History

Beagon on Pliny’s Natural History     Part I. The Preparation: Please view Lecture 7: Roman Science and read – Mary Beagon, The Elder Pliny on the Human Animal: Natural History, Book 7 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp 1-39; available on the Hagerty Library catalogue at: http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/lib/drexel/detail.action?docID=10271422 Part II. The Report   In an essay of 300-350 words discuss: – Read (skim) pages 1-39 of Beagon’s work, and then select a passage/entry from Pliny’s seventh book to discuss–Open the Chapter called “Translation” to access Pliny’s work. State the number of the passage and then tell me: a) What Pliny discusses in it, and b) How it reflects the state of knowledge or science in the early Roman period. c) Be sure to read the Beagon’s commentary on the passage for help with this. Part III. Bibliography and Citations:    Continue to use Footnotes and a Bibliography in the Chicago Manual of Style: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Suppose there is an incredible music act coming to our city and seats sell out quickly. You and I both tried to buy tickets but couldn’t. However, I have a friend who is a hotshot at a local business and she arranges for me to get a ticket because of her connections to the owner of the venue where the show will be held. How do you think I feel? How might you feel? Though many today in politics and academia suggest many things are limitless, the truth is, almost all resources are highly limited. There are many models for how resources can be distributed, but the reality is that, like Imperialism and Manifest Destiny, most of the models in use in the world involve significant amounts of unfairness. While our politicians (and us as voters) work to decide the big issues of fairness, for this course we are focusing on our future careers. What does fairness look like to you in your future career?(My future career is a Business Owner) Take into account what you have read in this background, what the law states about discrimination, and your own experiences. Should you try to hire more women, people of color, people experiencing disabilities, and other disadvantaged populations even if there are white male candidates who are equally or even slightly better qualified? Is it better to ban all music in the workplace if you have a highly diverse group or should you rotate office music between bagpipes, country, rap, heavy metal, and so on? Or do you hurt intergroup communication by having everyone use headphones? Do you only have a Christmas party, or do you try to have parties for all cultures and religions? Does what is “traditional” matter, or do you bring in new ways of dressing, acting, and working? For example, some cultures do not like direct eye contact, yet it is taught as an important social skill in the professional world in the U.S. The list of questions could go on and on. Our society has not been fair to everyone. That means many have significant disadvantages in our professional world. We all have to move forward. What, for your future career, does that look like to you if you were in control?

Write a 1-2 page essay that describes an issue or controversy that was prevalent in the media the year you were born.  Describe the issue, its context, and include points that represented opposing views of the issue–but offer NO opinions of your own.  This is a straight-forward descriptive essay of an event/issue that occurred.  Provide details, such as dates and important people, but narrow your focus since you are limited on the length of this paper.  You must include a minimum of one reference that comes from at least ONE credible source of information–Wikipedia does not count as such!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) point out, “A global infectious disease outbreak can have a catastrophic impact on the U.S. economy — even if the disease never reaches the U.S.” [7]. For example, the Ebola outbreak which devastated parts of West Africa in 2014-2016 was partly responsible for the $1 billion plus loss sustained by U.S. companies exporting goods to the area [10]. There must be a transformation in the national security owing to the far-reaching impacts of disease outbreaks. Traditionally, national security has been narrowly defined as the preservation of the state from physical threats. Still, emerging diseases and their pandemic potential pose perhaps an even greater national security threat, particularly in this era of globalization when disease can spread more rapidly than in previous eras. Thirty four percent of all deaths worldwide are now attributable to infectious disease, while war only accounts for 0.64 percent of those deaths. Moreover, the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 killed approximately 500,000 Americans, more than all wars fought in the 20th century. Improving detection through biosurveillance is the key to stopping epidemics and the United States must increase its funding and focus on improving both domestic and global biosurvellance capability [2].

Step 1 Read the document on The Age of Swing and take a look at the video/audio examples below. Benny Goodman Orchestra (2:11) Flectcher Henderson (2:53) Step 2 Consider the 3 questions found below concerning “The Age of Swing & Race” for your initial posting in a discussion format (do not repeat the questions) a. Jazz and swing had roots in African-American music. Why, then, do you think the white musician Benny Goodman became the “King of Swing”? Be specific. b. Why were racial lines more easily blurred and crossed in the musical world than in other social areas and arenas? Be specific. c. What forms of music today challenge taboos (racial or other) as swing did in the 1930s and 1940s? Give a few examples.

1. How did Germany lose World War Two? Why was it that a military that was so successful in the first years of the war, finally defeated? Who do you think should be given the credit for the Allied victory in WWII?

persuasive essay on if President Obama had legal authority to order operation geronimo and to execute the plan or President Obama did not have legal authority to order operation geronimo and to execute the plan.

1900: What does he mean, “I,trading places with myself”?  And so on…             Why does the Kaiser say take no prisoners?  Why does he mention culture?  Why does the Narrator bring home a pigtail — and everyone laugh?             What do YOU think of all that?             1902: Although this is no Book of Laughter and Forgetting, there’s a fair amount of symbolism in the book.  What do make of the hats/helmets dichotomy?             1905-06: The Kaiser again — why?  The war machine again — why?             1912: Why does he write poetry about the end of the world?  What you make of the first two paragraphs of the story?  Be specific, please.             1914: All Quiet on the Western Front, the most famous novel about World War I, was written by a German, Erich Maria Remarque, who becomes a character here.  How does the discussion of it here comment on Grass’ take on Germany — and its tilt toward the military?  Why do you think Grass, a writer, includes Remarque, a writer?             1915: More war, bomb fragments, caps and helmets.  What do you makes of this?             1916-17: Gas, bayonets, trenches — politics?  Where is Grass going with all this?  And why so graphic?             1923:  Read this one carefully!  Who is talking — and why?  How do you get the feeling for daily German life during the worst inflation in world history.  (Look up articles on this: it’s unbelievable.)             1927: Describe this culture — cripples on the corner and couples in the cabarets!  What kind of picture is Grass painting of Germany?             1931: Talk about the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, and his magnetism.  Does this account for what happened?  Is it real?             1932: “Something had to happen.”  A lot of meaning in a few simple words.  Is it true — that something HAD to happen?  Did that something HAVE to be Nazism?             1933: Hitler takes power, something we see off-stage here.  If you were the Narrator of this story, would you be afraid?  Why?  Why not?             1934: Read a brief history of Ernst Rohm.  It’s an amazing story.  No need to post, just read it.  Fabulous insight into that culture.             1938: The Germans and minorities — Jews, Turks, and others.  Why does Grass seemingly lump them all together even though they are greatly separated by time and ethnicity?  What ethical lessons can you draw?             1941: War on top of war on top of war.  Why does Grass stack them up this way?  Is it fair?             1943: As with Ernst Rohm, read a brief history of the Warsaw Ghetto.  Worth seeing the various documentaries on the Warsaw Ghetto and the film The Pianist.  Astonishing stuff.             1945: Why does he end the section, “For us war never ends.”?   PART 2 1950 — Why is the Carnival important to them?              1951 — Nothing speaks more loudly about the German post-war economic miracle than Volkswagens.  How does he frame it for his novel?              1955 — People all over the world dug backyard shelters from nuclear attacks.  How does Grass handle it?  What do you think he thinks of such bombs?  Such shelters.              1959 — Take 20 minutes, look up Grass on Wikipedia, his world-wide phenomenon The Tin Drum, arguably the most important German novel since 1930.  He includes it here because it was his, and because it was indeed a publishing sensation.  What do you think of the coverage of his own work.  (By the way, a good version of this in on DVD in Carnegie Library.  The movie’s worth your time.)              1961 — With Germany divided into two countries, people had to work endlessly to get people out of the East, which, like Czechoslovakia in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, had closed its borders to the West.  For those of you who’ve had trouble with this book, check out the Berlin Wall on Wikipedia.  Then take a look at how well Grass essentially writes the entire story of how it affected everyday people.  How would you feel dealing with all this?              1962 — Look up Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, who was tried for war crimes in a glass booth.  Why do you think Grass chooses to tell his story through this particular Israeli narrator?              1968 — Worth a note that he notes Prague full of Soviet tanks.  Everyone in the world saw that.  It was THE story that year.              1970 — How do the Germans expiate their guilt?  His description of the Chancellor at the Warsaw Ghetto is wonderfully descriptive.  How effective do you think the Chancellor was?  Was it real or simply a piece of theater?              1976 — Being spied on by your own government.  A taste of The Book of Laughter and Forgetting in East Berlin.  Once again, the film The Lives of Others should be at the top of your list to see TODAY!              1977 — He refers to the Baader-Meinhof Gang.  Worth seeing the German film on same.  Fabulous movie on terror and terrorists.              1991 — After looks at protests against nuclear power, and other contemporary ills, he turns to the TV, to the first Gulf War.  What is this doing here?  Hitler and Saddam Hussein?  What do you think?              1993 — Germany and her so-called guest workers: minorities who are more or less denied entry into the mainstream.  Is Germany, with its rejection of everything non-German, coming full circle?  Is that what he’s saying?  If not, what?              1999 — Does he really end the book?  If so, how?  If not, why not?

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1- The progressive era did not apply to African Americans. During the beginning of the 19th century (Stern & Axinn (2018)  state that “Progressivism—especially in the South—was tied to efforts to restrict the rights of African Americans.” During this time a system to suppress and divide African Americans and white Americans was created with the Jim Crow Laws. According to (Stern & Axinn (2018)  ” The black population was generally unaffected by reform activities and the social welfare benefits that resulted from them. In an era marked by economic progress and social mobility, this group remained poor and powerless.” Segregation resulted in many social inequalities in American and officially lasted until the Civil Rights Era. While minorities and women and children gained rights in the workplace, African Americans continued being systematically oppressed. In present day America, African Americans are systematically oppressed by the countries criminal justice system. The criminal justice works against African Americans and in favor of white americans. According to (Nellis (2018),” African Americans are more likely than white Americans to be arrested; once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted; and once convicted, and they are more likely to experience lengthy prison sentences, African-American adults are 5.9 times as likely to be incarcerated than whites and Hispanics are 3.1 times as likely.” This statistic and other present forms of oppression exist as well. The use of excessive force by police against African Americans is also a problem that has resulted in much controversy. The police has been able to get away with multiple murders because the justice system works to oppress African Americans.   Respond to at least two of your peers and respectfully challenge or support their findings. Comment on findings that differ from your own. COLLAPSE 2-During the early 20th century African Americans were still heavily discriminated against. Even though slavery had ended they were still kept away from whites, and not included in many government related decisions. Southern states passed the “Jim Crow Laws,” that segregated schools, excluded African American adults from voting, and provided the elites with more power over their black workers (Stern & Axinn, 2018, p. 119). In Northern cities African American’s experienced residential segregation. “White residents and landlords conspired to push most black residents into small, overcrowded enclaves (Stern and Axinn, 2018, p.120).” However, the black population there was continuing to rise so even they had to be pushed out of their own neighborhoods. Even when people were attempting to help the blacks it was out of a segregation standing. They would fund services for the black communities so they would not have to bother the white communities in their settlement houses or other charity organizations (Lundahl & Hull, 2018).   In today’s society residential segregation is illegal but still tends to happen. Many African American families may not feel comfortable living in a predominantly white neighborhood, or the white neighborhood does not make them feel welcome. Residential segregation affects African American families in that they do not have access to the same resources (economic, medical, etc.). This racial segregation is one of the main factors behind the major gaps in socioeconomic statuses between these two groups (Williams & Collins, 2001). Having a low SES status is what also creates the disparities in access to good healthcare for this group. Most of the time they do not have access to proper doctors or medical professionals to get the help they need.COLLAPSE