Explore if there is a difference between the Hindu understanding of Yoga and the Western practice of Yoga. Should the term be included in that “Closer Look” section about misunderstandings of Hindu terms? Why or why not?

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“A Closer Look” section on page 75 of the textbook, there is a conversation about popular misunderstandings of Hindu terms in the West (North America and Europe). Terms such as Karma, Mantra, Guru, and Avatar have religious meanings in Hinduism, but have acquired secular meanings in the West. One term missing from this conversation is Yoga. Explore if there is a difference between the Hindu understanding of Yoga and the Western practice of Yoga. Should the term be included in that “Closer Look” section about misunderstandings of Hindu terms? Why or why not? Before writing on this topic, you should research the Hindu understanding of Yoga. This is because you are required to do research in association with each of the discussion topics so that you can provide well-informed opinions

Return to Contents within Pearson Revel, choose Chapter 4, then watch the Closer Look on the Bull Leaping Fresco. Discuss the Minoan approach to representation of the figure. In what ways is it similar to Egyptian art, in what ways different?

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Week 2 Writing Assignment.
Due No Due Date Points 10 Submitting a text entry box
For Chapter 3: Choose PEARSON REVEL from the tool bar at the left side of the page. Open the table of Contents. Once there, choose Chapter 3, then watch the Closer Look on the Palette of Narmer. Discuss the traditional pictorial conventions for representing the ruler in ancient Egypt.

For Chapter 4: Return to Contents within Pearson Revel, choose Chapter 4, then watch the Closer Look on the Bull Leaping Fresco. Discuss the Minoan approach to representation of the figure. In what ways is it similar to Egyptian art, in what ways different?

Explain the major events that demonstrated the US’s rapidly increasing division over the issue slavery from 1850 through 1856.

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Write a formal essay in which you respond fully, carefully, and accurately — following ALL of the guidelines explained above — to the writing prompts/questions below. Make sure that your essay is organized so that, in addition to an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph, there are separate paragraphs for your responses to each of the prompts below.

* Carefully explain the major events that demonstrated the US’s rapidly increasing division over the issue slavery from 1850 through 1856.
* Carefully explain John Brown’s raid.
* In what ways did those who admired him defend and support Brown and his use of violence at Harper’s Ferry?
* In what ways did those who opposed his actions condemn
– Brown himself?
– the abolitionist movement and its supporters as a whole?

* documents 12.5 through 12.9 in Document Project found at the end of chapter 12 of our textbook, Exploring American Histories.
* pages 389-404 AND page 408 in chapter 12 of our textbook.
These documents and pages examine the nation’s increasing division over the issue of slavery AND the differing views of the raid led by abolitionist John Brown on the US arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. This raid is generally considered to be one of the most important “steps” towards the Civil War.

What was life like for soldiers at the front during the Civil War? How did the experiences of Suzy King Taylor and Thomas Freeman compare to those of white Americans during the war

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Consider all of the sources that you have read and the material that you have read in chapter 13 and explore;
– What accounted for the widespread popular support for the war when it started?
– What accounted for the decrease in this support as the war continued?
* what was life like for soldiers at the front during the Civil War?
* how did Fred Spooner (Document 13.5) and John Hines (Document 13.6) view
– the “enemy”?
– the causes of the Civil War?
* how did the experiences of Suzy King Taylor and Thomas Freeman compare to those of white Americans during the war

Our fourth discussion is based on documents 13.5 through 13.9 in the Document Project at the end of chapter 13 of Exploring American Histories. You will need to read pages 425-432 in chapter 13 of Exploring American Histories.
These documents and pages present us with first-person experiences and views of the Civil War.

What types of activities did female patriots (that is, supporters of independence from England) undertake in the service of American independence?

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Write a formal essay in which you respond fully, carefully, and accurately — following ALL of the guidelines explained above — to the writing prompts/questions below. Make sure that your essay is organized so that, in addition to an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph, there are separate paragraphs for your responses to each of the prompts below.

* What types of activities did female patriots (that is, supporters of independence from England) undertake in the service of American independence?
* How did assumptions about the proper role of elite white women before the Revolutionary War shape their experiences and activities during the war?
* In what ways did women create new opportunities for themselves and contribute to the war and to American independence?
* What dangers or limits did women face during the war?

write a formal essay in which you respond fully, carefully, and accurately — following ALL of the guidelines explained above — to the writing prompts/questions below. Make sure that your essay is organized so that, in addition to an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph, there are separate paragraphs for your responses to each of the prompts below.

To complete this Essay Assignment, you must carefully read/watch AND make use of ALL of the following resources:
* documents 6.5 through 6.9 of the Document Project found at the end of chapter 6 of our textbook, Exploring American Histories.
* pages 182-183, 186-187, and 200 in chapter 6 of our textbook.
* the assigned video clip “The Battle of Monmouth and the Molly Pitchers.” A link to this video clip can be found in this week’s module.
These documents and pages and the video clip examine the some of the ways that the American Revolution affected American women and some of the ways that American women affected the American Revolution.

Show how the rhetoric of the Working Men’s Party, and people like Carney, draw really directly and specifically on those reports of, and language about, Chinese sexual deviancy, women being held in prostitution,etc.

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The timeline and location of the research paper focuses on the second half of the 19th century. So roughly 1850’s to 1899 in California. The paragraph below is basically what the paper is going to be about with my thesis statement at the end. It should also be copy-pasted and put at the beginning of the paper as an opening paragraph. But a more thorough break down of the issues and points the research paper should look into and talk about is this rhetoric about sexual deviancy, the impropriety of gender relations among Chinese, the unmanliness or sexual deviancy of Chinese men, the kind of heathenism and moodness of Chinese women, and the ways in which that kind of sexual stereotyping is deployed in the Californian newspaper accounts about the Chinese. And then how it is used in political efforts to exclude, expel the Chinese or to discriminate against the Chinese in various legislative ways and legal ways.
Then to connect the two pieces together that you have. On one hand, here are the reports about practices of the Chinese, and particularly their sexual deviancies, and especially, then, their treatment of women, and the prostitution of women, and so forth. And then later, connect it to the political arguments that are made in the 1870s about exclusion. And by the Working Man’s Party, by Dennis Carney, in particular through his speech. Please show how the rhetoric of the Working Men’s Party, and people like Carney, draw really directly and specifically on those reports of, and language about, Chinese sexual deviancy, women being held in prostitution, etc. Do they draw specifically on this aspect of Chinese behavior to justify their weak rationale for why Chinese need to be expelled, excluded, prevented for further immigration, etc.

Define individuals by linking political, economic and religious factors – The essay question is “How significant is the role of individuals in Scramble for Africa”

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 Define individuals by linking political, economic and religious factors – The essay question is “How significant is the role of individuals in Scramble for Africa” –  do include explorers such as Cecil Rhodes, Dr. Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley for Henry Morton Stanley linked it with King Belgium Leopold II –  use any sources

Choose a topic related to U.S. History after 1877 (Chapters 16-28) that you would truly like to explore and that you are willing to spend some time on.Refine your topic. Summarize your topic, your interest in the topic, the questions you want to answer, and a hypothesis you want to test.

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Choose a topic related to U.S. History after 1877 (Chapters 16-28) that you would truly like to explore and that you are willing to spend some time on. Your chosen topic should be focused. Pose a question that you really want to answer. You may want to begin with more than one topic in mind.
Do some preliminary reading on the topic(s). You may begin with the textbook, then further explore the information available. Refine your topic. Summarize your topic, your interest in the topic, the questions you want to answer, and a hypothesis you want to test.
Gather information from a variety of sources. Use a minimum of four sources for your paper, and at least one must be a primary source.
Examples of primary sources are ones that are used in our discussion forums 2-8.
They are sources that are contemporary to the times under investigation.
An example of a secondary source is our textbook, though the textbook also contains excerpts of primary sources, which you may use as a source in your paper.
Outline the results of your research and the plan for your paper (you are not required to submit the outline).
Write the final draft and be sure to include a Works Cited List, and use the correct MLA documentation style.
Grade Rubric

Identify a society you consider to be civilized.What criteria did you use to determine that it was civilized? Can you apply those criteria to other societies?

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Identify a society you consider to be civilized.

  1. What criteria did you use to determine that it was civilized?
  2. Can you apply those criteria to other societies?
  3. Can you think of societies that might not fit your criteria and yet be civilizations? Do the standards that you and others use reflect your own society’s norms and achievements rather than neutral, more universal criteria?

SECTION 2

  • Impact of environment on civilization. How did it shape cultures?

When and Where does American history begin and why? Use specific evidence from reading: Christina Snyder, “Inequality, War, and Captivity,” in Slavery in Indian Country

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When and Where does American history begin and why? Use specific evidence from reading: Christina Snyder, “Inequality, War, and Captivity,” in Slavery in Indian Country: The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America (Cambridge, Mass., 2010), chapter 1 James Horn, A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America (New York, 2005), 11-22. In American Yawp, “Jamestown” (ch2, Sec. V)