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Potential discussion topics are shown below. (Responses should be in the form of substantive posts and include a unique Subject Line - Do NOT use 'Reply' or 'Question 1'; instead, you should be inventive and imaginative, e.g., 'Democracy at Home But Not Abroad and the Terrorist Backlash')
- Why does the Battle of Algiers continue to captivate audiences to this day?
I am deciding to write about question 1 (Why does the Battle of Algiers continue to captivate audiences to this day?) and will for sure need some help with this short essay/discussion. This course has to do with terrorism and the modern world. It has to be a short essay minimum 400 words and 2 sources.
Why was politics so important by the end of the 1930’s?
- Close Reading: What does the following quote mean?
“By a decent livelihood is meant that amount of the necessities and comforts of life that is in keeping with the dignity of a human being. It has not precise relation to the conventional standard of living that might prevail within any social or industrial class, but describes rather that minimum of conditions which the average person of a given age or gender must enjoy in order to live as a human being should live….in a reasonable degree of comfort...he must have food, clothing, and shelter”
2. Analysis: Do you agree that a minimum or a living wage should provide you with what Rev. John A. Ryan has listed above?
By examining some of the historical developments of museums in general, or certain types of museums in particular, consider how the current role of museums relates to the earlier institutional forms. Have museums become broader or more limited institutions?
do you believe that there are scientific roots to the environmental movement? and why?
what can be done to prevent suffering caused by war
Please answer any four of the questions below in a complete paragraph (3+ sentences)
- We are all familiar with the expression “history repeats itself”. Fact is history can repeat in a good way as well as in a bad way. Drawing from an occurrence of the moment, the George Floyd incident, definitely a bad repeat of history; do we see a parallel in what is happening to the environment and gains made on environmental issues of concern?
- Do we believe that we have contained the scourge of pollutants today if we reflect on past struggles? why?
- After seeing some of the rather few evidences presented on climate change; what are our views about climate change; is it real or is it imagined/fabricated? why?
- Would you agree that plastic pollution is the next big environmental problem to emerge in our time or do you think the problem is overblown? and why?
Quizizz:
" This secret and extraordinary buildup of Communist missiles... in violation of Soviet assurances, and in defiance of American and hemispheric policy... is unjustified change in the status quo which cannot be accepted by this country...
In this quote, President Kennedy is speaking to the nation about the-
a. Cuban Missile Crisis
b. Bay of Pigs
c. Berlin Wall
d. Great Society
Quizizz:
In 1961, Cuban nationalist trained and armed by the CIA attempted to overthrow the communist dictator Fidel Castro during this event; Pres. Kennedy refused to provide air support and they were quickly defeated.
a. Great Society
b. Cuban Missile Crisis
c. Bay of Pigs
d. Berlin Wall
Quizizz:
Part of the War on Poverty included in LBJ's Great Society Program was the training of underprivileged young Americans. This program was called blank
