CRITICAL WRITING When Thoreau decamped to the woods to write Walden in 1845, the United States (and indeed much of the world) was experiencing a period of immense social, cultural, and political upheaval. The economy was shifting from one of home-based subsistence and informal trade to paid labor in structured workplaces. Abolitionists were pushing for […]

Choose one quotation (of any length) from Part 4 or 5 of Erika Lee’s book and discuss where and why you think it should be presented outside this / an Asian American Studies course. Essentially, what is your takeaway from that portion of Erika Lees The Making of Asian America: A History, what are the […]

Compare the current Covid-19 pandemic with another pandemic that has affected American history.  How does the current Covid-19 crisis compare and contrast to the pandemic you chose to explore historically?  Examples you can use include the Virgin Soil Epidemics that swept across indigenous communities, smallpox as it impacted colonial Euro-Americans in the colonial era, the […]

Answer the following question thoroughly using the textbook, sources in Canvas, and/or other scholarly sources. Include a Work Cited page. Write at least 1800 words.  Examine closely the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. List the several times throughout the history of this country since 1865 that the government has gone against the principles of […]

It is common to hear that “eastern” and “western” religions are very different in character. Do you agree? For your final essay you should assess this claim through a comparison (or contrast) of a single feature common to at least two “eastern” religions (Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism and Buddhism) and two “western” religions (Judaism, Christianity, and […]

.How women are doubly oppressed and how Western feminist ideals impart a false awareness in the woman’s quest for identity in postcolonial and dominant societies. Comparatively discuss this idea with reference to vivid examples from African literature and Asian American literature.

1-2 pages discussing the following. Please use only the sources provided and own observations.  Discuss the roles played by the president in the American politicalsystem. Describe how each role is a source of power, and responsibility.Briefly mention the limits on presidential power

Choose TWO of the three questions on 13th to respond to.  Be sure to develop at least one full paragraph for each number, and for the sake of clarity, number the responses that you chose to answer.  13th: 1. This documentary emphasizes that the current crisis of mass incarceration is directly tied to our countrys […]

2.    Culture helps a people to transmit its values from one generation to the next. Art is an important means of conveying those values.  In a period of divided culture, we might expect the art to reflect division about values.  In your essay, consider the role of art as described by Lippman in A Preface […]

Topic: Cultural Considerations of Managing Diverse Teams – Giving Negative Feedback The Culture Map Erin Meyer Chapter 2 Polite.pdf  As a follow up to last week’s discussion board and exploring Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions, please read the attached and consider an approach to providing negative feedback to a colleague in each of the countries you analyzed […]