1. Analyze and evaluate the Schmidt case, including the interrogation methods, then produce counter-measures to prevent similar opportunist deception cases (n.b. Examples are not only Schmidt but the false Alqaida suspects sold to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, by unscrupulous Afghans exploiting language barriers, abducting and selling all Arab nationals in their domain: some were terrorists … Read more
In your initial post, incorporate terminology and concepts from the assigned reading, and answer the following questions:How would you define poverty? What do you think causes it?Is poverty relative? Would people who are considered poor in one society be considered rich in another?Do you think it’s possible to eradicate poverty in the world? In your … Read more
Complete the Human Variation Quiz on the American Anthropological Association’s RACE: Are we do different? website (2011). To navigate to the Quiz, follow the link, then select “Human Variation” then select “Human Variation Quiz”. Identify which question(s) you had the most difficulty in answering and describe why. Why are such misconceptions about race popularized? Write … Read more
Please go to the website American Rhetoric and review the list of Top 100 Speeches. Scan through the speeches and pick two speeches to analyze. In this discussion, describe the speeches you chose and whether or not they are informative or persuasive in nature. Explain why you believe the speeches you chose are informative or … Read more
Week 7 Assignment: Controversial Art and CensorshipDue Feb 20 by 11:59pm Points 85 Submitting a file uploadRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 14LessonMinimum of 1 primary sources (artist statement)Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook from critic)InstructionsAlthough social justice art is not a topic exclusive to the 20th … Read more
Week 6 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection Photography/CinemaDue Feb 13 by 11:59pm Points 150 Submitting a file uploadRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 11, 12LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsThis week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create … Read more
Week 6 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection Photography/CinemaDue Feb 13 by 11:59pm Points 150 Submitting a file uploadRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 11, 12LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsThis week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create … Read more
Week 5 Assignment: Art Creation Music/Dance/PoetryDue Feb 6 by 11:59pm Points 150 Submitting a file uploadRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9, 10LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsThis week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create your own … Read more
Due Feb 6 by 11:59pm Points 150 Submitting a file uploadRequired ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9, 10LessonMinimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsThis week you will use your readings from the past week as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection … Read more
Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Here are a few examples, but you are not restricted to this list: Asher B. Durand’s Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”)John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of … Read more