Paper details: According to Eduardo Óbregon Pagán in Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon, what is the root source of the Anglo vs Mexicano conflict over the Sleepy Lagoon trial and the Zoot Suit riots? And more broadly, how are these moments connected, and what do they teach us about the development of race and racism […]
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Discuss Using the Cultural Relativism perspective Is it possible for foreign personnel to look at people in the American Society in a “relatively fair” manner?
Guidelines: “Watching America” is an online foreign news source that has numerous political, social, and economic stories of how the world understands us from their (foreign) perspective, not from an “American” view. (1) Select and read an article of your choice (translated in English). (2) Assume the role of a concerned citizen from the nation […]
Compare and contrast own culture with the Deaf culture identifying similarities and differences between the two.
Students will use the information gained from the previous paper to compare and contrast their own culture with the American Deaf culture. This paper should have the previous paper fully integrated into a single, cohesive paper but students. Students will be asked to compare and contrast their own culture with the Deaf culture identifying similarities […]
Explain How do Goldman and DuBois speak to us today, even as the United States has become the most powerful nation, militarily, on the planet, but one in which many of the inequities of the World War I era still exist?
The First World War would not be the first war when the United States would say it was fighting for democracy — the Civil War and Spanish-American War were both fought, in a sense, under the same pretenses — but it would be the first global conflict in which the United States took the lead […]
Compare and contrast why and how black slavery developed in Britain’s North American colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern). Specifically deal with the political, economic and geographic conditions in the colonies (by section and/or individually)
Compare and contrast why and how black slavery developed in Britain’s North American colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern). Specifically deal with the political, economic and geographic conditions in the colonies (by section and/or individually) as
Discuss.In what five ways is Deism different from religions like Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, or Islam?
By this point in the course, we have studied two major “periods of time” (if we want to refer to them as such) in American Literature. We have studied the Puritans and the age of Enlightenment. Both of these “eras” are very important in identifying the American Identity. Choose one of the the topics below […]
List at least three similarities and three differences between the classic models of North American cities and that of a typical Latin American city.
Read a description of the model of a typical Latin American city using the sources below. List at least three similarities and three differences between the classic models of North American cities and that of a typical Latin American city. Below are readings and videos describing Latin American Cities. Be sure to reference each classic […]
Write an analytical essay focusing on the author’s view of what it means to be an American and how that view is expressed through his/her works. The essay must contain quotes from the author’s work to back up/illustrate your points. You must include at least two sources from your annotated bibliography.
Write an analytical essay focusing on the author’s view of what it means to be an American and how that view is expressed through his/her works. The essay must contain quotes from the author’s work to back up/illustrate your points. You must include at least two sources from your annotated bibliography. Include also an application […]
Discuss how did girls and women exist during the Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods in American history?
The role of women, especially women of color, has been silent in American History and most social studies classes, unless she is Martha Washington, Phyllis Wheatly, Abigail Adams, Emily Dickinson, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The million-dollar question is, “how did girls and women exist during the Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods in American history?” […]
What kind of animal nests on Midway Island? What percent of the total population do they represent?
Think about your own life… how do you use plastic products? What items do you throw away every day? What is plastic made out of? How long does it take for plastic to deteriorate? What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Where is it located? What kind of animal nests on Midway Island? What percent […]
