Discuss whether or not the extension of foreign aid has successfully reduced poverty and the incidence of warfare in the selected country. Support your response with examples.

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SOC 300 Week 4 Assignment 1 The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid

Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of the effects that war and peace have on the distribution of foreign aid, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 3.
Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:
Assess the positive and negative effects that peace and war, respectively, have on the distribution of foreign aid in the developing country that you have selected. Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited.
Analyze the specific actions that the leadership of the selected country has taken, through the use of its foreign aid from donor nations and international lending institutions, to relieve the severe problems caused by warfare.
Discuss whether or not the extension of foreign aid has successfully reduced poverty and the incidence of warfare in the selected country. Support your response with examples.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

 
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Consult the early childhood standards for your state. Using the above learning centers, describe what standards you would use and why.

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Assignment

Unit 6 Assignment

This Assignment has three parts. The first is to create an activity plan. The second is to describe the standards that will be used for the activity. The final part of your Assignment is to research various early childhood topics and share your findings. Your Assignment should be 4–5 pages, not including the cover and reference pages.

Part 1

The role of planning in Early Childhood Programs is essential. There are many goals that teachers need to accomplish in order to create effective learning environments. You are going to you create your learning centers, These centers will include a specific lesson, objectives, and standards that each lesson corresponds with. The activity plan will be used to display these two learning centers. Following the completion of this activity plan, you will identify goals that you needed to accomplish. An example of an activity plan is in DocSharing. You can use this example, or create your own.

Part 2

Consult the early childhood standards for your state. Using the above learning centers, describe what standards you would use and why. Reflect on how following these standards contribute to high quality early childhood programming. If you were writing the standards for this developmental area, consider what you might add or leave out.

Part 3

Engaging in a search using the words: brain research, history and present early childhood education, child development, early childhood theories and/or curriculum models, etc., will lead you to numerous useful articles. As with all research, it is important to consider the quality of the sites you investigate. For some assurance that the information presented is accurate, search the Kaplan Library, eric.ed.gov, and links for government or respected professional education organizations (for example, NAEYC Position Statements or the ASCD website (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Since this paper is evaluating your research strategies be sure to explain with details your research methods and evaluation of your findings.

Writing Requirements and Guidelines

Your Assignment should include:

  • Cover page
    • Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and unit number, and date
  • Body
    • Complete parts 1, 2, 3
  • Reference list
    • Sources in APA format
    • You must use your text and two additional sources

Assignment Guidelines

  • Times New Roman 12 point font, Double-spaced
  • Written adhering to the guidelines of Standard American English. This means that your thoughts should be well-organized, logical, and unified as well as original with the viewpoint and purpose clearly established and sustained. Standard American English guidelines also include the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
  • Written in APA Formatting and Citation style

If you need assistance with APA style, visit the Kaplan University Writing Center at http://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCenter/WritingCenter.Index.aspx

Submitting your Assignment

Put your Assignment in a Word document. Save it in a location and with a name that you will remember. When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below:

  • Click the link that says “Submit an Assignment.”
  • In the “Submit to Basket” menu, select Unit 6: Assignment.
  • In the “Comments” field, make sure to add at least the title of your paper.
  • Click the “Add Attachments” button.
  • Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.
  • To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it.
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Posts that reiterate what your classmate has already said or that don’t add anything substantive to the discussion (for example, replies of a “that reminds me of” nature that are largely only personal story telling).

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The Week 3 Reading Assignment and Lectures may be found in the Week 3 Lesson Module in Lessons. The Reading Assignments for each week may also be found in the Course Schedule located within the Syllabus.  You will need to complete both the assigned reading and review the lectures for the week prior to completing the first weekly discussion of the course.

This post contains instruction components that are key to assignment compliance and avoiding point loss. It is important to read them thoroughly, including the “General Instructions” at the end that apply to all of the discussion forum assignments.

Discussion Forum General Instructions

Post Subject Title:
This may seem like a small thing but it will help all of us keep straight who is posting what to whom. When you complete your “Initial Post” each week, the one due by Wednesday at 11:55p, post it as a “New Conversation” under the Forum Topic. This is a link in the box to the top left. Your “Initial Post” should have a subject line “DF: Discover Sociology” followed by your first and last name.” The above is required to assist your classmates and your prof in identifying you as the author of the post. 😉

When you are replying to a classmate’s post just click the “Reply” button in the upper right hand corner of that student’s post after you have read it. This way it is clear which is your “Initial” posting and which are your replies to others.

Substantive Post = Use of/Reference to text and Supplemental Materials
Each week lectures are available through Lessons and you will have assigned textbook chapter readings. For each discussion forum “initial post” (the one due by Wednesday at 11:55p), you must integrate content from the text and the lecture notes to substantiate and support your points. Evidence of having met this requirement must include source crediting both in the body of the post (in-text citations) and in a “References” list at the end of the post. Without these source credits, posts cannot be considered in compliance with the requirement. Your incorporation of concepts from the textbook and weekly lecture notes must not be just an exercise in scanning notes and textbook readings for something that can be hastily inserted into a post in order to claim compliance with this part of the assignment. This also means referring to a concept from the week’s readings is not sufficient to fulfill this requirement. These parts of your post must be relevant to the weekly topic and fit logically with what you are saying in the post. You should clearly reference a concept, include a text definition for the concept (ideal) and/or a relevant quote from the text related to the concept (preferred in addition to the definition), and then clearly incorporate the concept into the logic of your discussion be it a point of analysis, commentary, relevance to the readings, etc.  It is good to reference the lecture notes as well, but they should not be used as a substitute for the textbook.

Also required in the initial forum posts are supplemental materials, outside resources that demonstrate the application of the concepts from the textbook.  This includes articles, videos, or websites that are from reputable sources.  Do not use sites that are not fact checked or very basic sources like encyclopedias or dictionaries.  Some examples are: Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia, social networking sites and blogs, Yahoo Answers, Ask Jeeves, etc.  Also include an APA-formatted citation for the source.

Discussion of outside source must include:

1) a link or attachment for the supplemental material,

2) an APA formatted citation for the source of the material,

3) a brief description of the material, and

4) a discussion about why it is relevant to the week’s assigned reading and/or your response

Question to the Class
In addition to the above requirements you are encouraged to close each of your “initial” posts with a question for the class. These questions should be related to the weekly topic(s) and must be substantive, scholarly and information seeking in nature, rather than an opinion with a question mark at the end or a yes/no style question.

Source Crediting
Whenever you reference someone else’s ideas and content in writing, it is required that you use APA-formatted source crediting through in-text citations and full references. Striking a good balance between the need to be conversational in dialog and the requirements of writing in a scholarly manner and providing proper credit for all publications used/referenced is where we want to be in discussion posts.
Lecture notes source crediting must be done using (Author’s last name, year) in the post body. Ex. (Jones, 2015)

In the “References” list at the end of the post, you also need to provide a full reference citation for the lecture including the following information in the format:
Professor last name, first initial. (Year).  Lecture title [File format].  Retrieved from (provide URL).
Below is how the course textbook should be source credited.When you paraphrase or directly quote content/ideas from another source, it is important that you give credit to that source. If you do not give credit to the source, you are committing plagiarism and violating the Student Code of Conduct with Academic Dishonesty. In-text citations not only give credit to the source for the idea, they also provide the reader with information on where to go to find more information if they found what you just paraphrased/quoted particularly interesting.

In-text citation format in the body of a post:
Paraphrase format
(Author last name, year of publication)                Ex. (Chambliss & Eglitis, 2016)
Direct Quote format
(Author last name, year of publication, page number)   Ex. (Chambliss & Eglitis, 2016, p. 231)***APA formatting does not require page numbers for paraphrasing, only in the case of quotations.

Each time you include an in-text citation, you must also include a corresponding full reference for that source at the end of the post. This serves as a map for the reader. They go from the in-text citation, to the Reference list (ordered alphabetically by last name of author) to find out where to find the specific source you referenced. By following a specific format that you and the reader are familiar with, it is easy to locate the source.

Below is how to source credit the full citation in the “References” list at the end of a post:

Chambliss, W. J. & Eglitis, D. S. (2016). Discover Sociology. (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Wikipedia or other encyclopedias such as Encarta, dictionaries, blogs, newspapers, article abstracts, and About.com type websites that do summary work for you may not be used for any course assignment.

Minimum Length Post Requirements
By Wednesday at 11:55p ET a 200-word post (minimum—there is no maximum as long as your post is concise, focused, clear and relevant to the week’s topic) is required. This is your “initial post”. Also required are two 100-word replies to fellow classmates’ postings.  You will notice your instructor is actively engaged in the dialog across the assignment week and are welcome to respond to instructor posts in the forums (all responses extend and make our dialogs interesting) but will want to note that responding to the course instructor does not count as your required reply to two fellow classmates. Replies are due by Sunday at 11:55p ET of the week following the Wednesday post (for example, for Week 2 your first post is due by Wednesday of Week 2 and the replies are due by Sunday of Week 2). Note: for Week 1 only, both the initial post and replies are due by 11:55p ET on Sunday.

These are scholarly dialogues;  although, we want to hear what you think and not just what published authors wrote, only stating opinion is not acceptable. The distinction here is the difference in posting personal perspectives only and posting personal perspectives plus scholarly ideas supported by the published writings of experts on the topic. You will see that in most of the discussion assignments that you are asked to both answer substantive questions which require you to reference the text as well as to weigh in with your opinion. If you ever find yourself writing an initial post that does not include a reference to the text (including crediting sources through in-text citations and full references) or outside source, you should revise your post.
Substantive Replies
Your responses to the postings of other students should be relevant and substantive. Constructive criticism and honest assessment of each other’s ideas is encouraged. They can suggest additional material, respectfully question what was posted, offer alternative perspectives, etc.  Postings are expected to be substantive and in good taste (remember your Netiquette).

By “substantive,” this means comments that contribute something new and hopefully important to the discussion. Thus a message that simply says “I agree” is not substantive. If you feel very strongly about it and wish to be supportive of your classmate, you can certainly post such a statement anyway but please limit such comments. A substantive comment contributes a new idea or perspective, a good follow-up question to a point made, offers a response to a question, provides an example or illustration of a key point, points out an inconsistency in an argument, etc.  Posts that reiterate what your classmate has already said or that don’t add anything substantive to the discussion (for example, replies of a “that reminds me of” nature that are largely only personal story telling). “Your post made me think of…” is a recommended way of starting a reply because it evidences that you attended to what you classmate said and continued the dialog. If you disagree with a point a classmate made, do so respectfully. For example, rather than saying, “I couldn’t disagree more…” you might begin your differing perspective by saying, “In reading your point(s) an alternative came to mind and I wondered what you thought of it…”. You should not always reply to posts with which you agree. Lively and illuminating dialog engaging with a variety of perspectives is how we best learn

Grading/Scoring
The “Initial Post” due Wednesdays weekly in response to the each discussion question is worth 8 possible points. The two replies required weekly are worth 2 possible points. A total of 10 discussion forum points is possible per week.

See Appendix B in the syllabus for the grading rubric and scale.

 
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You can either use one of the examples above or create one of your own. The request should be a legitimate expense for a proposed purchase or initiative that you believe will benefit the department and the organization.

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In this scenario, everyone in class works for CommonGood Health Care, a community-based health care campus comprised of a health care clinic, hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, Alzheimer’s House, and an inpatient chemical dependency facility.

 

As you can imagine, the CEO receives numerous requests, oftentimes financial, from facility directors and department managers. Some of the most common requests include:

  • The nursing department always wants the latest and greatest equipment
  • The dietary department keeps asking money for new utensils
  • The maintenance department is always running out of tools
  • The business office wants money to update the billing system
  • The chemical dependency facility wants its own exercise facility
  • The quality assurance department keeps asking money for training
  • The Alzheimer’s House keeps requesting money for games and activities

In this scenario, you are a facility director (Clinic Director, Hospital Administrator, Nursing Home Administrator, Assisted Living Executive Director, Alzheimer’s House Manager, or Licensed Alcohol and Dependency Counselor) or a department manager (Maintenance Director, Social Service Director, Activities Director, Nursing Director, etc.) asking for money from your CEO for a legitimate expense within your department.

You can either use one of the examples above or create one of your own. The request should be a legitimate expense for a proposed purchase or initiative that you believe will benefit the department and the organization.

 

In your initial reply, develop an email to the CEO of CommonGood Health Care asking for the funding you desire for your department/facility. Be sure to substantiate your expenses and the legitimate reasoning for the request. This is your opportunity to persuade your executive leader to support your initiative.

 
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Describe some illnesses or problems the safety issues might cause, ways to prevent the illnesses or problems.

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Food Safety Announcement

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to explore ways to inform the public about dangers regarding food safety. 

Select and complete one of the following assignments:

Option 1: Food Safety Brochure

https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/Interaction/BrochureBuilder/brochurebuilder.html

Option 2: Food Safety Radio Public Service Announcement
Option 3: Food Safety Video Public Service Announcement

Option 1: Food Safety Brochure

Consider the following scenario: Imagine that your city has experienced a drastic rise in food-borne illness. The public lacks the knowledge about appropriate food safety to prevent these problems, and they do not know how to educate themselves about nutrition and health. 

Create a 4- to 6-page public service brochure, with appropriate images, to be printed in the Sunday edition of your newspaper. Include the following points:

•	Identify some common safety issues related to food purchase, storage, and preparation.
•	Describe some illnesses or problems the safety issues might cause, and ways to prevent the illnesses or problems. 
•	Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding food safety.

o	Include criteria that readers must use to determine credible sources of nutritional information.
o	Explain why it is important for readers to use these criteria when searching for information on nutrition and health.

Research online news sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and notices from the local health department to assist you with preparing content for the brochure. 

Usethe brochure builder located on the student website to help you complete this assignment.

Format the brochure, including the images, consistent with APA guidelines.

Option 2: Food Safety Radio Public Service Announcement

Consider the following scenario: Imagine that your city has experienced a drastic rise in food-borne illness. The public lacks the knowledge about appropriate food safety to prevent these problems, but they do not know how to educate themselves about nutrition and health. 

Create a 90-second public service radio announcement about food safety. Include the following points:

•	Identify some common safety issues related to food purchase, storage, and preparation.
•	Describe some illnesses or problems the safety issues might cause, ways to prevent the illnesses or problems. 
•	Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding food safety.

o	Include criteria that readers must use to determine credible sources of nutritional information.
o	Explain why it is important for readers to use these criteria when searching for information on nutrition and health.

Research online news sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and notices from the local health department to assist you with preparing content for the broadcast.

Perform an Internet search on writing a news broadcast. Use this information to create a transcript for your news broadcast.

Provide a written transcript of the news broadcast.

Citeat least two sources other than the course text.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit the written transcript, along with an audio recording of your radio bulletin, to your facilitator.
Option 3: Food Safety Video Public Service Announcement

Consider the following scenario: Imagine that your city has experienced a drastic rise in food-borne illness. The public lacks the knowledge about appropriate food safety to prevent these problems, but they do not know how to educate themselves about nutrition and health. 

Create a 60-second public service video about food safety. Include the following points:

•	Identify some common safety issues related to food purchase, storage, and preparation.
•	Describe some illnesses or problems the safety issues might cause, ways to prevent the illnesses or problems. 
•	Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding food safety.

o	Include criteria that readers must use to determine credible sources of nutritional information.
o	Explain why it is important for readers to use these criteria when searching for information on nutrition and health.

Research online news sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and notices from the local health department to assist you with preparing content for the broadcast.

Perform an Internet search on creating a video public service announcement. Use this information to write a transcript for your broadcast.

Provide a written transcript of the news broadcast.

Reference at least two sources other than the course text.

Format your written assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Submitthe written transcript, along with the video, to your facilitator.
 
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Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.

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Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital.

Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:

  1. Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples.
  2. Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.
  3. Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.
  4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.
  5. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
    • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
    • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length
 
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Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities.

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Critical Review No. 4 (Professor’s Choice: Boyz ‘N the Hood, 1991; Directed by John Singleton or Straight Outta Compton, 2015; Directed by F. Gary Gray)

 

Requires watching the movie, no plagirsm.

Below are example on how to answer them.

 

Example 1

Film Title and Director: Gus Van Sant My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. I found My Own Private Idaho to be a very complex film and with out any background information the average moviegoer would not see this film as one in which would awaken their sensibilities.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. (1)The average moviegoer is not aware of the Generation X culture/era, male prostitution, nor the plight of someone with a unique illness like narcolepsy as presented by Mike Waters and therefore has difficulty becoming immersed and empathizing with the character’s. challenges. (2) Throughout the film there is no prominent societal involvement, authority figures or anyone opposing the behavior that the Generation X slackers demonstrated. (3) The “cut-up” directors technique made the film hard to follow contributing to the overall difficulty relating to the characters.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. It is difficult to identify three scenes to support my thesis statement because there is not a particular scene in the movie that could do so. It is the technique in which the film was presented and the unique character attributes that leave the average moviegoer confused, lost and walking away saying “what the fuck was that all about?”
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. My Own Private Idaho, a movie about two young male hustlers, is not a film that has the capability to transform one’s sensibilities. Although one might relate to one of the characters, the film does nothing but leave you confused and or lost, wanting more information about the characters in order to make some conclusions about what the producer/movie is trying to make. I found My Own Private Idaho quite confusing. Only after reading about it in Democracy and Difference did it make some sense to me. I found My Own Private Idaho to be a very complex film and with out any background information the average moviegoer would not see the film as one in which awaken’s their sensibilities.
Review completed by:  Julie RodinExample 2

Film Title and Director:   Gus Van Sant,  My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. Gus Van Sant’s movie, My Own Private Idaho, has the power to change a person’s political sensibilities by examining the paradigms that exist between sexuality and personal identity as they relate to the social and moral norms of society.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. The character Scott uses his sexuality to create a false identity, though initially intended as a back handed action against his father, in truth, Scott is just as lost as any of the other “street hustlers.” Lacking a cognitive connection between morality and sexuality, Mike falls asleep when faced with “situations of stress,” returning to a time in his life when he feels his personal identity is most stable, his life with his mother; in this way he attempts to understand who he is, through what he has experienced. The accessibility and internal acceptability of this generation of “lost boys” becomes evident during the Café scene, where each tells a horror story of their hustles, laughing, smiling, and shrugging off these encounters as though each was a common experience for those who live hollow lives.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. Café 20:50 In the Cafe the “Hustlers” tell horror stories, often overlapping, of their encounters as though they are normal experiences, and though distasteful, perfectly acceptable amongst our society. Betray Bob 1:25:10 Here Scott turns his back on his former mentor, this shows how while Scott appeared to be the character who is the most “together” he is actually the most lost; by casting off a former lifestyle to take up another without respecting the transition that links the two, Scott, has simply taken off one mask and put another on. Here the audience realizes he is the most profound, yet hollow character. Last Pass-out 1:32:05 Mike’s inability to reconcile his past with his present is the reason he is constantly at a cross roads in the middle of nowhere, and it’s in the realization of this that he becomes so upset that he passes out. Here in the final scene he passes out on a road between a brown dying field and a vibrant green one, lost on a road separated from who he was and who he is, this adds to the depth of his shoes being stolen, and a random person picking him up while he slumbers; he doesn’t know where he is going or how he will get there, but it will be an arduous journey.
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. Gus Van Sant’s movie, My Own Private Idaho, has the power to change a person’s political sensibilities by examining the paradigms that exist between sexuality and personal identity as they relate to the social and moral norms of society. With main characters Scott Favor, Keanu Reeves, and Mike Waters, River Phoenix, walk the roads of life amongst a subculture that allows them to exploit their bodies to survive, while attempting to create the foundations of an identity they have yet to understand. With Bob as the veritable “psychedelic teacher” of their subculture, a man who hustles and lies to others, as each hustles and lies to themselves; lost in a world without substance, a melancholy of fading youth.
Review completed by:  Mark Lux
Example 3

Film Title and Director:   Gus Van Sant,  My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. In my opinion, the film, My Own Private Idaho, does not have the power to transform one’s political sensibilities because it reinforces negative stereotypes about homosexuality, the characters are not very likable, and the Shakespearian dialogue would be difficult for the average middle-north-american to follow.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. When considering homophobia in the United States, one main factor that stimulates most prejudice is that many associate the gay community with promiscuity. This film not only reinforces this stigma but could also intensify it with the promiscuity that occurs mostly in the form of prostitution. 2. The characters in this film are not portrayed as righteous good-doers, but as deviants of our society. Unlike the depiction of Harvey Milk, from the film, Milk, the protagonists in My Own Private Idaho are not fighting to save lives, they are doing drugs and performing sexual favors in return for money and even though it is possible to feel sympathy for them, it is unlikely that a homophobic person could watch this film and want to relate to these characters. 3. Not only is it difficult to relate to the characters because of their behavior, but also because of the complicated dialogue and artsy nature of the film. Literacy in the United States is not so high that the average person would feel comfortable following along with a Shakespeare play, that was turned into a creative, modern play about prostitution, and then made into a movie, without losing interest in it.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. Approx. 22 minutes, Café scene In this scene, some of the male prostitutes are describing their first experience with an exchange of sex for money. They were desperate and were willing to have sex with strangers, not long term partners or significant others out of love. Even though I personally sympathized for their difficult situation and traumatizing experiences, this shows homosexuality with values that are not strict or pure, the way that many generalize for all gays and would continue to after watching this film. 2. Approx. 29 minutes, Hotel Scene In this scene where Bob first appears and arrives to the hotel, many forms of deviance occur, showing questionable morals. Doing drugs, stealing drugs, planning to rob, and being prostitutes, the characters are not the typical protagonists that one would want to root for relate themselves to. 3. Approx. 42 minutes, Dialogue with Scott and Bob Scott and Bob engage in an argument that is difficult to follow, and very Shakespearian in its dialogue, Bob uses many metaphors and other devices. Throughout the play, there are pieces of dialogue like, “Good lord, lads, I know you as well as he that made you- Do you think that I would kill the heir apparent?” which clearly use vocabulary that is unusual for our time.
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. The film, My Own Private Idaho, tells a story of desperation and hardship for young male prostitutes. Many times they are stripped of their innocence and they surround themselves with a hostile environment containing drugs, stealing, and other forms of illegal activity. Although one may come to like the characters and feel sympathy for them, the film is unlikely to appeal to those who are not already open-minded about homosexuality. In my opinion, the film, My Own Private Idaho, does not have the power to transform one’s political sensibilities because it reinforces negative stereotypes about homosexuality, the characters are not very likable, and the Shakespearian dialogue would be difficult for the average middle-north-american to follow.
 
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 Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the one country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced. 

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This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will first revise the first paper.

Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following:

  1. Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.
  2. Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential doctrine was announced.
  3. Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.
  4. Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
  5. Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
  6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

To help you understand this assignment further, the following description and examples may be useful.

Step 1: Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one.
A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to advance a policy towards a country or region in order to accomplish foreign policy goals for the United States, so you will need to expand on this theme.Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you wrote about then.  Say, for example, you selected the Truman Doctrine.  Therefore, this is the only thing you will write about in Assignment 2 step 1.

Step 2: Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and the U.S.
Before the presidential doctrine was announced.  In the case of Truman, you would pick either the Soviet Union, Greece, or Iran, since all three were affected by his doctrine.  If you are writing about the Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose Lebanon or Egypt; if you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine, you would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote about the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would select either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you wrote about the Reagan Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua, Angola, Russia or Afghanistan (although there were several others).

Step 3: Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or globally after it was announced by the U.S.?  What happened in Western Europe after the Truman Doctrine was announced?  What happened in the Middle East after the Eisenhower Doctrine was announced?  What happened with Cuba or Vietnam after Kennedy offered up his doctrine of flexible response?  What happened in Southeast Asia or the Persian Gulf after the Nixon Doctrine went in effect?  What happened in the Middle East after the Carter Doctrine was announced?  What happened in Central America or Africa or the Middle East after Reagan announced his doctrine?

Step 4: Refer back to the country you selected in step two and describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and that country.
How has the relationship changed between the U.S. and that country since the doctrine was announced?

Step 5: Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the one country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.

Your assignment must:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
 
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  Provide a thorough DISCUSSION of at least two (2) competing/opposing viewpoints in the contemporary debate on your selected moral issue.

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This writing assignment is intended to offer the student an opportunity to demonstrate his/her understanding of one of the contemporary moral issues covered in this course and the multi-faceted debate surrounding that issue.  In addition, the student will be expected to give evidence of his/her skills in evaluating competing philosophical views, explaining and defending his/her views on the issues raised, and a general proficiency in writing an argumentative essay.

 

Instructions

 

Select one of the following contemporary moral issues as the topic for your paper.

                  EUTHANASIA

                  THE DEATH PENALTY

                  GENDER (SPECIFICALLY HUMAN TRAFFICING)

                  WORLD HUNGER OR POVERTY

                  TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

                  ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

 

Construct a good philosophical essay that includes all of the items/parts outlined below:

 

1.      Identify in your title and on the title/cover page the contemporary moral issue you will examine. (Total possible points for this item: 10 pts.)

 

2.      Offer a SUMMARY of the major issues, concepts, and distinctions relevant to the contemporary moral issue you have selected. (Suggestion: You may want to pattern this section of your paper after the “Introduction to the Moral Issues” section that Hinman includes at the beginning of each chapter in his book.) [Approximate length of this section should be about 1 page.] (Total possible points for this item: 35 pts.)

 

3.      Provide a thorough DISCUSSION of at least two (2) competing/opposing viewpoints in the contemporary debate on your selected moral issue.  Be sure to mention the major claims of each viewpoint and examine important arguments offered in support of these claims.  Carefully evaluate each viewpoint and then explain how each viewpoint addresses or responds to the important distinctions that drive the moral debate on the selected issue. [Approximate length of this section should be at least 2 pages.] (Total possible points for this item: 55 pts.)

 

4.      EVAluate and explain which of the alternative viewpoints you personally favor or embrace. [If you want to reject both viewpoints discussed under item #2 above and offer a third, alternative viewpoint, you may do so.  Be sure to offer a thorough explanation of this alternative viewpoint if you choose this option.]  Explain your reasons for adopting whatever viewpoint you embrace.  Be sure you respond/answer the major arguments of the opposing viewpoint as part of the statement of your viewpoint.  Defend your viewpoint and explain why it is superior to the one(s) you rejected. [Approximate length of this section should be at least 1 page.] (Total possible points for this item: 40 pts.)

 
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Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:

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Critical Review No. 4 (Professor’s Choice: Boyz ‘N the Hood, 1991; Directed by John Singleton or Straight Outta Compton, 2015; Directed by F. Gary Gray)

 

Requires watching the movie, no plagirsm.

Below are example on how to answer them.

 

Example 1

Film Title and Director: Gus Van Sant My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. I found My Own Private Idaho to be a very complex film and with out any background information the average moviegoer would not see this film as one in which would awaken their sensibilities.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. (1)The average moviegoer is not aware of the Generation X culture/era, male prostitution, nor the plight of someone with a unique illness like narcolepsy as presented by Mike Waters and therefore has difficulty becoming immersed and empathizing with the character’s. challenges. (2) Throughout the film there is no prominent societal involvement, authority figures or anyone opposing the behavior that the Generation X slackers demonstrated. (3) The “cut-up” directors technique made the film hard to follow contributing to the overall difficulty relating to the characters.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. It is difficult to identify three scenes to support my thesis statement because there is not a particular scene in the movie that could do so. It is the technique in which the film was presented and the unique character attributes that leave the average moviegoer confused, lost and walking away saying “what the fuck was that all about?”
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. My Own Private Idaho, a movie about two young male hustlers, is not a film that has the capability to transform one’s sensibilities. Although one might relate to one of the characters, the film does nothing but leave you confused and or lost, wanting more information about the characters in order to make some conclusions about what the producer/movie is trying to make. I found My Own Private Idaho quite confusing. Only after reading about it in Democracy and Difference did it make some sense to me. I found My Own Private Idaho to be a very complex film and with out any background information the average moviegoer would not see the film as one in which awaken’s their sensibilities.

Review completed by:  Julie Rodin

Example 2

Film Title and Director:   Gus Van Sant,  My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. Gus Van Sant’s movie, My Own Private Idaho, has the power to change a person’s political sensibilities by examining the paradigms that exist between sexuality and personal identity as they relate to the social and moral norms of society.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. The character Scott uses his sexuality to create a false identity, though initially intended as a back handed action against his father, in truth, Scott is just as lost as any of the other “street hustlers.” Lacking a cognitive connection between morality and sexuality, Mike falls asleep when faced with “situations of stress,” returning to a time in his life when he feels his personal identity is most stable, his life with his mother; in this way he attempts to understand who he is, through what he has experienced. The accessibility and internal acceptability of this generation of “lost boys” becomes evident during the Café scene, where each tells a horror story of their hustles, laughing, smiling, and shrugging off these encounters as though each was a common experience for those who live hollow lives.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. Café 20:50 In the Cafe the “Hustlers” tell horror stories, often overlapping, of their encounters as though they are normal experiences, and though distasteful, perfectly acceptable amongst our society. Betray Bob 1:25:10 Here Scott turns his back on his former mentor, this shows how while Scott appeared to be the character who is the most “together” he is actually the most lost; by casting off a former lifestyle to take up another without respecting the transition that links the two, Scott, has simply taken off one mask and put another on. Here the audience realizes he is the most profound, yet hollow character. Last Pass-out 1:32:05 Mike’s inability to reconcile his past with his present is the reason he is constantly at a cross roads in the middle of nowhere, and it’s in the realization of this that he becomes so upset that he passes out. Here in the final scene he passes out on a road between a brown dying field and a vibrant green one, lost on a road separated from who he was and who he is, this adds to the depth of his shoes being stolen, and a random person picking him up while he slumbers; he doesn’t know where he is going or how he will get there, but it will be an arduous journey.
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. Gus Van Sant’s movie, My Own Private Idaho, has the power to change a person’s political sensibilities by examining the paradigms that exist between sexuality and personal identity as they relate to the social and moral norms of society. With main characters Scott Favor, Keanu Reeves, and Mike Waters, River Phoenix, walk the roads of life amongst a subculture that allows them to exploit their bodies to survive, while attempting to create the foundations of an identity they have yet to understand. With Bob as the veritable “psychedelic teacher” of their subculture, a man who hustles and lies to others, as each hustles and lies to themselves; lost in a world without substance, a melancholy of fading youth.

Review completed by:  Mark Lux

Example 3

Film Title and Director:   Gus Van Sant,  My Own Private Idaho

  1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:1a. In my opinion, the film, My Own Private Idaho, does not have the power to transform one’s political sensibilities because it reinforces negative stereotypes about homosexuality, the characters are not very likable, and the Shakespearian dialogue would be difficult for the average middle-north-american to follow.
  2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:2a. When considering homophobia in the United States, one main factor that stimulates most prejudice is that many associate the gay community with promiscuity. This film not only reinforces this stigma but could also intensify it with the promiscuity that occurs mostly in the form of prostitution. 2. The characters in this film are not portrayed as righteous good-doers, but as deviants of our society. Unlike the depiction of Harvey Milk, from the film, Milk, the protagonists in My Own Private Idaho are not fighting to save lives, they are doing drugs and performing sexual favors in return for money and even though it is possible to feel sympathy for them, it is unlikely that a homophobic person could watch this film and want to relate to these characters. 3. Not only is it difficult to relate to the characters because of their behavior, but also because of the complicated dialogue and artsy nature of the film. Literacy in the United States is not so high that the average person would feel comfortable following along with a Shakespeare play, that was turned into a creative, modern play about prostitution, and then made into a movie, without losing interest in it.
  3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain:3a. Approx. 22 minutes, Café scene In this scene, some of the male prostitutes are describing their first experience with an exchange of sex for money. They were desperate and were willing to have sex with strangers, not long term partners or significant others out of love. Even though I personally sympathized for their difficult situation and traumatizing experiences, this shows homosexuality with values that are not strict or pure, the way that many generalize for all gays and would continue to after watching this film. 2. Approx. 29 minutes, Hotel Scene In this scene where Bob first appears and arrives to the hotel, many forms of deviance occur, showing questionable morals. Doing drugs, stealing drugs, planning to rob, and being prostitutes, the characters are not the typical protagonists that one would want to root for relate themselves to. 3. Approx. 42 minutes, Dialogue with Scott and Bob Scott and Bob engage in an argument that is difficult to follow, and very Shakespearian in its dialogue, Bob uses many metaphors and other devices. Throughout the play, there are pieces of dialogue like, “Good lord, lads, I know you as well as he that made you- Do you think that I would kill the heir apparent?” which clearly use vocabulary that is unusual for our time.
  4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference:4a. The film, My Own Private Idaho, tells a story of desperation and hardship for young male prostitutes. Many times they are stripped of their innocence and they surround themselves with a hostile environment containing drugs, stealing, and other forms of illegal activity. Although one may come to like the characters and feel sympathy for them, the film is unlikely to appeal to those who are not already open-minded about homosexuality. In my opinion, the film, My Own Private Idaho, does not have the power to transform one’s political sensibilities because it reinforces negative stereotypes about homosexuality, the characters are not very likable, and the Shakespearian dialogue would be difficult for the average middle-north-american to follow.
 
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