Best Writer

Write an essay that provides a very brief summary of the article that explains the main points and most important arguments of the authors. Then critically assess the arguments offered by the author. Offer evidence in support of or against the central arguments of the authors.

Does an object at rest necessarily have no forces acting on it?
How about if it moves at a constant velocity?
Give two real-world examples of one object at rest and one moving at a constant velocity with both having non-zero forces acting on them. What is special about the SUM of all the forces on each of these objects?

If it is true that we are in a cave, what can we do about it? What does the allegory of the cave and the rest of Book VII tell us about Plato’s views on education? Do “true” and “good” have to have as close a relationship as Plato suggests? What other thoughts or reactions do you have?

FORUM DESCRIPTION
I. Answer the following questions on The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu:
1. Why does the narrator stress that the discovery of over 70,000 manuscripts in Timbuktu (a city in Mali) will forever re-write the history of West Africa?
2. Why does the narrator state that Mali’s oral tradition (of song and dance) has been dismissed?
3. Why does the narrator emphasize that Timbuktu’s Arabic manuscripts date back to the 1400s (15th century) and the 1500s (the 16th century)?
4. Given that the manuscripts cover such topics as astronomy, theology, and medicine, what does this prove about about the intellectual abilities and traditions of West African scholars? How do these intellectual traditions shatter racist stereotypes of African culture and peoples?

II. Answer the following questions on When the Moors Ruled Spain:
1. Why does the narrator stress the African Moors’ presence in Spain (and Europe) “has been systematically written out of history”?
2. Why does the narrator stress that Columbus’s 1492 voyage to the Americas (and the Reconquista) marks the end of an era?
3. Given the elaborate design of the Alhambra Palace, what do the narrator and the guest commentator indicate about the Moors’ advanced knowledge of architecture and mathematics?
III. Answer the following questions related to Gates on Ancient African Civilizations:
1. Why does the interviewer state that Gates’s project seeks to elevate the significance of African civilizations from the footnotes of history?
2. Why does Gates provide a contrast between the negative Western image of Africa and the actual historical achievements of Africans?
3. Why does Gates stress that the 400 year old institution of chattel slavery caused the erasure of African history and African historical contributions?

1. Reading: Martin Kemp, “The Last Supper and the First Steps,” in Living with Leonardo: Fifty Years of Sanity and Insanity in the Art World and Beyond (2018)
In this essay Martin Kemp, the world’s leading expert on Leonardo da Vinci, describes himself when he was young student. He tells how he got interested in Leonardo and gained his first insight into the workings of the artist’s mind. Describe a few of the most revealing details from Martin Kemp’s intellectual biography.

2.Video: Authentification of Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi

Why is Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi an important discovery?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hac24noMOrYs_RLgaxlHlLTA8qc9o2xx/view

What was the role that children’s books played in “Classroom contexts that support young children’s intercultural understanding”? (Focus on: How did teachers integrate books into classroom activity/conversation? What was the purpose? Outcome?)
Use those answers to think more generally about why it is important to have books in the classroom that engage with difference and show a variety of kinds of people, places, and ways of living. What do you think?

Define identity through essential and constructionism perspectives. Discuss how each theory is applicable to your own identity formation

Explain the sociological imagination n apply it to current society.Develop a Sociological imagination using concepts of poverty inequality racism unemployment.

How does gender NOT affect your life?
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Is Gender as Social Institution?
Our society has very strict views of gender and its roles within society. This week, I want you to think about every way in which gender does not influence your life. For this discussion, try to identify a way in which gender has not affected you. If it makes it easier, look at every other institution to see if gender does not play a role.
Respond to a peer for full credit. In our response, try to break their argument apart.

Write a paper on the Himalayan glaciers melting at ‘exceptional rate’
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211220083104.htm