All students are required to respond to other student posts each week The goal here is to ENGAGE in respectful dialogue – be supportive of each other, even as you are critical of each other’s ideas. Gabe: 1) In a single sentence IN YOUR...
Discuss the economic and political causes leading to WWII. Base your discussion on the themes and concepts from the readings and lectures. 500 or more words ...
Using the example of the horse sacrifice, explain the development of ideas of ritual from the Vedas, Brahmanas, and Upaniṣads. Use examples from the texts to support your claims. ExcerptsfromManu1.pdfSacrificeintheBrahmanas800-500BCE.pdfRenunciationintheUpanisads.pdfRigVeda.pdfHinduSocialOrganizationandValues1.pdf ...
Read THE HOLOCAUST READER, PART V (Response and Testimony: At The Center of the Whirlwind) 1) In a single sentence IN YOUR OWN WORDS (IYOW), provide an OVERVIEW of this section. 2) For each chapter (19-21), provide a THESIS sentence and THREE specific pieces of...
RESEARCH OUTLINE (bullet points) Below is the topic, 6 sources, 3 questions and my thesis draft TOPIC: Does humanity learn from history? The Holocaust – Three key lessons for Humanity Six sources Dirzo, R., Ceballos, G., & Ehrlich, P. R. (2022). Circling the drain:...
Assyria or Persia: Utilizing only evidence from the assigned readings and videos and citing that evidence, in your analysis which strategy of imperial power was more effective in antiquity? Why? Thinking about Justice: Utilizing only evidence from the assigned readings...
Why did Reconstruction fail? Who was president and why was he a failure in regards to Reconstruction? Should the Southern leadership have been punished? You can refer to the Disenfranchisement section of your lessons in week two. ...
World War I was an unprecedented period in world history. World War I (“The Great War”) toppled empires, created new nations, and sparked tensions that would explode across future years. On the battlefield, gruesome modern weaponry wrecked an entire generation of young men. The United...
I need one or two paragraph for each question 1. What cultural, political, historical factors contribute to the formation of “West”? 2. Why has it been so hard to define the Eastern boundary of Europe? 3. How did the different historical experiences...
Read Yeats’s “The Second Coming,” Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth," and Brooke's "Peace." Reflect and respond to these. Base your analysis on the themes and concepts from the readings and lectures. Provide evidence for any arguments you make with quotes...