Please watch the video below and read the two attached articles. In a 500 word paper, analyze the arguments being made about democracy and America. Be critical and take a position on the points being made about American Democracy. By having a historical understanding of American government you can begin to deduce how American government was built to function and critique how it actually functions […]

In this class we have identified as one of our objectives the ability to fully engage, in critical ways, popular culture and its influence upon our political selves, our political sensibilities.  With our focus on “deep differences” we find ourselves examining both documentary and feature-length film texts.   In 300-500 words share whether or not you believe the assigned documentary film text has the potential to […]

Chapter 10: Most Americans in the 1930s and 1940s did not know that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was severely handicapped from polio and had to use a wheelchair, just as many in the 1960s did not know that John F. Kennedy had extramarital affairs while in the White House. Journalists at the time censored themselves due to respect for the office and the man. Which […]

Research Paper Proposal (1-2 pp.) – Due 11/16 The paper proposal should help you frame your thinking about why you chose a topic and how you plan to write a longer paper about it while also making an original argument. You will need to convince me that whatever subject you choose can support a full-length research paper.  With this in mind, I expect you to […]

– For this assignments you are to find a current news article discussing an international event that relates to a topic covered in class. Write 2 pages, double spaced times new roman 12-point font, and standard margins and attach the selected article to the papers. The paper should: 1) Describe the issue. What is the source of the problem or conflict? The reader should understand […]

The Birth of a Nation (1913) is still seen as a monumental film due to its innovation of filming techniques that are still used today. For example, one of D. W. Griffith’s key contributions was his pioneering use of “cross-cutting” to follow parallel lines of action. An early audience might have been confused by a film that showed first one group of characters, then another, […]

 Karen Scullion, seventeen years old, has been admitted for surgery to evaluate a soft tissue mass suspicious for sarcoma. Radical resection of the tissue mass along with extensive skin grafting was performed. While Karen was in the recovery room, the physicians saw her parents to inform them of the results of the surgery. They were understandably shaken. Both parents insisted that Karen not be told […]

I have chosen film, cinema, in my work in order to theorize difficult questions regarding democracy and difference.  There are, however, many points of caution in choosing to use film.  Films often can reinforce and affirm stereotyped and demeaning images of others; that is, film is as effective a tool for installing as it is for challenging and overcoming oppression.  However, as I write in […]

Review the CQ Researcher article on Re-examining the Constitution and answer the following questions: Part 1: Looking back 200 years, how would you evaluate the work of the Founders in designing our form of government? Does the Constitution need any improvements or changes? Part 2: A number of efforts have been made in recent years to add new amendments to the Constitution. Some have made […]

Answer the question below in a paper AT LEAST three (3)  pages in length.  The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins  (2” right-hand margin), with a font size no larger than 12 point, nor  smaller the 10 point.  Undertake as much outside research as necessary  to adequately answer the question. In  Massachusetts, cities and towns have bifurcated system of government in  which all department […]