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HIST 1332 Ethics and Civics Essay Prompt Context: Rapid scientific and technological developments in the long 20th century have led to societal change in unexpected ways. But, with progress, challenges and unintended consequences rise to meet the change. These developments and their associated unintended consequences, as well as the responses to these developments, have had significant civic and ethical implications. Prompt: Using your materials and notes from this course, discuss 2-3 major events, inventions, or innovations of science and/or technological progress in the 20thcentury of America’s history. Explain and analyze the unintended consequences of these advancements, the responses to those unintended consequences within both the science and technology communities and within American society as a whole (the general public). Additionally, discuss what civic responsibilities and ethical considerations these advancements and their respective responses involved.  This is a classic cause-and-effect essay. Your essay should address the causes of unintended consequences and the responses (effects) of unintended consequences, as well as the civic and ethical considerations that were involved. Your essay should not spend significant energy discussing the unintended consequences themselves but rather emphasize the responses and the civic and ethical considerations. In this essay you should: Discuss specific technologies or systems of technologies that have introduced major unintended consequences  Discuss the civic and ethical considerations involved in acquiring technological/scientific progress Discuss how scientists, engineers, and/or technologists have responded to these unintended consequences and the key factors that led to these responses.  Discuss how society has reacted to these unintended consequences Explain and analyze the civic and ethical considerations involved in responses to unintended consequences

Short Answer Questions #2 You are to choose ONE question from part A and ONE question from part B to answer. Your answers should be in complete sentences and be between two to three paragraphs. You may only use the information provided to you from your textbook or reading in the module. Please use proper citation, and upload the document as a Microsoft Word attachment. Plagiarism policy: In the case of plagiarism, there will be no rewrites. At a minimum, you will receive a “0” for the assignment and a referral to the Dean. Please refer to the Short Answer Questions Rubric to understand how you may earn full credit for this assignment. PART A: For “The Hand of G-d” in the League of Nations: President Woodrow Wilson Presents the Treaty of Paris to the Senate: Who was the author of the document? Provide a short biography of the author (be sure to provide a citation for the source used). See the citation guide embedded in the Course Content Browser for examples. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document. What three things are found in the document which tell you about life in the United States at the time it was written? Quote from the document. After reading, “Losing the Business: The Donners Recall the Great Depression,” in your own words, explain what this family went through and felt during this economic crisis. What does Mr. Donner attribute to his “holding on too long?” How does Mrs. Donner feel about her husband’s new line of work? How does he feel about the WPA? Answer the following question after watching the video on “The Scottsboro Boys:” How might the socio-economic background of both the accusers and the defendants have helped shape the events of the case? Explain why the location of the alleged crime helped cause the judge to doubt the women's testimony. If you were advising the defendants, would you take the jury's potential prejudices into account in selecting a lawyer and a funding source, or would that only reinforce the prejudices you are attempting to fight? PART B: Explain the various roles women played during the era, from social reformer to feminist to suffragette. How did various women define freedom? Make sure to include specifics and examples in your answer. The stock market crash signaled the beginning of the Great Depression, yet the causes of the Depression had been planted well before 1929. Explain what brought on the Great Depression and why Hoover was not able to properly address the crisis. How did the New Deal change the role of the American government? Be specific in your answer, using reforms to prove your points. Here is the text - U.S. History Collection edited by: OpenStax Online: http://cnx.org/content/col11740/1.3 Chapters 21, 23-26 Readings: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5571 Video:

Directions Choose one question below and answer by writing a brief analytical essay. The essay should have a clear thesis and main points supported by properly cited primary source evidence. Essays should be uploaded via Canvas no later than the conclusion of Module 3. (Module 3: Persuasive Essay: Submit Here) This assignment is 10 percent of your overall grade in the course.  Begin by indicating the number of the question to which you are responding. The essay should be 500-750 words. The essay format should be double—spaced, using a standard size font and margins (12-point Times New Roman font with standard 1-inch margins). Please see the Chicago Style for guidelines on citing and formatting. The first page of the assignment should include your name, class, and the number of the question you are answering. Chicago Style guide can be found on-line: http://libguides.nvcc.edu/ChicagoTurabian (Links to an external site.)  Please note acceptable file extension include: .pdf, .docx Special Note: If you select a prompt for this essay which you previously wrote about for a discussion post in a previous module, your response here should be much more detailed and polished. Do not just cut and paste your original discussion post! Essays which are simply copied from the discussion boards will not receive any points. Edit, expand, and improve! Questions How does the "Epic of Gilgamesh (Links to an external site.)" portray the relationship between Sumerians and their gods? What role do the gods play in the narrative, and why might the author(s) have wanted to portray them in this manner? How do the Excerpted chapters of Genesis (Links to an external site.) portray the relationship that the Hebrews had with their God? What elements of the stories define this relationship, and why might the author(s) have wanted to portray the relationship in this manner? How does Aristotle, in “On a Good Wife”, describe the role of women within Greek society? Link for "On a Good Wife" (Links to an external site.) How do women in “Antigone” by Sophocles fit the ideals of ancient Greek society? Link for "Antigone" (Links to an external site.) Additional Instructions and Information The most important thing for you to do in your paper is to present an argument as a specific answer to the question given above. Your paper must also focus on the primary source texts. This means that you should read your document carefully, think about it, and form your own point of view about the topic. Once you have your argument, you will want to organize your essay as follows: an introduction, supporting or body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  In the introduction be sure to clearly state your thesis statement. The thesis statement clearly states your argument and is the central idea that organizes the rest of your essay. In the supporting or body paragraphs you will prove your thesis statement and support your argument with evidence. Be sure to start each paragraph with a topic sentence that introduces the main point of the paragraph. Clearly explain to the reader how the evidence you provide supports your argument.  

Reading Responses: you will turn in a reading response paper each based on a critical assessment of the week’s assigned readings. Your responses should be typed in 12-point font and 2 double-spaced pages. your interim presentation but does not have to be so. You have three options: (1) a historiographical essay, (2) a keyword essay, or (3) a research paper that draws on primary sources. For the second option, you should choose a “keyword” in Taiwan studies and write an essay describing its importance. Your keyword may come from any of the weekly seminar themes, but this is not a requirement. In fact, this exercise works best the more specific of a concept you pick. How do you see your keyword as describing and reflecting a particular historical moment?

Engagement and participation are important aspects of any college course.  For this online course your engagement and participation are partly determined by your presence on the Discussion Boards. Every student should make at least one original contextual analysis post and two comments to other students' posts for each module.  Posts should be in full, grammatically correct sentences that create at least one solid response of at least 600 words--make sure you include a word count. The 600 word count does NOT include any headers or references section.  All posts must be relevant to the assigned materials (although you may build upon previous knowledge from earlier weeks and include personal observations). Start by answering the prompt, and then build upon the prompt to consider your own perspectives and experiences. You MUST attach photos and web links to support your position.  An important part of your grade for this assignment is to communicate with your classmates. Because this is intended to be your opportunity to discuss topics with your classmates, the professor/TA will generally refrain from commenting or actively participating in the discussions aside from reading and grading them.   Each of the two comments should be at least 200 words (include a word count) on two different classmates’ posts each module to receive full credit.  Posts: For this post, select one work of art (two-dimensional or three-dimensional art) has NOT been already analyzed or extensively discussed in the course readings or videos...part of the fun in learning about art is in DISCOVERING it!  You are required to make one post.  In a narrative format, the post should contain the following elements: Define and Identify: Brief information about the artist and work.  For example, birth/death dates, place of birth or work, where work is displayed, name of work, medium of work, context for creation of work.   Experience and Appreciation: For example, where you found the work (website, another book, museum), what made you select the work, what about this work speaks to you. Observe and Analyze: Use and underline three terms that were introduced in the module to observe/analyze your chosen work.  Add any other relevant information to improve your paper. Critique and Compare: Compare your work to similar pieces or to examples used in the module.  Consider the impact of the work on a particular social angle and/or the evolution of the media.  Consider the impact of experiencing the work on your general outlook on the medium or appreciation of art. Apply Social Angles AND Context: Identify at least one social angle from the list below that can be observed or analyzed as part of the work.  Address how the social angle is connected to the work.  Plus, a thorough contextual analysis of the historical, cultural, and social implications should be discussed. race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, class and highbrow/low, colonialism, postcolonialism, place and regionalism, nature (environment, ecology) and culture, memory, history, generational identity, food culture, and body and mind Students will be expected to define, identify, and apply at least three terms (underline them so I can quickly find them) from the module in the post. Make sure to underline the terms so that I can quickly identify them.  College-level writing and mechanics are expected; however, the purpose of this assignment is to move from experiencing art to analyzing art to evaluating art. Make sure to include a references section at the end of every post, even if you only cite the lecture video. All in-text citations and references should be in MLA. Comments: For each of the two comments, select a classmate's post, read the post, critique the post, indicate your reaction to the chosen work, discuss a comparison work from the module or any other outside source that is similar to the work identified in the post, and either add personal commentary or pose a question to stimulate conversation. EXAMPLE: Here is a pdf file containing a discussion post from a previous semester that earned an "A" to help give you an idea of what is expected.  Click HERE to view the example.

Write a Historical Analysis Essay on the subject, "THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965." Did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have a positive impact on the African American community. If so, How? What were some of the events that lead to the passage of the Act? What were the consequences of the Act?

QUESTION Document 113 – W.E.B. Du Bois, “Your Country?” (1903), pg. 60 Document 114 – Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice (1892), pg. 62 please explain how both Du Bois and Wells felt that the plight of African Americans during Jim Crow should be discussed on a worldwide platform. Why did they think it was necessary to talk to an international audience about disenfranchisement, segregation, and violence against blacks in the United States? Why does Du Bois appeal to both American and world history to discuss the subject?

A good book, a thrilling movie, a well-deserved vacation, and watching championship sport games are a few examples of activities that absorb your whole being to the point that other activities and stimuli are blocked from conscious thought. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described these moments as “flow”optimal experiences where a person’s attention is fully absorbed such that other incoming information or stimuli are unable to be processed. Consider the “flow” of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech that August day, or perhaps Mandela’s impassioned speech to the United Nations describing the tragedy of Apartheid the fact of the continuing commission of a crime against humanity—and how these messages resonate deep inside your leadership self. To Prepare Listen to the Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” speech and Nelson Mandela’s, “Speech to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid.” Review the Molenberghs et al. (2011) article in your Learning Resources. BY DAY 3 Post an explanation of what is meant by “flow” and “resonance.” Give several examples from both personal experience and Dr. King’s or Nelson Mandela’s speech of flow and resonance. Explain how flow and resonance might occur in leader-follower relationships. Analyze whether some leaders fit better with some followers as described in the research presented by Molenberghs et al. (2011). REQUIRED READINGS Clawson, J. G. (2012). Level three leadership: Getting below the surface (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Chapter 13, “Resonance, Leadership, and the Purpose of Life” (pp. 167–185) Molenberghs, P., Prochilo, G., Steffens, N. K., Zacher, H., & Haslam, S. A. (2015). The neuroscience of inspirational leadership: The importance of collective-oriented language and shared group membership. Journal of Management [Advance online publication]. The Neuroscience of Inspirational Leadership: The Importance of Collective-Oriented Language and Shared Group Membership by Molenberghs, P.; Prochilo, G.; Steffens, N.; Zacher, H.; Haslam, S., in Journal of Management. Copyright 2015 by John Wiley & Sons—Journals. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons—Journals via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Professors Instructions:  History is full of uncountable important people, and not just the "winners" or the powerful. For this assignment, you will find a real historical person of your choice and write a biography about them with an argument that tells us why they are important in history. This could be anybody. A king, government official, politician, aristocrat, working-class person, indigenous person, enslaved person, women - anyone! You will conduct your own research to learn about them. There are some resources for you under Pages.  The main purpose of this paper is to create an argument about WHY your chosen person is an important and significant figure in history. This should not be a basic “They were born, they grew up, they died” paper. Yes, tell us about their life BUT tell us what about them makes them an important person to understand a certain area of history. Do you think they changed world history? Did they change the way we can understand a certain group of people? Did they make a significant contribution to society and culture?  The person you select must be someone from the scope (time period and location) of this class. Do not pick anyone from before 1700 and only pick someone from Europe or a country colonized by Europe - United States does not count.  This is due on Sunday, July 26 at 11:59 PM. Late papers will not be accepted. This is 30 points, aka 30% of your grade. Check the Pages page for a rubric so you understand how I grade. I only use full grades; no + or -. Suggested Outline Paragraph 1: Introduce us to your person and tell us why they’re important. Body paragraphs: Examples and details of what makes that person important.  Conclusion: Restate your argument and sum up your paper. 

Here’s the scan of all 3 texts: Jewish Feminists Besides these three authors, you will consult your Prothero’s textbook to draw possible analogies with other traditions, concerning the place of women and their calls for the revisitation of past interpretations in their own tradition. Please, turn to Prothero’s Index at the very end of your textbook and check “Women.” From there, browse your textbook for possible answers to the last question in your assignment. Download the document below and fill it out. You will concentrate on the texts/sources I mention in each of the questions, and you will answer the questions in the indicated order. When you submit your assignment, the question number and the prompt should appear before each answer. Please note that for each question, you are expected to write TWO to THREE long paragraphs. You must show that you have read the texts by citing examples and their corresponding page numbers. When you quote from texts A, B, or C, simply add (text A, p. x), (text B, p. x), or (text C, p. x ) after your quotation. When you quote from your Prothero textbook, simply add (Prothero, p. x) or (Prothero, section's title). Please, remember that every claim you make should be backed up by evidence from the texts assigned.