Tag: College Essay

Requirements of assignment:
1) Read and understand paper. Look up things that you might not understand.
2) Write a  summary of the paper including the following:
a. Title of paper, authors, journal, year published, volume, issue, and page numbers
b. What question(s) were being asked? What hypothesis was being tested?
c. What methods did the authors use?
d. What did they find? What were their results?
e. What did they conclude? What questions remain to be answered?
3) Your summary should not be just a paraphrasing of the abstract.

Read Which Is the Most Influential Work of Art Of the Last 100 Years (Plagens, Peter, Newsweek, 7/2/2007, Vol. 150, Issue 2) and review ‘Picasso and American Art’ (Associated Press, 2006). These resources better explain how artists were influenced and inspired by other artists, social influences and cultures, including Picasso himself while painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”. Write a  paper discussing the following topics:
How art was understood, appreciated and shared historically, both by artists and the general public
How the discovery and appreciation of art has changed due to advances in technology
How social and political happenings have influenced artists

The author is Nikki Giovanni
Formal Essay 2 – Poetry Research Paper (1200 words min.) – Draft Due Thurs. 4/30 by Midnight, Final Due Thurs. 5/7 by Midnight

There is a rubric attached to this assignment. If you’d like, you may view it.

Notice the due date above. Your paper is an analysis of a poet’s writing style or an analysis of similarities that you find in the poems. You will be focusing on the author you chose for the poetry discussion board assignment. Most of the work from your paper will come from your actual analysis of the poems. You will use critical analysis to help prove your points. You are doing the research, using poems, which are your primary sources, and finding critical analysis, which are considered secondary sources. The first step is to gather poems and critical analysis on these poems. Then you will read through them and highlight key items that stand out. You’re free to use the points of analysis in week 10’s discussion board assignment. From there you will be able to construct a thesis statement.

Develop a thesis about your poet’s work by looking at the poems and comparing style, devices, subject matter, or themes. Sample thesis statements are listed below. (These are ONLY examples. You must write about the author you chose for the discussion board assignment.)

– Frost uses the idea of opposites to show how the seemingly simplistic and compelling images of nature represent a deeper meaning about human experiences.

– Gwendolyn Brooks’ simple diction and style help her characters’ perceptions of themselves and illustrate people’s common everyday experiences.

– In his poems, Langston Hughes uses simple yet vivid imagery to express his views of the African-American world and the discrimination against his fellow people.

Once you have developed your thesis, you can continue to research and take notes on the sources you locate.

Requirements for Paper

– 1200 words, Typed/double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font using MLA 8 formatting

– Quotations from 3+ secondary sources (criticism) and 2+ primary sources (poems) incorporated into your paper. NO HOMEWORK SITES!!! See CLASS RULES under Preliminary Handouts.

– MLA 8 Works Cited page that lists all sources used in your paper

– Parenthetical documentation of secondary source material (incorporating secondary sources).

– Quotes from poems that support your major points.

Poetry Research Paper Reminders

– Review CLASS RULES under Preliminary Handouts.

– Your paper should be about the style of your poet. Combine your own thoughts about the selected poems with the ideas you found in the criticism you researched. Your thesis statement should define the style and make an assertion that you can defend using your critical analysis.

– Look for similarities in the poems you chose. Are there any prevalent themes? Figurative language? Symbolism? Sound devices? What do these devices or components help the poet achieve? Why are they important?

Read
Alice Walker’s 9-page essay “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens”( attached under files)

(NOTE: This is one of the tougher readings for the class. If you feel confused, keep going and know you’re not alone!)

Rhetoric-in-Practice Exercise
After reading Alice Walker’s essay, think about why it is significant that Whitehead emphasizes a garden passed down through generations of women in the beginning of his novel. How and why is Whitehead is committed to celebrating the determination of female characters Ajarry, Mabel, and Cora throughout the novel? After answering this question, take inspiration from Walker’s content in a response that commemorates the artistry and resilience of a real group of women of your choice. As Walker writes in her essay, these women may not seem like artists, yet it’s worth considering how hardship often leads to an embrace of creative resources. Post a couple sentences providing context for your readers about who these women are and a response here.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the book “On Being A Therapist By: Jeffrey A. Kottler”.

Instructions
Develop: Presentation and Reflection
Evaluation Title: Your Story
The final project asks you to demonstrate that you have gained mastery of these objectives:

Explain how and why study of the Humanities is relevant to contemporary human experience.
Analyze how personal experience affects one’s interpretation of humanities texts.
Throughout this course, you have discovered how looking at life from different perspectives expands your view of the world, and provides a richer experience of life both individually and collectively.

In Unit 1 you learned about mythology, heroes and villains, philosophy, and ethics. You saw how philosophy can frame an idea or situation completely differently depending upon the way that you look at things.
In Unit 2 you learned about the importance of perception and point of view in the creation of individual and collective memories. The way that people see life is the way that they remember life.
In Unit 3 you discovered the different ways that religion shapes the reality of the followers, as well as the impact that different religions have on life globally. Again, this opportunity to examine other ways of thinking expands your own perceptions so that you understand the perspectives of others a bit better.
In Unit 4 you found different ways of expressing the stories that shape your life, and the lives of others. You read the dark tale of premeditated murder from Edgar Allen Poe and saw how his protagonist justified a heinous act. Poetry is found in all types of forms, and you constructed your own story and poem to start building your final assessment.
In Unit 5 you found music in all its multiple shapes and forms. From classical through death metal, music adds a depth to the experience of life that no other medium possesses. You added music to your final project story, and expanded the depth of your story.
Unit 6 expanded the definition of visual arts from just drawings or paintings to architecture, 3D art, and dance. By adding multiple forms of expression to your final project, you tell a more meaningful and emotionally powerful story to really draw your audience closer to your experience.
Unit 7 provided the framework to see the world through the different cohorts of people. Life looks very differently to people at different times of their lives. The impact of culture and cohort adds another framework for you to reflect upon your story and think about other ways of perceiving your experiences.
Instructions: In this final project, tell your story through a presentation and reflection on how other people may perceive your story.

Each decade from 1900 to 2000 in the music industry saw significant developments in style,
content, marketing, distribution and corporate structure and philosophy. Choose any one decade from
this century to cover in detail. Discuss the origins and roots of your chosen decade, the most
influential musicians and their music, and track its evolution. Explain how the “outside” forces of
technology, fashion, perception, race (if applicable) and social currents assisted or impeded the style’s
growth and dissemination into popular culture.

Identify and discuss a minimum of three community or national resources for your illness group preferably in your community.
Include in your response all the information the patient should know about the services.
Benefits
Specific services they offer.
Fee schedules, if and when appropriate.
Criteria for eligibility.
Application process.
Availability of transportation.
Discuss integration of these resources into a plan of care.
Discuss potential advantages and disadvantages for vulnerable populations in seeking these resources.

Culture change may can occur from within a culture via innovation or invention, or it may occur with contact between two societies. Contact with members of other societies (e.g., through colonization or international development) has led to fundamental changes to local societies and gender relations. Although some changes may be beneficial or benign other changes may see local or Indigenous peoples dominated by colonizers and detrimental social changes occur including an emergence of gender inequality where previously gender relations were equal.

The aim of this assignment is to investigate how various forms of culture change (e.g., social, economic, and political forces) can impact or alter gender relations in a given society.

Using Google Scholar, enter the search term “gender relations AND culture change” and locate an article of interest to you regarding the impact of a change or shift in a given society and its impact (or reinforcement) of gender relations or gender ideology. Choose and sum up one article following the grading criteria outlined below. CHOOSE TOPIC

Some questions you may want to consider in the assignment:
What change occurred within this local society (e.g., colonization, economic development, access to the internet, etc.)? How are the changes seen to impact the society?
What were the traditional views of and/or expectations of each gender? How did the cultural changes impact these traditional views?
Have the cultural changes altered gender relations (e.g., has it lowered the status of women)?
Did the local society find a way to alter their traditional views of males and females to fit into the new social order (e.g., women are now in the public realm)?

• Compare at least two evidence-based treatment plans for adults diagnosed with schizophrenia with evidence-based treatment plans for children and adolescents diagnosed with schizophrenia.

• Explain the legal and ethical issues involved with forcing children diagnosed with schizophrenia to take medication for the disorder and how a mental health professional (Psychologist, psychiatrist, PMHNP) may address those issues.