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Which techniques do you see in the video that are described in the following research articles?

In this class, where ELLs are learning English Language Arts alongside other students, the teacher uses teaching techniques that support her ELL students’ academic progress and language acquisition.

Which techniques do you see in the video that are described in the following research articles?

Required reading: Read the “English Language Learners and Bilingual Program Models” section of the course text.

Then read the 2015 Department of Education’s “Dear Colleague” letter about serving ELL students, posted online at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-el-201501.pdf.

Finally, read the English Learner Guidebook provide by the LDOE.

Required learning activity: Select, read, and report on four of Dr. Jill Kerper Mora’s MoraModules, available online at http://moramodules.com/. Some of the material is available online for free, but a more full course of modules is available for $10 for 60 day access.

Assignment 2:

Post a two to three paragraph summary of what you learned in the MoraModules.

Why do you think this particular work is so timeless? What are some themes from the Epic of Gilgamesh that you can find in movies/plays/books/tv shows today?

In 2- 3 pages, a minimum of 750 words explain the importance and legacy of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Why do you think this particular work is so timeless? What are some themes from the Epic of Gilgamesh that you can find in movies/plays/books/tv shows today? Can you make a comparison?

**Note:

While prefer Turabian as a citation style, you can use Chicago, Turabian, APA or MLA. require you to use a citation style, be consistent and correct with the use of the style you use.

This is a 5 week class,  don’t think it is necessary to add learning a new citation style to the course requirements.

What did you agree with in the book?what challenges do you foresee in implementing the author’s recommendations?

Assignment 1:

Write a book report on For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin comparing the information in this book with the information learned in Section 1 of this course, and your own experience.

You must address the following:

o What did you agree with in the book?

o What did you disagree with?

o Based on what you have learned about teaching and student development,

what challenges do you foresee in implementing the author’s
recommendations?

Select an organization of your choice and research 5 of their most common vulnerabilities, threats, and risks:describe how the organization approached remediation and/or mitigation. Annotate those that were fixed or unable to be fixed.

Identifying and Mitigating Risks

Description

You have been learning about various vulnerabilities and their associated risks this week. Keep in mind that companies are not always able to fix all their discovered vulnerabilities.

Select an organization of your choice and research 5 of their most common vulnerabilities, threats, and risks.

Write a 2 – to 3-page recommendation on the steps the organization should take to remediate or mitigate these vulnerabilities, threats, and risks.

If you found actual examples of an organization’s vulnerabilities, risks, or threats, describe how the organization approached remediation and/or mitigation. Annotate those that were fixed or unable to be fixed.

Include impacts to the organization in terms of people, network, data, or reputation.

Cite references as necessary to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

In at least 500 words, answer the following questions: Should Ronald McDonald be banned?

In at least 500 words, answer the following questions:

The fast food industry spends billions of dollars each year in advertising. Convenience food manufactures and fast food restaurants try to sell as much food as they can. They use a number of marketing tactics including advertising aimed at children, pricing structures aimed at getting people to purchase food they don’t need (a good example is super sizing, the increase in portion sizes for just a small increase in price), and advertising aimed at subconscious urges and desires (like the desire to be cool and with the “in crowd”).

Should these advertising practices be prohibited or limited in some way through government regulation?

Does your answer change for advertising geared toward children?

Should Ronald McDonald be banned?

Do you think the fast food industry should be taxed to help pay for the high cost of health care problems associated with its product?

Explain why Jackson and Nagel think that mental states cannot be reduced to physical states.What is folk psychology?

Week 5 Discussion: Philosophy of Mind.

Thomas Nagel: What is it like to be a Bat?

Frank Jackson: Epiphenomenal Qualia

Churchland: Reduction, Qualia, and the Direct Introspection of Brain States

Jackson and Nagel.pdf download

Churchland.pdf download

Answer any 7 of the 11 questions. Answer an additional question for extra credit. thoughtfully and thoroughly answer the questions. Make sure your answers are detailed and well-supported. If a question has more than 1 part, make sure you answer every part. Explain using your own words and own examples.

Discuss answers with your group, esp. concerning #11.

What are qualia? Explain using an example.

Explain what Jackson’s examples of Fred and Mary and Nagel’s example of the bat are meant to demonstrate.

Explain why Jackson and Nagel think that mental states cannot be reduced to physical states. (Use your own example to illustrate.)
What is folk psychology?

Use an example to illustrate.

What is intertheorectic reduction? (Use an example to illustrate.)

What does Churchland hope to reduce with intertheorectic reduction? What does he want to replace it with? Explain why he thinks this is possible.
Explain either the example of the wine taster or the symphony conductor. Explain what these examples are meant to demonstrate.

What can we learn about culture, experience, and capitalism when we look closely at these spaces or events?

Mass culture. cultural spaces: Hadrians wall.

Cultural products, rituals, and commodities don’t just come from shopping malls.

We experience culture in many different spaces and through different events. Sports stadiums, street festivals, museums, national holidays, and rites of passage like weddings, are all spaces where we experience and consume culture. examine how it is both a cultural and capitalist product.

What can we learn about culture, experience, and capitalism when we look closely at these spaces or events? To answer this question you need to consider how these spaces or events look, what they are for, and what people actually do there.

You might also want to think about who is included or excluded. You also need to consider how these places are affected by consumerism and capitalism.

These are spaces of community and culture but also business and industry. Remember you are being asked to use course material, so you also need to think about theories like atomization, folk culture versus mass culture, and industrialization.

These ideas  laid out above and the ones that are present in the files  posted to be applied to one specific cultural monument. examine how it is both a cultural and capitalist product.

The monument or cultural space is Hadrian’s wall. The emphasis should be to use the files  posted however use any other source that is relevant or helpful.

The discipline as other but keep me informed about the assigned writer’s expertise. Think sociology would be appropriate.

What were some of the reasons given in this chapter for updating our prevailing model of the human body? What benefits do a biopychosocial view of the connection between thoughts, emotions and the digestive system offer?

For this assignment, read the following chapter of The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer. **

In this introductory chapter, Dr. Mayer discusses how the traditional biological model approached gastro intestinal problems/complaints with patients.

Briefly:

What was this model’s approach and what were the pitfalls? Give at least one example of a disorder or illness that wasn’t properly treated by the biomedical approach.

What were some of the reasons given in this chapter for updating our prevailing model of the human body? What benefits do a biopychosocial view of the connection between thoughts, emotions and the digestive system offer?

Why is the gut called our “second brain”?

What is one question you have about the reading? Or, what is something you found particularly interesting or surprising about the reading?

Briefly examine and discuss how does Ajax improve a webpage that changes based on user actions? Be sure to include examples.

Ajax improve a webpage that changes based on user actions?

Briefly examine and discuss how does Ajax improve a webpage that changes based on user actions? Be sure to include examples.

Requirements:

* Your discussion should be approximately 200 words.
* Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are expected.
* Provide your sources of information (references).

What impact has the tire tariff have on the economy overall?In your opinion, is the tariff effective in changing the economic performance of a country?

International Trade Assignment

Tariffs and quotas are a hot topic. For this paper, you will research tariffs on tires and steel, and aluminum. The paper should be a minimum of 500 words, MLA or APA style, and use at least three outside sources.

Two sources to start:

Peterson Institute (Links to an external site.)
Trade Partnership (Links to an external site.)

1. Compare the short term impact and long term impact on jobs based on steel and aluminum tariffs?

2. What impact has the tire tariff have on the economy overall?

3. In your opinion, is the tariff effective in changing the economic performance of a country? (Support your answer)
In addition to the referenced articles, students will benefit from consulting Chapter 20 of International Trade to gather more information for the assignment completion