Category: History

Explain how the articles by Annabel LaBrecque and Concepts for Understanding Chicanx and Latinx Indigeneities help us understand the importance of understanding history outside a Euro/Ameri-centric point of view. How does the study of the Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica shed light on the indigenous roots of modern-day Mexicans, and in what ways can an understanding of the Olmec legacy contribute to discussions about contemporary indigenous identities in Mexico? In your opinion, why should we study history?

Note: A free response paper is a short essay which conveys your reaction to article you have read. Please read: The Colonial American Economy by Rosenbloom posted under Module 3. (ATTACHED DOCUMENT) Instructions / Outline Summarize the article you read in 1-2 paragraphs. Responses include answering the following: i. What do you think about the ideas in the article? Do you agree or disagree? Why? ii. What ideas and/or facts you find interesting? iii. How do the ideas in the article relate to other things you’ve read/watch in Module 3 iv. What do you notice about the way the article is written? Format: Times New Roman, Font 12, Double Spaced, minimum 750 to 1000 words

Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) for your Initial Post, and 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.
APA format for in-text citations and list of references

I’ve started a draft/outline however please expand on my work and add in sources/evidence. APA formatting required and already implemented.

Select a topic you would like to research. After you have selected a topic, visit the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) at www.avl.lib.al.us Links to an external site.to perform some basic research on the topic. There you can use either the Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints database or the Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) database to find an article that would support your argument. You are looking for a periodical (magazine, newspaper, or professional journal) article that discusses your chosen topic and supports your argument.
Once you have located your article, you should read the article and then write a basic two-paragraph submission for the library assignment The first paragraph should be a summary of the article. The second paragraph should be one that includes your reaction to the article and a description of how the article will help support your thesis for your argumentative essay. Do not forget to include an MLA-formatted Works Cited page for the article.

Directions:
Many of the themes of this module center on social and political responses to periods of tumultuous change: Industrialization, women’s suffrage, and increased uses of executive power amid the Great Depression and World War II. These responses reshaped partisan loyalties that continue to impact how we view national politics in the 21st century. For this discussion, let’s look at those partisan loyalties, and how they took shape during the Great Depression. Please create posts that engage with other students in:
– Describing how solutions to the deep economic depression of the 1930s were proposed to and received by voters. Who all was proposing solutions? Which solutions gained traction among voters and why?
– Reflecting on how the Progressive Movement earlier in the 20th century helped shape the policy making and political responses of the New Deal era.
– Analyzing what sectors of the U.S. citizenry were excluded from debates on New Deal policies and the benefits of these programs, and why.
– Comparing and contrasting the levels of bipartisanship that existed then with that of the present time period.
– Assessing how party loyalties that took shape in the 1930s evolved through the 1940s and into the present.
– Comparing and contrasting the economic impacts of worldwide recessions on the US and other countries.
Any sources must be cited in Chicago Style.

Reading (attached in file):
1. Primo Levi, “The Grey Zone” (The Drowned and the Saved)
2. Jorge Semprún, Literature or Life (selection)
Note: this is for a weekly assignment that discusses the weekly reading, so it should be more informal and include personal opinions and thoughts about the reading guided by the following questions.
Instructions:
Complete at least three of the following components:
1. One discussion question that arises from your reading of Primo Levi or Jorge Semprún
2. One quote that you found especially interesting from the readings as well as a brief explanation of it.
3. Answer one of the following questions and find examples from the text to support your points:
i) Explain the notion of the “grey zone” in Primo Levi and illustrate your points with concrete examples drawn from the text.
OR
ii) Discuss one of the following themes in Jorge Semprún’s “The Gaze”: the issue of representing the Holocaust, the possibility of resistance inside the death camps, life after the camp, or the title of the book (“Literature or Life”).
4. One brief personal take on these readings: Your general opinion (your personal thoughts and reactions) about them, how they relate to you, strong points and weaknesses, etc.

Directions:
Many of the themes of this module center on social and political responses to periods of tumultuous change: Industrialization, women’s suffrage, and increased uses of executive power amid the Great Depression and World War II. These responses reshaped partisan loyalties that continue to impact how we view national politics in the 21st century. For this discussion, let’s look at those partisan loyalties, and how they took shape during the Great Depression. Please create posts that engage with other students in:
– Describing how solutions to the deep economic depression of the 1930s were proposed to and received by voters. Who all was proposing solutions? Which solutions gained traction among voters and why?
– Reflecting on how the Progressive Movement earlier in the 20th century helped shape the policy making and political responses of the New Deal era.
– Analyzing what sectors of the U.S. citizenry were excluded from debates on New Deal policies and the benefits of these programs, and why.
– Comparing and contrasting the levels of bipartisanship that existed then with that of the present time period.
– Assessing how party loyalties that took shape in the 1930s evolved through the 1940s and into the present.
– Comparing and contrasting the economic impacts of worldwide recessions on the US and other countries.
Any sources must be cited in Chicago Style.

Select a topic you would like to research. After you have selected a topic, visit the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) at www.avl.lib.al.us Links to an external site.to perform some basic research on the topic. There you can use either the Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints database or the Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) database to find an article that would support your argument. You are looking for a periodical (magazine, newspaper, or professional journal) article that discusses your chosen topic and supports your argument.
Once you have located your article, you should read the article and then write a basic two-paragraph submission for the library assignment The first paragraph should be a summary of the article. The second paragraph should be one that includes your reaction to the article and a description of how the article will help support your thesis for your argumentative essay. Do not forget to include an MLA-formatted Works Cited page for the article.

Reading (attached in file):
1. Primo Levi, “The Grey Zone” (The Drowned and the Saved)
2. Jorge Semprún, Literature or Life (selection)
Note: this is for a weekly assignment that discusses the weekly reading, so it should be more informal and include personal opinions and thoughts about the reading guided by the following questions.
Instructions:
Complete at least three of the following components:
1. One discussion question that arises from your reading of Primo Levi or Jorge Semprún
2. One quote that you found especially interesting from the readings as well as a brief explanation of it.
3. Answer one of the following questions and find examples from the text to support your points:
i) Explain the notion of the “grey zone” in Primo Levi and illustrate your points with concrete examples drawn from the text.
OR
ii) Discuss one of the following themes in Jorge Semprún’s “The Gaze”: the issue of representing the Holocaust, the possibility of resistance inside the death camps, life after the camp, or the title of the book (“Literature or Life”).
4. One brief personal take on these readings: Your general opinion (your personal thoughts and reactions) about them, how they relate to you, strong points and weaknesses, etc.