Academic Writing

In The Red Tent, we see Dinah grow from childhood to old age. Discuss how she changes and matures. What lessons does she learn from life? If you had to pick a single word to describe the sum of her life, what word would you choose? How would Dinah describe her own life experience?

OBJECTIVE: Almost every human on our planet has a common trait: we all have first (given) names, and last (surnames) names. First, let’s explore our own names, as well as sharing them with the class! INSTRUCTIONS: Write down your first name, and your last name. For your first name, do you know why you were…

INSTRUCTIONS: PART 1: ‘LISTS’ Think of another aspect of culture that may differ from country to country. List the cultural aspect, and list FOUR countries and the answer. ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES MUST BE THE USA. For each country, just use a search engine on the internet. Note that some of the information may contradict…

OBJECTIVE: Human Planet is an amazing series that shows how humans survive and thrive in the most challenging of environmental circumstances. IF YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS ON THIS DAY TO WATCH THE VIDEO, or IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT: List three cultures who live in…

Directions For this activity, you can focus on any patient care policy you have used, experienced, or questioned in your nursing practice. To complete the activity, you must create an APA style formatted paper. All the components of a scholarly paper should be included: title page, text, and reference page. A template is provided, but…

OBJECTIVE: Each human on the planet shares a common trait: we all have names by which we identify ourselves! However, different countries and cultures are very, very different ways and traditions for selecting their children’s names. PART I: 1) In our own ‘western’ culture, what is the history of ‘last’, or ‘surnames’? When did people…

OBJECTIVE: This is an introductory exercise. We’ll see how symbols not only represent each of us as an individual, but also how we use symbols in our everyday ‘western’ culture – and how these symbols can be interpreted in different ways, depending on our culture, age, and when and where we are in history! Even…

NOTE: THE ‘PAGES’ FORMAT (from a MAC) and GOOGLE DOCS FORMAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN THIS COURSE. IF YOU ARE WORKING ON A MAC OR ON GOOGLE DOCS, CONVERT YOUR DOCUMENTS TO A DIFFERENT FORMAT (usually PDFs) BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THEM! OBJECTIVE: Symbols that we encounter in our everyday lives are interpreted by us depending…