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HUM 112 World Cultures II

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Assignment 2: Project Paper

Due Week 8 and worth 200 points

The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic.

For the topic you choose:

Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.
While some of the topics tend to lend themselves toward particular writing genres, you are not restricted to the specific format suggested for the individual topic. For example, you may do an “interview,” a “proposal,” a “letter,” a “short story,” a “blog,” an “essay,” an “article,” or any other written genre for almost any of the topics. The project is intended to be fun as well as informative, so feel free to be creative with the delivery of your information.
Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text.

Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

Note: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval before the end of Week 5.

Topic choices (pick 1):

Office Art Memo. Memorandum. Your boss, who knows you have been taking a humanities class since he pays for your tuition reimbursement, has tasked you with managing the art budget for your company, expecting you to choose various pieces of art for the new corporate offices. (Note: Replicas of the works are acceptable since they are more cost-efficient and you are working on a budget.) Include the following:
Identify three (3) examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three (3) Post-Impressionist works. Explain how the six (6) pieces of art fall into these two (2) styles.
In a memo, describe the appearance of your six (6) choices to your CEO so he or she will know what the art looks like and where it would be placed in the corporate offices.
Explain why each piece is considered to be historically significant.
Explain how each piece “fits” your company’s overall (or desired) corporate image. Keep in mind that a piece of art is supposed to “say” something about the owner, so describe what would these pieces of art say about your company.

New Composition. Speech. Your uncle’s birthday is in two (2) months, and everyone knows that he loves almost all kinds of music. As a birthday gift for him, you want to have a special piece of music composed in his honor which will be played at a family birthday celebration. Write a speech that you will make to the composer’s agent. Include the following:
Narrow your choices down to three (3) composers you’ve studied in this course. Choose one (1) of the composers and explain why you want him to write the “birthday present” music.
Explain why the other two (2) composers were ultimately not selected.
Specifically identify the musical elements in the composer’s style that you would like to be included in the new music written for your uncle.
Describe what sort of emotion is generated by listening to the works of your selected composer; in other words, what do you want your uncle to “feel” as he hears the music, and why is this composer so perfect for this composition?

Harlem Renaissance Poets. Essay & Poem. Choose two (2) poems by different authors from the Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that:
Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance.
Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the “double-consciousness” being expressed by each author.
Fully describe at least two (2) primary themes you see in the poetry written during this time period, referring to specific lines in each of the poems.
Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

Women’s Roles Then & Now.Script. Script a conversation between two (2) notable women from the 18th and / or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. Within the dialogue, include:
Biographical information for each woman.
The historical status for women in general during the time period in which each woman lived.
What opinions each of the women might have on the role the women should play in society during their lifetimes.
What each of the women might think about women’s current roles.

Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

The level to which the instructions were followed.

The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed.

The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea.

The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.

Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

The inclusion of three (3) required references (two [2] additional sources besides your textbook) documented using APA style.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.

Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.

Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.

Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.

Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

Economics

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250-300 words due 8/24/15 no plagirism , no work cited from wikipedia

Using the information you have learned so far in this class, state what you think will cause market fluctuations over the next few years as the economy struggles to recover.

What areas of the economy should be closely watched as indicators of future activity?

Managerial Economics: Macroeconomics: How do government policies and/or regulations factor into changes in economic activity on both a domestic and global scale?

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How do government policies and/or regulations factor into changes in economic activity on both a domestic and global scale?

Give a specific example of a policy or regulation that has helped economic activity.
Give a specific example of a policy or regulation that has hindered economic activity.
If you were an economist who was tasked with evaluating this policy or regulation, what are some ideas you would suggest for changing it in a way that would achieve the same goal but not hinder economic activity?
Finally, state whether or not you enjoy these types of evaluations and if you would consider these types of responsibilities in a future career.

One paragraph to three paragraphs are required. APA requirements.

Information Systems Design and Management: Ethical consideration: Who should be allowed to “know”?

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Ethical consideration: Who should be allowed to “know”?

Consider that you work in the human resources management department of a local business and that many of your friends work there. Although you don’t personally generate payroll checks, you still have the ability to look up anyone’s salary. Would you check on your friends’ records to see if they’re earning more money than you? For that matter, would you look up their salary just out of simple curiosity, knowing that you would never do anything with the information or share it with anyone else? Why or why not? People working at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were caught just curiously looking up the reported incomes of movie stars and other high-profile public figures. Is this acceptable? Why or why not?

Two to three paragraphs required. APA requirements

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21st Century Instructional Plan: Student Population

Part 1: Instructional Plan Design

This week you will construct a new instructional plan by considering your student population. Regardless of grade level, your class consists of 27 students. Of those, two are diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading and math. One student has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Moreover, you just received a student last week who is not fluent in English (ELL). Your school follows a full English immersion program. Therefore, you and the student are getting very little “extra” support.

Synthesize what you have learned thus far by developing a new instructional plan utilizing one of the templates provided in Week Two. Your instructional plan must include the following components regardless of the format you choose:

Grade level content standard (using either math or English Language Arts [ELA] standards)
Learning objective (clear, measurable, describes WHO will do WHAT and HOW)
Gradual Release of Responsibility (each phase clearly labeled and utilized)
Considerations for unique learners (differentiation, accommodations, modifications through instructional activities AND assessments for the specific students identified as having diagnosed disabilities and language barriers. You must be more deliberate in how and where you interject your differentiation, modifications, accommodations, and so on within your activities, etc.
Evidence of purposeful rigor and student thinking – at least two levels of Depth of Knowledge (DOK), clearly labeled
At least one purposeful question posed by teacher to promote critical thinking;
Assessment FOR learning; embed three different ways to assess FOR learning, including authentic formative assessment

Part 2: Description

Following the instructional plan and within the same document, provide a one- to two-page synopsis of your plan, in essay format. Elaborate on how you determined the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout your lesson activities and assessments. Describe how this plan sets ALL of your students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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EDU 645 week 4 21st Century Instructional Plan: Student Population

Ashford 6: – Week 5 – Assignment

Performance Task Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation

This week’s assignment requires you to make connections between our course learning outcomes, what you observe from a highly effective source known as Smarter Balanced, and how you can apply what you’ve learned to your own instructional practice. You will first spend some time analyzing the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium website to inform your response. The following must be done before constructing your assignment:

View Introduction to Smarter Balanced item and performance task development PowerPoint. Be sure to view the comments list.
Read the Frequently asked questions on the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium website
Take some time to peruse the various sample items and corresponding rubrics (when applicable) by selecting “View More Sample Items” at the top of the Consortium screen.
Guided exploration: Analyze the Grandma Ruth 6th grade writing performance task and its corresponding rubric.

To find the rubric in part “d”, view the “About this item” tab at the top. Note the “Claim” for the assignment (aligns with standard) and the “Target” (objectives and sub-objectives align with Depth of Knowledge [DOK]).

Directions: Use the provided template to complete your analysis of what you learned from Smarter Balanced. Ultimately, you will evaluate how what you observe relates to our course learning outcomes regarding Learning and Assessment for the 21st century. You must include:

Column 1: All six Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) including numbers and descriptions.
Column 2: At least one specific example of what you observed from Smarter Balanced that aligns with the corresponding Course Learning Outcome (CLO).
Column 3: Describe how the course learning outcome and coordinating evidence from Smarter Balanced can support you in your own construction of assessments.

See the example below (may not reproduce content):

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Ashford 7: – Week 6 – Final Project

Curriculum Based Summative Assessment Design

Using what you’ve learned from Chapters Six and Eight from Lefrançois as well as other resources along the way, develop a curriculum based assessment (CBA) centered on one of your two instructional plans from Weeks Three and Four.

Part 1: Provide a Pre-Assessment Description (One-to two-pages).

Use these prompts to guide your exploration of what occurred BEFORE the summative assessment.

State measurable and observable objectives (what you wanted students to learn).
Describe how you knew learning occurred prior to summative assessment.
Describe the instructional strategies used to prepare students for the summative assessment (from your previous instructional plan in either Weeks Three or Four).
Explain adjustments you made or should have made to your instruction to ensure mastery of learning objectives.
Describe how the use of technology contributed to student preparation for the summative assessment or how it will be added to and contribute to the summative assessment here.

Part 2: Design an easily accessible summative assessment (Approximately two to three pages)

Identify the grade level and subject matter and a measurable unit objective(s) and align with the stated standard as prescribed in the original instructional plan from either Week Three or Four and referenced from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Create a minimum of six, no more than ten, problems/questions/tasks for students to complete that include a variety of test item types (selected response, short answer, extended written response, and/or performance).
Label each question with its corresponding:

Objective(s) (if more than one is being assessed)
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels (Note at least two different cognitive levels must be measured on this assessment.)

Define and discuss criteria for scoring extended response and performance items.

Part 3: Provide Assessment Reflection (One to two pages).

Define how you determined mastery.
Explain how you will accommodate or modify for the special population previously described in Week Four (two students with specific learning disabilities in reading and math, one ADHD student, and one English language learner).
Describe how you will use the evidence collected.

Grading: You will submit a SINGLE document clearly labeled as Parts 1, 2, and 3. APA formatting will be followed, including the required cover and reference pages. You must use a minimum of five scholarly resources, in addition to the course text. Your resources should include a combination of peer-reviewed articles and web-based articles, and they must be cited in-text. You will be held accountable for each required subcomponent per part, viewable on the assignment rubric.

Writing the Final Project

The Summative Assessment:

Must be approximately eight double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least five scholarly sources, in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

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Ashford 7: – Week 6 – Final Project

Curriculum Based Summative Assessment Design

Using what you’ve learned from Chapters Six and Eight from Lefrançois as well as other resources along the way, develop a curriculum based assessment (CBA) centered on one of your two instructional plans from Weeks Three and Four.

Part 1: Provide a Pre-Assessment Description (One-to two-pages).

Use these prompts to guide your exploration of what occurred BEFORE the summative assessment.

State measurable and observable objectives (what you wanted students to learn).
Describe how you knew learning occurred prior to summative assessment.
Describe the instructional strategies used to prepare students for the summative assessment (from your previous instructional plan in either Weeks Three or Four).
Explain adjustments you made or should have made to your instruction to ensure mastery of learning objectives.
Describe how the use of technology contributed to student preparation for the summative assessment or how it will be added to and contribute to the summative assessment here.

Part 2: Design an easily accessible summative assessment (Approximately two to three pages)

Identify the grade level and subject matter and a measurable unit objective(s) and align with the stated standard as prescribed in the original instructional plan from either Week Three or Four and referenced from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Create a minimum of six, no more than ten, problems/questions/tasks for students to complete that include a variety of test item types (selected response, short answer, extended written response, and/or performance).
Label each question with its corresponding:

Objective(s) (if more than one is being assessed)
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels (Note at least two different cognitive levels must be measured on this assessment.)

Define and discuss criteria for scoring extended response and performance items.

Part 3: Provide Assessment Reflection (One to two pages).

Define how you determined mastery.
Explain how you will accommodate or modify for the special population previously described in Week Four (two students with specific learning disabilities in reading and math, one ADHD student, and one English language learner).
Describe how you will use the evidence collected.

Grading: You will submit a SINGLE document clearly labeled as Parts 1, 2, and 3. APA formatting will be followed, including the required cover and reference pages. You must use a minimum of five scholarly resources, in addition to the course text. Your resources should include a combination of peer-reviewed articles and web-based articles, and they must be cited in-text. You will be held accountable for each required subcomponent per part, viewable on the assignment rubric.

Writing the Final Project

The Summative Assessment:

Must be approximately eight double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least five scholarly sources, in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

HR assignment

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Directions

You are to complete the following five assignments utilizing the principles of industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and the assignments should be supported by a minimum of eight scholarly resources:

You checked your voice mail and learned that one of your best salespeople has to have a major surgery next week. He has shared that he is having the surgery on his right knee. He has a week of vacation time left but will be out for about ten weeks during recovery. The first two weeks his doctor has told him that he will probably be taking significant doses of pain medication and will not be able to do much. For the following eight weeks, he will have physical therapy at minimum three times per week and has been told he should not drive. He has been working for the company for about eight months now. The company has a short-term disability policy, but that covers only 60% of weekly income and starts to pay seven days after the injury/event. He wants to know whether he will have a job when he comes back and what, if anything, he can do from home. His job is outside sales. You are concerned that the sales department cannot reach the current goals with a vacancy on the team, but you also have to consider that whatever precedent you set in this decision may impact a similar decision in the future, which may concern a less productive employee. Before you call him back, you have decided that you are going to e-mail the owners of the company to run your thoughts by them.
Compose an e-mail to the owners explaining the situation and your recommendation for action.
Communicate the importance of the decision from a policy-setting perspective and long-term implications of any decision.

Include a mention of potential legal issues, including the Family Medical Leave Act.
Explain any additional concerns about equitable treatment and include your recommendation for how to handle the situation and the response to the employee.

You are asked to contribute to the company website by producing a blog each month. This month, your topic is employee recruitment.

Develop a blog discussing the importance of tailoring recruitment strategies to the target candidate pool.
Provide clear, specific examples to support your points.

Search the Argosy University Online library resources for titles on how to write a blog. (Academic Resources > Library > Launch Library > Click on Find Books and more > Select ebrary > In the search bar, type in the word “blog” and click Search)

You have been asked to participate in a roundtable presentation at the local university. You will be in front of an audience of undergraduate students considering industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology as a career field. Each member of the roundtable has five to seven minutes to present. For this portion of the assignment, you are to develop an annotated outline of the presentation. You will present the differences between a career in human resources (HR) and one in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and provide examples of the practical applications of industrial/organizational (I/O). For your information:
An annotated outline is an outline of your main points.
Under each main point, one should have two to three supporting statements related to the content of the discussion and parenthetical citations that support those points.

Search in the Argosy University Online Library to learn how to write a resource in APA format.

Your bosses would like to work on employee wellness. The company has some excellent benefits but is concerned that an unhealthy population could dramatically increase premium costs for the next open enrollment. The company owners are interested in adding to their benefits offerings. They currently offer major medical coupled with a health savings account. The premiums for employees are already considerably low when compared to other organizations, and the company contributes to the health savings account. The company offers two hours of paid health time per week for employees who have committed to a regular exercise schedule; but at this point, only about 30% of employees are taking advantage of the opportunity. There is no exercise facility in the office building, but there is a large fitness center about 3 miles down the road. Most of the employees have desk jobs and are typically inactive at work. Many eat at their desks and only get up a few times per day. Work is in general busy—lots of new developments and projects and not a great deal of free time. Suggest an additional offering that would promote employee health and well-being. In approximately a page, answer the following:
Construct an e-mail to your bosses with your suggestions and support them with evidence.
Briefly explain the idea of implementing an exercise facility, potential costs and return on investment, benefits and potential drawbacks, and any implementation requirements. Your e-mail can be written in a Microsoft Word format.
As the company grows, more and more situations arise that require written policies to guide employee behavior. As a forward-thinking technology company, you have pushed the boundaries of the traditional workplace. Nonetheless, many of the issues that have plagued workplaces continue to exist. You have heard several employees commenting on how a particular employee spends a lot of time on Facebook. The employee is a technical writer who does submit all of her assignments on time. She does her job reasonably well but does not regularly exceed expectations. Some employees have complained that the content of some of the pages she views is offensive. She follows several political and religious pages. She also receives a daily e-mail that contains jokes usually focused on politics or religion but sometimes containing racial references. A few employees have commented that the information is potentially offensive, but no one has been specific about being personally offended. You believe that it is in the company’s best interest to create written policies addressing these issues. On the basis of the situation, perform the following:
Create a draft of a policy that will be included in the employee handbook.
Reference harassment in the workplace and the federal legislation enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

All your five assignments should be compiled into one Microsoft Word document where each assignment is presented as a section. Each section should start on a new page. Use at least eight scholarly sources to support your points, citing them using APA format. The document as a whole does not need to be in APA format. Instead, take a realistic approach to each task. The different components of the assignment should reflect their unique nature. So length, formatting, tone, and style should change as you write e-mails, blogs, outlines, and policies.

The final assignment is meant to be a reflection of your desk at work and typical activities you might encounter as an industrial/organizational (I/O) professional. While you have a lot to do, none of the tasks should be exceptionally long. As you write, consider the purpose of each task and your audience and the format of these documents that one would see in a typical workplace. Your assignment should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner appropriate to each task, purpose, and audience; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, where applicable; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Microeconomics help

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There have been several mergers of large firms within oligopolies. In this assignment, you are to select one merger that has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the last five years; describe and analyze the impact of those mergers, on industry, on consumers, and on society as a whole. Complete the following:

Go to the Federal Trade Commission’s Web site and select 1 merger that the FTC has approved in the last five years.
Write a paper that describes the principle firms, their industry, and that summarizes arguments in support of the merger and arguments opposing the merger. The paper should be approximately 2 pages in length, excluding the title page and bibliography.
In addition to the 2 pages of content, include a title page, abstract, and bibliography.

Some Things to Consider: Industry Description

Consider the following:

Describe the firms in the proposed merger. List their annual sales, and extent of their operations.
From the firms’ point of view, what are some of the incentives to consolidate?
Describe the competitive environment within the industry.

Some Things to Consider: Summaries

Consider the following:

Explain whether the competitive environment in this industry benefits society or not.
Is a high degree of market concentration a boon or threat to consumers? Explain.
How would the merger benefit the firms?
Would it benefit society or not? Explain.

You might use one or more of the following concepts: productive efficiency or administrative efficiency