REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT: THE NATURE OF TRUTH Please read the excerpt from Plato’s The Republic called “The Allegory of the Cave” (the link is available in this week’s readings), as well as the section in your textbook on Greek philosophy (Chapter 2, pp. 64–67 “Philosophy and the Polis” through “Plato’s Republic and Idealism”). Using what you’ve […]

TIMELINE PROJECT PRESENTATION   This week, you will complete the Timeline Project you began in Week 5 with the submission of your formal presentation. The point of this project is to help you see how all of the pieces of this class fit together and give you an opportunity to demonstrate how much you have […]

REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT EXPERIENCING MUSIC   This week, your assignment is to explore the legacy of the black artist during the Harlem Renaissance in Harlem, New York. Please review the section in Chapter 14: The Modernist World on the Harlem Renaissance and then view these two videos on this movement in art, paying close attention to […]

ART PRODUCTION This week you will use your reading for the week as a point of departure to create your own artistic production to present to the class in a narrated PowerPoint.   DIRECTIONS   Complete the reading for this week.   Select one of the visual art pieces from the chapter or the time […]

Choose one of the following psychological views of religion: Freud, James, or Jung. Briefly describe this theory. Defend this theory as an explanation as to the origin of religions.       RELI448 Comparative Religions   Week 2 Discussion   Upanishads   Textbook: Chapter 3   Link (online PDF): The Upanishads (Links to an external […]

Question 1 A common element often found in religions is:   respect for sculpture.   feelings of wonder.   rules governing meditation.   use of permanent places of worship.   Question 2 The position that argues that we cannot know whether there is a god or not is known as:   monotheism.   polytheism.   […]

Psychological Impact   •         Mental illnesses   •         Suicide   •         Civil disturbance   •         Other psychological issues   Technological Impact   •               All technology-related – hardware, software, infrastructure, internet, intranet, etc.   Economic / Business Impact […]

Following the attacks on 9/11, many online news Web sites faced an increased number of connections from people trying to know the latest development of events. This augmented traffic quickly brought nearly every news site down, and CNN.com was not immune.   On September 11, in approximately 15 minutes, CNN.com served over 132 million pages, […]

CRITICAL THINKING: Intelligence Framework (75 points) In our lecture this week, we examined various frameworks that attempt to explain the act of Homeland Security intelligence gathering. In a short essay, develop, name, and briefly explain a framework of your own design that you feel best relates to Covert Actions taken within the intelligence community.   […]

DQ1 Advocacy & Action Plan Sharing Please read Dennis Vicar’s article “We the Parents” and think about how it connects to the Strengthening Families Approach.  Is there information in the proposed “Parent’s Bill of Rights” that can be incorporated into your advocacy and action plan?   Use this forum as an opportunity for collaborative sharing […]