Over this course, you may find some of the assigned reading chapters more interesting or challenging than others, depending on your own background, interests, or beliefs. This assignment gives you the opportunity to interact more deeply and share your insights on one such chapter. You are responsible for submitting a 3- to 4-page Book Chapter Review, which will critique one chapter
of your choosing from The Book That Made Your World. At a minimum, a chapter review should include:
A clear statement of the chapter you have selected;
A definition or description of the cultural issue/ topic at hand;
A description of the Christian response to that issue, according to the author or according to
what you have learned about Christianity in this course so far;
Your thoughtful response to the ideas set forth in the chapter (e.g., Do you agree with the
author on how the cultural issue is framed? Is something missing? Do you agree with the
Christian response? Is such a

Please, submit your Final Speech topic,  General Purpose, Specific Purpose, Central Idea, and Main points on Monday. Make sure to present them in the format of speech outlines discussed in your textbook, pages 160-162:


Topic: Prompt selected from the list of topics for your Final Speech.

General Purpose: To inform (or To persuade) .

Specific Purpose: To Inform my audience about ... (or To persuade my audience about...)

Central Idea: One sentence statement of the Central Idea of the speech that also briefly reviles bodys main points.

1. Opening Elements Effectively Accomplishes ( Max earned points - 25)

Specific purpose in place. Open with impact statement. Clear, one sentence Central Idea. Interesting attention getter. Connect with audience by stating relevancy. Credibility statement .Preview main ideas. Format of opening correct with numerals and letters.

      Body Elements Effectively Accomplishes (Max. Earne

It is 2040 and you are writing the story of the Covid-19 epidemic from the vantage point of the future to tell the world if in 2020 we should have expected the worst or not and why. In 850-950 words. use the historical approaches described in your readings to reconstruct what you think WILL be the story of the disease and the story of its effect on social, political and economic decisions and choices. The essay should be about 3 typewritten double-spaced pages in length. You must write in full sentences and use proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. You must include a bibliography for cited sources. Below I've attached the readings for you to use, use the relevant ones to this essay

Instructions: Poo is the author of this piece of writing, so her name appears in the in-text citation. Even though Rothenberg is the editor of the textbook overall, she didnt write the piece we are quoting here. Whoever wrote the words you use in a paper is the name that should appear in the citation. 374 is the page number this quote was found on. A strategy to notice about quoting: if you want to add or slightly modify words in quoted material to better fit with your sentence, use the brackets around new or modified words or letters to show readers that this was your change and therefore the appearance is different than the original.

Even if you quote your selected piece of writing, no Works Cited entry or Works Cited page is required for this essay (we are still working up to that and everyone will be using sources from the textbook, so we know where to find the source). If you want even more help with MLA in-text citation, please use online resources such as Owl Purdue at ht

Performativity: Explain the two different ways we perform, according to Judith Butler. Then identify which of these two forms of performativity Judith Butler thinks we do with gender. Unpack why this differentiation is important and the potential  problems that could come in understanding gender as the other kind of performance. Finally, think of an example that proves Butler's argument and explain how it does so.

At least 2 sources

Question:


By what means Islam spread to Africa? How did Islam shape/impact African culture and how did African culture in turn, shape Islam and Islamic practices? [Online]   


Read the below passage and generate your own answer the question above:
The online narrative, Islam and Indigenous African Culture described Islam as "highly influential" to Africa and its indigenous cultures. Originally, Africa was dominated by the Christian religion, Christianity, for centuries; until it disappeared in the Islamic expansion. Making its first presence in Africa in 641 A.D., it begins to spread quickly throughout North Africa, West Africa, and the coast of East Africa through trade, migration, and teachings. However, in Africa, they refrained from Arabization and encouraged the interaction of Muslims and non-Muslims to enhance creativity. As their commonalities brought them together, their differences shaped Africa's political systems, social and artistic forms

During this term and due to social distance requirements you could select to visit a Museum or Gallery on a virtual modality. You will need to upload a picture that would identify the Museum and any piece you mention in your essay.

These poster exhibitions are free to download, and many come with supporting educational materials to help you quickly engage in investigation, reflection, and creativity.

Feel free to use them for your visitation assignments.

Hermitage Museum

Louvre- Le Petite Gallery

Guggenheim

El Prado Museum - This link has comments in Spanish.

The Metropolitan Museum
Write Report (Read all directions carefully before you start!)

    Your paper must be typed in a 10-12 point font, double-spaced with margins that are no more than 1 inch.

    If you don't have Microsoft Word, save your file as a .txt, .pdf, or .rtf file. Title your document with one word. For example, I might use Migda1

read:
Kyle Beardsley and Victor Asal, Winning with the Bomb.  Journal of Conflict Resolution.  Vol. 53, no. 2 pp. 278-301. 

Iran.  Everything You Want to Know About the Iran Nuclear Deal.  The Economist, April 5, 2015.
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2015/04/05/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-iranian-nuclear-deal

Question:
1.    On July 14, 2015 President Obama (along with the leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK and Germany) signed an agreement with Iran on the future of Irans nuclear program.  What were the terms of the deal? 

2.    Why did the United States and Iran both agree to sign the deal? 

3.    On May 8, 2018, President Trump withdrew from the agreement despite the fact that a majority Americans (according to a CNN poll) said the U.S. should remain.  Trump has described the deal as disaster, the worst deal ever, and so

Use the following steps to analysis (from Lester) and choose one analytical approach to analyze ONE TV ad of your choice.

If you do not have cable or have access to TV advertisements, check out some ads on YouTube and choose one that interests you.

Consider authorship. Who created this ad and why are they sending it? Look into the political economy behind the ad. What agency produced it? How does the ownership/production of the ad affect its content?
Evaluate the audience. Who are the intended targets of this text? Try to theorize about the intended audience using context cues from the program it aired on, if applicable. Who do you think mostly watches the show that the ad was placed in? Why do you suppose this ad was considered a good fit for the program?
Also consider how audiences may be prompted to interact with the ad, or with the company. Does the ad display a hashtag to use? (e.g. #LikeAGirl?) Or does it prompt audience members to submit their ideas, visit a

Use the following steps to analysis (from Lester) and choose one analytical approach to analyze ONE TV ad of your choice.

If you do not have cable or have access to TV advertisements, check out some ads on YouTube and choose one that interests you.

Consider authorship. Who created this ad and why are they sending it? Look into the political economy behind the ad. What agency produced it? How does the ownership/production of the ad affect its content?
Evaluate the audience. Who are the intended targets of this text? Try to theorize about the intended audience using context cues from the program it aired on, if applicable. Who do you think mostly watches the show that the ad was placed in? Why do you suppose this ad was considered a good fit for the program?
Also consider how audiences may be prompted to interact with the ad, or with the company. Does the ad display a hashtag to use? (e.g. #LikeAGirl?) Or does it prompt audience members to submit their ideas, visit a