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As the pace of change accelerates, the value of any stock of knowledge depreciated faster and faster. Today competitive advantage is not based on stocks of knowledge, but having access to flows of knowledge… What does that mean for the organization (FBI – will be the organization used for this paper)? How should it prepare to take advantage?

Search for examples of organizations preparing to take advantage and apply it to your organization (FBI). There is no minimum number of references for this assignment but you should have several references. You should take the information you gather from these references and tell the story of change for the organization, where did they start, how did it plan for the change, and how does it execute the change to take advantage.

Choose one question from each act and write a paragraph in response (three paragraphs total). Before you select the question, make sure there are no questions left unanswered—you should respond to unanswered questions first. This is a good reason to post early—you will have more choices available.
Act One
What is the backdrop for the arrival of Don Pedro and his men? Why is this significant to the plot of the play?
What is the substance of Don Pedro’s private conversation with the lovesick Claudio? Why is Don Pedro in such a hurry, do you think? Is it a good idea for him to woo in Claudio’s place? Why or why not?
How do we know that Beatrice and Benedick are in a “skirmish of wit”? Who seems to be winning? What is said that leads the audience to believe these two have a past, and why is that important, particularly when we reach Act 3 and Don Pedro’s “trick”?

Attached Files:
File Much Ado Acts I-III.mp3 (9.579 MB)
File MuchAdoActsI-III.rtf (376.972 KB)
This week, we will address the following topics:
Drama
The Writing Process
Analyzing Literature
Literary Research
[The audio file is the same as the text–because this is a long explanation, the audio is offered for those who prefer it. You don’t need to use both unless you’d like to do so].
Politics
There are a lot of things to discuss in Much Ado About Nothing, so the following isn’t the only theme you can or should think about. It’s just something that often we don’t think much about as we read the play and is actually pretty important: politics.
Why are the Prince (Don Pedro) and his men even in Messina?
Politics is why Leonato allows the prince and his men to eat his food and sleep in his home, why he throws a party for their victory–it’s also why Leonato believes that Don Pedro may offer marriage to his daughter Hero. Leonato is the Governor of Messina ( a city in Italy), and good ties to the royal family are important not only for political stability, but for money, troops, even survival. Leonato and Don Pedro are “old friend(s),” according to Don Pedro. By this, he means that he is grateful that Leonato is footing the bill to host, feed, and entertain the officers and their troops, showing his gratitude for and his generosity to his prince.
It’s also why, just before the party, Leonato says to Hero (his daughter), “If the prince do solicit you, in that kind, you know your answer . . .” He’s telling her that if the prince asks to marry her, her answer will be “yes.” It would be a marriage that would bring about great political advantage for her father, giving him direct ties to the royal family, and while he would not force the prince to make an offer, she is not to turn it down if he does. There is at least the speculation, then, that such a marriage offer is possible. Beatrice (Leonato’s niece) seems pretty happy not to be under the same orders.
If Leonato has the expectation that an offer of marriage MIGHT come–then the Prince must know it as well. Do you think that perhaps this might be why the Prince is so enthusiastic about Claudio’s infatuation with Hero? Why he pushes Claudio to make the offer right away rather than waiting? Claudio doens’t want to appear too hasty, as if he’s just after her money and connections. However, almost the first thing Claudio asks is “Doth Leonato have any son?” Claudio here is asking whether or not Hero will be Leonato’s heir–will she be wealthy when Leonato dies. The Prince says that Hero is the only heir, and Claudio then agrees to propose.
The Prince can then encourage Claudio to make his move while extricating himself without offending his host. It’s a good match for his friend, a good match for Hero.
After all, Claudio is the hero of the hour. He’s a newly-minted war hero, he’s become the Prince’s right-hand man, he’s from a noble family himself (he’s Count Claudio). So while it’s not as good as the prince, it’s close. And with the Prince’s approval, it’s a highly advantageous match for Hero (not to mention that while we don’t know the age of Claudio or Hero, it’s his first battle, and she’s really kind of timid, which makes her seem young. It might that be the Prince finds her too young, but Claudio is more the right age–we don’t know, but an argument could be made here).
Then, we find out something else–the Prince doesn’t make a marriage offer to Hero, but he DOES make one to Beatrice.
When Beatrice complains that she must cry “Heigh ho” for a husband, the Prince says “Lady Beatrice, I will get you one.” He means he’ll find a husband for Beatrice. But she says, teasingly, that she’d rather have one of his father’s “getting” by which she mean “begetting”–if you’ve read your Bible, you know that means his issue, or his sons. So she’s kind of implying that she’d marry one of the princes…but when he takes the plunge, she immediately turns him down. Ouch.
Well, goodness, this is an awkward situation, because Beatrice doesn’t want to marry Don Pedro, but he’s a prince and a powerful one. He’s a good friend to her uncle, who apparently is allowing her to live with him, so she doesn’t want the prince to be angry at being rejected, and she WAS kind of flirting with him a second before. Besides, she’s witty, but she’s never truly cruel (we can argue that she’s cruel to Benedick, but that’s another discussion entirely).
Beatrice saves the situation, because she turns it into a joke on herself–she tells Don Pedro that he’s “too costly to wear every day,” and that she was born to speak “mirth but no matter.” In other words, she would not be happy as a political wife, that she isn’t suited to be the wife that a Prince with his reputation requires. Fortunately for her, the Prince understands and seems to take it well. (We can argue that based on his later actions, but we’ll leave it there for now).
Beatrice and Benedick
Now, this leaves us with some questions–is Beatrice really so opposed to the Prince on his own merits? Or is it that her heart is already given over to someone else? Even the Prince, thinking on her words, tells the others, “She were an excellent wife, for Benedick.”
And the plot thickens.
All of this hinting around may explain why Beatrice and Benedick fall in love so fast when they’ve been previously devoted to insulting one another. Hate and love are two sides of the same intense emotion, and it’s possible there’s been something in their past that turned the relationship sour (Beatrice hints at it when she says “You always end with a jade’s trick/I know you of old”). Remember, too, that Benedick is portrayed as a sort of “ladies’ man,” which may have caused an issue before. We’re never given details about this, just the clues. And in that conversation with Don Pedro (the prince), Beatrice admits that she once gave Benedick her heart, but that he had won it from her with “false dice.” She’s determined not to lose her heart to him again, lest she prove “the mother of fools.”
The largest of these clues telling us that they may have had a previous relationship is the ease with which they are brought together. It shouldn’t matter, should it? Overhearing your friends and/or family saying that someone you hate is actually in love with you might more commonly end up giving that person an advantage in their arguments. Instead, both are thrilled to hear it and willing to give up the battles of wit immediately, to “requite” the love that’s being offered. Their friends may believe their scheme very successful, but it seems more likely that being “allowed” to love the other person is just the final straw that allows each to admit their feelings for one another.
Beatrice and Benedick are not a political couple.
Don Pedro, Don John, and Hero and Claudio
Now–our second couple (or, many critics believe, our first couple), are Hero and Claudio. Claudio trusts the Prince enough to allow him to woo Hero for him. Knowing that Leonato is expecting him to make that offer, the Prince does so–but the proposal he tenders is one between Claudio and Hero. Poor Hero, right? Passed around like one husband is as good as another? In any case, the Prince woos Hero for Claudio, but Claudio has a little serpent whispering in his ear, telling him that the Prince is double-crossing him. Who is it?
Don John, also a Prince, but not in charge–he’s the jealous “bastard” (illegitimate) half-brother who has done something pretty awful to fall out of favor (To remember the difference between the characters/names, think, Jealous John, Prince Pedro).
So here we’re back to politics again. Don John used to have the position that is now being filled by Claudio, who, let’s face it, is too young and gullible for this kind of responsibility. He’s shown great prowess on the field of battle, but politics is a different game. Who does he believe? Don Pedro, who’s been his best friend? Or Don John, who’s been disloyal? Of course, he believes Don John. Even Benedick is like, “Dude, the Prince wouldn’t do that to you!” (“Do you think that the Prince would have served you thus?”)
Claudio tries to run off, Beatrice brings him back, Hero is made over to Claudio, Claudio is relieved, all is good. Right? Nope.
We’ll be seeing more of Don John later. But we can already see trouble brewing. Claudio doesn’t really have an idea of what it means to be married, which seems to indicate that this is more a political marriage than a love match. Right before the marriage, in Act III, scene ii, he has this exchange with the Prince:
Don Pedro. I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and
then go I toward Arragon.
Claudio. I’ll bring you thither, my lord, if you’ll
vouchsafe me.
Don Pedro. Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss
of your marriage as to show a child his new coat
and forbid him to wear it.
In other words, my boy, you will have a new wife–you’ll be busy. Claudio doesn’t realize how significantly his life will change once he is married–he has no idea his loyalties will have to change, that his priorities will be in Messina unless Don Pedro calls for him. So it’s easy to see how he gets hoodwinked by Don John. Don John’s first gambit having failed, he moves to the next. He pays one of his men, Borachio, to take Margaret (the waiting gentlewoman) to Hero’s room and do some rather naughty things to her while standing in the window. Then he situates Claudio and the Prince in the orchard to watch the show. (One topic for the final essay might be–who really is the villain of this play? You could choose Don John, Borachio, or even Don Pedro, honestly).
We know why Claudio’s fooled–he’s young and honestly, not very bright yet. He’s still thinking with, well, not the brain in the head that rests on his shoulders. But the Prince–he’s been around, he knows his brother is not happy with him, and for crying out loud, they’re standing in the orchard! That’s not going to be right up against the house–so all they’d be able to see were shadows…
Honor
Still, there’s this thing called honor. It’s not just a word, it’s a code, and breaking it would be unthinkable–if you have no honor, you are finished in society. Other men won’t do business with you, won’t support you in political debates or positions, won’t socialize with you or your family. Therefore, all the men adhere to it. As a result, they can’t begin to imagine that the man who’s on the outs with the Prince could POSSIBLY make such a thing up in order to embarrass them both.
Claudio’s honor is at stake because to be cuckolded (cheated on) by his intended is a personal humiliation. Men will snicker and sneer, they won’t trust him to lead–if he can’t keep his intended or wife at home, what good is he?
Don Pedro’s honor is at stake because he’s the one who has promoted and sanctioned this marriage for his friend. The word will be that he was fooled by a little girl–and his position may be made vulnerable (perhaps enough so that Don John could raise his own army and west control away?).
And here’s where it gets interesting–despite all the friendship and good will Leonato has offered the Prince, the bonds of political connection do not hold up well under the strain of Don John’s accusations and “evidence.” Don Pedro does not, as we might reasonably expect, go to his friend Leonato and call the wedding off in private.
We aren’t sure what’s going to happen, only that Don John is up to no good and our “honorable men” are falling for it. That our honorable men are about to do something that is not honorable at all.
Benedick isn’t around for Don John’s show–so we don’t know yet what he’ll do.
There’s more going on, of course, but this is probably enough to whet our appetite for our conversation this week.

Assessment Related Discussion Board
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We are learning about the assessment of abnormal behavior and mental disorders this week. Now is a great time for us to look at some self-assessments that are posted online to see if we consider them to be good or poor self-assessments.
Self-assessments are tests or questionnaires you take yourself to test whether or not you “may have a problem” or should “seek further help.”
Please find a self-assessment online and take it. Please copy and paste the URL into your browser. Please do NOT share how you scored on the assessment (this is confidential). Here is an example Web site that offers one self-assessment: http://www.depressedtest.com/ (Links to an external site.)
INITIAL POST
What you SHOULD share in your response (with each part labeled a), b), c), d), e), and f) as follows) is;
a) the disorder that the assessment was aimed at measuring (please include this as the first word words of your post so students can see the disorder easily as they scroll through the discussion forum (“e.g., Depression Assessment)
b) paste in the URL of the assessment that you found
c) discuss whether you thought this assessment was “good” or “poor” and at least three points supporting your argument
You should consider whether the assessment is too vague, too short, too long, contains “jargon” or is difficult to understand, is easy to fake, etc.. You can comment on specific questions included as well as the assessment overall.
d) did the test seem to assess DSM criteria for the disorder? If the criteria for the disorder are not in the book, you should be able to find them online
e) do you think that the interpretation of the results was adequate?
f) Were the interpretations sensitive and “responsible” in the sense that the test-taker gets referred to seek professional help for a second opinion?
REPLY POST
Please reply to one other student who chose to take an assessment for a disorder other than the disorder that you chose to write about in your initial post. Follow the link to the assessment that the other student posted, view their initial post, and then respond with your opinion about the assessment. Three or more sentences of meaningful commentary are required for the reply. You can mention if you agree with their opinion partially or fully, you could compare and contrast the kinds of questions that the assessments you both wrote about contained, and more… You may reply to more than one student, but only one reply post is required this week for full credit on this assignment

The Assignment: This assignment asks you to identify Sparks’ or Pallotta’s argument and evaluate how
persuasive their argument would be to a thoughtful and informed member of their intended audience by
examining their article in the light of other arguments made on that same topic. The goal here is not to write
an agree-disagree paper, but rather to consider how the additional sources you find can be used to reframe
Sparks’ or Pallotta’s position. Your outside sources will be used to analyze, qualify, and/or add to the
argument. This new understanding will be used to evaluate the overall strength of Sparks’ or Pallotta’s piece.
You may consider a variety of issues for this piece, such as how well Sparks or Pallotta uses evidence or
represents evidence gathered from other sources. (Thus, one potential set of sources you find might include
original sources used by either Sparks or Pallotta, or other texts using the same or similar evidence.) You
may also consider the extent to which Sparks or Pallotta has considered and responded to different claims
and arguments already made on the topic, particularly those represented by the additional sources, or
evidence that may seem not to fit with Sparks’ or Pallotta’s claims

PLEASE READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS CLEARLY. OPEN THE WORD DOC.
Write the assignment as a report, not as an essay. In other words, more structure (e.g. section headings) Use section headings.
PLEASE INCLUDE GRAPHS AND CHARTS to show the comparison between the two cities
economic aspects.
Choose Houston for the Preferred Location.
The Sections for the Report are: ( Include statistics, charts and graphs where necessary)
1. Population
2. Labor Force/Job Market, Unemployment, Employment
3 Economy Growth
4. Affordability of Housing
5. Education
6. Healthcare
7. Tourism
8. Crime Rates
9. Climate
10. Overall Cost of Living
***DO NOT PLAGIARIZE AS THIS WILL GO THROUGH PLAGIARISM DETECTORS.

Introduction
A research paper is a type of academic writing that provides an in-depth analysis, evaluation, or interpretation of a single topic, based on empirical evidence. The objective of the research paper is to provide a comprehensive work that thoroughly demonstrates the author’s understanding of the subject they researched. Every research paper is formulated around a thesis statement—the statement in the opening paragraph that states the author’s position and summarizes their supporting arguments.
Research Paper Topics
The topic of the research needs to address Big Data or Data Analytics. You are free to select a topic that you find most interesting. Some examples could be:
Security and/or Privacy Issues in Big Data
Machine Learning
Tools and software for processing Big Data
Big Data in Heath care or Retail
Big Data Quality and Governance
Paper Logistics
2 to 3 pages in length
Use APA format
Avoid using direct quotes. Paraphrase!
Ensure that information is properly attributed to works cited. Generally, in a research paper, most of the information should be cited
Avoid first person and passive voice
Check and double check your grammar and spelling
Structure of a Research Paper
Introduction that clearly states the thesis and aims of the work. Using what you found in your preliminary research, write a thesis statement that succinctly summarizes what your research paper will be about. This is usually the first sentence in your paper, making it your reader’s introduction to the topic.
Body – Position/finding/challenge supporting the thesis
Supporting content
Supporting content
Conclusion – The conclusion of a research paper restates the research, summarizes your arguments or findings, and discusses the implications.
In constructing the body of the paper, you may consider developing your paragraphs using the MEAL plan. Well-organized paragraphs guide readers logically through a paper’s development, adding to the effectiveness of the argument and the credibility of the writer. Paragraphs vary in length and structure based on context, but they should focus on only one idea. Most paragraphs also include the following elements: a statement of the paragraph’s main (M) idea, evidence (E) to support that main idea, analysis (A) of that evidence, and some link (L) to the paper’s thesis. The MEAL Plan is an easy, effective strategy to help you organize paragraphs.
MAIN IDEA – All paragraphs should have a main idea or point. Typically, this main idea is expressed in a topic sentence – a sort of mini-thesis statement for the paragraph. Often, a topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph, though it may come after or within a transition statement.
EVIDENCE/EXPLANATION/EXAMPLES – This next section of the paragraph elaborates on the main idea. Depending on the type of assignment, the paragraph might require one or more of these “E”s:
Evidence—What does the main idea of the paragraph need to support it? Make sure to cite outside information.
Explanation—Do you need to explain key terms, concepts, or events? What information in the paragraph may be especially complex or unclear?
Examples—Other main ideas are best suited to examples, either from personal experience or research, to illustrate or highlight elements of the main idea.
ANALYSIS – Once the main idea has been stated and supported, it is time to break that information down and analyze it. What more do your readers need to understand about the evidence or examples you provided? How can you make it clear that you are interpreting this information in a certain way? In other words, this is the section of the paragraph where the HOW? WHY? or WHO CARES? of your evidence is explained.
LINK – Linking refers to the link between a paragraph and the paper’s thesis. Ask yourself how does this paragraph contribute to the overall effectiveness of the paper? You may not end up including that answer as part of the paragraph, but you must make sure you have made the connection clear. Too often writers assume readers automatically will recognize the link on their own, but your job as a writer is to make it impossible for a reader to miss how each paragraph supports your overall goal for the paper. Think about this connection to your thesis as a way to develop a smooth transition to the next paragraph.Introduction
A research paper is a type of academic writing that provides an in-depth analysis, evaluation, or interpretation of a single topic, based on empirical evidence. The objective of the research paper is to provide a comprehensive work that thoroughly demonstrates the author’s understanding of the subject they researched. Every research paper is formulated around a thesis statement—the statement in the opening paragraph that states the author’s position and summarizes their supporting arguments.
Research Paper Topics
The topic of the research needs to address Big Data or Data Analytics. You are free to select a topic that you find most interesting. Some examples could be:
Security and/or Privacy Issues in Big Data
Machine Learning
Tools and software for processing Big Data
Big Data in Heath care or Retail
Big Data Quality and Governance
Paper Logistics
2 to 3 pages in length
Use APA format
Avoid using direct quotes. Paraphrase!
Ensure that information is properly attributed to works cited. Generally, in a research paper, most of the information should be cited
Avoid first person and passive voice
Check and double check your grammar and spelling
Structure of a Research Paper
Introduction that clearly states the thesis and aims of the work. Using what you found in your preliminary research, write a thesis statement that succinctly summarizes what your research paper will be about. This is usually the first sentence in your paper, making it your reader’s introduction to the topic.
Body – Position/finding/challenge supporting the thesis
Supporting content
Supporting content
Conclusion – The conclusion of a research paper restates the research, summarizes your arguments or findings, and discusses the implications.
In constructing the body of the paper, you may consider developing your paragraphs using the MEAL plan. Well-organized paragraphs guide readers logically through a paper’s development, adding to the effectiveness of the argument and the credibility of the writer. Paragraphs vary in length and structure based on context, but they should focus on only one idea. Most paragraphs also include the following elements: a statement of the paragraph’s main (M) idea, evidence (E) to support that main idea, analysis (A) of that evidence, and some link (L) to the paper’s thesis. The MEAL Plan is an easy, effective strategy to help you organize paragraphs.
MAIN IDEA – All paragraphs should have a main idea or point. Typically, this main idea is expressed in a topic sentence – a sort of mini-thesis statement for the paragraph. Often, a topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph, though it may come after or within a transition statement.
EVIDENCE/EXPLANATION/EXAMPLES – This next section of the paragraph elaborates on the main idea. Depending on the type of assignment, the paragraph might require one or more of these “E”s:
Evidence—What does the main idea of the paragraph need to support it? Make sure to cite outside information.
Explanation—Do you need to explain key terms, concepts, or events? What information in the paragraph may be especially complex or unclear?
Examples—Other main ideas are best suited to examples, either from personal experience or research, to illustrate or highlight elements of the main idea.
ANALYSIS – Once the main idea has been stated and supported, it is time to break that information down and analyze it. What more do your readers need to understand about the evidence or examples you provided? How can you make it clear that you are interpreting this information in a certain way? In other words, this is the section of the paragraph where the HOW? WHY? or WHO CARES? of your evidence is explained.
LINK – Linking refers to the link between a paragraph and the paper’s thesis. Ask yourself how does this paragraph contribute to the overall effectiveness of the paper? You may not end up including that answer as part of the paragraph, but you must make sure you have made the connection clear. Too often writers assume readers automatically will recognize the link on their own, but your job as a writer is to make it impossible for a reader to miss how each paragraph supports your overall goal for the paper. Think about this connection to your thesis as a way to develop a smooth transition to the next paragraph.

So this is for a discussion post. There is 3 prompts no essay just discussion, I will paste instructions of discussion below.

Please read the forum about online behavior & discussion engagement before answering the discussion boards.

Please read through the prompts & plan your responses; you want to be thorough & explain your answers, referencing the course materials for support.

Your answers should display depth of engagement with the material & careful, critical thought. Your answers should be 2-3 sentences each, at least.

Please answer the following prompt:

3-2-1 assignment – tell us:
3 things you learned from this week’s readings
2 connections, insights, or “a-ha” moments you had with the material
1 question you have or 1 thing you still want to learn about/have more info about

Terms & Concepts – please answer any FOUR of the following five prompts:

Select one of the following pairs of words & explain, in your own words & with your own examples, what the difference is between them:
Bias and Prejudice
Implicit Bias vs Bias
Structural Racism vs Implicit Bias

How can our privileges influence our implicit biases?

How do responses like “if they would just listen” or “it’s their own fault” to oppression & brutality show implicit biases in our society?

How effective would Jane Elliott’s experiment be if she were a person of color (male or female), or a white male? How would our reactions to her change?

How do Elliott’s experiments reflect implicit bias as well as overt racism?

Please answer the following prompt:
The Implicit Bias test works to test how quickly you can be socially conditioned to have a response towards the subject of the text. Essentially, it does what society does – it offers you associations with idea of good/bad, safe/dangerous, etc. in connection to specific identities. Society does this through how the news is reported (calling white criminals “troubled” while people of color get labeled “thugs” or “trouble-makers,” for example), TV/film portrayals, stereotypes, etc. Even when you understand how the test works, it still reveals how quickly those unconscious biases can impact your reactions.

In a brief paragraph (4-6 sentences), talk about the results from at least one of your Implicit Bias tests. Remember that these results do not reveal that you are sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. – they merely reveal a bias that has largely been influenced by society.

Question:
Interpret the following passage from Schopenhauer (this can even be read
as a diagnosis of our modern culture’s pursuit of materialistic happiness):
Optimism is at bottom the unmerited self-praise of the real originator of the
world, the will to live, which views itself complacently in its works. And
accordingly it is not only a false, but a pernicious doctrine. For it presents
life to us as a desirable condition, and the happiness of man as the end of it.
Starting from this, everyone then believes that he has the most just claim to
happiness and pleasure. And if, as is wont to happen, these do not fall to his
lot, then he believes that he is wronged, nay, that he loses the end of his
existence. But it is far more correct to regard work, privation, misery, and
suffering, crowned by death, as the end of our life.

I want you to interpret each of the above sentences. For each sentence I want one
brief paragraph interpreting in plain words what you think it is saying. Then at the
end of the paper sum up briefly what the whole passage is saying.

Instructions:
1. Make sure that the paper is double-spaced, and about one page in length.
2. Don’t use outside sources, use only the one provided (attached files or links)
3. Use your own words. Don’t use CHATGPT or plagiarize.

Check out the two very good videos, showing the wider context of Schopenhauer’s
philosophy; the paper topic (which the videos help to clarify)
Links:
1. https://youtu.be/ypOtX1kEo8U (Title: Introduction to Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer’s Ethics)

2. https://youtu.be/6R8NNLQbQNU (Title: 05 – Schopenhauer on Love – Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness)

The second essay is a 5-page (approximately 1500 words) summary and analysis of either
Richard Pipes, Communism: A History,No additional sources are necessary. Your essay will have a title page and proper acknowledgment of source (minimum 15 citations).

Essay Structure:
1. Your introductory paragraph should be a half page or less. Your objective is to introduce your
author and book and present your thesis statement. Clarity is essential. Avoid frustrating your
reader with confusing sentences at the start of the essay.
2. The next few paragraphs will be a summary of the book. Your goal is to summarize the main
points.
3. Your analysis is next. Is the author convincing? Does the author enrich your understanding of
the topic? Here you want to present a combination of shortcomings and strengths of the book.
You might judge the book to have more strengths than shortcomings or vice versa.
4. The final paragraph does not offer any new material. One strategy is to copy and paste your
introductory paragraph and then re-word it.
Final Essay Checklist
1. Is your thesis defined clearly? Stating what your topic is or what you are going to write about
is not an argument.
2. Good introduction? Keep your introductory paragraph concise.
3. Evidence supports argument? Focus on persuading your reader with relevant facts.
4. Proper paragraphs? Do not have very short or very long paragraphs.
5. Good conclusion? The concluding paragraph should reflect the introductory paragraph.
6. Documented adequately? You must have a minimum of 15 proper citations. You must give
the specific page where you find your information (Pipes, Communism, 78 is correct; Pipes,
Communism, 78-122 is incorrect). It is good to have direct quotes, but avoid having too many.
Stringing quotes (especially secondary source material) shows a lack of work and engagement
with the material.
7. Proof of reading? Do not leave out large blocks of the book.
8. Correct length? Keep in the range of 1350 to 1650 words not counting footnotes.
9. Careful proofreading? Proofread to eliminate grammar errors or other problems.
10. Submit on time? Avoid late deduction marks

I Povided the instructions in the files but here is the overview: basically you need to anser the following questions using the book which I also provided in the files! and use some sources from the book to anser the questions!

Write a minimum of 500 words (1 page single spaced) to respond to the following questions. Make sure to use the reading and bringing in examples to answer the questions this week:

1. What events and people are considered part of the official historical record and why? Whose perspectives are prioritized, omitted, or distorted?

2. How do worldviews shape the construction of history? For example, in what ways could binary thinking or viewing time as linear construct a particular view of history?

3. What counts as valid historical evidence and to whom? Can multiple, perhaps contradictory, histories exist simultaneously?

4. How has your ethnic, cultural, and/or racial group’s history been represented in textbooks, the media, and the popular imagination?

5. Based on your responses above, in your own words, define “the decolonial imaginary.”

6. What stood out to you most about this book?