As you read through the listed material, then reflect on the type of social movements Christian revival brought and consider how Biblical Christianity benefits society.

Christian Revival Essay

As you read through the listed material(Chapter 12Revival and Missions 1790-1860), then reflect on the type of social movements Christian revival brought and consider how Biblical Christianity benefits society.

 

Write an analysis of each poem, including the following information: Explain the background on the author, especially in relation to the Holocaust. Explain the content of the poem – what story or message is it trying to tell?

The Holocaust

Option 1: Poetry

Select any 2 poems about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list of poets/poems or conduct additional research on Holocaust poetry.

Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list.

Click on the link to see the list. the poem i have chosen are Mary Elizabeth Frye: Do not stand at my grave and weep and Yala Korwin: Passover Night 1942; The Little Boy with His Hands Up

Write an analysis of each poem, including the following information: Explain the background on the author, especially in relation to the Holocaust.

Explain the content of the poem – what story or message is it trying to tell?

How does the poem relate to the bigger picture of the Holocaust? How effective is the poem in relating the Holocaust to readers?

 

Women’s historians continue to debate whether the American Revolution was indeed revolutionary for women? After reading the chapter and watching my lecture, what do you think?

Revolutionary Women

1) Women’s historians continue to debate whether the American Revolution was indeed revolutionary for women? After reading the chapter and watching my lecture, what do you think? Be sure to consider women of all races in your response.

2) How did the impact of the Revolution on white, black, and Native American women vary depending on geographic region?

Only use the following youtube video and the attached pdf.

https://youtu.be/4NX69dn5_HM

 

How do you interpret “fear” as an analytical category for historical study? What are yokai and how does Foster’s explanation of Japanese “monsters” match or clash with your understanding of the world?

Medieval monsters

After these readings

  1. How do you interpret “fear” as an analytical category for historical study?
  2. What are yokai and how does Foster’s explanation of Japanese “monsters” match or clash with your understanding of the world?

Readings:

  • Michael Foster, Introducing Yokai
  • Fear and Anxiety: Writing about Emotion in Modern History Author(s): Joanna Bourke

 

Write a paper on Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) and his contribution to the Enlightenment. What were his views of religion and science? How did his legacy influence modern society?

Voltaire

Write a paper on Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) and his contribution to the Enlightenment. What were his views of religion and science? How did his legacy influence modern society?

What is the background of Christopher Columbus and how does it impact the narrative we see of him? What was the role of Columbus in the development of West African slavery? Was slavery the initial source of wealth in the “New World”?

Christopher Columbus slavery

What is the background of Christopher Columbus and how does it impact the narrative we see of him?

What was the role of Columbus in the development of West African slavery?

Was slavery the initial source of wealth in the “New World”?

How do these videos fit together and how do you think their connection influences our perceptions of exploration?

Use these videos as your sources. Christopher Columbus: Bad Explorer, Great Conman Slavery in the Americas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9_FAANig8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opUDFaqNgXc 9/1

In Defense of Columbus: An Exaggerated Evil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEw8c6TmzGg

 

Select a foreign or domestic terrorist organization of your choice.Create a two-to-three-page summary of this organization describing their ideas, goals and activities and what measures you think the United States could take to protect citizens from this organization.

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP)

Select a foreign or domestic terrorist organization of your choice.

Chosen is: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP)

Create a two-to-three-page summary of this organization describing their ideas, goals and activities and what measures you think the United States could take to protect citizens from this organization.

NOTE: You must not pick Al Qaeda or ISIS.

 

How did their efforts seek to ameliorate the most negative effects of industrialization, urbanization, and unregulated capitalism? What were the shortcomings/failures of the movement?

Rise of Progressivism and the evolution of public health.

The period between 1890 and 1918 saw sweeping changes in American society due to the rise of Progressivism and the evolution of public health. For your discussion, this week, consider what the text and the primary sources for Chapter 20, the Tomes chapter on the Gospel of Germs, and the documentary on the Poison Squad say about the motives for reform among Progressive reformers.

How did their efforts seek to ameliorate the most negative effects of industrialization, urbanization, and unregulated capitalism?

What were the shortcomings/failures of the movement?

These should be about 500 words and integrate the primary source documents and the historical context into your posts. This is the textbook for the chapter http://www.americanyawp.com/

 

Write your essay this week on the relationship of this article to our Model for War, if any such relationship exists. How should we engage these concepts in context of our study?

The Origins of War by Doyne Dawson

Write your essay this week on the relationship of this article to our Model for War, if any such relationship exists. How should we engage these concepts in context of our study?

Feel free to reference Sun Tzu and/choor Clausewitz in your essay.

 

What effect does The Blue Road’s invocation of the fable genre have on the text’s representation of border crossings into Canada?

The Blue Road’s invocation effect on the fable genre

Essay: What effect does The Blue Road’s invocation of the fable genre have on the text’s representation of border crossings into Canada?