This week we reach the era of GLOBAL CONTACT: the colonizers of Spain and Portugal begin their ventures into the Caribbean, North America and South America. We have spent the first three weeks learning A LOT about the Native people and who they were BEFORE the Spanish arrived, and now it is time to look…

Explain in detail the objectives of the members of the Women’s Political Council, and what was the significance of black women’s political organizations in the early stages of the modern civil rights movement? Based on your understanding of the readings and the video why are women relegated to the background in the story of the…

FOCUS QUESTION 4: What contributions did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft make to the progressive movement? How and why did these men come to disagree about the best ways to advance progressive ideals? Gifford Pinchot, President Theodore Roosevelt’s friend and the first chief of the United States Forest Service, remarked that the president…

FOCUS QUESTION 1: What factors motivated America’s new imperialism after the Civil War? Is it possible for a nation to use economic and brutal military force to impose its system on others, and remain a republic? According to a majority of Americans at the turn of the twentieth century, the answer was yes. Building on…

FOCUS QUESTION 4: What contributions did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft make to the progressive movement? How and why did these men come to disagree about the best ways to advance progressive ideals? Gifford Pinchot, President Theodore Roosevelt’s friend and the first chief of the United States Forest Service, remarked that the president…

Read Jared Diamond’s, “Ecological Collapses of Past Civilizations (Links to an external site.).” Briefly summarize Diamond’s argument, then consider his “lessons for our times.” What are your thoughts on his assertion that, “we all risk a collapse of world society” if we are not more mindful of protecting our most vulnerable environments? What are your…

Evaluate the extent to which post-plague populations responded to uncertain conditions through their religious beliefs as well as through state authority and control.

Read this Short Story – The Yellow Wallpaper – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf After reading, write 2 paragraphs about your thoughts on the story. Identify the thematic elements What is the significance of the wallpaper? Discuss the Husband and his thoughts concerning his wife.

Read the information in the following article: Pinker, S. (2011). Violence Vanquished. The Wall Street Journal. Sept. 24, 2011. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904106704576583203589408180 Answer the following questions: How does the condition of stability in China today compare with that of the 19th century (1800s)? How does the condition of stability in China today compare with that of the…

Each discussion is worth 25 points. The points breakdown are 15 points for your response to the prompt and 10 points for your responses (2 minimum) to other students. Your responses must fully answer the question(s) in a minimum of one paragraph. Prompt: In the second half of the nineteenth century, the “backcountry” of the…