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Term Project – Due Monday November 2nd – 50% of your grade!!!This term project is worth 50 percent of your course grade…the time you spend on itought to reflect that..*** Note: please have your choice (explained in writing) approved by me before you begin.You need to do this within the first week or two of class to really have time to earn full pointsYOUR PROJECT: Case study using the ethics outline noted herea. Identify an actual current topic which includes ethical considerations. This may involve national or local news stories or a topic you read about in a book, journal or magazine. Try to choose an issue you’re already interested in, or something based on a personal experience. It will make this project more fun to do.To find ideas, read, read, read, listen, listen, listen, and watch, watch, watch. Get ideas from any and all sources you encounter over the next week or so from when class begins. You can find oodles of ethically-sensitive cases out there, if you’re looking. I won’t give you possible choices here—I am offering you the opportunity to take the initiative and have control of your topic!b. Identify the ethical issue posed by the issue, and collect background information on this issue from library sources and interviews with experts. You’ll need to explain:• how the issue would be handled by philosophers in the past;• past and current legal considerations;• professional considerations;• opinions of experts in the field today.Basically, tell me everything the world knows right now about the ethical issue raised by your sample case!!OUTLINE TO BE USED IN YOUR RESPONSE:(Based on worksheet by Thomas H. Bivins, University of Oregon.)1. What is the ethical issue/problem, in one sentence? State this in the form of an ethical question. Example: Do children deserve to face judgement for the acts of their parents?2. What facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision you must render in this case? Note: facts do not include ethical judgments at this point.3. Are there any other external or internal factors to be considered? (Economic, political, etc.)4. Who are the claimants and in what way are you obligated to each of them? (List all affected by your decision.)5. What are the operant ideals? Note: ideals are values and behaviors based on them. • For you. • For the person impacted by this case example.6  66. Do any of these ideals conflict? In what order would you honor them?7. Which options could cause harm to any party?8. Would honoring any of the ideals listed above invalidate any of your options?9. Are there any rules, principles or codes (legal, professional, organizational, or other) that automatically invalidate any of your options?10. Which ethical theories support or reject which options? Explain. Consequential:• Mill’s “Harm Principle.”• Ethical egoism.• Utilitarianism or risk-benefit analysis. Nonconsequential:• Ross’s duties.• Kant’s “Categorical Imperative.” Other duties (religious, etc.).11. Determine a course of action based on your analysis.12. Defend your decision in writing to your most adamant detractor.

Research paper on diversity in Hollywood and tv shows.MLA Format, double spaced, 7 pages minimum, must have a counter argument.Why is it important to have more diversity in American films? Main research question.Sub-questionsWhat is the brief history of diversity in American films? Many groundbreaking American films have a history rooted in racism. Think about films that push forward the white savior mentality, films with actors in blackface, many Disney films from 1950s-1990s. Check out some of the films from the silent era like The Birth of a Nation, which is considered the most racist film ever produced.How can American films be more diverse? Such as color blind castingWhat are some of the impacts that more diversity in films can have on American culture?

Taking a stance against puppy mills and ways to prevent them from occurring.

Compare and contrast the adjacent style periods in jazz of Bebop and Cool. When and where did each style come into significance? What are the ‘characteristics’ of each style? Who were the most important figures in each style (and why)? How was the music received by consumers? How do each of these style periods reflect what was going on in this country at the time? Give specific events/occurrences that reflect symbolize what the music was all about. Written assignments must be submitted in 12 point type, Times New Roman, double spaced, with 1 inch margins on each side. Minimum of 4 sources. Personal perspective… For example, you may find ‘modern day’ parallels to the historic information you have researched.  You might choose to play “What if…”, where you take a different perspective than what you discovered in your research. Submissions must include a bibliography, citing the sources used in your research and writing. It is suggested that you go to the following website to  both generate your bibliography and to check your work for plagiarism: http://www.bibme.org

Read:  Fad Diets-Lifestyle promises and health challenges.pdf   Select any two of the diets in Figure 1 and present an overview of each of the diets. What makes them unique? Discuss whether either of the diets you chose are particularly beneficial or harmful and explain why. Have you ever followed such a diet? Would you? Why or why not?  Do not include the prompt. Do include your references. (in correct APA format) Do include more than 100 words (excluding references and any quoted materials) Do not include more than one direct quote. Do include your own experiences. Do include content learned from the textbook. Do research the topic and include no less than 1 scholarly source.  (scholarly means a journal article, textbook, or research article.  Scholarly does not mean WebMD, Wikipedia, Allure Magazine, MayoClinic.org, Nancy’s Blog.com, etc)

•1. How did urban life impact indigenous people’s dialect?  •2. What factors contributed to the absence of their dialect in the Urban cities? ^ these are the questions to show you the focus of the literature review.  I will upload my own resources, and if you find any of them is not compatible you could come up with another one. (I have uploaded a file with 6 sources and if there are any good source about this topic in the Middle East, it would be good) 1500 words for 5 sources should be 300 for each article/book review.

Read the documents on pages 147-152 in your Sources of World Societies book.Here we have two European accounts of two South and Central American cultures, the Inca and the Aztecs (Mexica). Please answer the following questions.Why do you think de León dwells at great length on the Inca language in his report? To whom would this information be useful, and why?Diego Durán gives us a sense of the importance that religious customs held for the Aztecs (aka Mexica). Durán, a priest, was also a man of faith, but of the Catholic persuasion. Think about the details he imparts in this account.Based on his examination of the Aztec religion, where do you think Durán saw possible ways to convert the Aztecs to Catholicism – what aspects of this European religion might appeal to the Aztecs?Relatedly, how might European intervention in Aztec religious practices fundamentally change Aztec religion and culture?Be sure to provide quotes and examples from the text, with proper citation, to support your analysis. All submissions must be at least 750 words in length.I will be sending the readings from the book

Formulate a thesis that addresses the major characteristics of the style, both technical and artistic.Summarize the historical period, discuss its major contributions, directors, and films.Focus your discussion on ONE DirectorCite a minimum of 4  examples from the films listed to support your assertionsCite 4 research references other than your text.List references on a separate pageAddress the questions:What were the main contributions of the period?How did the films of this director influence the development of the cinema as a  artistic influence?Ex: George Melies developed a series of special effects relying on trick photography that introduced the aspect of Fantasy into filmmaking. This departure from the recording of real events, known as ‘Actualites’, incorporated creativity and placed dominance on the fictional film at the very dawn of cinema history.German ExpressionismFW MurnauNosferatu (Links to an external site.) (1922)The Last Laugh (Links to an external site.)  (1924)Sunrise (Links to an external site.) (1927)Fritz LangMetropolis  (Links to an external site.)(1927)M (Links to an external site.)  (1931)GW PabstThe Joyless Street  (Links to an external site.)(1926)Pandora’s Box  (Links to an external site.)(1928)

choose one artist, then do two paragraphs; the first paragraph is talking about the artist life, then the second paragraph talking about his work and .. as answering the questions insert four images of his work and add them  Some of the research you may want to implement in conjunction to each artist/architect: 1) Identify artist/architect in conjunction to the movement/style 2) Explain why you have picked this particular artist/architect from the list? 3) How does your interest in this particular artist/architect apply to your own work? How does he/she inspire you as an artist/designer? 4) How does his/her work relate to the time it was/is made? 5) Please make sure to include biographical information such as place of birth, family background, education. Further research could involve looking into the artists & movements that have influenced his/her work, etc. List of artists/architects: 6) Gaughin 9) Wassily Kandinsky 10) Walter Gropius (architect) 11) Paul Klee 12) Corbusier (architect) 13) Frank Loyd Wright (architect) 14) Mies Van der Rohe (architect) Assignment: Please seek images online for each artist/architect (at least 4 images). Save these images on your computer and print them in color for your sketchbook. Begin working with an image, drawing inspiration from one work or several, so that you can become better acquainted with the artist and draw your own inspiration from their work. Moreover, please select 1 artist/architect per week (a requirement), and make sure to research each artist, thus a biographical outline should be listed in your sketchbook as well as your own observations, studies, sketches.

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 1-16 Minimum of 4 outside scholarly sources in addition to the textbook/lesson One personal interview of another adult of your choosing Introduction As you learned in Week 3, for your Socioautobiography Narrated PowerPoint assignment, there is a strong tradition of creating both sociologically-informed biographies and sociologically-informed autobiographies in the discipline of sociology. The socioautobiography is a “disciplined, systematic exploration of one’s life from a sociological point of view” (Hill, 2009, p. 3). Also, the sociobiography is the systematic exploration of another person’s life from a sociological point of view. For this assignment, you will be building upon the work you began in your Week 3 Socioautobiography Narrated PowerPoint. For this week’s assignment, you will interview an adult person of your choosing and complete a sociobiography of that person, and present that in a narrated PowerPoint. You will also compare and contrast that person’s sociological characteristics with your own. To begin this assignment, consider the sociological concepts you focused on for your Week 3 assignment about yourself and consider what sociological concepts you would like to compare and contrast with the person you interview. Link: Questions to Consider  Reflect Just as you did for your Week 3 assignment, and now, as you create questions to ask the person you interview, consider the following questions for potential use in your interview: How might a sociologist introduce you? How have social influences shaped you? What were the social forces that constructed your life or lifestyle? How have you negotiated the crisscrossing pressures of autonomy and conformity? Who are you in social context and what does it mean to understand your life using the “sociological imagination,” or utilizing a sociological perspective? What sociological concepts would be most helpful in understanding and interpreting your life experiences, whether class, or reference group, conformity, agents of socialization, gender socialization, racial socialization, norms, roles, significant others, total institutions (particularly if you were in the military), achieved status, ascribed status, deviance, subculture, culture, culture shock, ethnocentrism, folkways, mores, peer groups, and any others described in the textbook chapters, to interpret your life experiences? What events, moments or relationships in your life have impacted you significantly? Interview Locate an adult willing to be interviewed about their life story. The person can be any adult you choose, whether in your family or outside your family. Be sure to inform that person that you will be writing up your observations from the interview in a presentation for your Society and Culture course. Present In a narrated PowerPoint, compare and contrast your sociological observations about yourself that you shared in your Week 3 assignment with your sociological observations of the person you interview. Address the following 2 important sections: Explore the interconnections between the life story of a person you interview and the larger social structure or culture. Compare and contrast the sociological themes and concepts related to your own personal story with the sociological themes and concepts related to the story of the person you interviewed. Apply the sociological imagination in the analysis. Include the following in your analysis: Quotes or paraphrases and citations from 4 outside scholarly sources and assigned readings (online Lessons or textbook readings), to support your observations in your presentation. 6 different concepts, keywords, or vocabulary words from Chapters 1-16 in your analysis and observations on your slides, formatted in boldface and underlined on slides. You may repeat these 6 terms throughout the PowerPoint presentation if you want to, but you are not required to. Link: Writing Tip Writing Tip: Focus As Kanagy and Kraybill (1999) wrote in their book, The Riddles of Human Society, the socioautobiography is “not a diary” or a “point-by-point account” of life since birth (p. 287), and, similarly, the sociobiography for this week’s assignment is not a “point-by-point account” since birth of the person you interview, either. Feel free to focus on only a part or parts of your life story and of that of the person you interview. Instructions For this comparative case study project, you are required to create a narrated presentation. The audio/video must be part of the PowerPoint file. Audio/video may not be external to the presentation and you must submit a .ppt file extension PowerPoint file. The presentation must include the following: Part or Parts of the Life Story of the Person You Interview: Explain and analyze the life story of the person you interview, or parts of the life story of the person you interview, as a sociologist might, examining sociological categories relevant to that person’s life story. Include details of family, culture, and background. Consider what types of categories a sociologist might use to describe the person. Comparison and/or Contrast of the life story of the person you interview with your own life story that you presented in your Week 3 assignment Audio Narration: Allow the audio narration to serve as the main explanation of the presentation. Do not use blocks of text on slides. If you want to add additional written explanations, in addition to the audio narration, you may add that in presentation notes for slides. Engagement: Be sure to deliver the presentation in a professional and engaging manner. Visual Aids: DO NOT include a photo of the person you interview, to maintain confidentiality of the person you interview, but images or symbols as visual aids should still be included. Include photos or symbols that represent the sociological concepts you are analyzing in your presentation. You may include a photo of yourself, if you wish, in your comparison. If you use any images from the Internet or from any sources other than your own personal photographs, you must include citations for those and those citations are *not* part of your required 4 outside scholarly sources plus the online Lesson or textbook. Key Words in Bold and Underlined: Be sure to include 6 different concepts, key words, or vocabulary words from Chapters 1-16 in your analysis and observations on your slides, formatted in boldface and underlinedon slides Visual Appeal and Organization: Do not include slides with large blocks of text. Use bullet points, brief text, and clear organization to create an organized and visually appealing presentation. Citations:Include parenthetical in-text citations in the slide presentation citing at least 4 outside scholarly sources and assigned textbook/lesson reading to support observations made in the presentation. Remember, cite sources for all images, too, that are not your personal photographs and those sources do *not* count as part of your 4 required outside scholarly sources plus the textbook/lesson. Presentation Requirements (APA format) Narration Length: 5 to 10 minutes (you will miss credit if the presentation is too short or too long, so adhere closely to presentation length requirements) Slide Length: 8 slides (not including title slide and references slide) APA-style parenthetical in-text citations on slides for a minimum of 4 outside sources plus the textbook/lesson Title Slide At least one Comparison/Contrast Slide; though you are welcome to include more than one slide comparing and contrasting your life story characteristics with those of the person you interview References slide (minimum of 4 outside scholarly sources in addition to the textbook/lesson) Link for textbook: https://www.amazon.com/Sociology-Our-Times-Diana-Kendall/dp/1337109657