You have read the book, Celia, A Slave, by Melton Mclaurin during the second half of our course. For your final exam, write a four (4) page essay that relates the book to the unit essays that you have completed over the last five weeks. Not all of your essays may relate to the text, … Read more
The prompt is “What were the most important factors that encouraged Anglo-Americans and new immigrants to settle the West? What were the most important impediments to their efforts?” It has to articulate a thesis and only has to be 250 words. The main thing is it has to provide evidence/details from the note guidelines I … Read more
Please respond to these discussion questions after reading the article on the Indus Valley below: 1. What aspects of the Indus Valley civilization does the author focus on and why? What is his purpose and intended audience? 2. Comment on the inscriptions /script of the Indus Valley civilization. Does the author think it was secular … Read more
What are the strengths and shortcomings of cosmopolitan memory practices?You should support your points with reference to secondary sources and to the texts we have analysed in class. The films we have looked at our “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Devil’s Backbone” and the music album “las barricadas” Your responses should be concise, precise, exciting in order … Read more
(click on above link to access reading assignment) Writing Assignment:Summarize the information on the cave paintings of Lascaux. Writing Assignment for Unit 1 Reading & Writing should include:ONE summary Paragraph of the Introduction, and FIVE summary Paragraphs of the 5 Topics from the reading assignment. (6 paragraphs required) Write one summary paragraph summarizing the … Read more
You must complete an Electronic Presentation on Black Culture. You will select and present on the significances of two works of black culture. The first work you select must be a work of African-American literature, poetry, music, fashion, dance, or some other cultural art form that was created and/or popularized by an African American during … Read more
Exhibition of World Art Imagine you are a curator at your local citys Museum of Art. You have been asked to organize a small exhibition of objects of art from the cultures of China, Japan, Africa, and the Americas; you will also showcase Islamic art. Your exhibition should include representative objects that highlight significant … Read more
Explain how the Massacre at Mystic can be described as a collision of cultures? In particular, examine their ideas about the following: land and property, division of labor and gender, and warfare. Secondly, how does the textbook author (Chapter 2) see the Puritans? Do you agree with the description of them after watching the video? … Read more
During the period 1350 to 1607, numerous changes in thought were occurring across Europe. Your context should describe the philosophies that were most popular in Europe prior to 1350. Your thesis statement should provide a list of three new ways of thinking that developed between 1350 to 1607. The skill you are using is still … Read more