Aging and Ageism:  After doing the readings for this section of the course and after our class discussions, interview someone over the age of 70 about their life since age 50.  First discuss with them the ethical issues involved in your interviewing them and obtain consent. This person may be a family member, a friend or an acquaintance.  After the…

The links provided below are your sources to complete this assignment. Please refer to them for pictures and information.  After thinking about the Renaissance, reading course material from last two weeks, provided links, and outside sources, we can conclude that one of the defining characteristics of the Italian society (and Florentine in particular) at the…

The discovery of the final resting place of Alexander the Great is the stuff of dreams for archeologist and treasure hunters everywhere. What would the discovery of his tomb mean for the writing and understanding of Hellenistic history? With regard to studying history, how should we treat Alexander’s ethnicity (Was he Greek, Turkish, or Macedonian)…

 In this essay I would like you to do some research on stress and how stress affects the body, mind, and brain especially prolonged stress. Stress can have devestating effects on all three areas and as I have said in class prolonged stress levels off and we develop copeing mechanisms to deal with it, however…

Write a minimum of 250 words discussion about one of the topics listed below Read the Cross Currents section on pg. 7 of our Humanities Textbook. Do additional research on Tenochtitlan (capital of the Aztec Empire) during the period corresponding with the European Renaissance, and report on any topic of interest that you find. Cite…

Choose one of the following articles to read. Briefly summarize the article for your classmates. Then, post your initial reaction/thoughts on the article. How is the subject of the article relevant to what you learned this semester? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538598008/judge-promises-reduced-jail-time-if-tennessee-inmates-get-vasectomies https://www.npr.org/2015/08/21/433478728/one-lawyers-fight-for-young-blacks-and-just-mercy https://www.npr.org/2016/11/30/503825338/what-food-stamps-and-drunk-driving-stats-have-to-do-with-each-other https://www.npr.org/2018/06/06/617676310/california-voters-recall-judge-who-gave-brock-turner-a-6-month-sentence https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/09/759031061/positive-childhood-experiences-may-buffer-against-health-effects-of-adverse-ones https://www.npr.org/2013/05/15/180300236/stay-at-home-dads-breadwinner-moms-and-making-it-all-work https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/07/10/flint-water-crisis-poisoned-city

Compare and contrast the 2 video’s – please discuss the tempo of the music, instruments used, the time, etc.   https://youtu.be/fOk8Tm815lE https://youtu.be/e4d0LOuP4Uw

1) watch TED Talk , analyzing it for rhetorical appeals. Start your post with a link to the talk you analyzed.  https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_kirkland_wearable_tech_that_helps_you_navigate_by_touch/transcript 2) Summarize the rhetorical situation of the TED Talk of your analysis in a short paragraph. You can use this outline as a guide:  Name of author/communicator, something about them, the genre, and…

  Week # 4 Assignment Instructions Class: For this week’s assignment you will be preforming some hands-on analysis of facial recognition. Follow the steps below and keep notes as appropriate in your word document/lab report. Due to privacy concerns, etc. we are a bit limited on this exercise. Step 1: Go to this  and chose the…

You are a consultant to a company [choose a real company of your liking]. The CEO has come to you as they have an issue: They attract good candidates, but they cannot retain and motivate them for a long time after they join. The CEO asks you to propose an analysis of the issue based on few…