During the second wave of the Great Migration, the Black Church remained a vital force in Black America. The church helped hundreds of thousands of migrants adjust to urban life in northern cities and simultaneously fought for black freedom, justice, and equality. The evolution of the African American church is examined in the documentary, “The Black Church with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” For this assignment, […]

 You will write an 10-12 pageresearch essay worth 300 points.The essay must be double-spaced, written in 12-point Calibri, Garamond, or Times New Roman font, with margins set at one inch.  The essay must be written in your best prose. It must be well-organized and grammatically correct. You must support your points with specific references and direct quotations. You are required to directly quote and analyze […]

You are the director at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville. Recently, a wealthy philanthropist and her husband have donated a sizablesum of money to the museum, making it possible to procure a collection of invaluable pieces of art.  The philanthropist has requested that you use her giftin the following ways:  First, you must develop a theme around which to organize your […]

For your final essay, you will write an essay outlining a major turning point in world history from the 16th century to present day.  You will choose a turning point that, in your opinion, had the biggest effect and made a significant impact on modern history.  Your essay should be an argumentative essay indicating why this event was such an important turning point. Events you […]

Students are required to view on Youtube (or other video platform) one full musical concert and write a three-to five page response to the performance using the information and terminology you have learned in our class. This assignment should be typed in formal English and submitted through Blackboard.  It is due on or before midnight on Friday, April 30th (the last day of remote class). […]

The Wizard of Oz is thought to be, by some, a parable of American populism, progressivism and the Gilded Age . With that in mind, explain what the following people/events/things represent regarding that era of American history: 1) The Tin Man 2) The Scarecrow 3) The Cowardly Lion 4) Dorothy 5) The Yellow Brick Road 6) The Ruby Slippers 7) The Wizard 8) The Good Witch […]

One of the more traditional assignments students encounter in an introductory Art History class is to write a visual (formal) analysis paper. This assignment, which is based on the student’s visit to the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, whose permanent collection contains Greek pottery from the time period that we are studying in Unit 2, requires students to […]

From the approved list of historical films that is here attached, you will choose one film to view and analyze for its historical content, historical themes, and accuracy. This Historical Themed Movie Review is worth 60 points and must be a minimum of 1500 words, using a minimum of 5 SCHOLARLY SOURCES – 1 source must be a primary document. DO NOT use Ask.com, Wikipedia, […]

George Berkeley (pronounced “barkley”), in his subjective idealism, claimed the only things we could be sure of are that we have perceptions and that God must also perceive to explain our common perceptions, and that we could “know” nothing else. The positivists, such as Charles Sanders Peirce and Karl Popper, claimed that we could only know our sense perceptions from our five senses and nothing […]

 You will be turning in your paper by uploading it to Turnitin on Blackboard, which will be found in the Research Paper tab. While Turnitin accepts most formats, you may have to change your paper into a pdf file to upload. There will be a 15% deduction for each day your paper is late. Late count starts the minute after the due time/date. Do not […]