Description 1. What were the relative strengths and weaknesses of Ngo Dinh Diem as the leader of South Vietnam and what explains the US views of Diem’s capabilities over time?Was the southern insurgency more a product of concerted efforts on the part of North Vietnam or Diem’s weaknesses as a leader? Contemplate the quandary facing Eisenhower during the final years of his second term with relation to Vietnam. In retrospect, what do you think the US should have done differently (if anything) leading up to the end of the Eisenhower years? 2. What was/is your general reaction to the first three chapters of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places?In what ways do you believe Hayslip’s memories of her childhood are typical of those growing up in Vietnam during this era? In what ways may they be different?How does Hayslip’s account of events inform your understanding of the difficult choices facing ordinary Vietnamese people during this era?How did American involvement and escalation in Vietnam impact the broader, nonpartisan population of Vietnam
Description THE DISCUSSION BOARD IS THE PICTURE . To get started with the discussion forums, first, click on the word "thread" to begin a new post. After your post, reply to one of your classmates by clicking on their discussion link and hitting the reply button.Discussion Board Participation- “Meet and Greet” and “Thought Sessions” (1 @ 40 Points and 2 @ 20 points each = 80 points) Read Carefully!You are required to participate in three online discussion board forums. The first “Meet and Greet” session, where you introduce yourself to the class, is worth 40 points. The other two are “thought sessions” that will be centered on a particular theme and are worth up to 20 points each (40 total points), depending on quality and length of the required posts. Participation in the thought sessions includes an initial posting by students specifically answering the question posed and at least one secondary post making a critical response to at least one other student’s post. The response to another student can indicate agreement or disagreement or other comment but must be substantive in explaining the reasons for the comments. The initial post and secondary response post will be weighted equally (up to 10 points each, for a total of 20 points) when grades are assigned. Therefore, to receive full credit for participation on each Thought Session, you must make two posts at a minimum, each post worth up to 10 points. The first post (your initial post) must respond to the original question, while the second post must respond to at least one of your classmate’s postings on the topic by the due date.Consider each post as a “micro” essay of several (two or more) thoughtful paragraphs including at least 5 or 6 sentences each. This is the bare minimum for any credit, however, and it does not guarantee full credit or even a passing grade. You may earn only minimal credit even if you meet this minimum quantity requirement, because quality is more important than quantity. However, any post consisting of less than 5 or 6 sentences in a single post will receive no credit at all. This applies to any reply posts as well as your initial post. Please check the Discussion guidelines and directions under Course Information tab. There you will find additional information, instructions, the grading rubric that will be used to score your posts, and examples of model posts from prior course participants who received full credit. Save your work before posting on discussion board. If for technical reasons your posts are lost, you can simply copy and paste your saved work to the discussion board again.Warning: For other students to have time to respond to your post, your initial must be made 48 hours before the due date. Because “thought Sessions” require an initial post and a response post by the due date, late discussion board postings cannot be accepted and will not be graded.
Description For up to 25 points of extra credit (maybe more), read - President Sukarno of Indonesia: Speech at The Opening of The Bandung Conference (April 18, 1955) and Prime Minister Nehru: Speech to Bandung Conference Political Committee (1955) and Anwar el Sadat: Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia (1957) and write a one-page paper (maybe longer) in which you assess the rationale for the Non-Aligned Movement.
Description Overview: Throughout this course, students will critically examine primary and secondary sources in context with module themes and broader course themes. Students will choose two sources that are assigned reading or from the supplemental module resources and compare and contrast the validity of each source. For this task, students will write a source analysis paper that includes a one-page summary and analysis of each source. Students should consider: ? Context: What are the key issues in this document? Consider the origin of the source. Who is the author? Why and when was it written and for what audience? In what way might this source be biased? What evidence in this document helps identify why it was written and what its purpose was? ? Summary: What main points does the primary source convey? ? Course Concepts and Topics: How does the content of this document relate to the course concepts and topics? What questions might be unanswered by this document? Source 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20151224050805/https:/... Source 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20171116203219/https:/...
Description what effects does social media platforms have on democratic nations governmental policies and decision-making procedures, and how do these changes affect political representation and accountability?
Description Write a research paper (7 to 8 pages of text in length, one-inch margins, double spaced) based on your term paper topic and proposal assignment, using the sources from your annotated bibliography assignment. The paper must present an argument based on your thesis from your topic and proposal assignment. The formal Bibliography for your paper will need to be taken from the items you presented in the Annotated Bibliography, but the format will differ. You will not include the Annotations. You will need also to cite sources as you use them in the body of the paper according to the style format you have chosen. Rubric for Style: Standard English, developed paragraphs, a logical flow from thesis to evidence in a organized fashion, appropriate citations and bibliography, and especially care to cite sources whenever you use key phrases or ideas from sources, are all part of the grade
Description Discussion Board Week 3: Focused Response Post your response to the prompt and respond to two classmates by 11:59 pm Sunday Pacific Time. A note on the discussion board assignments - please read carefully! This week's Focused Discussion Board assignment asks you to analyze material presented in this week's documentary. Please don't forget that using ChatGPT or other Al software to generate a response will not fulfil the assignment, and that using Al to write your answers would take away any value the assignment might have for you. Remember that you need to write an initial post that responds to the questions in this prompt. You also need to respond to the posts of at least two classmates. Absolutely no outside sources allowed! Please limit your response to a discussion of material presented in this week's documentary. Neither I nor your classmates want to spend time responding to unreliable material taken from random websites. Tip for success: This discussion board prompt is asking you for your evidence-based opinion. Everything you say on this discussion board should be based on material from the documentary Meet the Romans. Failure to base what you say on evidence from the documentary will result in a deduction of points. Based on the evidence presented in this week's documentary Meet the Romans, answer the following questions: 1. According to Professor Mary Beard, should ancient Romans be seen as a nation/race according to Mary Beard? What should they be seen as? 2. What does Professor Mary Beard mean when she says that Rome was diverse but not tolerant?
Description Background of this group? Why they came to USA (what were the factors pushing and pulling them here). Their impact on USA (Including how they have been treated and what kind of cultural contribution they made). Task: Make a PowerPoint presentation on this topics including each of the points.
Description What is Hirshbein’s argument about depression? What contributed to making it into a disease category, and why were women considered more likely to have depression by the 1980s? How does this story compare to or contrast with Brumberg’s history of anorexia nervosa? Following the question posed by the article, can (and should) AI treat mental illness? Why or why not, based on the article or on your own views?
Description Discussion Post 1: What are the key differences Gorski describes between civil religion and religious nationalism? How do the two ideas develop in this historical time period? Cite examples from the text. 200+ words. Discussion Post 2: This week you read a famous speech by Frederick Douglass which employed rhetoric that may call to mind civil religion. For instance: “This, for the purpose of this celebration, is the 4th of July. It is the birthday of your National Independence, and of your political freedom. This, to you, is what the Passover was to the emancipated people of God.” “At the very moment that they are thanking God for the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, and for the right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, they are utterly silent in respect to a law which robs religion of its chief significance, and makes it utterly worthless to a world lying in wickedness.” What other examples can you find of this type of rhetoric in his speech? What is the purpose of this rhetoric? Why might this rhetoric be considered a form of "civil religion", or at least a use of civil religion for a purpose? 200+ words not including quotations which should be used. Discussion Post 3: (review this week's course material.) Description: Students will submit a response of 500+ words to the course materials for the week, summarizing and reflecting on the material for that week. Grading Criteria: Students who meet word count requirements, use proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar, cite sources, and demonstrate they have read/watched all course materials for that week will be awarded credit for completion of the assignment. Deductions for partial fulfillment of these requirements may be awarded.
