Your first task will be to identify a form of cultural resistance (or attempted cultural resistance) and its connected controversies and then to spend some time listening in on and analyzing the arguments that are embedded in the debate. Who is saying what? What positions are the various participants taking? What are the ethical and social consequences of those positions? Who wins? Who loses? What […]

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Explain the difference between Bentham and Mill regarding types of pleasures. Start by explaining the greatest happiness principle and principle of utility, then what the hedonistic calculus is, then how Bentham and Mill value competing pleasures differently from each other (like the example in class of $20 – should it go to the transformers movie that makes someone really happy, or the museum which leads to a […]

For the Research Essay, you will analyze A Doll’s House using a common theme such as marriage, death, conflict, male/female relationships, reality vs. illusion, freedom/oppression, or justice. The use of three secondary sources is required. For this assignment, write an annotated bibliography for the three secondary sources you will use in the research essay, as well as the primary source. Go to the library databases and find […]

Student Newspaper Article Summary Template Student name: _______________________________________ Author(s): _____________________________________________________ Date Published: _________________________________________________ Title: _________________________________________________________ Newspaper: ____________________________________________________ Website: _______________________________________________________ Date Accessed: __________________________________________________ APA Citation: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 1: Introduction: Who are the actors in this story? What happened? How did it happen? When did it happen? Is it still happening? Where did it happen? Paragraph 2: What are the natural elements introduced in this story? […]

 The movies in Unit II all deal with major decision making. Start by identifying your movie selection and providing a brief synopsis of the core issue. What was the main character’s goal? What major decision needed to be made, and by whom? What was the process? What were the problems or roadblocks? Then, discuss your analysis of the final outcome. This should be no more […]

 In some cultures, it is common to have  children sleep in the room or bed as their parents. These practices can  arise out of necessity, such as a lack of space, or out of cultural  values. Do you know anyone who had a “family bed”? What were their  reasons for having a “family bed”? How did your parents deal with  bedtime? Were you expected to […]

It takes practice to become an effective written communicator. In this course, you will practice writing effectively for different purposes.Identify a topic from the list below. Each topic identifies an issue that you will investigate over the 11-week term. Throughout this course, you will discuss why you chose the topic research and then propose a way to address the issue. You will write a draft and […]

Below are the characteristics of Realism–pick a piece of literature that we read in Unit 3! Then, pick three of the characteristics below and explain how the piece of literature you chose is a good example of them. This response should be (at least) 250-300 words in length. Realism in American Literature, 1860-1890 For a much more extensive description than appears on this brief page, […]

Chapter Five:  This chapter focuses on the ways culture and artistic forms, both traditional and popular, reflect, maintain, and resist gender and systems of inequality and privilege. These cultural forms provide narratives through, and against which, individuals live their lives and frame meanings and messages about who we are, how we should live, and how society should be organized. Popular and literary culture, including virtual […]