LDR/531 Week-2 Individual Assignment

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Assignment Grading Guide Week 2

Individual Assignment

 

Assume you are the manager of your learning team and need to develop a plan that will address the characteristics of your group and yourself as the leader. This plan can be used to determine the needs of the learning team and is a tool for members to assess their skills, strengths, areas needing improvement, and the resources needed to help them reach their career goals.

 

Use each Learning Team member’s DiSC assessment results completed in Week One.

 

·         Develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments, what are the characteristics of your team?

·         Create a professional development plan to address the characteristics of the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and your ability to lead them:

·         Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on the DiSC assessment.

 

Required Elements:

·         1050 words (10% +/- allowance)

·         Follow the details in this guide and the table below to make sure your paper meets all requirements.

 

RESOURCES: ALL CLASS MATERIALS USED DURING THE CLASS

 

Use this Assignment Grading Guide and the table detailed below to make sure your paper meets all requirements. Take into account that the requirements in this Guide abide by the Instructor Policies document and supersede those from any other source.

 

Use the UOPX/APA Sample paper as a guide to write your paper. This sample is available in PDF format in the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE).

 

Use theAssignment Templates as a reference to write your paper.

 

The Abstract section is optional and if you opt to include it, its word count will be part of your narrative. The Abstract should be a summary of your entire paper and very different from your introductory section. See the UOPX/APA paper or visit CWE for more information.

 

Send your paper to the CWE for grammar review and plagiarism check with enough anticipation so you can receive feedback from CWE before submitting your assignment. Do not submit your results as those are yours to keep.

 

 


Assignment Grading Guide

 

Content

75.00 Percent

Points Available

6.00

Points Earned

X/6.00

Additional Comments:

Assume you are the manager of your learning team and need to develop a plan that will address the characteristics of your group and yourself as the leader. This plan can be used to determine the needs of the learning team and is a tool for members to assess their skills, strengths, areas needing improvement, and the resources needed to help them reach their career goals.

·         Develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments, what are the characteristics of your team?

·         Create a professional development plan to address the characteristics of the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and your ability to lead them

·         Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on the DiSC assessment.

1.     Your paper must include at least the following sections:

1.1.   Cover Page

1.2.   Abstract section (optional 150 – 250 words)

1.3.   Introductory section to include an overview of your entire paper

1.4.   Section I: Where you develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments, what are the characteristics of your team?

1.5.   Section II: where you create a professional development plan to address the characteristics of the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and your ability to lead them:

1.6.   Section III: where you evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on the DiSC assessment.

1.7.   Conclusion section

1.8.   Reference page

2.     Use Level One Heading or Level Two Heading to separate each one of the sections in your paper. Use adequate and meaningful titles and subtitles.

3.     Use the UOPX/APA Sample paper and the Individual Assignment Templates as guides to write your own.

4.     At least 80% of your paper’s content should be your original work. The other 20% may come from other sources you want verbatim quote or paraphrase, including previous work approved by me.

5.     Support your research work with peer-reviewed bibliography and include at least five sources:

5.1.   At least two of those sources must be the eBooks or Class Materials used in the class.

5.2.   At least two other sources must be academic peer-reviewed selected from the UOPX Library.

5.3.   Additionally you can use any other relevant source, excluding the Disallowed Reference Sources detailed in the Instructor Policies.

6.     Include at least one valid APA citation per section or sub-section in your paper; remember they go in pair, for each citation you must have an entry in your reference page.

 

 

 

Organization / Development

12.50 Percent

Points Available

1.00

Points Earned

X/1.00

Additional Comments:

·         The paper is 1,050 words in length (+/- 10% permissible) and meets the word count requirements detailed in the Instructor Policies. The word count includes all text entered into your paper except the cover page and the reference page.

·         Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.

·         The academic tone is appropriate to the content and assignment.

·         Sentence transitions are present and maintain the flow of thought.

·         Citations seamlessly integrate with the narrative.

 

 

 

Mechanics

12.50 Percent

Points Available

1.00

Points Earned

X/1.00

Additional Comments:

·         Formatting or layout and graphics are pleasing to the eye (font, colors, spacing).

·         Follow rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation; make sure the spelling is correct.

·         Sentences are well constructed, complete, strong, clear, concise, and varied.

·         Paper adheres to APA guidelines.

·         Please upload your assignment to and include your name in your file name for easy identification. For example in my case, I use LDR531-Week02-EddieAprile-Individual.doc you can change your name accordingly.

 

 

 

 

Total Available

Total Earned

 

 

8.00

 

 

 

HRM-594 Strategic Staffing – Course Project, A+ Material (HRM594 HR594)

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Objective

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For the Course Project, each student is to prepare a course paper, approximately 12–15 pages in length (excluding appendices), on a topic related to the theme of Strategic Staffing. Within this broad theme, the course paper is intended to be an opportunity to explore, in some depth, a topic related to the course that is of specific significance to you.

 

Sample Topics

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A list of example topics for course papers is provided below to provide some ideas. However, these are examples only. Please feel free to consider other staffing-related topics that are of interest to you.

  • Alignment of staffing strategy with organizational strategy.
  • Internet staffing methods compared to traditional staffing methods: time, cost, quality, and retention.
  • Effects of utilizing realistic job reviews on employee selection, performance, and retention.
  • Current developments in job analysis.
  • Breaking the glass ceiling: Sociological, legal, and organizational issues.
  • Current issues: Managing the flexible workforce.
  • Current developments in selection testing and validation.
  • Defining the new careers of the 21st century and implications for staffing strategies.
  • Requirements and implementation strategies for a staffing management information system.
  • Developing innovative mobility paths for career development: Parallel tracks and lattice tracks.

 

Deadlines

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Week 3 – Submit to your Dropbox a short (no more than one page) paper describing your selected topic.

Week 7 – Course Project due to your Dropbox. 

Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these Step-by-Step Instructions or watch this Dropbox Tutorial.

See Syllabus/”Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date information.

 

Required Components

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Your paper must include, and will be graded on the following components:

Section

Points

240 Total

Description

Title Page

5

Include the title of your course paper, your name, email address, school name, instructor’s name, date of submittal, and class (HRM594).

Introduction

20

Describe the strategic staffing topic that you have selected and identify why it is significant. Present any background or facts that will enable the reader to clearly understand the issues.

Problem

30

Identify and clearly state the issues or problems. Remember, that what appears to be the strategic staffing problem may actually be just a symptom of a bigger problem—dig deep to be sure you’ve identified the real problem(s). If there appears to be more than one problem/issue, decide if they are separate or related issues. Keep the problem statement short and concise. Specify whose point of view you are taking to identify the problem.

Topical Area

60

Connect the problem to a specific topical area of work in Strategic Staffing. Name the topical area (e.g., high rate of voluntary turnover of valuable employees). Then write your synthesis of at least four scholarly or professional studies or articles that seem relevant to your inquiry.

Causes

60

Provide an identification and description of the causes of the problem/issue. Be sure the causes you identify relate directly to the problem/issue. A critical element of the strength of this section is to apply concepts and models from our text, from class discussions, and from your literature review. Discuss the concepts, ideas, or insights that are most valuable in helping you make sense of the causes of the staffing problem. Support your analysis with reference to appropriate research.

Solutions

40

Suggest consequences to the organization in the next year, two years, or more if nothing is done differently and no actions are taken to address the causes of this problem.

Recommend a more desirable state of affairs (behaviors); compare this state to what happens if no changes are made; and propose at least two action steps that will leverage the organization toward the more desirable state. Describe exactly whatshould be done and how it should be done, including by whom, with whom, and in whatsequence.

Reflection

15

Think about this assignment and write a well-thought-out reflective statement about how this assignment influenced your personal, academic, and professional leadership and managerial development.

References

10

You must use no less than eight resources outside your textbook. Cite all sources.

All references must be cited in two places: within the body of your paper and on a separate reference list. Choose references judiciously and cite them accurately. Refer to The Business Student Writer’s Manual to understand how to cite sources appropriately.

Citing an author’s work within your text documents and your research identifies the source for readers, and enables readers to locate the source of information in the alphabetical reference list at the end of the paper. To use the ideas or words of another person without crediting the source is plagiarism. Plagiarism in its purest form involves copying passages either verbatim or nearly verbatim, with no direct acknowledgment of the source. The most common (and unconscious) form of plagiarism is to paraphrase a direct quotation. Paraphrasing does not relieve you of the obligation to provide proper identification of source data. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to make sure all quotes, ideas, or conclusions not your own are given proper acknowledgment in your text.

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

EDU 367 Elementary & Secondary School Media

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Best Practices for a Library Media Center
You have been learning about best practices for today’s library media manager. You have examined the role of technology in the school library and how this has changed the way students use libraries.

Reflect on the course curriculum over the past five weeks. In an eight- to ten-page paper, develop a plan for a library that uses a range of programs and technologies. Include the following components in your paper:

1. At least three different programs and three different technologies, and an explanation of your rationales for selecting those programs and technologies
2. An explanation of how the role of the librarian/library media manager has changed
3. An explanation of the characteristics of an effective librarian/library media manager
4. An explanation of how a librarian/library media manager is a collaborative partner with the classroom teacher
5. An explanation of how the school librarian/ library media manager uses technology to the advantage of teachers and students
6. An explanation of how the librarian/library media manager uses library lessons to include technology and meet the needs of a diverse population
Within the context of your paper, cite at least three resources using proper APA format.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
a. Title of paper
b. Student’s name
c. Course name and number
d. Instructor’s name
e. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least three scholarly sources.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Humanities Post

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China and its Great Wall” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

  • Describe two (2) specific aspects about the Great Wall of China, such as facts about its size, length, purposes, varied materials, labor force, and its phases of construction. Consider the various purposes of such a wall and its impact for good or bad in Ancient China.
  • *Please be sure to avoid comments on the current Southern Border/Mexico of USA. This is a highly controversial subject and your comments may be taken out of context and appear as harassment of another student. Any comments about the Southern Border/Mexico will be immediately removed with loss of points. 

Template for Week 4 Discussion

Hello Class and Dr. C, here is my main post for the Week 4 Discussion, I hope you enjoy it

Two interesting facts about the Great Wall

·         This part is pretty easy just assess any of the following

·         such as facts about its size, length, purposes, varied materials, labor force, and its phases of construction

·         be pretty specific here, don’t just list a fact, but also assess why you think these facts are impressive or cool 

What was the purpose of the Wall and how successful was it?

·         This part requires a bit of thought.  Walls are much more than just physical barriers, they also mark clearly defining boundaries for cultures and they are also symbolic and psychological barriers as well.  Think about how the ancient Chinese felt when they saw this Wall as well as how outsiders (particularly the Mongols) felt about seeing this.  Did it signify the superiority of China?  Did it mark a clear line between civilized society and barbarians? 

” Are backyard fences good examples of modern day privacy walls? Y or N  or maybe ? (no need to explain, just “yes, No or Maybe?) 

M3_A1: Discussion—Behavioral Heuristics

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Behavioral heuristics, such as availability, anchoring, vividness, storage, conjunction fallacy, and representativeness, all reflect behavioral traits, which if left unchecked may lead to systematic bias in the choices you make. For example, anchoring and availability can lead to disastrous decisions.

You may know how to recognize these heuristics, but consider how they may have influenced you in the past.

Find at least one example from your own career where you, or another manager, allowed one of these or another pitfall, to sway you from the mean.

Respond to the following:

  • Why did you/they ignore the base rates?
  • What other statistically relevant factors did you/they fail to incorporate?
  • How could you have altered the framing of the situation to make a better decision?

Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Wednesday, June 17, 2013, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.  Consider the following points in your comments:

  • What other traps may have influenced the situation in their posts?
  • How would you have framed the problem differently?
  • Are there any other creative solutions to reduce the systematic bias?
 
 
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points

Initial response:

  • Was insightful, original, accurate, and timely.
  • Was substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts.
  • Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions.

 
16

Discussion response and participation:

  • Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner.
  • Offered points of view supported by research.
  • Asked challenging questions that promoted the discussion.
  • Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion.

 
16

Writing:

  • Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner.
  • Responses were error free.
  • Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited.

 

 
8
Total:
40

 

Response

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 Response on other question In addition, post a short (5-7 dense, useful sentence) 

2. Are we Civilized yet?

Instead of using the term “civilization” the textbook uses the word or term “society.” Specifically, the text uses the term “complex society” to refer to “a form of large-scale social organization that emerged in several parts of the ancient world.” According to the authors, complex societies depended on robust agricultural economies. In these economies more food was produced than was needed for subsistence. Because of the excess food, people were able to specialize on other tasks and people became political authorities, government official, military experts, etc.

The use of the term “complex society” has a different connotation or meaning than the term “civilization.” Historians today might be reluctant to use the term “civilization” or “civilized” because according to the Dictoniary.com, the term originated in the mid-18thcentury with one meaning being “the act or process of bringing out of a savage or uneducated state.” The term, therefore, implies that a group of people have reached or developed to a particular stage, while others need to reach a certain stage to be considered “civilized.” The term establishes a hierarchy for looking at different cultures or settlements. This hierarchal frame is unhelpful for the study of history because it may lead the student to dismiss or undervalue different social structures or cultures that don’t necessarily fit within our current understanding of the word “civilized.”

A course with a title like “World Civilizations” may imply that only particular groups of people or particular cultures will be studied. Societies that may not be considered complex in our text or “civilized”, such as early hunters and gathers, were societies with complex social structures and settlements that had important implications for world history.

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HCA270 week 9 Final Project

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Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® in which you outline the following areas of financial concern and conclude with your decision on whether you would recommend EMRs to the stakeholders. Include detailed speaker notes.

Information technology has enhanced operational activities throughout the health care industry. Much has been discussed in financial analysis, price, and acquisition discrepancies. The decision to acquire and implement technology, and justify the cost has perplexed physicians and health care facilities.

 

Assume you are an office manager in a physician’s group practice. As the office manager, you have been asked to review and explain the financial implications of implementing electronic medical records (EMR). You will address potential areas of financial concern and provide your recommendation to the physician’s group on whether or not to implement EMR.

 

Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® in which you outline the following areas of financial concern and conclude with your decision on whether you would recommend EMRs to the stakeholders. Include detailed speaker notes. Cite at least three outside sources and your textbook. Discuss the following areas with the focus on the financial aspects:

 

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Implementation process; This should be your introductory slide.

 

 

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Why implement?

 

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What is involved?

 

 

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Financing technology; Choose at least five.

 

 

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Capital expenditures

 

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Opportunity costs

 

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Budgeting, cash flow

 

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Depreciation

 

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Present value

 

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Payback

 

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Projected revenue

 

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Overall costs

 

 

·        

Costs not considered in the implementation process; Choose at least two.

 

 

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Threat of litigation

 

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Layout of facility

 

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Life expectancy and value of the equipment

 

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Maintenance

 

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Increase in operational costs

 

 

·        

Financial incentives for implementing new forms of technology: Choose at least one.

 

 

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Government, as in Medicare reimbursement

 

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Health care professional societies

 

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Health plans, as in pay-for-performance programs

 

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Quality improvement agencies that may offer financial incentives, such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Utilization Review Accreditation Committee, or the Joint Commission

 

 

·        

Advantages and disadvantages

 

 

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Final recommendation

 

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines:

 

 

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Title slide

 

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Introductory or overview slide

 

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Slides presenting the information required for the assignment

 

·        

Detailed speaker notes with in-text citations

 

·        

Recommendation or summary slide

 

·        

Reference slide

 

Post your final project as an attachment.

 

HCA/270 Week 9 Implementing EMR

HCA 270 Week 9 Implementing EMR PPT

HCA 270 week 9 Final Project Implementing EMR

HCA270 week 9 Final Project Implementing EMR

HCA/270 week 9 Final Project Implementing EMR

 

PowerPoint Presentation HCA 270 week 9 Final Project Implementing EMR

FOR A-PLUS WRITER ONLY

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The MATERIAL NEEDED:

 

 

 Hey, about that acquisition we discussed last week—it seems that we aren’t going to get anywhere with this IS merge until we provide top management with a plan for strategic decision-making. I’m stuck in executive committee meetings all week so I need you to put together some information for the CEOs.

 

I need you to determine who from our company and Wing should be involved in IS decisions. I don’t need specific names right now but just give me the departments and personnel level that should be included and the rationale behind those choices. We will need to establish some kind of process for how IS decisions should and will be made. There is probably some technology in the picture as well.

 

In fact, the CEOs were asking if decisions will be made using information from the existing IS. They also want to know the pros and cons for using technology for decision-making. I think we’d better also tell them how often strategic plans should be reviewed as well as how we will determine which plan to implement.

 

Do what you can to get these issues wrapped up this week. You can try catching me on my cell phone or by email if needed but I will be tied up in meetings all week so my response may be delayed. I’m counting on you—I have no doubt you can handle this without me. Thanks.

 

The CIO has given you quite a challenge, and he’s going to be too busy to help you with any advice. You have a lot to do and you have only a week!

 

To complete your task, you will have to answer the questions: How do businesses make decisions? What kinds of information do they need in order to make decisions? Let us first consider personal decisions and the information needed to make those. For example, suppose you are trying to make a decision about a purchase for your home. You would begin with reviewing your finances. You will need to know exactly how much you make and how much you spend. Your bank statement is a good source of this information. Each bank customer receives a spreadsheet with information on the breakdown of their expenses and deposits, which they can use to review their finances. Next, let us think about how the bank keeps track of information on each of its customers. Banks use a computer application to record and generate information. All customer transactions are recorded and stored in a database. The bank can retrieve selected data and organize it according to customer specifications using a report generator application.

 

Let us get back our example on the purchase decision you are making for your home. After using your bank statement to analyze information on your income and expenditure, you will have a good idea whether you can purchase what is on your wish list or your needed list. You will also be able to make adjustments to facilitate purchases. Businesses follow a similar process to make decisions about their purchasing needs or wishes

 

After you break down decision-making into steps, the process no longer seems daunting. The same idea applies in the world of IT, or any other organizational decision-making. First, you need to gather information on what you have, what you need, and how the work can be done quicker and better. In your analysis, you also need to remember that sometimes, you can do things quicker but not necessarily better and if it is not better, you are likely to lose customers.   (Page 1)

 

i need 250 history homework

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History 221 – African American History Before 1877
Assignment #1
Historical Topic Paper
 
Writing assignment #1:
Write a 3 page paper with a title page and bibliography following the format used by your major or department: Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Kate L. Turabian’s Manual, and the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS).
You must have at least three sources and as many primary sources as you can find.
YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES!
Save your paper in WORD document as (LastnameHIST221shortpaper1).
 
Write a 3 page paper with a cover letter and bibliography.
 

 

The topic for your paper:
 

 

Compare and contrast two slave narratives from two different states.
Remember to explain what details and experiences these ex-slaves gave in describing the institution of slavery and the practice of slavery. Compare the two narratives for similarities and differences.

You must use the slave narrative site and reference both narratives in your paper

The link to where the narratives are: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/title.html
You must have at least two sources from the Slave Narrative site. You must use the Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Kate L. Turabian’s Manual, and the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)style of your major. YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES!
Summary: summarize your paper in the last paragraph.
 
 

The paper MUST be typed in Microsoft word using Times New Roman font (12), double spaced, with the preset margins. Students must submit the historical topic paper no later than Sunday by midnight at the end of week three.

Also note your paper will be submitted to the TURNITIN web program to check it for issues of plagiarism. 

Late papers will not be accepted. No exceptions!

 

 

Side note:

Two options to read the narrative:

Option 1:

When you go this link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/title.html

You will click on a narrative: here is an example:

Each narratives have two options (Audio) and (Transcription)

Example:

Results 1-2 of 2 for Interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, Hempstead, Texas, 1941 part 1 of 4  

Page 1 of 1

 
Item Titles
1. Interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, Hempstead, Texas, 1941 (part 1 of 4)
2. Interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, Hempstead, Texas, 1941 (part 1 of 4) (Transcription)
 

Pick Transcription: Interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, Hempstead, Texas, 1941 (part 1 of 4) (Transcription)

In that option you will see an option called : VIEW TEXT….click on that option to read the interview
now you can read the entire interview…

Hope that helps…do not strain your ears and but hearing the ex-slaves in their own voice is very powerful and moving…

 

Option 2:

Go to the Resource area of the class and select  Assignment 1 narrative folder to search for the interview you would like to read.  In this resource folder the narratives are listed by state not person.
 

Supporting Materials

HW21

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Magna Carta Paragraph Assignment

 

 
 
Everyone has heard it sometime, the phrase, “he steals from the rich, to give to the poor.”  That, of course, is a reference to Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men.  What many do not know is that there has been a lot, and I do mean a lot, of serious scholarship and research into the “tales” of Robin Hood.  In some of the tellings, the bad Prince John in the story is associated with the English King John, signer of the Magna Carta, who is viewed as the bad guy who unjustly stole the throne from his good brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. There have been a number of motion picture portrayals of Robin Hood, notably by Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).  Here is an ok photo of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood.
 
 
Read the Magna Carta document excerpt (along with the short document notes and the study questions) and answer the following question in a paragraph:

Citing specific evidence from the Magna Carta (not from the textbook), was the Magna Carta a revolutionary document? Your paragraph should be about one-half page in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins, font size 10 or 12; it should contain a concise topic sentence (sentence 1) that directly responds to the assigned question (no need to define terms or cite a dictionary), and you should use direct, quoted material to support your points.  Your last sentence should be a conclusion.