Read chapter 3, watch Week 6 Lectures, and watch the films “Gone Baby Gone” and “Sleepers”. Pick one movie and apply Kant’s moral philosophy to judge the MAIN FINAL action. For “Gone Baby Gone” judge Patrick’s final decision and for “Sleepers” judge the priest’s final decision. Judging any other action in the movie is an automatic zero. 500 words minimum in MLA format. Due on […]

Details:  Proficiency in academic language in all content areas is key to learning and achievement. Science involves a variety of academic terms essential to understanding science concepts.  Part 1  Review the Disciplinary Core Ideas from NGSS (physical sciences, life science, earth and space sciences, engineering, technology and applications of science) and choose a grade level and one Disciplinary Core Idea to identify key language and […]

 Write an interesting, engaging and academically relevant essay in which you compare/contrast The Scarlet Letter to one selected short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne on the syllabus: “Young Goodman Brown” “The Minister’s Black Veil” “The Birthmark” “Rappaccini’s Daughter” The main goal of your comparison paper will be to show how the novel is an expansion of an idea or ideas presented in one of these short […]

 Journal Instructions and Topic Choices Three journals are required during the semester. Journals must be written on current readings. Journals are due on Thursdays. Only one journal can be written per week. Journals need to written in MLA format. They should be AT LEAST 15 sentences and include a thesis that introduces the work, the author, and the journal topic. Journals are not summaries. If […]

 WHAT IS A LITERARY DEVICE?In literature, any technique used to help the author achieve his or her purpose is called a literary device. Typically, these devices are used for an aesthetic purpose – that is, they’re intended to make the piece more beautiful. However, it’s a very broad term and isn’t strictly limited to this meaning.THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERARY DEVICESLiterary devices are the author’s whole toolkit: whatever you […]

This week you will read about how McDonaldization is actually the application to the fast food industry of the principles of “Scientific Management” which were first formalized by Frederick Taylor, who advocated that there was “One Best Way” to accomplish any task.  He believed that the work of planning should be the domain of corporate staff specialists, who would use the scientific method—data analysis and […]

Before participating in this discussion, please make sure you have completed the readings and have comprehensively analyzed “The Raise” interactive scenario to ensure you can fully address the prompt. In “The Raise” scenario, you were asked to construct arguments in favor of getting a raise. Using the knowledge you gained from the “The Raise” scenario, pick something that you are passionate about and create an […]

Four aspects of family life are described that have been strongly tied to student academic achievement, and they are (a) family beliefs and expectations, (b) family patterns of emotional connectedness, (c) family organizational patterns, and (d) family patterns around learning.  Choose one of the key components and add at least three additional points/suggestions to contribute to a students’ success.  Use these new points in addition […]

For your third Individual Project, you will be writing an essay of 1,000 words or more about two additional poems from the assigned reading list. Please select two works from the list of fifteen—excluding the one you already reflected on in Part A of the Phase 3 DB assignment—and answer the questions below. Again, be sure to begin your paper with an engaging introduction and clear thesis […]

dq. 1 Find an article on the Internet concerning a hazardous waste problem, challenge, or issue in business that is or should be, by your estimation, regulated by RCRA. Briefly describe the issue presented in the article and provide a link to the article. Given RCRA’s requirements, critique whether RCRA is effective in protecting human health and the environment in regulating the handling of the […]