THE AIM: The aim is to analyze an excerpt from one of the short stories in the course and to develop a close analysis of the passage. Your close reading of the excerpt should be grounded in the interpretation of the story as a whole (thus, the whole story provides you with the context for…

Texas Independence Identify the following TWO terms (be sure to consider historical significance): 1) Law of April 6, 1830 2) Santa Fe Expedition Detail the steps leading to Texas Independence. What role did revolutions elsewhere play in the move towards independence, especially in Mexico? What immigration policies proved problematic for Mexican officials? Who were the…

Red Table Talk video analysis You will watch three (3) short video lectures made by my previous students on topics that center around areas of diversity and social justice that are affecting a socially marginalized group. What is the name of the presenter? What is the topic and information being discussed? (provide more than just…

Globalization and Disney What was Disney’s first venture overseas? What mistakes did they make? What did they learn? What were their plans for China? What have they done there? How would you describe their strategy–see the strategy chapter and use that for the basis of this answer. What are their future plans? The post What…

Applied ethics Jodie and Mary were conjoined twins sharing a single heart and a single pair of lung. Without intervention, both would die within six months. If separated, Jodie would live but Mary would die immediately. The parents refused permission to operate, believing that it would be wrong to hasten Mary’s death. Devout Catholics, they…

For this assignment, you will be asked to write a short lay summary, blogpost, or newspaper article reviewing a recently published article in developmental psychology. Here are some good examples of well written research summaries where the author has very clearly summarized the key objectives of a study and the main findings without misinterpreting or…

What’s more important in the play–its social criticism or its conventional, even conservative structure? Why do you think this? Much of the humor in “The Importance of Being Earnest” comes as Wilde makes fun of Victorian culture, with its superficiality and snobbery. But the play does still use the traditional form of a romantic comedy.…

Project Management Practical Project Evaluation Choose one of two projects I. Sydney Opera House II. Berlin Airport For the chosen project, try to do the following: i. Write a possible project charter ii. Discuss if the project has failed or succeeded based on the three project evaluation criteria: time, cost, and scope iii. Discuss the…

Business evaluation Case Study Pioneer Aircraft Co. sells private, single-engine planes. Most sales are for customers engaged in private and leisure flying. In a 50-week period, sales in the past five years have averaged to the following: PLANES SOLD WEEKS THIS NUMBER SOLD 0 40 1 8 2 1 3 1 In a three-page essay,…

Question: Design a circuit that detects the voltage level on a battery system and indicates charge level by three LEDs. Green (Charge level is above 50%), Yellow(Charge level is between 25% and 50%), Red(Charge level is below 25%). There is a Voltage Sensor that gives you 32 levels of linear information about the voltage level…