Watch the three TED talks on critically making decisions and choose one to analyze. – Share your thoughts about the decision-making process described in your chosen TED.  Explain why you think the talk is on target or why it is off base using specific examples from the video as proof.  – Describe decision-making situations, dilemmas, […]

 watch the movie Training Rules: No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians (2009) then write : The Title of the Film and why you chose it.  Director, Leading actors/actresses and brief Summary of the plot, if it is a documentary state the person or subject. Who was your favorite actor/actress or your least favorite?  Give specific […]

Watch Frontline – Facing Death. (Links to an external site.)  PLEASE WATCH VIDEO FOR THIS ASSIGMENT. Explain how advances in medical care have complicated the end of life decisions. Be sure to discuss the "broken survivors of intensive care." This is a rather broad subject so feel free to explore a specific area. Your explanation should […]

Watch Celebrating 40 years of IDEA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4b9d4XAdY.  You will write a 3-5 page reflection of how IDEA has changed life for individuals with disabilities. Be sure to discuss conditions prior to IDEA. You should use your textbook to support your writing with what was viewed in the video. Make sure you discuss all laws […]

Vivian Sobchack's chapter, "What My Fingers Knew: The Cinesthetic Subject, or Vision in the Flesh" makes the argument that "the film experience is meaningful not to the side of our bodies but because of our bodies. Which is to say that movies provoke in us the 'carnal thoughts' that ground and inform more conscious analysis" […]