1) Read Crenshaw excerpt on Mapping the Intersections. Summarize the essay’s key arguments (don’t focus on details) (1 page) Be sure to explain: a) What does Crenshaw mean by intersectionality? What is her critique of identity politics as it relates to intersectionality? b) What is Crenshaw’s critique of both feminist movements and racial justice movements as it relates to intersectionality? c) How does Crenshaw use […]

As rates of childhood obesity have increased, so too have calls for action to help prevent and reduce it. School lunches and vending machines have been at the center of many of these efforts. Recent federal, state, and local legislation has aimed to require schools to eliminate so-called junk food and provide more healthy options for students. In 2004, as part of the Child Nutrition […]

Types of motivation      Motivating employees sound simple, but its application can offer quite a challenge to superiors. As such, there many tools an employer can use to motivate employees in order to positively influence their performance. 1- Positive reinforcement is one of the most popular methods used to motivate employees at the workplace. It normally involves the use of incentives that are beneficial to the employee. […]

Conduct an interview of at least 10 questions with a person in a full-time ministry position. The aim of the interview is to discover his/her personal model for decision-making in the ministry. (Hint: Your interviewee may not have one, so the questions must seek to discover how the person goes about making decisions in his/her position of leadership.) The questions must be open-ended, requiring more […]

Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools is a book written by Jonathan Kozol in 1991 that discusses the disparities in education between schools of different classes and races. It is based on his observations of various classrooms in the public school systems of East St. Louis, Chicago, New York City, Camden, Cincinnati, and Washington D.C.. His observations take place in both schools with the lowest per capita spending on students and the highest, ranging from just […]

As a way of experiencing the Humanities beyond your classroom, computer, and textbook, you are asked to do a certain type of “cultural activity” that fits well with our course and then report on your experience. Your instructor will require you to propose an activity and get instructor approval before you do it and report on it (students should look for any instructions in that […]

Over the past four weeks you’ve had the opportunity to create a classroom environment that supports the foundations of differentiated instruction (DI), brainstorm differentiated strategies that align with the Common Core State Standards, and create the foundation for a unit plan based that incorporates instructional technology while adhering to UDL and DI principles.  This week you will use what you’ve learned to create a summative […]

1. In 1970, Ford Motors began making the compact model called the Pinto. The model became a focus of a major scandal when it was alleged that the car’s design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires. Critics argued that the vehicle’s lack of a true rear bumper as well as any reinforcing structure […]

CCSS & Differentiated Classrooms What we have learned so far in this course is that students come to us from diverse backgrounds and have their own unique learning needs. We have also learned that the systems of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are grounded in differentiated instructional practices to form the basis of quality curriculum. As noted in Week Two, you participate in your […]

MUCT 2360 – Music Cultures of the Silk Road Reading assignment #3 ** Be sure to read assignment instructions on Canvas before beginning the assignment. Signell, ch. 1-2 from Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music 1. According to Signell, in Turkey “Almost all classical compositions are performed from written notation today.” What is one positive AND one negative outcome of this fact? 2. What […]