Imagine that you are Director of Exhibitions at the (fictional) Museum of American Sport. The museum has decided to display a collection of late-19th-century sporting guides for the public — the same guides we have been examining in our recent modules. Prepare an essay of 750-1000 words about these guides, targeted at museum-goers, to be published in the souvenir program accompanying the exhibition. What were these guides, what did they contain, what were their purpose(s), and what important things do they reveal about American sport in the nineteenth century?
SDN challenges and issues
Read and critically analyze this week’s assigned readings related to the challenges and issues that exist within the SDN space. Select a technical challenge, issue, consideration, or other topic from this week’s readings, or from last week’s research, that is an open research question requiring additional research to address. Write a problem statement in which you address the items below.
• What is the problem that should be addressed with additional research (i.e., what is going wrong)? Support the existence of the problem with at least three recent references.
• What is the impact of the problem? That is, how are the victims (field of study, researchers, practitioners, industry, civilians, etc.) negatively affected by the problem, when is the problem evident, and where does the issue exist or become obvious? Provide an example of the problem in action or as experienced by those affected by it. Support the impact of the problem with at least three recent references.
• Why does the problem exist? Why has it not been previously solved? If the issue has been addressed, why does the issue continue to exist? Discuss the conceptual basis, the nature of the problem, and outline of the problem as defined by the literature. Support underlying cause of the problem with at least three recent peer-reviewed references.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
References: At least 5 scholarly peer-reviewed sources in addition to this week’s readings (8 total)
Deviance and Social
Since WikiLeaks has had an impact on modern journalism and has been credited as a form of social and political change has enhanced democracy:
Academic Blog Question:
Are the acts of the WikiLeaks’ organization a champion of freedom of information or a deviant organization? In your defence apply either conflict of functionalist theory and include a news article to show evidence of whether WikiLeaks is a champion of freedom of information or a deviant organization.
Hint: In your defence, apply ONE of the two following sociological perspectives – either conflict theory[1] or functionalist theory [2] and find a news story to show evidence of whether WikiLeaks is a champion of freedom of information or a deviant organization.
Action Plan
You are working as a police chief in a large metropolitan agency. After several recent Use of Force incidents broadcast nationwide, there have been many outbursts in the community your agency serves. As a result, you are directed by the City Manager to develop an action plan to address community concerns taking into consideration principle based management, ethical decision making, and a multicultural environment that has been accusatory with regard to racial discrimination and the lack of officer presence in the community. The action plan proposal is to be no less than 1500 words. The paper is to be in APA format and does not include, your title, abstract or reference pages.
Ethics paper
Write a three-page paper that analyzes critical issues in the handling of the Conceptual Framework PowerPoint case. Be sure to incorporate important concepts presented in the notes section of the PowerPoint.
Human Disease
Each student will choose a disease and write a paper on the topic. The paper contributes toward the total grade for the written aspect of this class. You should include in your paper:
1. Reason for choosing the disease. This can be one that has affected you in some fashion or it could be a disease that you fear and want to know more about.
2. Overview of the disease:
• Symptoms, signs, etc.
• Demographics- people, places
3. Additional information about the disease
• Identify history of the disease. When discovered, by whom, where, etc.
• Current research on the disease. If there is no current research then reference past research that has changed how the disease is diagnosed, treated, etc.
i. Critical Thinking (1 page of your paper)
• Put yourself in the shoes of the person with the disease and/or the family members you will need to research this information to understand what an individual goes through and what the family might experience.
• “A day in the life” of the person with the disease-emotionally, physically, etc. How are family members impacted?
• c. Limitations, barriers, freedoms lost, stress associated etc. (for the person with the disease and family)
• d. What aspects of life do you realize that you/patient might have taken for granted before diagnosis?
Truth, Belief and Knowledge
How is the concept of belief best understood? For example, is it best to characterize the objects of belief as ‘propositions’ or ‘dispositions’ and, if so, what might those be?
Ethics of character
What makes a person ready to do the right thing at the right time in the right measure, at the right moment? In Greek, there is a special word for just such an event: KAIROS.
Aristotle was intently interested in the development of character and much interested in the question of a good character. His book, Nicomachean Ethics is one of his most famous and enduring writings. Instead of asking whether a given action is right or wrong, Aristotle formulated other questions, such as how can we develop our character to be read to do the right thing, when called upon. Education, he thought, along with the training the intellect, also can be directed to the development of our character.
VIRTUE
I ask you to give some time to considering Aristotle’s definition of virtue, noted on page 257 of our text: Virtue is a habit or disposition of the soul, involving both feeling and action, to seek the mean [sometimes called the golden way] in all things relative to us, where the mean is defined through reason as the prudent man would definite it.
Each of us has to come to terms with our strengths and weaknesses of character. Some of your friends will become hugely famous or make a fortune; others of you will have bad marriages and no children and a miserable domestic life, while others will have a healthy relationship and a couple of good kids. We may be confronted with doing the right thing and fail at acting, in the manner of KAIROS, mentioned above; others, as depicted in the films for this forum, others succeeded. In the end, Aristotle argues that each of us wants happiness; we want to achieve happiness. However, the methods and preparation for happiness, as well as the goal or definition of happiness vary wildly.
Are you ready to do the right thing, when needed? Like firefighters, Aristotle would have us practice, train, reflect for the possible eventuality of doing the right thing, which involves courage. Though Aristotle gave examples of courage in battle, something the Greek man might have a good chance of enduring or experiencing, our text mentions everyday courage, broadening the concept to include many parts of contemporary life, without deflating this noble virtue. Give an example of your own, concerning courage. Tell us about it.
History since 1877
Reflecting on all we have read and studied this semester, what are your thoughts on the use of primary source documents in a history class? History since 1877.
Did they help you understand and/or appreciate United States history more than before you took this course?
What was your favorite primary source that you studied this semester? Why was this your favorite source? Explain.
Infographics
Infographics is quite a challenge to me yet I have to do it. I have ready data on a spreadsheet. Please add the info to it and make comments about each section. Only focus on the information given. Make the work nice, readable and fun to look at. Put references.