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Describe specific examples of the reading and writing processes used to compose the analysis essay. Evaluate reading and writing choices in order to determine potential challenges as well as changes in knowledge and skills. Evaluate the efficacy of analysis essays in order to develop awareness of personal ability in relation to academic standards.

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Introduction/Rationale:

This assignment is designed to encourage students to blend skills from the prior assignments, the summary and response. To complete this assignment successfully, students need to be able to accurately describe their source material (which involves summary skills) and be able to explain how the component parts of the source influenced their response to it. Ideally, they will also be able to see that examining the source from a different perspective will yield different responses.

Assignment Prompt:

You will be writing an in-depth analysis paper. An analysis paper asks you to do more than either a summary or a response. For this paper, additional meaning should be added to the conversation. This is different from your response paper. In that paper, you wrote about your reaction to what you had read. An analysis paper, works to break down a text or argument into its component parts, and then to discuss or describe those parts using a particular perspective, theory, method, or lens. You have two options as ways to complete this paper.

Option 1: For this paper, you may analyze an image of your choosing. You may find movie posters or book covers to very fruitful sources. As a visual analysis, you will discuss the formal elements of the image, but you will do that in order to support a thesis you are stating about the image. You can also include genre analysis and rhetorical analysis. This is not a comparison / contrast paper, but if a second image will help you to prove your thesis, you may include it.

Option 2: For this paper, you will analyze a commercial of your choosing. The commercial should be one that you find interesting, whether or not you like whatever it is advertising. As with the visual analysis option, you can incorporate genre, visual, and rhetorical analysis into this paper.

The standard formatting rules in the syllabus apply to this paper.

After successfully completing this project, students should be able to:

Read

Explain college-level material using summary and paraphrasing strategies.
Analyze college-level material to identify evidence that supports broader claims.

Write

Take critical notes on objects of analysis
Compose multiple drafts of an analysis essay
Revise, proofread, and edit analytic essay

Reflect

Describe specific examples of the reading and writing processes used to compose the analysis essay.
Evaluate reading and writing choices in order to determine potential challenges as well as changes in knowledge and skills.
Evaluate the efficacy of analysis essays in order to develop awareness of personal ability in relation to academic standards

Use Technology

Compose, revise, and provide feedback on drafts using Microsoft Word
Use Canvas to submit assignments and access course materials
Incorporate common software platforms and technological tools into reading and writing processes (e.g. annotate texts, review and comment on drafts, revise drafts, collaborative writing, etc.)

What have been this population’s defining experiences? What is this population’s relationship with the larger culture? What challenges has this population faced? What are strengths of this population?

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Homeless people in the United States

This research paper is going to be on homeless people in the United States. Throughout the paper you’re going to answer the following questions:

Describe the population group and its characteristics. (you may want to use census data here)

What is required for “membership” in this group? (how is it defined?)
Describe this population in the U.S. as a whole.
Describe this population in NY state.
Describe this population in the city of Albany
Provide an overview of this population in American history

What have been this population’s defining experiences?
What is this population’s relationship with the larger culture?
What challenges has this population faced?
What are strengths of this population?
What approaches has this group historically taken to address oppression? In what was have this group’s members advocated for themselves
Provide information about how this population interacts with helping professions.

What are the unmet needs of this group?
What are some barriers to service delivery?
What tips would you have for helping professionals about working with this population?

In what ways could/should you intervene on behalf of this group?
What would be “mistakes” when working with this group?

Discuss the patterns of participating among major social groups that might include African Americans, Latino, Asians, gender, religion and age. Are there specific barriers or voting trends among the groups? How does each group effect presidential elections?

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POL101 Final Paper

Total Points 75

Identification (five points each): 50 points total
Identify each term by its definition and historical significance in American government. This is a four to six (or more) sentence response. In short, your response should go beyond a simple definition, but clearly identifies how each term ties into a broader importance (including significant complications, debates and examples) during the progression of American politics.
Party polarization
Sociological and agency representation
Political Action Committees (Super PAC’s)
Traditional Political Participation and Online Participation
Apportionment, Gerrymandering and Redistricting

Short Essay (25 points total)
Consider this portion the essay part of the exam. Your answers can be anywhere from three to four solid paragraphs (or more!). Please choose any 1 questions to answer from the following 7 choices. In each answer, you will want to show a clear point of view and provide evidence from our readings and lectures that support your response. You can use historical examples, current events and Supreme Court rulings to etc. to frame your argument. The purpose of this exercise is to show that you are able to make clear connections between American political culture, political conflict, historical events, and political processes in American government.

Choose ONE question from the following:
Describe state electoral laws including registration requirements, formal barriers, voting registration and reforms. Why is voter turnout so low in the U.S.? What are the consequences of low voter turnout?

Discuss the political issues surrounding campaign funds. Be sure to include sources of funding, (ie. SuperPacs, 527 committees etc.), campaign finance regulation, political parties, and whether or not campaign finance reform is an effective measure for controlling excessive campaign contributions.

Describe the process on how a bill becomes a law. Be sure to include details included in your text concerning processes, terminology, committees, debate, filibuster and presidential action.

Discuss organization of Congress including differences in the House and in the Senate. You will want to discuss party leadership, the committee system, the staff system and the caucuses.

Discuss the patterns of participating among major social groups that might include African Americans, Latino, Asians, gender, religion and age. Are there specific barriers or voting trends among the groups? How does each group effect presidential elections?

Describe the types of election in the United States, including plurality and winner take all elections as opposed to proportional representation. What are the different kinds of ballots (or voting methods). You can also talk about the complications with electoral districts and gerrymandering during legislative and presidential elections. Finally, the Electoral College lends much to discussion. What are some of the benefits or advantages and criticisms of the Electoral College in a democratic system?

If you had to teach a U.S. History class for one week, what topic would you choose and why? What level would you teach (elementary, middle, high, or college)? How would you go about it (lecture, videos, research, etc.)? How would you evaluate the success of your efforts/students? 

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U.S. 161 History Final Exam

Five Point IDs: Answer six.  

Charles Grandison Finney        Manifest Destiny

Republican Motherhood           Election of 1824

The Four Whig Presidents        Beecher’s Bibles

The Virginia Dynasty                Civil Disobedience

The Missouri Compromise        Popular Sovereignty

Marbury vs. Madison                Republican Motherhood

 Ten-Point Essays: Answer two

The Election of 1860 (who ran, etc.)

The Concept of Balance in the Senate

Create your own question that allows you to demonstrate your learning on any topic of your choosing

Twenty-Point Essay: 

If you had to teach a U.S. History class for one week, what topic would you choose and why? What level would you teach (elementary, middle, high, or college)? How would you go about it (lecture, videos, research, etc.)? How would you evaluate the success of your efforts/students?

Thirty-Point Essay: 

The Five Points of Hamilton’s Economic Plan (with lots of details for each point)

Choose 3 of the 5 topics to write a ~500 word essay for each topic. The content should all be related to United States history from 1483 to 1865.

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United States history from 1483 to 1865.

Choose 3 of the 5 topics to write a ~500 word essay for each topic. The content should all be related to United States history from 1483 to 1865. You can talk about topics such as Native Americans and their tribes and conflicts, trade, the American Slave trade, the Salem Witch trials, tensions leading up to the Civil War, or really any other relevant issues during this time period. The sources aren’t to important either just be sure to use relevant and credible sources for your information.

Define the three primary energy systems? What is the purpose of each? Where do they take place? What processes &/or cycles is aerobic metabolism composed of?

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The Three Primary Energy Systems

METABOLISM/ENERGY SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT
1. Define the three primary energy systems?
2. What is the purpose of each?
3. Where do they take place?
4. What processes &/or cycles is aerobic metabolism composed of?
5. How do they (processes, reactions, cycles, etc) work?
6. How much ATP is produced aerobically from each process/cycle/substrate?
7. Explain how energy systems impacts exercise and athletics?

Based on your readings, research, and personal knowledge, what do you see as potential barriers to effective strategic planning in the health care environment? How does this differ from the general business world?

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General business world

Based on your readings, research, and personal knowledge, what do you see as potential barriers to effective strategic planning in the health care environment?

How does this differ from the general business world?

What are the functions of databases and data ware-houses? List three types of waste or damages that data errors can cause. Why would a company invest in a data mart instead of a data warehouse? What are significant issues about 4G wireless networks?

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Assignments 3 & 4:

What are the functions of databases and data ware-houses?

List three types of waste or damages that data errors can cause.

Why would a company invest in a data mart instead of a data warehouse?

What are significant issues about 4G wireless networks?

Analyze one of the essays from chapter 13 of our text. Discuss an essay that you feel is worthy of further discussion. What do you have to say on the topic? Create a thesis that is a debatable point (Argument) and make your case using examples from the text.

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Paper 5

For this assignment analyze one of the essays from chapter 13 of our text. Discuss an essay that you feel is worthy of further discussion. What do you have to say on the topic? Create a thesis that is a debatable point (Argument) and make your case using examples from the text. Perhaps you want to discuss college athletics or literacy or deportation? That is up to you. Use elements from the essays as evidence for your discussion. Your paper should include quotes from the text as support for your thesis.

 

Write a cohesive 4 page essay on what “Human Security” is and what does it seek to explain and/or replace. Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the theories and definitions of human security noted in our readings.

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Midterm Exam

Write a cohesive 4 page essay (no cover page/ with a work cited) on what “Human Security” is and what does it seek to explain and/or replace. Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the theories and definitions of human security noted in our readings. Using SEVERAL theories of human security and different ideas about sovereignty, the “state” and the various ideas about the use of forces, write an essay that lays out the core logic and causal arguments of Human Security and places it in historical and practical context. In short, what is it, what isn’t it, what does it explain, and how might it actually work in the state system in which it is being promoted.