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Discuss how the racial/ethnic makeup of the overall prison population and the death row population in Texas compares to the racial/ethnic breakdown of the general population in Texas.

Discuss how the racial/ethnic makeup of the overall prison population and the death row population in Texas compares to the racial/ethnic breakdown of the general population in Texas.

(Review “Who are Texans?” – Chapter 13) What might explain the racial/ethnic makeup of the prison population in Texas? Which regions of the country have higher incarceration rates and death penalty usage? (Review “Texas and the Nation” – Chapter 13)

What do you think explains the differences in the regional patterns of incarceration and death penalty usage? After reading Chapter 13, how do you feel about the fairness of the Texas criminal justice system?

To respond to crime in Texas, should the state decriminalize certain behavior, reduce sentence lengths, invest in crime prevention (such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation), or build more prisons?

What professional organizations (other than social science organizations) might have relevant information about your issue? For example, someone researching war might utilize information provided by the United States Department of Defense.

Social science Factors That Contribute to Addiction

Psychologists must ask pertinent questions such as; a) how effective is online therapy with long-term addiction? In addition, b) how does strategic system change in healthcare impact mental healthcare regarding addiction?

Social factors that contribute to addiction

How does addiction effect brain function?

Does trauma increase chance of addiction?

What professional organizations (other than social science organizations) might have relevant information about your issue? For example, someone researching war might utilize information provided by the United States Department of Defense.
Find 1-2 organizations, and note them here.

Recovery Research Institute: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
:https://www.samhsa.gov

Is this source current? Note the publication date or a date indicating when the content was last updated.

Drug and alcohol problems amongst individuals with severe mental health.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953614007990

Consider the ways a comparison/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?

Did you use the point-by-point or block method to organize your body paragraphs? What made you decide to organize your essay in this way (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Consider the ways a comparison/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?

In what ways did writing a comparison/contrast essay differ from the Narrative essay you wrote in Touchstone 1? Give specific examples (3-4 sentences). Sophia says: Consider how the structure, point of view, and purpose of the two essays differ.

What part of the draft did you struggle with (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Think about how you could improve the draft if you continued the writing process with revision and editing.

 

Explain multiple intelligences, learning style preferences, and the influences these theories have on the ways teachers plan and deliver concepts to elementary school-age children.

Standards in Teaching Diverse Student Populations
Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation, with detailed speaker notes, that addresses the following:

Explain students’ needs and abilities through the stages of development. Reference models put forth by Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg, and Maslow in your explanation.

Explain multiple intelligences, learning style preferences, and the influences these theories have on the ways teachers plan and deliver concepts to elementary school-age children.

Explain teaching strategies that can be effective in working with students of different abilities and disabilities.

Describe the main types of curricula and provide examples of each.
Connect the ideas you have presented on cognitive and psychosocial development, individual learner needs, and learning styles to curriculum planning strategies based on these factors.

Discuss the role of assessment. What are some challenges in assessing students’ learning? What might be solutions to some of those challenges?

Examine how technology and current teaching tools fit into and can potentially help support teaching based on professional, philosophical, ethical, and core state standards for diverse student populations.

Recommend strategies for teaching diversity as a part of the curriculum for students in different stages of cognitive development.

What is swear words, what is audiovisual: subtitling, dubbing. What is the influence of the conservative societies on the way translators translate swear words especially Islam.

Translating English Swear Words in Scorseses’s Film Casino.

How translators translate English Swear words in Casino (1995), mean the strategies that applied according to According to Gottlieb (1992: 166), the subtitling strategies are expansion, paraphrase, transfer, imitation, transcription, dislocation, condensation, decimation, deletion, and resignation.

And what are the types of swear words that appear on the screen in the film according to Timothy Jay’s book Cursing in America (1992).

What is swear words, what is audiovisual: subtitling, dubbing. What is the influence of the conservative societies on the way translators translate swear words especially Islam.

What is the “Excelsior List” and when can the union expect the employer to provide the list?

Five questions:

Question #1. Research and answer the three parts of this question in detail. (CLO 3)

What is the “Excelsior List” and when can the union expect the employer to provide the list?
Who may initiate an organizing campaign?
What is an “Authorization Card” and what is its purpose?
Question #2. Research and discuss the following four unions as to their views on strikes, political action, and the capitalist system. (CLO 3)

Demonstrate critical thinking about the range of cultural diversity concepts by drawing case examples from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”

Social Work & Malcolm X

Demonstrate critical thinking about the range of cultural diversity concepts by drawing case examples from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”

NOT A BOOK REPORT

Use case examples from this autobiography for the following Social Work Competency Behaviors from the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE):

1.) Present themselves as learners and engage clients and clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. (Taken from Competency 2: Engage in Diversity and Difference in Practice)

2.) Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice. (Take from Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice)

3.) Use empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to effectively engage diverse clients and constituencies. (Taken from Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities)

Use the attached resources (and accurate APA 7th edition formatting/citation) as well as “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”