American Literature
One of the most interesting things about these two early colonial poets is that their roles are reversed on what we might usually expect from colonial men and women. While both poets lived the usual roles assigned to women (Bradstreet was the at-home mother of eight children) and men (Taylor was both a minister and a physician), it is Bradstreet who published and gained some degree of renown during her lifetime and it was Taylor whose poetry was posthumously published. In fact, Bradstreet has the distinction of producing "the first sustained body of poetry in British North America" (112).
Yet, the commonality of the themes in the two selections from Bradstreet ("To "My Dear and Loving Husband" and "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet") and Taylor's poem ("Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children") share a similar love of family and heart-wrenching loss.
Read these three short poems and decide for yourself what life was like in late 17th Centu
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Reading Log (Early Childhood)
Review the articles regarding Number Theory and the teaching of number sense using developmentally appropriate methods. Summarize and reflect on these two articles and explain your opinion on the research and how you could use what you learned in your own classroom. Share advice you would give to a co-teacher on the teaching of number sense.
- Article on Number Sense Series: Developing Early Number Sense,
- Chapter on Theories of Mathematical Learning and Understanding,
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Early Childhood DB
- Chapters 11 from https://ereader.chegg.com/#/books/9781305686373
- Article on Number Sense Series: Developing Early Number Sense,
- Chapter on Theories of Mathematical Learning and Understanding,
Discuss how you currently teach number sense or how you would teach number sense. Then find three ways (with actual examples) you could incorporate and interconnect the teaching of number sense, shape, space and time in the preschool classroom.
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GE Innovates
GE Innovates from the Base of the Pyramid
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Most business people would agree that being an innovator can be very valuable but this case suggests that it may be useful to innovate in the way one innovates, like General Electric has done with its reverse innovation strategy.
Discuss innovation and reverse innovation for large global businesses.
Address the following in your paper:
- What are the similarities and differences between GEs traditional innovation and reverse innovation?
- Why is GE so interested in reverse innovation?
- What are the main concerns that prevent Western MNEs from aggressively investing in emerging economies? What are the costs if they choose not to focus on emerging economies?
- Why is a leading US MNE such as GE afraid of emerging multinationals f
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English 002
Write a multi-paragraph essay that takes a side to Kara Woodridge's blog article, "Social Media: Friend or Foe?" Use the information you saved in My Journal as a starting point. For this writing assignment, your response should be persuasive, thoughtful, and detailed, showing various points that support the same topic. Logical evidence that backs up your opinion should be used throughout.
Your essay should clearly explain your view on whether or not social media is a friend or foe and why you feel this way. The first paragraph will offer an interesting introduction of the social media topic and your take on it. The following three paragraphs need to include main points that develop your assertions, evidence to support them, and analysis explaining how the evidence supports the main point. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence that clearly states your point and details to support/prove this point. You should hav
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PP
Create an 2-3-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on models of prevention and rehabilitation. Include the following:
- Recommend a rehabilitation plan that includes strategies for rehabilitation, maintenance, and relapse prevention.
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Homework
Instructions:
After reading all of Chapter 6, please select the following primary source reading:
- Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant (starting on page 146)
Write a short, objective summary of 250-500 words which summarizes the main ideas being put forward by the author in this selection. Your summary should include no direct quotations from any author. Instead, summarize in your own words, and include a citation to the original. Format your Reading Summary assignment according to either MLA or APA formatting standards, and attach as either a .doc, .docx, or .rtf filetype. Other filetypes, or assignments that are merely copy/pasted into the box will be returned ungraded.
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Essay Assignment 1: Documented Literary Analysis
Your literary analysis essay will be on the novel Sula by Toni Morrison. You can choose from any of the topics listed below (recommended) or explore further topics in the chapter on Sula, pp. X to Y in the book How to Write about Toni Morrison (linked here for your convenience).
Your literary analysis should be between 2 and 3 pages (600 to 750 words), not including the Works Cited page, should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font and must include:
A clearly articulated thesis that states, somewhere in your introduction, the assertion (position, interpretation) that your paper will prove
An introduction, a minimum of 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion
At least two quotes from the novel itself that are integrated into your discussion
At least two citations of outside sources (such as literary criticism on the novel, preferably from articles from the MDC databases)
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Critical Thinking
- How does critical thinking as defined in "asking the right questions a guide to critical thinking" differ from typical ordinary thinking?
- Why is it so difficult to find the right answer to many questions about human behavior?
- Can you think of a time when strong feelings have interfered with your ability to think critically and youve experienced negative consequences as a result? How do you think you might keep your strong feelings from interfering with your critical thinking when you would prefer to think critically?
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One Page Discussion
The latest debate regarding the role of saturated fat in heart disease was ignited once again when a large meta-analysis found no evidence that eating saturated fat increases heart attacks or other cardiac events. Could this be true? Can we really slather butter on our toast and melt it on our vegetables with no health consequences? Read over the following articles and see how the media reported the study and what top researchers in the field have to say. What is your reaction to this debate and will it impact your dietary choices? What is your primary fat source?
Butter is Back
We Repeat: Butter is not back
The New Dietary Fat Study: What you will hear and what it really means.
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