What is the concept of Aztlan and why it was important to the Chicano Movement or Consider if the Poem Yo Soy Joaquin still has relevance today?

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Concept of Aztlan

For this reading response consider either or both of these ideas/questions: What is the concept of Aztlan and why it was important to the Chicano Movement or Consider if the Poem Yo Soy Joaquin still has relevance today? As you consider these questions please cite specific examples from the readings.

Initial Response:250 words

Peer response:175-200 words

here is the link to the YouTube video that goes with this weeks discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYfiCnHW_NU

 

Why was philosophy and poetry important to artists and patrons in Song Dynasty, China, and Mughal India? How did the concept of the artist change over time? What was going on at the time that may have perhaps influenced and allowed for these changes?

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6.1 [Assignments] Philosophy and Poetry

Instructions

Enlarge Image +A detail of Nymph of the Luo River, late Tang or early Song copy after Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344–ca. 406), Song Dynasty, 900–999 C.E., ink and color on silk, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Song Dynasty

Why was philosophy and poetry important to artists and patrons in Song Dynasty, China, and Mughal India? How did the concept of the artist change over time?

What was going on at the time that may have perhaps influenced and allowed for these changes?

6.2 [Discussion] Benefits and Burdens

What kinds of benefits and burdens do artists receive by being patronized? Why might someone prefer an open and free art market? Why is the status of an artist important to a patron of the arts?

 

Read the first chapter of Camille’s book Images on the Edge (first edition Paris 1997 in french, english ed. 2004) and write a response paper.

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Images on the Edge

Read the first chapter of Camille’s book Images on the Edge (first edition Paris 1997 in french, english ed. 2004) and write a response paper (800-1000 words).

After summarizing the article main topics and ideas, comment on these aspects:

  • one thing  learned,
  • one part of the argument was interesting/challenging (different from learning),
  • one part of the argument  was weak

 

In a well-written 1,000 word essay with a clear thesis statement, consider the themes of resistance and accommodation. How did the Shawnees respond to changes in the Ohio Valley after the American Revolution?

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Resistance and accommodation

Write:
In a well-written 1,000 word (four-to-five page) essay with a clear thesis statement, consider the themes of resistance and accommodation. How did the Shawnees respond to changes in the Ohio Valley after the American Revolution? Why did some choose to accommodate the Americans? Why did others choose to fight? Make sure to include specific examples from the text with footnote citations.

What does a comparison of the Confucian and Legalist philosophies tell us about the concerns of thinkers during the Eastern Zhou period?

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Confucian and Legalist

Requirements:
What does a comparison of the Confucian and Legalist philosophies tell us about the concerns of thinkers during the Eastern Zhou period? Your essay should demonstrate a familiarity with the tenets of the philosophies and the historical conditions at the time. Be sure to cite specific passages from the translated primary sources (which is the attached file HAN FEI TZU and THE ANALECTS ).

Follow the below conditions to construct the essay:
A: These essays are a pleasure to read. They brighten an otherwise dreary chore.
1. Such answers are long enough to demonstrate more than a general knowledge of the material (generally 4 blue book pages in a normal, single-spaced hand, which would translate to approximately 400 words). They address most of the issues relevant to the question.
2. They are also characterized by specificity, providing concrete examples (with names, dates, concepts, etc.) from the readings and lectures that clearly support the points being made.
3. The essay contains a clear argument in a form that answers the question. It is also laid out in a logical fashion.
4. Finally, such answers are well-written. Grammatical structures are clear, and vocabulary demonstrates a thorough absorption of the material presented in the class.

Write a 5-page paper of the Legacy Greater than Words book. one. Write a 5-page summary of the text, and then write a conclusion on how that book ties into the same issue in today’s society.

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Summary of a legacy greater than words

All students must write a 5-page paper of the Legacy Greater than Words book. one. Write a 5-page summary of the text, and then write a conclusion on how that book ties into the same issue in today’s society. Have times improved or stayed the same. Cite the sources after each paragraph. (Author, pg. #)

Write 150 words on the relationship between two or more of the various usurpation plots in the play. What is the relationship between the structural instability of politics in Milan and the structural instability of politics on the island?

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Usurpation plots

Write 150 words on the relationship between two or more of the various usurpation plots in the play (Antonio usurping Prospero in Milan, Sebastian and Antonio usurping Alonso on the island, Caliban, Trinculo, and Stefano usurping Prospero on the island). https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/… (PDF of The Tempest,)

What is the relationship between the structural instability of politics in Milan and the structural instability of politics on the island? Review the “Reading Questions” for The Tempest, especially the parts about who was king of England at the time Shakespeare wrote the play, and comment on what you think the original audience(s) might have thought about all the emphasis on the wobbly politics of power in the play. Your post must contain at least 2 quotes from the play to support your claims.

 

Clearly explain the argument that McDonnell is making when he talks about Pennsylvania. Explain Justice Fields’ ruling and how he came to that ruling.

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Labor movement and Chinese exclusion/resistance

1. Clearly explain (in your own words) the argument that McDonnell is making when he talks about Pennsylvania.

2. Explain Justice Fields’ ruling and how he came to that ruling. (In your own words)

 

*Above are the professor's notes*

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5044/

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5046/

Discuss the Transatlantic slave trade that lasted from the 1400s through the 1800s. How did this system differ from earlier forms of slavery in history? What was the Middle Passage? And how did the labor of millions of enslaved Africans drive “economic growth” and produce such incredible wealth for some Europeans and Euro-Americans?

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HIST 1112: Survey of World History II

Midterm Exam

Complete the two sections below and upload your responses to the D2L assignment folder any time before Friday, October 7th, 11:59 pm. Please format responses in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font. Use single-spaced format on identification section (1-15) and double-spaced on Essay section (16-18).

Identification (45 pts., 3 each)

In 3-4 sentences, describe (what/who it is) and state the historical significance (why it matters) for each of the following:

  1. Tenochtitlán
  2. Confucianism
  3. the Reconquista
  4. caste (casta) system (in Spanish America)
  5. Ottoman Empire
  6. printing press
  7. Potosí
  8. Calvinism
  9. “witchcraft”
  10. Pueblo Revolt
  11. Swahili coast
  12. Qing empire
  13. Industrial Revolution
  14. Indian Rebellion (1857-1858)
  15. nationalism

Essay (55 pts. total, 18.33 pts. each)

Respond to the following questions with well-crafted essays of at least 1 page each:

  1. European colonialism from the 1400s to the 1900s in Africa, Asia, and the Americas is a central theme of this modern world history course. How did different European empires and nations (those we’ve covered so far) justify invasions and colonial projects, and how did those justifications change over time and according to context? How did Indigenous (Native) peoples view and respond to those invasions and colonial projects?
  1. Discuss the Transatlantic slave trade that lasted from the 1400s through the 1800s. How did this system differ from earlier forms of slavery in history? What was the Middle Passage? And how did the labor of millions of enslaved Africans drive “economic growth” and produce such incredible wealth for some Europeans and Euro-Americans?
  1. What do you see as the major commonalities and distinctions between the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) and other revolutionary and independence movements in the Atlantic World from the 1770s to the 1820s? And discuss the Haitian Revolution’s impact on subsequent independence movements and on the institution of slavery in the Americas during the 1800s.

 

Hernán Cortés and his men often remarked that the Mexica were terrified of Spanish horses, which they believed were gods. Offer a different interpretation of Mexica attitudes toward horses.

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Mexica attitudes toward horses

Write a 4-5 essay on the following theme. You may use materials assigned in class as well as lecture and discussion section notes, but no outside sources are allowed.

Hernán Cortés and his men often remarked that the Mexica were terrified of Spanish horses, which they believed were gods. Offer a different interpretation of Mexica attitudes toward horses.

 

Guidelines:

To cite quotations or information from the readings or lectures, use footnotes. The footnotes will suffice; you do not need a bibliography or works cited page. Your word processor will have an Insert Footnote function (it might be under a menu titled “References” or “Insert”). Bring your cursor to the space just after the last punctuation in the relevant sentence, click Insert Footnote, and your word processor will create a superscript number there and bring you to the space at the bottom of the page to write up the footnote.[1]

  • For our footnotes in this class, we’ll use Chicago Style citation format. Below are examples that you may use as a model, adjusting the page numbers as needed.
    Tim Ingold, “Rethinking the Animate, Re-Animating Thought,” Ethnos, Vol. 71, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), 11.
  • Carol Delaney, “Columbus’s Ultimate Goal: Jerusalem,” Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Apr., 2006), 270.
  • Pope Alexander VI’s Inter Caetera (1493). [No page number because none provided]
  • Christopher Columbus’s Book of Prophecies (c. 1502), excerpt. [No page number because none provided]
  • Bernardino de Sahagún, The Feast Day Called Quecholli, 4. [You may use the electronic page numbers provided by Canvas or the text’s original page numbers.]
  • Bernardino de Sahagún, How the Gods Had Their Beginnings, 5. [You may use the electronic page numbers provided by Canvas or the text’s original page numbers.]
  • Hernán Cortés, Third Letter of Relation to King Charles V, May 15, 1522, excerpts, 4.
  • Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (1568), excerpts, 3.
  • Alexander Haskell, “Lecture: Divided-World Cosmologies.” [no page number needed for a lecture]
  • After your first full citation of a text or a lecture, you may use a shortened version for all subsequent references to that text or lecture. Here are some examples:
  • Ingold, “Rethinking the Animate, Re-Animating Thought,” 12.
  • Delaney, “Columbus’s Ultimate Goal: Jerusalem,” 271.
  • Pope Alexander VI’s Inter Caetera.
  • Christopher Columbus’s Book of Prophecies.
  • Sahagún, Feast Day Called Quecholli, 5.
  • Sahagún, How the Gods Had Their Beginnings, 6.
  • Cortés, Third Letter to Charles V, 5.
  • Díaz del Castillo, True History of the Conquest of New Spain, 3.
  • Haskell, “Lecture: Divided-World Cosmologies.”