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art, architecture, history, music, or literature

The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!
Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic.
For the topic you choose:

  1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.
  2. The listed topics each have a certain writing genre with it (written speech, memo, poem with essay, scripted dialogue, etc). From this you can see that there is a fun, creative writing aspect to this assignment. In most cases students should stick with the genre as listed. However, your instructor might suggest some alternative genre on one of the topics. As a student, you also can propose to your instructor some alternative genre for the topic you choose—something different from what is listed. Since not all such proposals can work, be aware that your proposal will get consideration, but may or may not be approved. Also, if you make such a proposal, please do so before the end of Week 5.
  3. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text.
    Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

Office Art Memo. Memorandum. Your boss, who knows you have been taking a humanities class since he pays for your tuition reimbursement, has tasked you with managing the art budget for your company, expecting you to choose various pieces of art for the new corporate offices.  (Note: Replicas of the works are acceptable since they are more cost-efficient and you are working on a budget.)  Include the following:

  1. Identify three (3) examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three (3) Post-Impressionist works. Explain how the six (6) pieces of art fall into these two (2) styles.
  2. In a memo, describe the appearance of your six (6) choices to your CEO so he or she will know what the art looks like and where it would be placed in the corporate offices.
  3. Explain why each piece is considered to be historically significant.
  4. Explain how each piece “fits” your company’s overall (or desired) corporate image. Keep in mind that a piece of art is supposed to “say” something about the owner, so describe what would these pieces of art say about your company.
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history, structure, and purpose of the U.S. Constitution

In this assignment, you are to write a two-page paper explaining the history, structure, and purpose of the U.S. Constitution. Your paper should address the history and structure of the U.S. Constitution using the list below: Identify events that led to the creation of the document. Explain the need that was felt by the founders used to justify why it was written as it was. Identify the general topics covered in the various sections of the U.S. Constitution. The documents could be described by the processes it created. One of the most celebrated concepts is the rule of law. Explain how the Constitution contributes to that non-violent and orderly transition of power within the democracy. Address which sections focus on the amendment process and the transition of the government. Parts of the documents place very explicit limitations on the power of the government—choose two and explain them with some detail. Identify the branches of the federal government. Explain the role and power of the U.S. Supreme Court. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

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Today we tend to revere the “Founding Fathers” as heroes who liberated the American colonists from English tyranny but by this point in the course you should realize that it wasn’t that simple.  Some of the leaders, like John Jay, initially did not support separation. They viewed themselves as Englishmen and tried to work within the system to reach compromises. Other colonial leaders felt that to revolt against their own government was treason. When war finally came they remained Loyalists and fled to either England or Canada. Others readily took up arms against the government.
when the break with England came in 1776 would you have been a revolutionary or a loyalist? What factors would have influenced your decision? Give specific examples to support your decision.

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History

 
In Voltaire’s tale, Candide travels across the known world witnessing the horrific brutalities that humans commit against one another in the name of religion, power, or simple greed. Having witnessed and experienced this violence, which puts into doubt Candide’s belief that life has purpose and is primarily good, Candide comes to the conclusion that he and his friends must devote themselves to cultivating their garden. What does Voltaire mean by the phrase “cultivate our garden?” How effective of a response is it to the incredible violence and despair present throughout the rest of the book?

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History

Based on the texts by Kafka and Eliot, (writing on one or the other or both), discuss how the writers seem critical of modern culture, as they portray modern man as a self-conscious functionary who fears an acute loss of spirituality and identity, as well as the ability to achieve authenticity and happiness, overcome by the dehumanizing forces of industrialization and capitalism in post-WWI Europe.
 

  • Your response should be at least 750 words in length
  • Use MLA format for any quotations or citations that you use to support your answer
  • Plagiarism
    Three common types of plagiarism you need to be aware of as a student:

    • Recycling a paper; “double-dipping”; self-plagiarism: Reusing a paper you have written for a previous course
    • Copying directly from a source without proper quotations or paraphrasing: When you try to pass something off as your own work
    • Not using proper citations
    • Your paper should have at least 80% of your own original thought, not “borrowed, paraphrased [or] quoted” from material pulled from the Internet, articles, journals, books, etc. Your thoughts, not someone else’s!
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Looking back in history and the events that took place and then looking forward at our current society, are there any circumstances when America could or should suspend the rights guaranteed in the Constitution?  If so, might it be difficult to recapture those rights once suspended? one paragraph
 
Think about the society and what went on at the time.  What type of societal issues were going on at the time to create the documents that influenced the Constitution?  List the “influential” document and discuss the societal issue it addressed. one paragraph
 

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Poetry, Philosophy in Music and Art; and Color Analysis” Please respond to one (1) of the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

  • Poetry and Philosophy heavily influenced music at this time.  Especially in reference to Debussy and Mahler.  Do review their works below and discuss how you see either composer inspired by poetry and/or by philosophy after listening to works by each after reading about them. How would you relate this to today?  Do poetry and philosophy shape contemporary artists?  Discuss what types of things inspire you to ‘create’ and why?
  • Describe two (2) color paintings by different artists (selected from the list or sources in the Explore section below) that you believe represent the quote by Kandinsky on the subject of color in art from our readings. Justify your response by directly relating to his work, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Do you see any of these ideas for the use of color and its impact in today’s world? in social media? visual culture examples on ‘colors’ impact? Do share a modern example!
  • How does Poetry define modernism at this time in history?  Use a specific example from our readings this week, and the impact of Modernism style in Paris to support your analysis.  Think about ‘why Paris’…
  • How did the modernist styles play a role at this time in shaping or defining current thought? Picking one specific visual art style: Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, German Expressionism; discuss its cultural influence, and larger impact on modernism.  Is there an artist today that applies this style?  Remember, it does not have to be a literal interpretation, but you can see style connections today?

Explore:
Debussy and Mahler

Kandinsky on Color