Assignment: Research Paper
After reading the selections from Lessons 2 and 3, choose one of the following topics to find out more about, and write a clearly developed and well-formed research paper on your chosen topic. Follow the writing process and be sure to cite two or more sources using MLA format. Your paper should be written following basic MLA rules.
Topics (Choose one and using your sources cited in MLA format, answer the questions below)
Using your source(s), explore the question: How did a diversity of views transform American society? Provide research in addition to your own analysis of some of the texts from lesson 2 such as “American Jezebel,” “Repeal the Stamp Act!” and “Declaration of Independence.” What ideas from the text reveal answers to the question? Use both outside sources and textual evidence from the selections in the course to develop your essay.
Past literary movements continue to be influential. Consider romanticism, realism, and modernism. How influential were ideas from those periods? Is that influence clearly seen in the texts you have read? Explain with textual evidence from both outside sources as well as from any of the stories from lesson 3.
Research and discuss this idea of money, status, and marriage during any periods you read about in lesson 3. Explain ideas from any of those periods, using both outside sources and ideas from the texts from lesson 3 such as Pride & Prejudice, After the Ball, and The Glass Menagerie. What were some of the social classes of this time? What problems were caused because of classism? Do we experience classism still today? How is that reflected in our society compared to how it was during any of those periods? Consider the types of jobs available to people, depending on social classes during that time. How do jobs nowadays reflect one’s social status?
Research and discuss the role of women historically and present. What were some of the abuses of women? Consider the role women play in today’s society, are they still subject to similar abuse? Use ideas from the stories you have read in this course as well as from outside sources for support in analyzing women historically and present.
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“The Transformation of American Society: A Study of Diversity, Literary Movements, Classism, and the Role of Women”
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Handwriting Copy Request
Rewrite it by hand and in regular handwriting (preferably the handwriting is not good)I will send my I want someone to copy my handwriting
The font must be similar to the font in the sent image, each file must be sent separately, and everything must be written and drawn. -
Title: The Complexity of Social Class, Poverty, and Discrimination: Interconnections among Race, Ethnicity, Age, Gender, and Schooling
Watch this TED Talk. From Gary Haugen, The Hidden Reason for Poverty the World Needs to Address Now.
Explain your interpretation of the complexity of social class, poverty, and discrimination in terms of the interconnections among race, ethnicity, age, gender, and schooling.
How are they related? How are they unrelated?
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“Exploring Parenting Styles: Reflections on Personal Experience and Observations” Growing up, my parents used a combination of authoritative and permissive parenting styles with me. They were firm and consistent with rules and expectations, but also allowed me a certain
In thinking about child-rearing, what parenting style did your parents or guardians use with you? Do you find yourself using the same parenting style with children? What parenting style have you observed friends using? What effects did you see on the child’s personality? Was it consistent with what the research shows? Are there any factors that you feel may have influenced the parenting styles you discussed here?
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Why I am the Perfect Candidate for the Elon Musk Internship Why I am the Best Fit for the Elon Musk Internship: Demonstrating Character, Commitment, and Competence
ESSAY TASK: Write a 2-3-page essay. The essay must have the thesis below and include thespecified three reasons.CONTEXT: In two weeks, Elon Musk will select three individual essays for a unique summerinternship he created. The student population is high school or recent high school graduates.The intent of his internship is to add a unique resume qualifying experience to your resume.Based on your essay, you will be hired for one of three positions. The positions are a salesrepresentative, which pays $25.00 an hour; team leader, which pays $40.00 per hour; and projectleader, which pays $60.00 per hour.ESSAY THESIS: Why should I be hired for the Elon Musk internship?ESSAY HIRE REASONS: Elon Musk specified the three hiring reasons. You are to talk abouthe character, commitment, and competence you will bring to the internship.GRADING: MAX Score is 35 SUMMATIVE POINTS (see attached rubric for gradingdetails).
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“Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Mental Health: A Critical Analysis”
please read the course outline, all the required and extended reading, the final essay example, and the apa guideline, and complete the final essay task in accordance to the instruction given in course outline, choose option 2. please follow the course apa guideline and cite accurately
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“Unleashing Creativity: Developing and Analyzing Fictitious Studies and Data Sets”
For this assignment, you will be required to show how creative you are by developing and analyzing your own fictitious studies and data sets. Please read each question carefully and submit all the required information and JASP materials. Please realize that if you fail to provide all the required information and JASP, and/or fail to explain it adequately, it will be extremely difficult for us to evaluate your answer
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Title: Descartes’ Argument Against Deception by the Malicious Demon Premise 1: There exists a malicious demon of great power and cunning. Premise 2: This demon has used all its abilities to deceive me.
Consider the following passage from Descartes’ Meditations:
Some malicious demon of the utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me. I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement … I have convinced myself that there is absolutely nothing in the world. Does it now follow that I too do not exist? No: If I convinced myself of something then I certainly existed … let him deceive me as much as he can, he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I think that I am something.
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Title: The Effects and Considerations of Pharmaceutical Price Controls
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https://www.nber.org/digest/may05/effect-price-controls-pharmaceutical-researchLinks to an external site.
What are the most interesting facts about controls found in this article?
What pros and cons do you see with those ceilings?
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Explain your thoughts on Gloria Tavera’s talk, what was her opinion, advice and what are your largest takeaways.
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The Northman: An Examination of Viking Brooches in Film and Archaeology
Myth or Fact: Investigating the Portrayal of Vikings in Contemporary Movies or TV Series
There has been a long-term fascination with Scandinavian Vikings. Recently, a fluorescence of movie and tv series focused on the Viking Age have been produced, along with a multitude of video games, which have been inspired, directly or indirectly, by Viking archaeology and historical sagas. For this assignment, please select a movie or an episode of a TV series from the list below:
Vikings (2013-2020)[1] – Netflix
Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) – Amazon Prime (Starz)
Norsemen/Vikingane (2016-2020) – Netflix
Vinland Saga (2019-2023) – Amazon Prime (Crunchyroll) or Netflix
The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) – Netflix
The Northman (2022) – Amazon Prime (Starz)
Vikings: Valhalla (2022-) – Netflix
Describe the key elements of the plot for the particular movie or tv series episode you selected. Highlight one facet of Viking material culture you observed, which you found interesting. In other words, something an archaeologist might find in an excavation.
For example: longhouse or ship design, style of housing, types of settlements; a particular ceremony or mythological component; style or production of weaponry; types of animals and plants raised/used or food prepared, style or production of clothing; beadmaking, turtle or penannular brooches; runestones; burial customs.
Research the item of interest, and based on your research, describe the particular Viking artifact you selected. Discuss the evidence based on archaeological and/or historical, saga/prose accounts. If the depiction is accurate, discuss what evidence has been unearthed by archaeologists, or documented by literary historians or scholars of this topic. If the depiction is less than accurate (i.e., dramatic license was taken), discuss what evidence you found that refutes how the item of interest is/was portrayed in the movie or series.
A minimum of two academic sources (i.e., journals or books/book chapters) must be used to back up your argument. This does not mean you cannot use internet sources, but you must not rely solely on non-academic sources for your research. You will be graded on the quality of your research.
Here are some potential journals to search (and also as examples of what I mean by peer-reviewed “academic” sources). Internet sources like Wikipedia, History Channel, and Hurstwig are great starting points to look for information on a particular topic, but then search their references and seek out the original sources. Use Google Scholar or use the library’s search engines to aid in your search.
Antiquity
Arctic Anthropology
Danish Journal of Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology
Human Ecology
Journal of Field Archaeology
Journal of the North Atlantic
Medieval Archaeology
Norwegian Archaeological Review
Polar Record
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
Part of your grade will be based on general organization, referencing/formatting, and style. This is not an English course, but you need to be able to communicate your ideas effectively.
Your title or heading must include the specific Movie or TV series season/episode, and the specific topic chosen.
e.g., The Northman, women’s brooches
Citing sources in Anthropology
Here is a really nice summary on how to cite sources following the AAA guide (which is also the Chicago Manual of Style): https://www.skidmore.edu/anthropology/writing/citing.phpLinks to an external site.
If you quote or closely paraphrase from a source (Author, Year, page number).
The total length of the assignment should be approximately 1000-1200 words, or 2-3 single-spaced pages maximum.
[1] do not select Season 1, episode 1 of Vikings because we watched it in class