Watch this climactic scene from The Wizard of Oz (1939). Perform a Plot/Music/Function analysis on it. What do you notice about the music back in Kansas versus the music in Oz? What about the transformational music of the twister? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D8PAGelN8 ...
Watch Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Make a list of all the instruments that are demonstrated, and write down 2-3 words of timbral description for each one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOiZReM7m4...
This week, we are delving into how authors use their literary works as social commentary. This can be a general commentary related to what is going on in society such as in Frankenstein; as a means to enact change such as in The Jungle; or...
For this assignment, you’ll create a PowerPoint or video presentation about the Bubonic Plague that struck in the middle ages. You need to have at least one slide/segment for each of the following: Explanation: what was Bubonic Plague? Causes...
After reading Chapter 3 and the material at the websites, and viewing the videos, please make a 250-word initial post that answers the following questions about the primary sources: What values do Plutarch and Confucius promote? What similarities and differences do you see in...
Write a one-page current event using a certifiable article on relations between the US and Japan. Articles should be selected from English-language news sources based in East Asia where possible. For current events involving Japan and the United States, the news article should ideally be...
How did the Founding Fathers justify the break with Great Britain? What role did the ideology of natural rights play in this separation? How did the protests in the American colonies that took place between 1773 and...
Go to YouTube and enable the documentary, "1917 CAMP LOGAN RIOT", and write an essa responding to the following questions: 1. The Camp Logan Mutiny took place, August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas. How did the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)affect the status...
Answer the following questions using the book attached to this post: (Summary Chapter 10: The Tortured Land) Give a summary of the story: who? what? when? where? Give your critical (and personal) reaction to the chapter. What aspects of the narrative supplemented your knowledge Haiti...
Discuss any of the following themes: identity, nationalism, and /or pride in the pieces and how the style in which they are written/performed affects its message. two to three paragraph ...