Think back to the article on the Texas textbooks at the beginning of the semester. How was grammar used to narrate the history of slavery in the U.S.?

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Grammatical analysis

Grammatical analysis is the study of a text with a focus on how grammar is used to derive meaning. Grammatical analysis can include identifying language patterns (e.g., diction, sentence structure, sentence length, sentence style, active and passive voice) and writing style in relation to the meaning and effect they produce for readers. Think
back to the article on the Texas textbooks at the beginning of the semester. How was grammar used to narrate the history of slavery in the U.S.? That article is an example of
a grammatical analysis. People use language to inform, argue, persuade, convert, and even manipulate their readers. For this assignment, you will analyze a text, a document, a web site, a speech, or some other textual artifact, conduct a grammatical analysis, and write an analytical essay or article about your analysis.

Your analysis must include insightful study of the artifact and use of grammar and not obvious observations. You must include relevant research on the artifact, such as its author, purpose, date, any historical, political, or social importance of the artifact, and other relevant research. Incorporate meaningful information from 3-5 research sources cited in proper APA format in the text and on the references page. You may choose to write a typical academic essay, or you may choose to write an expository article that you might submit for a conference, a blog post, or for another relevant publication.

What is the aim or goal of all human communities/associations as Aristotle understands it? Why, as Aristotle understands it, do humans come together into community in the first place? What is Aristotle’s understanding of why human beings are social animals? What is the glue that brings people together and keeps them together?

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Aristotle’s Politics

Instructions: Answer all the questions in sentence paragraph form. You need to read and watch the relevant videos first, then answer the questions. In addition to answering the question you need to respond to the responses of two other students.

Questions:

Book I

  1. What is the aim or goal of all human communities/associations as Aristotle understands it? (p. 1.)
  2. Why, as Aristotle understands it, do humans come together into community in the first place? What is Aristotle’s understanding of why human beings are social animals? What is the glue that brings people together and keeps them together?
  3. Aristotle says the city-state or polis, “comes to be for the sake of living, but it remains in existence for the sake of living well.” What does he mean by that? (Chap 2)
  4. Aristotle lists 4 types of human communities indicated below. What are the characteristics of each and what is the goal, purpose or function of each? (Chaps 2-3)Aristotle says that “bees or any other gregarious animals” are political, but that human beings are themost political animal. First what makes a bee a political animal? Then, what makes human beings the most political animal? (Chap 2)
          1. Male & Female
          2. The Household
  • The Village
  1. The City-State/Polis
  1. How is a political community a form of “Imagined order”?
  2. Aristotle talks about “masters” and “slaves”, who or what are they and what is their relationship to each other? Why are their slaves at all? (Chapters 4-7)
  3. What does it mean to be a citizen as Aristotle understands it? What do citizens do? How is Aristotle’s understanding of citizenship different from our own modern American notion of it? (Book III)

 

What is the World Social Forum (WSF)? Why does the WSF exist? What political system does the WSF promote? Why? The authors of this chapter do not approve of neoliberalism. Why?

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How to judge Globalism

Part 1
1. Read the essay in the readings folder, “Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social
Forums”
2. Post answers to the following reading questions by 11:59pm:
• What is the World Social Forum (WSF)?
• Why does the WSF exist?
• What political system does the WSF promote? Why?
• The authors of this chapter do not approve of neoliberalism. Why?
• What is the “crisis of democracy” and where did it come from, according to this article?
• Continue to add to your list of questions.

Part 2
1. Read “How to Judge Globalism” in the readings folder at left.
2. Post an answer to just one question: summarize the positions of those for and against globalism/ globalization in this essay.

What food items were “native” to the New World? How did these help foster “globalization”? Explain how “globalization” as described in this article created slavery. Explain the importance of the potato to globalization.

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Homework assignment

Part 1

2. Read the “Columbus” article, posted below. This is going to give you a more concrete understanding of the history of globalization that you read about above.

3. Post answers to the following questions
What is globalization, according to this article (there may not be an explicit answer–you might have to speculate based on what you’ve already learned and what this article is saying)

• What food items were “native” to the New World? How did these help foster “globalization”?

• Explain how “globalization” as described in this article created slavery

• Explain the importance of the potato to globalization.

• keep adding to your list of questions you have about globalization and post the following–what would you like to know about globalization? what do you hope we will learn about globalization? Do you see any connections between globalization and your minor areas of study? Could you speculate on what those connections may be?

 

Part 2

2. Read the article below titled “Globalization long term process..”

3. Post answers to the following questions

• How does this author, William McNeil, define globalization?

• What are some of the major developments in human history that have contributed to McNeil’s definition of globalization?

• What are some features of globalization that he identifies in the past 50-60 years?

• Why, ultimately, does McNeil think globalization is nothing new?

• Also note in your notes (you don’t have to post this) what, if any, connections this essay allows you to make between your minor areas of study and globalization. Note any questions about globalization you are interested in.

Do you believe in paranormal activity? Have you ever been to a place that is haunted?

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Informative Speech Outline

Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates of specific places in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that are considered to be haunted.

 

Introduction: Do you believe in paranormal activity? Have you ever been to a place that is haunted? My personal opinion on this subject matter is open to question; however, there are a lot of people that have had firsthand encounters with the paranormal. Throughout the world there are countless places that are considered to be haunted by tormented souls that still lurk among us in search of a way to free their souls. Most places that claim to be haunted are intertwined with tales of battles and as a result many fatalities. Tragic times in history make for the perfect breeding grounds for the haunted places that exist today.

 

Thesis/Preview: Gettysburg is a city that is plagued by historical events that play a role in the manifestations that haunt Gettysburg today. These include locations at The Devil’s Den, Little Round Top, and the Hummelbaugh House.

 

  1. The Devil’s Den is considered a site for paranormal activity.
  2. The Devil’s Den has historical significance retained during the American Civil War.
  3. Location held heavy fighting during battle that took place on July 2, of 1863.
  4. The total death toll estimated during battle consisted of 800 for the Union and more than 1,800 for the Confederates.
  5. Some reported paranormal activity at the Devil’s Den.
  6. According to author, consultant, and lecturer Dennis William Hauck, he states in his book Haunted Places that if you stand outside at the Devil’s Den there can be the sounds of drum rolls and gunshots heard.
  7. According to many visitors there have been many people that claim to have seen and/or taken pictures of and had conversations with a friendly soldier who either disappears or doesn’t show up in photographs.

 

Transition: Spooky, unexplainable things happen at the Devil’s Den but there is also paranormal activity in another area of Gettysburg, Little Round Top.

 

  1. Another location said to be haunted is Little Round Top.
  2. Little Round Top’s historical significance.
  3. A site where Union soldiers held up to maintain an advantage over the Confederate soldiers.
  4. According to James Brann, an author from Civil War Magazine, this was a site Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led his 20th Maine Regiment in perhaps the most famous counterattack of the Civil War.
  5. Manifestations at Little Round Top.
  6. During filming of the movie Gettysburg (1993), extras portraying Union soldiers were greeted by a man in the uniform of a Union private.
  7. Handed them musket rounds.
  8. Actual rounds that dated back to the Civil War.
  9. Ghostly solders can still be seen marching in formation and riding horses in the fight against their enemy.

 

Transition: It seems that a lot of landmarks are haunted but there are also structures known to be stricken with paranormal activity.

 

III. Hummelbaugh House is a non-battlefield place for ghost-sightings.

  1. Historical significance of Hummelbaugh House.
  2. The house is located on the east side of the city and was just behind the Union lines.
  3. It was used for a hospital and because of the times amputated limbs would be thrown out the windows resulting in a huge pile of body parts.
  4. Paranormal activity at the house.
  5. The windows in the house often startle people with loud vibrations.
  6. The calls for help from soldiers can still be heard in and around the house.

 

Conclusion: In closing, according to History.com the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the biggest in the Civil War, resulting in over 150,000 causalities. With these statistics it is no surprise that lost souls still lurk the eerie grounds of this historical place. Whether it is vibrating windows or actual encounters with soldiers from 1863, Gettysburg has more than enough encounters with the paranormal to convince the biggest of doubters. Going to Gettysburg would guarantee a chance to literally step back in time and encounter something that is only remembered in history books. So believer in the paranormal or not, Gettysburg is a place to go to experience a part of history whether it be historical sites or a random run in with a ghostly soldier.

 

References

Brann, J. R. (1999). The full story. America’s Civil War, 12(5), 34.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=fth&AN=2281134&site=eds-live&scope=site

 

Hauck, D. (1994). The national directory of haunted places. Athanor Press. Battle of Gettysburg. (2019, May 20). History.com. https:// www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg

What strategies did you use to develop the theme in your story? How might the creative writing process be a form of “power messaging”?

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Power messaging

Task 1:
Write a 750-word maximum short story. Your story will include one feature from each of the following categories.

Category 1: Choose a point of view

First Person
Second Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient

Category 2: Choose a theme

Acceptance is a vital ingredient in friendships
Dreams can become a reality through hard work and dedication.
Our first impressions and feelings can be misleading.
An individual’s greatest enemy can be themselves

Task 2:
Write a one page (250-word) reflection on the following questions.

What strategies did you use to develop the theme in your story?
How might the creative writing process be a form of “power messaging”?

How do you think planned obsolescence effects globalization? Do you believe Leavitt’s argument about globalization after you read about planned obsolescence? Why or why not?

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The Globalization of Markets

For this paper, you need to read “The Globalization of Markets” also due this week. In this essay, the author, Theodore Leavitt argues that globalization will allow businesses to make high quality, low cost goods. But that claim is challeged by a business practice that had been in place for over 50 years before 1983 when “Globalization of Markets” was written: planned obsolesence.

Go to this Wikipedia page to read about planned obsolescence (you can stop at the “law and regulations” section–you don’t need to read that if you don’t want).

Then, for this paper, apply this idea of planned obsolescence to the idea of globalization as Leavitt describes it in “The Globalization of Markets”. You could do this by considering one or both the questions below:

How do you think planned obsolescence effects globalization?
Do you believe Leavitt’s argument about globalization after you read about planned obsolescence? Why or why not?

Make sure to use quotes from both the essay and Wikipedia page to make your argument.

Write a researched essay that formulates an original line of inquiry into a complex problem related to globalization, using your major areas of concentration to propose a solution.

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How globalization impacts communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases in public health.

Write a researched essay that formulates an original line of inquiry into a complex problem related to globalization, using your major areas of concentration to propose a solution.

You need to use at least 10 sources; at least 5 must be academic (peer reviewed) sources; the others can be reliable non-academic sources

Write your narrative in a serious or humorous way. Use concrete sensory details to add impact. If appropriate, pace the presentation of action to build suspense or sympathy.

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Monster story

Story: Typically, monster stories are told from the perspective of the humans confronting the monster. Ask yourself what the monsters thin about their treatment, and write a brief autobiography of a monster. Choose one you know from literature or film, or invent a new monster. Outline the sequence of events in the monster’s whole life or focus on events in one episode. Remember to write using the pronoun “I”, show how a well-developed conflict is resolved, and gain readers’ sympathy for your monster.

Prewriting: Outline the plot of your narrative. Remember to think about the incidents from the monster’s point of view.

Write your narrative in a serious or humorous way. Use concrete sensory details to add impact. If appropriate, pace the presentation of action to build suspense or sympathy.

Make sure you maintain the monster’s point of view and voice. Add figurative language to make your descriptions more vivid.

Why is it important to review related literature in research?

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Review related literature

Why is it important to review related literature in research?