Why Write a Literary Analysis? Literature teaches us about the value of conflict. We experience conflict in our personal relationships and in our interactions with society. Literary analysis helps us recognize the conflict at work in literature, which gives us greater insight into the personal conflicts that we face. In addition, learning how to closely read, analyze, and critique a text is beneficial beyond a […]

Understanding Cognitive Development The Final Paper for this course is an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of children’s cognitive development and skill by explaining strategies for applying course concepts to working with children in order to meet their diverse needs and abilities. You will write a paper that outlines the development of a child from birth through age eight from both a theoretical and cognitive […]

Part I Paper is 500-700 words in length. The essay is a total of at least three paragraphs. Describe three of the communication skills that you think will be most beneficial to you in your professional or personal life. The essay should have a clearly stated introduction with thesis statement; a supportive paragraph in which you discuss in detail the three communication skills; and a concluding […]

The assignment: compose a 6-7 page persuasive essay, open topic with caveat that it must relate to education and must incorporate at least seven sources (books, articles including ones from our reader, online sources, interviews, surveys, etc.). You will need to identify a question or problem concerning some aspect of education that interests you and, hopefully, your audience (your classmates and any additional audience you […]

Research Project Report: Objectives: 1)to expose you to film- and literature-related scholarly articles and databases. As you have chosen to enter this far into the discipline, you must develop at least a minimal working knowledge of the discipline’s modes of discourse.2)to cause you to think critically about the relationship of your sources and communicate effectively to an integrated community of learners who are by definition interested in […]

Humans are art making creatures. From the evocative hunting depictions of our ancient ancestors to modern dance, humans have reacted to their environment by painting, singing, dancing, writing, and recording the things they encounter. In this week’s assignment, you will be asked to select an artifact to analyze. Make sure that you choose something that really resonates with you, but also make sure that you would not […]

For your first essay (2-3 pages), you will explore the history of a racial stereotype and how it has transformed into its current manifestation. In order to do this, you will need to compare and contrast at least one old(er) film that depicts the stereotype with at least one contemporary film that depicts the stereotype in whatever form it takes today. You will need to […]

 Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]

 Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]

 Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]