Category: American History

 
General Information: This assignment requires students to evaluate a question that does not have a definitive answer. Specifically, students will write an argument as to how the Supreme Court would rule on the inclusion of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance if the issue were to be brought before it again.
This is an area that people have strong opinions. Having said this, your personal opinion is NOT important for this assignment. Instead, it is your understanding of the Court’s approach to this area of constitutional interpretation to determine whether they would rule “under God” fails or passes the Lemon Test. Students should carefully study Patterson’s discussion of the Establishment Clause and the following court cases using Oyez prior to beginning the assignment:

1. Engle v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
2. Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
3. Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
4. Locke v. Davey, No. 021315 (2004)
5. Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
6. McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky., 545 U.S. 844 (2005)

How to Write a Critical Evaluation of the Establishment Clause: Critical thinking is the “ability to interpret, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate information, issues, and ideas and apply creative thought to formulate a substantive opinion, solve a problem or reach a conclusion.” In order to evaluate this question from a more critical perspective, i.e. use information appropriately to investigate a point of view or conclusion, students should format their paper in the following manner:
Introduction: this is a paragraph where students should introduce the topic and state their thesis (argument). The thesis should be confined to a single sentence at the end of the introduction. This paragraph should be no more than five sentences long.
Analysis: The body of your essay focuses on the argument stated at the end of your Introduction. If you make the argument that the Supreme Court would find “under God” to be constitutional, then you must explain why this inclusion passes all THREE parts of the Lemon Test and support this argument using three distinct court cases, i.e. this section should have approximately three paragraphs (one per test). If you make the argument that the Supreme Court would find “under God” to be unconstitutional, on the other hand, then you must explain why this inclusion fails at least ONE part of the Lemon Test and support this argument using one court case, i.e. this section will have a minimum of one paragraph.
Revolving your answer around the relevant course material represents the key to your analysis. Your argument must derive from your understanding of the relevant course material, i.e. the Lemon Test and court cases, and should be logical and centered on facts. In other words, students should not only summarize Patterson or court cases, but explain why this particular court case is relevant to the question at hand. This explanation is critical as it demonstrates to readers why this particular case supports your claim. In addition, students should refrain from using outside sources.
Conclusion: The final paragraph is not a time to restate your thesis or the main ideas already discussed in the essay. Instead, a good conclusion emphasizes the significance of your analysis and nicely ‘wraps up’ the argument of your paper. Conclusions should be approximately four or five sentences in length.
One final note, students are encouraged to reference the rubric attached to this assignment for a more detailed grading breakdown for the assignment.
Turning in the Assignment: After completing the assignment, upload a DOC, DOCX, or PDF file to Brightspace no later than April 11 at 11:59 PM. Email or Google Doc submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances. If you have questions about how to upload a file please take a look at How to Submit a Written Assignment in Blackboard.

What is and/or should be nursing’s role in decision making regarding selecting information systems?
Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
• Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday,

 
Choose one of the following topics

• America: A Narrative History notes Thomas Jefferson’s election to the presidency set the tone of “republican simplicity”. In what ways was this still true in 1850 following the “Market Revolution” and in what ways was it not?
• Connect the technological improvements in water transportation of the early 19th century to the territory acquired in the LA Purchase.

Question 1: Top Ten Gamers:
Implement a class that maintain a list of the top ten games in a video game. An entry on the list contains the name of the gamer and the score of the gamer. The list is kept sorted in descending order (highest score as first node and lowest score as the last node in the list).
Design a class based on a linked list (singly or doubly linked list is fine). The class should have a constructor that sets up an empty list, and a void method called insert to insert a player with a score to a proper location of the list so that the list stays sorted. The list should have a maximum size of 10 to hold up to 10 players.
After the list is full, any insertion of new player to the list needs to make sure after insertion the list keeps the top 10 gamers (that means after insertion the 11th gamer must be removed).
Write a demo program to test the class.
Requirements: Submit the repl.it link of the program
Question 2: Page 1242 Q5 Wedding Lottery (user interface not needed)
Please note that you need to submit two repl.it links. You can copy and paste the two links in a .txt/.docx file and upload the file. You can also submit the second link as comments in the assignment submission.

Writing about the Blues
In-Class Individual Writing Assignment
Listen to “Ice Man (Come on up)” and “In My Girlish Days” by Memphis Minnie.  In a paragraph or two, write about the lyrics in one, discussing how the song exemplifies the purpose of blues as a genre.  Terms to keep in mind:  haunting expressions, melancholy mood, grueling, outlet for depression, empty aftermath, passion, etc.  Use language gathered from the chapter in your response.
Links to the song and the lyrics are located in Unit 2 Module –> “Class Notes and Activities”

Read the article in Chapter 15 (page 398) in your textbook and the New Yorker article assessing Arlie Hochschild’s book Strangers IN Their Own Land. Based on the presentations of her research, discuss how you could understand the sweeping political changes that have taken place and are currently taking place since 2016.  How do we bridge empathy walls? How might we use sociological knowledge and research to start this process.