DIVERSITY: MICRO, MEZZO & MACRO

1. Discuss the social construction of oppression and discrimination. 2. How have acts of oppression and discrimination affected your culture historically.  3. Based on your social construction of oppression and discrimination and your culture, analyze the psychological effects that each may have on your culture.  4. As a social work practitioner, discuss the knowledge and … Read more

Quantitative

Read  “Free speech Big tech and censorship,”  The Economist  (PDF on Blackboard)  ” The Slippery Slope Arrives: Big Tech Censorship Threatens Our Freedoms,”  Newsweek  (web link on Blackboard)  Use the notes, thoughts, and/or your scholastic understanding to create (write) a problem statement based on the discussion of the  Consider This  podcast and your readings.  What … Read more

Interview essay

Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Review chapters as needed Lesson Link (library article): Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook/lesson) InstructionsFor this assignment you are required to sit down for a conversation with someone whose religious identity differs from your own (this means that if you identify as … Read more

literature

1.Read chris Abani poem titled” Blue” Describe what is happening in each of the four stanzas of this poem. What makes this poem stand out most to you? 2 Read  Warsan Shire’s(Somalia)” Home” What were your reactions to this poem? Did the graphic enhance your experience of the poem’s message.

TP-CASTT

  Preform a TP-CASTT analysis on  Robert Penn Warren  “True Love”  Story Link: https://poets.org/poem/true-love Instruction to the TP-CASTT In the first PDF File Below  The second PDF is the temple for the real TP-CASTT for the Poem “True Love” 

writing

Prompt Both our in person discussion and our reading of David Mattinglys first chapter will have revealed that there are a variety of ways of defining imperialism, empire, and colonialism. Indeed Mattingly himself, in offering his own definitions,  also explains the challenges, limitations, and implications of defining these concepts a theme we took up in … Read more

95

After watching the film, Benjamin Wigley’s Paa Joe and the Lion (2016), write a response (300-375 words) that fully addresses the prompt below. Topic: Contexts in which coffins are commissioned and used British publics reactions to Paa Joe and Jacobs coffin-making and attitudes towards death The funeral for Paa Joes mother (the familys preparations for … Read more

Week 3 Discussion

Jhumpa Lahiri, the author of The Third and Final Continent has said, The question of identity is always a difficult one, but especially for those who are culturally displaced, as immigrants are . . . who grow up in two worlds simultaneously. Typical among contemporary Latin American authors, Junot Diaz portrays his characters Hispanic heritage … Read more

FILM DISCUSSION

Discussion Threads are a place for you to ask questions, engage with your TAs and peers, to find collaborators, and generally deepen your engagement with the course and your own learning. You should think of these posts as mini papers. Write in complete sentences, do not use bullet points or ellipses. Your response should be … Read more

FILM DISCUSSION

Discussion Threads are a place for you to ask questions, engage with your TAs and peers, to find collaborators, and generally deepen your engagement with the course and your own learning. You should think of these posts as mini papers. Write in complete sentences, do not use bullet points or ellipses. Your response should be … Read more