Author: chris

answer as a short essay question each question.
1. What are the basic tools that a historian has at her/his disposal?
2.Describe the basic differences between William Shakespeare’s & Josephine Tey’s portrayals of Richard III and explain why those differences exist..

Japan Questions
1. What rules did the Tokugawa shogunate impose on Japanese nobles, samurai, and peasants?
2. What immediate problems did the new Meiji leadership face after the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate? How can the aristocratic character of the Meiji samurai be reconciled with the revolutionary character of their social, political and economic policies? Why did the new government devote so much of its attention, energies and resources to such non-military industries as cotton and silk textiles?
3. What justification did the government and the supporters of modernization offer to persuade the nation of the necessity for change? What key factors can be cited to explain Japan’s success in industrializing? What part did the government play (be specific)?
4. Was the Japanese acquisition of empire prior to 1911 the result of calculated planning and premeditated aggression? What were the primary motives for Japanese involvement in Korea? What diplomatic negotiations did they attempt with their adversaries to avoid military conflict?

How did Britain expand in the nineteenth century to become the empire that “the sun never set” upon? How did local collaborators assist in this expansion? How did certain Britons augment British rule throughout the imperial world. Explain the rise of the British Empire.

please write a think pieces about the World War II

How has 9/11 affected America cultural attitudes? In what ways has America’s response to 9/11 helped the country and in what ways has harmed it? Write one page essay answer

Write a short paper that answers the following questions:

What are the elements of the preparedness cycle?

What does evacuation planning involve?

Explain the importance of how “evacuation planning” is incorporated into the preparedness cycle.

Identify the risks in not conducting evacuation planning

Write a three-page paper explaining how you would create our own juvenile crime prevention program. Imagine you were in charge of starting a new program that would help your community in aiding and fighting juvenile crime. Review past prevention programs, and list how they may have worked or failed and why your program would succeed. Use Internet
research to support your conclusions.
Below are a few helpful references:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2013). Spotlight. Retrieved from http://www.ojjdp.gov/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2013). Programs. Retrieved from
http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/ProgResults.asp
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2013). Resources. Retrieved from
http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/resources.aspx

What is the Marxist explanation of crime? Do any of the theories presented explain all of juvenile crime? How do you account for gender differences in criminal activity?

After reading “Defining Racism, Can We Talk?” and “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness” can you try to define racism in your own words? How is racism different from prejudice? What are some examples the text gives of racism?

Compare and contrast 3 major world religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam).

1) Who, where, & when founded

2) Sacred texts/writing

3) Monotheistic or polytheistic?

4) Major beliefs/practices

5) Explain of impact on global history (at least 2)

Evaluate how each religion has impacted its followers

and the development of global history.

Grading Rubics

1.Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis.

2.Addressess all parts of the question: comparisons, chronology, causative, connections, themes, interactions, content.

3.Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis.

4.Relates comparisons to larger global context.

5.Makes several direct comparisons consistently between or among societies.

6.Consistently analyzes the cause and effects of relevant similarities and differences.

The paper should be analytic and not merely descriptive. So you must go beyond simply describing the economic vision and explain the premises and suggest reasons for its anticipated success and failures