Focus Questions: In what ways were the racial and ethnic culture of Tennessee transformed during the first half of the nineteenth century and what were the principal causes of these changes?What racial attitudes were involved and what economic factors influenced the transformation? Why was the “peculiar institution” of slavery accepted …
1. Summarize the problem / challenge 2. Describe your approach to this challenge, with a focus on the analytical approach to uncovering kicks-backs and/or bill-and-holds 3. Is there evidence of kick-backs and/or bill-and-holds?
1) This assignment is about explaining and interpreting data but also to research the context of the data. The task is to interpret a dataset from the UAE Governments data portal https://bayanat.ae/en 2) Identify from the data at least one significant change over time. Research to see if you can …
Discuss how new strains of flu arise via viral reassortment. This is known as genetic reassortment. The following recent article from MIT news about tracking the spread of bird flu that discusses the impact of reassortment. Next address the following: Discuss the factors that make Alaskan waters in the summertime …
Youll choose one local legend/ghost story to report on (it doesnt necessarily have to be one of the ones attached). But I want you to do more than just reiterate the facts of the story; what else can you find out? Also copy down 3 quotes from the reading (these …
Page 483 of the textbook is attached. Please consider and answer the first question that’s posed under “Focus Questions.” (Only the first question.) Namely, “What features of Japan or China bear on their lack of progress from commerce to industry?” Between the 1400s and 1800s, China, for example, was quite …
VIEW THESE TWO FILMS (on line), TAKE AND TURN IN YOUR NOTES, AND ANSWER THE 2 QUESTIONS BELOW as an alternative to our regularly-scheduled class meeting. There are two great short films by TAD NAKAMURA (a UCSC alum!) that are part of his early trilogy and which I think you …
Find and describe an example of an individual who changed public policy. Describe the person and the process this person used to cause change. As an example, Joseph Pond of the Backyard Chickens case is an example of an individual who organized supporters and was able to persuade elected members …
1. Choose 1 claim from each of the first four chapters of Jean M. Twenge’s The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement and agree or disagree with the author’s claim giving your own evidence (examples, analogies, deductive evidence, expert opinion, case study). You will end up with four …
Write a Pastiche using Charles Dickens and the Dickensian writing style. This is a Pastiche assignmentA pastiche is a work that imitates the style of another work or artist.Write a one-page, single-spaced pastiche of Dickens on any subject you wish. If you writing about you or any subject make sure …
