Write a cause and effect essay based on one of the following prompts: 1)        For what reasons did you choose your major? This essay would only discuss causes. 2)       Consider a time when you succeeded or failed at something important. Explain either the reasons why you succeeded/failed or the consequences of succeeding/failing. Choose either causes or effects. 3)       Consider a big […]

For a major part of your grade, you are going to research and complete an environmental issues paper. This will help you build the skills necessary to develop an informed opinion and present that opinion in written form. This project will serve as a final assessment for the course. Using the content of the course, critically evaluate and analyze a controversial environmental issue of your […]

This exercise allows you to see how many everyday opportunities there are to barter and negotiate – and to reflect on your negotiations.  You will negotiate a series of 5 trades beginning with a paper clip and ending with something more valuable, e.g. you might trade your paperclip for a pen, then the pen for a pack of gum, then the gum for a used thumb […]

Create a fictional character (or real-life character but placed in your creative historical fiction writing) to fit a topic in Chapters 8-9.  Be SPECIFIC, lengthen your paragraphs, and use Internet source if you wish, but keep the comment in your own words.  The SEVEN-PARAGRAPH (or more) comment is due Thursday, October 12, will get a ten-point deduction if turned in by October 19 afterwards. (You can use Internet […]

The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy have a direct effect on the individual throughout a lifetime. For this assignment, research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers. Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint health promotion, with speaker notes, that outlines […]

Instructor”s question and case for class discussion: “Why do we need to understand data visualisations? There is more and more data around us, and data are increasingly used in decision-making, journalism, and to make sense of the world. One of the main ways that people get access to data is through visualisations, but lots of people feel like they don’t have the skills and knowledge […]

Directions:1. You are to find one slave narratives from your assigned states. 2. In essay format, you will retell to the class what you heard and read about from your chosen person about their slave experiences… Syllabus States: Interactive Written Debates and written Essay Research discussion forums: During the course you will write essay in week 3 and a essay in week 6 with 2 […]

  New Union Conceptualization After all that we have read and explored, a new conception of unions may be needed. Think about what structure and functions a union might provide to employees in the 21st century and share your vision of what a new union would do (the role that it serves it members, the role it functions in greater society, and so on). Submission […]

Assignment Instructions The grading rubric for your annotated bibliography appears below. Submit an annotated bibliography by no later than Sunday of week 3. Late submissions of this assignment will not be accepted. Be sure that you collect a minimum 3-4 peer reviewed sources (published within the last 10 years) from the APUS online databases for the annotated bibliography. The annotated bibliography must be relevant to […]

  Write an essay of 750-1,000 words in which you: 1. Describe the structure and function of the electoral college. How and when was it created in the U.S.? Why was it created, and by whom? 2. Compare the electoral college to a popular vote approach for elections. How does the electoral college system operate/function? What are consequences of using an electoral college system versus […]