Defining American Exceptionalism

Overview: The portfolio assignment is meant to provide a summary of the key ideas and challenges associated with American Exceptionalism.  From each module of the class, you will be asked to summarize key ideas and solutions to challenges facing America and American Exceptionalism. Structure: Each section and subsection of your portfolio should begin with a … Read more

Art and the Culture of War: Toward the Unwar Memorial

Choose ONE Here is the Wodiczko link with opening remarks by Dr. Judith Huacuja. Art and the Culture of War:  Toward the Unwar Memorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnxf_WNQN_4 Dr. Vandana Shiva is the alternate lecture from the speakers series. Dr. Shiva’s talk is on  The Future of Food (09.12.2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8yMRD7oras

natural resources and energy

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on natural resources and energy. Include the following: Choose a specific type of  ecosystem, such as a forest, grassland, or a marine or freshwater aquatic ecosystem. (You might want to limit your topic to a specific ecosystem within those listed in the syllabus.  Such as either a mid-latitude rainforest, deciduous … Read more

The Healers

Referring exclusively to the plot in The Healers state and argue two factors that could, potentially, ensure the survival and the destruction of the 19th century African world depicted in the novel. Who are the major characters in the development of the conflict that ensues in the novel and what metaphors are derived from the … Read more

A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft

Considering the documents we’ve read this semester, especially documents like Letter from Birmingham Jail, by Martin Luther King, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau On the Constitution and the Union by William Lloyd Garrison Cicero … Read more

Ta-Nahesi Coates’ Between the World and Me

Consider the genre, the political and cultural context in which the book was written. Cite sources properly within the text Provide a sufficient summary of the text Offer solid analysis and commentary of the book