Prepare an essay in the form of an argument on whether or not the local school board has violated the establishment clause.

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A local school board gives non-public, religious schools money to cover teacher salaries, textbooks, and instructional materials. A group of parents lodge a complaint with the school board, saying that it isn’t right that public funds are being diverted to private, religious organizations. The parents say the practice violates the establishment clause. The school board claims that state legislation enables them to provide funding to non-public, religious schools. It notes that the students attending the schools have both the right to free expression and the right to a quality education.

Prepare an essay in the form of an argument on whether or not the local school board has violated the establishment clause. In your essay, you must:

Articulate a defensible claim or thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning
Support your claim or thesis with at least TWO pieces of accurate and relevant information:
At least ONE piece of evidence must be from the U.S. Constitution (including amendments)
At least ONE piece of evidence must be from Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) or Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim/thesis
Respond to an opposing or alternative perspective using refutation, concession, or rebuttal

What are some of the positive and negative societal and cultural effects of the industrial revolution?

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Assignment:

1. What is meant by the “world system?” What comprises the world system? Relate this concept to the relatively recent economic issues within the developed world. Use specific examples to support your answer.

2. What are some of the positive and negative societal and cultural effects of the industrial revolution? How do these effects manifest today? How can anthropology be used to mitigate or eliminate some of the negative effects?

3. Is some form of colonialism possible in today’s world? If so, in what ways could it happen? If not, why not?

4. Discuss the cultural shifts and socioeconomic consequences of the dissolution of the former Soviet Union and the subsequent attempt to shift the Russian economy to capitalism. What have been the cultural impacts on the various former Soviet member states? Why have some states changed differently than others?

5. What is meant by “first world,” “second world,” and “third world?” Give examples of each. Propose a general plan to take a country from the third world to the first world. What major changes would need to take place? What factors would you need to consider in deciding what these changes are? How long do you realistically think it would take? What would the major challenges be?

What do you write? Vote No, to stop the overreach of US abroad. Why?

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It is February 4, 1899, and in two days, the U.S. Senate will vote to ratify the Treaty of Paris that will end the Spanish-American War and give the United States new territory by annexing Puerto Rico and Guam, making Cuba a protectorate, and purchasing the Philippines as an American colony. Word arrives in the United States that fighting has broken out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who seeks independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. The American people are split on the issue of American expansion. Some want an American empire, others believe it is morally wrong to own colonies and occupy other nations.
As a U.S. Senator of Texas and a key member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, you must convince your colleagues how to vote on the treaty. You have decided to address this issue with a short position statement that will be sent to all senators prior to the vote.
What do you write? Vote No, to stop the overreach of US abroad. Why?

200-300 words.

Millett, A. R., Maslowski, P., & Feis, W. B. (2012). For the common defense: A military history of the United States from 1607-2012 (3rd Ed).

How does the relationship between the government and people of China change over time?

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How does the relationship between the government and people of China change over time? Aside from taxes, how do most people interact with officials? Is the Imperial institution generally becoming more powerful, less powerful or trading duties with other Chinese institutions and power centers?

Explain who Lange was and what she hoped to accomplish with her picture, and compare Lange’s perspective with the attitude of Florence Thompson, the main subject of the photograph.

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During the Great Depression, millions of Americans found themselves unable to find work and struggling to survive. Many rural families abandoned their destitute farms and migrated to California, drawn by the promise of work picking agricultural products. Meanwhile, the Franklin Roosevelt Administration launched a series of policy programs known as the New Deal to combat the economic crisis and provide relief to the impoverished. ** Think about the debates Americans had over how best to help the poor. Think also about the difference between the “deserving” and “undeserving poor,” as well as the different ways Americans made those distinctions. Competing ideas about poverty and personal responsibility helped shape reactions to the New Deal’s efforts to relieve their plight even among the poor. Write an essay that explains the competing visions over providing relief to the impoverished during the Great Depression, using the example of Dorothea Lange’s famous photograph “Migrant Mother.” Explain who Lange was and what she hoped to accomplish with her picture, and compare Lange’s perspective with the attitude of Florence Thompson, the main subject of the photograph.

-750 word minimum/1000 word maximum
-Use three academic sources, one of which should be your textbook (Wikipedia is not an academic source) Use and cite from the Revel ebook, include 2 additional sources such as .edu/.gov/.org websites to help inform your response.
-At the end of the essay include a references section listing the (minimum 3) sources you used. Does not count toward word requirement.
-Craft a sophisticated response using dates, stats, quotes, and examples to support your paper.

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How did Mexican American civil rights activism change from the World War II period to the 1970s?

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Analytical Essay

 ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT

For this assignment, your job is to answer a broad question about Mexican American history. In so doing, you are tasked with writing a 1000-word essay answering the prompt below.

*Should include in-text citations AND a works cited page that includes sources used.

*Please use Chicago style citations (footnotes).

*Should be written in Times New Roman, size 12 font, using a double space and 1” margins. You must include page numbers.

In a well-developed essay, answer only ONE of the following prompts:

  1. This semester, you have read about numerous civil rights initiatives. At different

moments in time, the Mexican-descent community prioritized different goals.

While some movements focused on combatting racial violence, others focused on

issues such as employment opportunity. Consider this question: how did Mexican

American civil rights activism change from the World War II period to the 1970s?

In answering this question, you need not identify every way that Mexican American

civil rights activism changed during this period. You might focus on the various goals

(legislative, labor unionism, etc.), interaction between the state and civil rights

groups, or the tactics that different organizations used. This list is not exhaustive.

Instead, it’s designed to give you a starting place for thinking about how you might

organize your essay. Be sure to include concrete examples. These examples should

include a date/dates, and a thorough identification of the event, person, place,

organization, etc.

  1. Historians often describe World War II as a moment of change in US history.

These years saw a massive expansion of the state vis-à-vis the federal government,

new foreign policies that emphasized hemispheric cooperation, etc. Consider the

following question: to what extent did World War II represent a moment of change

for Mexican Americans? In answering this question, you will need to thoroughly

discuss how this period differed from the years before the war, as well as the years

following the war. Be sure to include concrete examples. These examples should

include a date/dates, and a thorough identification of the event, person, place,

organization, etc.

Create an American History after 1877: ABC book.

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The students will create an American History after 1877: ABC book. This will be a collaborative effort for the class as a whole.

We are going to collectively make an ABC book explaining 26 of the most important concepts of 19th– and 20th– century America as a class.

The format is simple. “A is for ______, B is for _________” etc.

Students must submit a list, in order of preference (up to three events/concepts), of which ABC book concept they would like to submit. The student must also submit a 250-word essay (“Persuasive Paragraphs,” in the discussion worth 15 points) as to why they are particularly suited to their first choice.

There are five themes which you can choose from: Politics/Military, Culture, The Bad and the Sad, The Underrepresented, and American Technology and Business. Each of these themes has numerous topics, so make sure you narrow down your theme to a specific topic. Example military, you can do Rough Riders, Harlem Hell-fighters, and Politics, you can do the election of 2000, Bush/Gore, etc.

How have reproductive rights developed in TURKEY since theUDHR?

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Essay question – ​How have reproductive rights developed in TURKEY since theUDHR?-

What are some lessons learned from this memoir that can apply to junior Army officers in today’s Army?

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This paper will be no less than a two-page analysis on the Battleground Iraq book. What are some lessons learned from this memoir that can apply to junior Army officers in today’s Army? You can talk about leadership traits. The book details the stresses of combat, daily life, and corresponding emotions of a year in Iraq at the beginning of the war. Consider showing similarities between lessons learned in previous wars (highlighted in the textbook: ) to what CPT Brown witnessed in Iraq. You will be graded on the quality of how well you can articulate lessons learned and your overall takeaway analysis from the memoir. Proper grammar and cohesion will count toward the grade.

Submit via Canvas (Butler students e-mail it). PDF format, size 12 font, double space, 1 inch margins. At least two full pages of writing, no more than three pages. You are encouraged to submit the paper earlier any time.

References:

Richard W. Stewart, American Military History Volume II – The United States Army in
a Global Era, Washington DC: Center for Military History, 2010

Todd S. Brown, Battleground Iraq – Journal of a Company Commander, Washington
DC: Center for Military History, 2007

If you were representing the Center for Public Policy Priorities at a lobbyist, what would you do to help pass Rep. Thompson’s bill?

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For this assignment, write a 4 page essay with three specific sections.

For full instructions, please check under additional materials.

1. If you were representing the Center for Public Policy Priorities at a lobbyist, what would you do to help pass Rep. Thompson’s bill?
2. If you were representing the Texas Restaurant Association as a lobbyist, what would you do to change or defeat the bill?
3. If you were a state legislator, how would you deal with these competing interests? What information would you want, and how would you view the issue?
Submit in Word. Cite your sources.
Note: This is an essay about interest groups and what they do. Tell me what you would do in each of these three roles. Do not spend your essay telling me what you think about the minimum wage issue.
Resources
Here’s the Center for Public Policy Priorities: (Links to an external site.)
Here’s the Texas Restaurant Association: (Links to an external site.)
Here’s H.B. 290: (Links to an external site.)
The Texas Tribune talks about Texas’ reluctance to address this issue: (Links to an external site.)
Here’s a CPPP position paper on this issue from 2015: (Links to an external site.)
The Hill News explains some of the problems with raising the minimum wage: (Links to an external site.)
The University of Washington has found that Seattle’s higher minimum wage as hurt workers: (Links to an external site.)
The Nation Magazine disagrees: (Links to an external site.)