Essay Topic
Analyze how changing values and advertising led to the 1929 crash and Great Depression mentioned by Payne in Crash! To support your analysis, use information from at least two chapters in Crash!, information from the class textbook, and one primary source image.
Because images can be used to shape public opinion, one paragraph in your essay should analyze a primary source photograph or print advertisement related to the focus of your essay. For example, on page nineteen in Crash! there is a picture of a World War I buy-bonds advertisement, on page forty-one there is an automobile ad, and on page 110 there is a photograph of National Recovery Administration (NRA) supporters. One of your essay paragraphs should be devoted to analyzing one image you find on your own. Using images found in The American Yawp or Crash! will cost you some points on the essay; find your own image to analyze.
The essay should be 1,000 words long including quotations but exclud
What type of primary source is the source you selected? (Is it a diary excerpt, a treaty, a letter, a speech, etc.?)
Who produced the source?
When was written?
Why was the source written?
What questions does this source raise?
What is the author's frame of reference. (Think about this one a bit. What is the author's worldview or perspective. What is it about the author that makes him/her think the way that do? Perhaps, the author possesses biases? And what are the implications of that frame of reference? *Frame of a reference is a world view or a bias. Everyone has one. Many factors shape frame of reference such as gender, culture, socio-economic status, race, upbringing, life experiences, etc.
Why is this source significant?
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lincoln-resolutions
Select a building from the list below and analyze its design in terms of its larger social, material and environmental contexts. Draw from the lectures and two of the assigned readings to help you describe the transformation of modern architecture at mid-century within the larger intellectual framework of architectural notions of regionalism. In other words, use the readings to help you explain how your building is an illustration of a modernist notion of regionalism, and discuss your building in terms of design characteristics, such as the buildings form, materiality, spatial organization, and structure, as they relate to climate, local (sustainable) building materials and construction techniques, social living patterns, and cultural traditions and influences. Your analysis should be interpretive, as well as critical, and should include at least six images, carefully selected to demonstrate your major points.
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Pierre Koenig, Stahl House (Case Study House #2
I wanted to remind you that your essay on The Souls of Black Folk is due this Friday, October 16. Be sure to answer the essay question as specifically as possible. You need to focus on what DuBois says about the "value and purpose of education" for black people. Do not provide general information about who DuBois was and what else he did during his career. Use your 3-4 pages (typed, double spaced) to explain his main ideas about education. Use only the book for your source of information.
W.E.B. DuBoiss The Souls of Black Folk is a landmark work of American literature. DuBoiss collection of essays, published in 1903, document the plight of black Americans and advance an argument for how black Americans might cross the veil that divides them from white America. Over the span of the twentieth century, DuBoiss vision for black Americans advancement became the dominant perspective for racial equality.
For your essay assignment, I want you to expla
THE QUESTION: Discuss what Lanford Wilson is trying to say in his play Book of Days: what is (are) the theme(s)? What point is he trying to get across to the audience? Then, discuss how Wilson conveys his messagehow does he incorporate the concepts that we have been discussing so far this semester: the Seven Components of a Play (plot, character, theme, diction, music, spectacle, convention), the Five Critical Perspectives (social significance, human significance, artistic quality, Relationship to the theatre itself, Entertainment value), realism, antirealism, metatheatre, presentational, representational, theatrical genres, etc.
Refer to the appropriate chapters in Cohens Theatre (Brief), and also use your lecture notes from class.
MORE: Do you find the play funny? Where is the potential comedy in the script? You might also want to discuss the plays comic versus dramatic potential. Do you find Wilson to be effective in the use of all these techniques?
Use qu
THE QUESTION: Discuss what Lanford Wilson is trying to say in his play Book of Days: what is (are) the theme(s)? What point is he trying to get across to the audience? Then, discuss how Wilson conveys his messagehow does he incorporate the concepts that we have been discussing so far this semester: the Seven Components of a Play (plot, character, theme, diction, music, spectacle, convention), the Five Critical Perspectives (social significance, human significance, artistic quality, Relationship to the theatre itself, Entertainment value), realism, antirealism, metatheatre, presentational, representational, theatrical genres, etc.
Refer to the appropriate chapters in Cohens Theatre (Brief), and also use your lecture notes from class.
MORE: Do you find the play funny? Where is the potential comedy in the script? You might also want to discuss the plays comic versus dramatic potential. Do you find Wilson to be effective in the use of all these techniques?
Use qu
Please write a research paper built on the concepts from the Research Proposal provided.
- Times New Roman
- 12 Font
- Include a table of contents
- Identify headings such as Introduction, Research question, purpose statement, research methodology.
- Please use scholarly and credible references; books, peer-reviewed journals or articles for referencing
1. A reflection paper is your identification of the main themes of the readings integrated with your classroom experience and how both affect your thinking and practice.
2. A reflection paper is your chance to add your thoughts and analysis to what you have read and experienced. It is meant to illustrate your understanding of the material and how it affects your ideas.
3. Unlike research papers, reflection papers are written in a less formal style, with the author's ideas and perspective being the focus of the essay. To substantiate these ideas, you must also incorporate supporting evidence from the article you have chosen and/or outside sources into your reflection paper.
3. Begin by jotting down some of the reading material and class experiences that stand out in your mind. Decide why they stand out to you.
4. Using the first person singular (I), relate the readings and classes to your previous knowledge and experience and consider if and how what you have read and learne
Prompt:
Write a letter to Wang Yi, China's current Minister of Foreign Affairs, coaching him on how to proceed with the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the concentration camps in Xinjiang. Begin by teaching him about the Warring States period in Chinese history. Then appeal to Chinas historic schools of political philosophy (Legalism, Fengjian w/ Confucianism, and/or Taoism) to convince the minister to embrace a certain approach and reject the others. Recommend at least three specific interventions based on these ideas.
Format:
4-5 pages double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font. No title page, just a simple title up top and your name & pg numbers in the header. Citations should be Chicago style, which just means that you use footnotes instead of parenthetical citations.
Prompt: Write a letter to Wang Yi, China's current Minister of Foreign Affairs, coaching him on how to proceed with the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the concentration camps in Xinjiang. Begin by teaching him about the Warring States period in Chinese history. Then appeal to Chinas historic schools of political philosophy (Legalism, Fengjian w/ Confucianism, and/or Taoism) to convince the minister to embrace a certain approach and reject the others. Recommend at least three specific interventions based on these ideas.
