspectives on the topic.

In addition, you/your assigned group will view at least one of the videos I’ve posted to Canvas on the topic of surveillance and privacy  ( video are below) and read one additional source (which should be a peer-reviewed journal article)   on the topic.

You/your group should imagine that you are being assigned to write a capstone-type project on this topic (remember, you will be choosing your own unique topics for the capstone project). Based on your readings and small group discussion, the group should come up with a hypothetical inquiry question on the topic (see The Craft of Research Ch. 3 and 4) and then choose a minimum of three sources to examine in depth. Provide an overview of each source you choose, which should include:

a brief summary of the source’s main arguments;

the disciplinary perspective(s) the source come from;

an examination of the validity of the source and any potential biases;

• a brief QUESTION of how you could use the source in your hypothetical project. Would the source help support your argument? How so? Or would you argue against the points made in the source? Why? 
• One of the major goals of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to explore different presentation styles so as to help you assess which methods would work best for your own research presentation later in the semester. Your group can choose to use PowerPoint or Prezi, but there are other options out there. While all presentations should have text, you can also choose to incorporate visuals.
• Regardless of which program you choose, you should all have:
• a title slide with a potential title for your project (and your group members’ names if appropriate);

a slide with your inquiry question;

slides with overviews of 3 sources – it should be clear which slide pertains to which source;

a conclusion slide in which you reflect on what you learned about developing inquiry questions and working with sources.

• video :https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_priv…

Instructions

The final project will be a multimedia presentation. Imagine that you’re giving this presentation to your colleagues/employees/employers/stakeholders as a way to reach common ground to resolve a problem.Although this is to be completed as a multimedia presentation, you will still need to show a strong use of the Rogerian structure and argument. Ensure this is a Rogerian approach and not an informative speech or a Toulmin argument.

Choosing a topic:
For this project, you’re not trying to take a stance and prove your stance, rather you’re trying to solve a problem within your field of study (or workplace or home or wherever). Focus on what problems need to be resolved. Explore the proposed solutions from various viewpoints. Propose the “best” solution by establishing a common ground for all stakeholders. Much of the challenge with this project is that you must demonstrate you’ve analyzed multiple solutions from multiple perspectives and found a solution that is (cleverly) based on the common ground of those perspectives.

Structure of presentation: Make sure to include the following sections in your presentation:

• introduction,
• argument/presentation objectives,
• claim,
• background,
• body,
• conclusion.

Make sure your presentation includes the following:

• A brief background for your topic and the problem you’re addressing,
• A discussion of the various sides of the debate, including core values or warrants underlying their arguments
• The common ground you’ve identified for those various perspectives
• The proposed solution based on that common ground.

What does Multimedia mean?Any of the following artifacts can be compiled as part of a multimodal project: advertisements, audio files, blogs, collages, comic books, video clips, interviews, phone conversations, lectures, field observations, photos, blogs, posters, presentations, charts, graphs, skits, films, videos, television shorts, websites, performances. You can convey information and images in any way you like to communicate your message.A few apps you might consider using on their own or in combination:

• Powtoon
• Prezi
• Animoto
• Audio Voiceover
• Instagram
• Storbird
• PowerPoint
• Screencast (Jing)
• Google Sites
• Canva
• Smore

Feeling stuck? Here’s some inspiration:

• More app options: https://digitalwritingworkshop.wikispaces.com/websites_and_apps
• 20 Great Presentation Apps: https://zapier.com/blog/best-powerpoint-alternatives/
• How to make a Multimodal Presentation: https://youtu.be/DEZa8Ml3mEg
• How to create a Multimodal Composition: https://youtu.be/F1ghx1i3EVE

Expectations

Your project should in some way incorporate the following, however briefly:

• Engage a minimum of 2 scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources (from APUS library) and 2 sources of your choice (4 sources total).
• Introduce key issues of this problem—why is it a problem? Why has the problem not been resolved already?
• Consider key limitations and barriers to solving the problem.
• Address key voices within the conversation—what has been proposed so far? Why have those proposals not been implemented?
• Address the commonalities of the viewpoints on how to resolve the problem while also addressing the key differences.
• Offer your opinion or impression of the proposed resolutions based on close analysis.
• Tempt your audience through common ground to consider the solution you’re proposing.

the projects will be run through Turnitin upon submission, and all distinctive matching information caught by Turnitin must be formatted as a quotation. DO NOT copy-paste material without immediately marking it as a quotation and citing it.