Coincidentally, Vesey was a leader in the same Emanuel AME church that was the site of a white supremacist terrorist attack last spring 2015. What are your thoughts on this connection? How can learning the history of Vesey’s planned insurrection inform our anti-racism action thinking and behavior today?   2. Create a Soapstone Analysis based…

Submit an initial post in which you assess the impact that imperialism and foreign influence have had on the Middle East since 1800. Then, analyze how imperialism and foreign influence have impacted your country since 1800. Provide specific examples to support your analysis. You may need to conduct research in the University of Arizona Global…

Most presidents like to develop a foreign policy doctrine to characterize their administration’s primary foreign policy goal (Bush Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Truman Doctrine). Using this unit’s supplemental websites and any other sources you wish, develop a brief doctrine (1-2 pages) for the current president.   The following rubric will be used:   The analytical quality…

Post-Traumatic Stress Currently, nearly 25 percent of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from PTSD. During WWII, approximately 10 percent of veterans suffered from PTSD or shell shock (as it was called then). Discuss the reasons for this escalation in numbers; why are the veterans of the war in the Middle East suffering…

Do you think that it was appropriate for the U.S. to become an “International Police Power” to stop “chronic wrongdoing,” as Theodore Roosevelt wanted?   Should any country be allowed to self-govern, even if it’s unstable?  Which of the Progressive-era reform movements do you feel were the most successful or far-reaching?  Which would you have been…

· How do emotions interfere with different cultures?   · How have your facial and/or body expressions interfered with other cultures?   · Mention the similarities and differences between personal identity and social identity.   Remember to review the  academic expectations  for your submission.   Submission Instructions:   · Submit your initial discussion post by…

Week 8 Assignment – Development Plan for Two SkillsOverview For this assignment, you’ll identify two skills that you’d like to focus on and create a plan for developing those skills. At the end of the assignment, you’ll have a tangible plan for personal and professional development, which you can also review with the Career Center…

This assignment exposes you to unfamiliar dimensions of diversity or to a marginalized group about whom you have less knowledge or exposure. You should identify events that are open to the public or, at a minimum, open to individuals who are not members of that particular group. We will help identify these events, but you…

List the three printed examples of Julia Haft’s work. Underneath each, give three reasons why you chose them as good examples. Be specific about your choices.   Make sure to include your photocopied or printed examples together with this sheet.   (The artist is Julia Haft, who works in ceramic art. She was born in…

We sometimes make assumptions or generalizations about a certain group until we meet a member of that group who changes our opinion. Think of an individual who changed your viewpoint toward a group, perhaps an elderly person or someone with a disability, a person from another culture or political party, or even a homeless or…