The paper should be the equivalent of two to three typed, double spaced pages (10 or 12 standard fonts) and written in good essay form (no footnotes are necessary). The essay is worth up to 100 points. The paper is due at class time November 5, 2018, and for each day (or part of a day) late, you will automatically lose 5 points beginning at the end of class. After three days, it is 3/4 credit, and after one week the paper will earn credit (the paper may be turned in early).
Do not use outside sources. Your ideas should be clearly argued and supported with scholarly citations. This assignment is designed to help you read critically, make cross-textual analysisand identifydifferentpointsofview.Essay Topics:
1. In the four slave narratives you have read this term, the authors often comment on the ways their experiences are informed by both race and gender.
For example, Harriet Jacobs/Linda Brent states: When they told me my newborn babe was a girl, my heart was heavier that it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own (Chapter XIV).Frederick Douglass, in his narrative, claims that Th[e] battle with Mr. Covey was the turning point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood (Chapter X).Choose ONE of the slave narratives we have read this term. Discuss the ways in which the socially constructed categories of race and gender operated to subjugate enslaved peoples in the Americas. Explore as well the ways in which the author resisted these experiences of oppression and narrated an alternate sense of self-identity. Draw on the articles by Barbara Bush, Brenda Stevenson, and/or G.K. Lewis to help you theorize enslaved peoples oppression and resistance.
2. Frantz Fanon, in The Fact of Blackness, argues:
I am overdetermined from without. I am the slave not of the idea that others have of me but of my own appearance (116).Use Fanons quote as a starting point to explore ONE of the two twentieth century traditions of resistance discussed in this course: the Integrationist tradition or the Black Nationalist tradition. What does Black self-determination look like in the particular tradition of resistance you discuss and what are its strengths and weaknesses? Use the Manning Marable or Frantz Fanon article, as well as the relevant reading material assigned between October17 and November 7 to help you develop your arguments. In your essay you may choose to focus on the ideas of one or two leaders.15% of final grade
5-6 pages (approx. 1250-1500 words) November 14, 2018Format:
Type, double-space and number your pages. Include a cover page with the title of your essay. Choose a title carefully that suggests the main ideas in your essay.
Your essay should also include carefully cited references within the body of the text and a works cited page at the end. Please use the MLA citation style, which you can find on the course Moodle website.Criteria of Evaluation:
1. Appropriate use of a controlling idea (claim, thesis statement) with main ideas clearly stated and demonstrated through the use of relevant course material;
2. Demonstrated comprehension of course material, particularly as seen in summarizing, making analysis, selecting examples and contextualizing;
2. Presence of unified, developed, coherent paragraphs with a clear relationship among the paragraphs;
3. Absence of misspellings, sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma splices; and 4. Appropriate use of MLA citation style.
social actions will be mentioning movements that have successfully brought awareness such as black lives matter and Colin Kaepernick’s organization etc. Furthermore, there are countless of actions of incarceration with the same crime among other races but punishments were more harsh among African Americans which will be interesting to present to the class, social economic statues will also be mentioned!
Much of the poetry that we have read for the 17th century deals with the poet or speakers relationship with God. Choose several poems and analyze this relationship. You may want to look at religious consciousness and redemption. Closely examine the poets’ metaphorical and/or allusive treatment of redemption or sin or relational ties with the deity. Pay careful attention to specific metaphors in the works, interpreting and analyzing them in detail. Or take a look at the feelings of the speaker when peace or submission is achieved; many poets describe transcendence or ecstatic feeling that comes from this relationship with God, so you may want to analyze these poems specifically. Pay attention to the metaphors used for this feeling. 2. Several poets have addressed the concept of the time. Many have used the passing of time as a way to gain the interest of a woman. Compare the treatment of “time” in Herbert’s “Easter Wings” and “Time” to Herrick’s “Corinna’s Going A-Maying” and “To The Virgins.” Or you may choose other poems that we have read that focus on time. Notice the use of metaphor and tone in each work. Pay careful attention to specific metaphors in the works, interpreting and analyzing them in detail.3. Several writers look at the concept of death. Choose several works and analyze how each writer looks upon death. Is it something to be feared or something to look forward to according to the poets?4. Analyze the role of women in the 17th century. Look at the expectations of what women were capable of achieving versus their role as wife, mother, and lover. Do you see any exceptions to the expectations in any of the literature? Be sure to include the selections in our book for gender relations. Or take a look at matrimony & love in several poems. Pay attention to the use of tone and to each poet’s style, as well as each poet’s direct and/or indirect message about marriage. How does the speaker treat the woman whom he addresses in the poem? (Think about the seduction poems that we discussed).5. Compare/contrast Paradise Lost with The Faerie Queene and/or Beowulf. Suggestions for things to analyze: the conventions of the epic, development, characterization, metaphor, theme, and allegorical elements.6.How did the political climate of Britain during the early 17th century affect literature? Choose several representative pieces and discuss the politics seen within them.7.Choose several poems with metaphysical conceits. Analyze how the poet uses the conceit, what purpose it serves, and if it is effective.
Everyone is life faces stress, stress has a major effect on us every single day. In order to fight this stress, we have to shift our emotions from one to the other. Many research experiments were done to prove that positive thoughts and positive energy empower people and help them cope with stress. Share your experience about what makes you stressed? Support your answer with a video or an article about stress and its coping mechanisms.
Give examples, explain why is it caused, how does it effect the person
Describe a significant technological event of the 20th century, and how it affects society.
In a critical essay, select a country (or countries) affected by a specific currency crisis. Analyze the source of the crisis and the specific resolution of the issue. Indicate whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or another sovereign state or country provided intervention. Has the country’s economy recovered since the conclusion of the crisis? Support your findings with additional academic references.- the pages are not including the title, abstract and reference pages.
2. HIGHLIGHT/ISOLATE (key terms and concepts as they relate to the questions asked)
3. NARROW each down into its essential points.Step Two (Introduction):Start the writing and thinking process:1. Who wrote it?
2. What are its central themes?
3. Why was it written?
4. What lessons can be learned from it?
Step Three (Body):1. CONVERT questions into whole paragraphs.
2. CITE evidence as needed to bolster your position.Step Four (Conclusion):1. RESTATE crux of document (in a few sentences)
2. ANSWER the question So what? In other words, what is the big deal concerning this reading? Why is it important to read and ponder?
2. Use the data to answer the following questions: (40 points) Each answer needs to be its own visualization in a separate worksheet. You can only use one chart type once. Fill out the answer sheet (last page in the assignment document) with your answers. a. Which zip code in the data has the highest number of complaints? (5 point) b. Which day of the week gets the highest number of incidents/complaints? (8 point) (Hint: Use calculated field on Date1) c. Which zip code has the highest number of Traffic Fatality offenses? (6 points) d. Which city has the highest suspended status? (5 points) e. Which age group has the highest number of complainants? (8 points) (Hint: Create bins with size 25) f. What are the peak hours for theft/BMV? (8 points) (Use a two-hour range for your analysis) 3. Business Intelligence is about captivating your audience and creating a wow factor. Use your best design sense for designing unique and captivating visualizations. Follow best practices for the type of charts, use tooltips, choose professional colors, use data labels (where needed), etc. (20 points) Feel free to get ideas from https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/gallery Stay safe – use this data to avoid going to wrong places at wrong times 😉 Deliverables: 1) Create a Tableau packaged workbook (.twbx) for the assignment. a. Create one worksheet for each question. Label the worksheets as a b and so on. b. Remember – One chart type cannot be used to answer more than one question. 2) Using your Tableau visualizations, fill out the Answer sheet (last page of this document). Provide the answer sheet with your submission. DO NOT wait till the last minute to upload the assignment to Canvas. You will lose 20 points for emailed assignments to the instructor or TA. The instructor or TA are not responsible for technical difficulties with your laptop, network speed, or Canvas availability. In case if you encounter a technical problem, it is your responsibility to seek help from the TA. Remember the 3 before me rule mentioned in the syllabus. The TA can only provide generic help; please do not expect the TA to solve the assignment for you. The instructor reserves the right to use assignment questions in the exam please do your assignment yourself. You will receive a ZERO for the assignment for plagiarism. Plagiarism cases will be handled in accordance to the Student Academic Integrity policy.