There will be an online essay project which will be 3 essay questions. 300 words per essay
(maximum). You may quote other sources, including the textbook, but you may
not plagiarize content without giving credit. You must write your own words. Using The Africana Experience textbook, lecture, and PowerPoints on Blackboard,
answer the following questions. Create an original essay using your own words.
If you use another source, including the textbook, be sure to include quotes
and a works cited. Any academic citation style is fine. Use 14-16 point font.
Use a maximum of 300 words.

You can use the topic ( Celebrity culture, sports celebrities and the media, sports revenue).

1. What contributions have African-descended individuals made to the visual
arts? (Be specific). Mention at least one female artist in your answer.

2. Choose one major religion that we have studied and that is practiced by
African-descended individuals. Define and describe the main features of
this religion. (Be precise). Give your opinion about how this religion can be
both a source of persecution and/or a source of liberation. (Give examples).

3. How would you describe African Americans’ involvement in the political
and economic system? (Be specific. Mention historical involvement, the
main issues concerning the community, and the current situation). Do you
think African Americans would support an African American candidate
regardless of the political agenda? What issues attract African American
voters to the Democratic or Republican parties, respectively?

Path-Goal Theory depend on the match between a leader’s behavior, the task at hand, and the characteristics of the subordinates. Path-Goal Theory states that employees can be motivated if they believe their work will reap rewards.

As you begin this Discussion, think about the relationship between Path-Goal Theory and follower motivation. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of Path-Goal Theory and its impact on subordinate behavior. Review the Leader Behaviors described in the course text, Leadership: Theory and Practice. Find an article that discusses leadership behavior.

Post a description of the leadership behavior in the article you found. Describe how this behavior impacted or might impact subordinates. Analyze the relationship of Path-Goal Theory and follower motivation to achieve goals and objectives. Explain how the strengths and weaknesses of Path-Goal Theory are illustrated in the article.

TOPIC: IS GUN CONTROL AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONTROL CRIME?

Argumentative Essay Source Summary

Topic/Focus: Finding and Analyzing Library Sources

Length: 600 words maximum

Materials: PC or Mac; Word processing software (MS Word, Google Docs, iWork Pages, Open Office)

WHAT YOU WILL DO

This assignment is another in the series to prepare you for your documented argument paper. In class, we

have learned about three modes of persuasive argumentation: ethos, pathos, and logos. Conducting

research and incorporating evidence into your argument will strengthen all three modes of persuasion.

The purpose of this assignment is to apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of potential sources for your

paper. Using your approved topic and research question as a starting point, utilize library resources to find

sources. Submit an MLA style annotated bibliography listing your four required sources for Essay 4.You will

likely encounter sources that appear credible and useful at first, but which don’t hold up under closer

scrutiny. At this stage, it is acceptable to document sources which you will ultimately decide not to include

in your final paper.

Your task is to demonstrate why each source is (or is not) useful.

You must find:

columns, or book reviews.

columns, or book reviews.

included one), or statistics of at least 2 pages in length.

You should use one or more of the following databases to conduct your library research:

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ANNOTATION REQUIREMENTS

For each source, write an entry of 5-10 sentences that contains the following:

instruction or the online library research lesson to find this source? What database did you choose

and why was this the best choice for your claim? What challenges, if any, did you face while finding

this source? How did you troubleshoot those?

Avoiding Plagiarism lesson in Unit 5 of the course, your course textbook, and the Purdue OWL to

ensure your citations follow MLA documentation faithfully.

be written in your own words. It may not be copied from the abstract or any other description,

and it may not include direct quotations from the publication itself.

contribute new knowledge about the topic or to try to persuade an audience to believe or to do

something about the topic?

methods were used to gather the evidence used in the source? Does the source convince you that

its evidence is reliable? Why or why not?

there any limitations to its usefulness for your paper? Can you overcome these limitations? How?

List the credentials of the author(s). Currency: Is the source up-to-date for your topic? Bias: What

biases if any exist in the source?

Example Journal Article Annotation

Search Strategy: I used musicians and politics as my keywords in several recommended databases. First, I

used Academic Search Complete, as I felt it would provide me with the most results. Just putting in my

keywords though, left me with so many results it was difficult to determine what was a good source. So, I

started narrowing down my search. Because of my particular topic, I limited my search to articles published

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within the last 10 years. To find scholarly articles, I limited my results to scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. I

limited my search to periodicals to find non-scholarly articles.

Citation:

Street, John, Seth Hague, and Heather Savigny. “Playing to the Crowd: The Role

of Music and Musicians in Political Participation.” The British Journal of Politics and International

Relations. 10.2 (2013), 269-285. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 July. 2015.

Annotation: The first half of this article includes a summary of previous articles and books written about

the meeting of music and politics. The easy-to-understand summary is broken down into the three areas –

organization, legitimation and performance – that one must study to understand how and why musicians

become political activists. It also attempts to define “participation” by asking if it requires action and if

listening to music is an action. The article also includes studies of Rock Against Racism and Jubilee 2000,

and looks at those politically charged concerts in terms of organization, legitimation and performance. I

was hoping for more from this article than it gave me. I was looking for reasons why musicians participate

in such events, but instead found how to study those musicians and events. The bibliography, which

includes music, political and economic sources, is extensive. The authors also interviewed several

individuals involved in the music industry and/or major musical events such as Rock Against Racism. These

first-hand accounts, especially, make the article very reliable. Additionally, the authors conclude that the

music itself is part of the political process; it is the sounds and the lyrics that affect people. Musicians use

their sound as a backdrop to their message. This article gave me the knowledge to work with such

questions in regards to particular musicians and events, especially concerts like Vote For Change that

include a range of musical styles. The article’s three authors are all from the School of Political, Social and

International Studies at the University of East Anglia. This qualifies them to write on the subject. I had to

take into account that they are from England, and that British views on politics and music, as well as the

events described in the article, may differ from those in the United States. The article, written in 2013, is

very current.

Note: this is a lengthy annotation. Your four annotations need only be 5-10 sentences long in total.

Rubric (the following rubric will be used to assess your work)

Objective/

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Novice Intermediate Advanced

Source

Choice

(10 pts)

Student’s choice of sources

is not informative or

persuasive. Student has not

chosen a source from one

of the databases studied in

class. (0-4 points)

Student’s choices are from a

database, though the

source is not sufficiently

authoritative or is biased.

(5-7 points)

Student chooses relevant

sources from one of the

library databases studied in

class. Student is able to

explain that choice clearly.

(8-10 points)

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Annotation

of Source

(15 pts)

Unclear summary of main

idea and supporting points.

Writer does not clearly

explain what studying the

source taught him or her.

Unclear evidence and

development to support

how the writer will use the

source. (0-5 points)

Adequate summary of

source and supporting

points. Some explanation of

what was learned by

studying the source. Some

explanation of how the

writer will use the source in

the paper. The writer’s use

of the source seems

somewhat unclear. (6-10

points)

Structured, organized, and

focused summary. Thorough

explanation of what was

learned from the source.

Clear understanding of how

the source will be used in the

paper is evident. (11-15

points)

Research

Process

(10 pts)

Writer cannot clearly

explain how he or she

searched for the source.

Strategies are not derived

from the library instruction

or online research lesson.

Student did not use the

library to find research. No

clear explanation of why

this was the best choice for

the thesis/claim is given.

(0-4 points)

Some explanation of how

student searched for the

source is present. Basic

search strategies from the

library instruction and

online lesson are used.

Student found source on a

library database. Some

understanding why this

choice is a strong choice is

present. (5-7 points)

Writer clearly explains how

he or she found the source.

Strategies are advanced and

derived from the library

instruction and the online

research lesson. Student

found the source on a library

database. Clear

understanding of why this

source is a good choice is

present. (8-10 points)

Grammar

and

Mechanics

(10 pts)

Errors interfere with the

writer’s ability to

communicate purpose;

significant errors; errors in

format are visible. (0-4

points)

Occasional errors do not

interfere with writer’s ability

to communicate purpose;

appropriate format. (5-7

points)

Minimal to no errors. Writing

is clear, polished, and

mechanically correct. Errors

are not distracting. (8-10

points)

Please find below a factual summary of a case we recently covered in class. When we covered the case you did not yet know anything about what constituted a contract, what constituted a breach, or what sort of damages might be available for a breach of a contract.

Now that we have discussed all that, I want you to brief the case with all those things in mind. In other words, you should explain what the court concluded, what award, if any, they offered the plaintiff and, based on what you know about modern day damages law, what might have happened if a modern day court heard this sort of case. Remember, this is a BRIEF, but it is a brief with a twist in that I am asking you to look over the decision, discuss how it might or might not have changed prevalent contract law of that time, and how you think it might be perceived today given what we have discussed and read in the text. So, start out with the standard elements of a brief (see below for a refresher) and then finish with an added paragraph or two about how differently things would be today – you can call that “Contemporary Analysis”.

Below is the fact pattern, followed by a link to the actual decision as issued by the court, and another link that will remind you how to properly brief a case:

Landmark Case: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

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Court of Appeal, 1892

Facts: In the early 1890s, English citizens greatly feared the Russian flu. The Carbolic Smoke Ball Company ran a newspaper ad that contained two key passages:

“£100 reward will be paid by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company to any person who contracts the influenza after having used the ball three times daily for two weeks according to the printed directions supplied with each ball.
“£1000 is deposited with the Alliance Bank, shewing our sincerity in the matter.”

The product was a ball that contained carbolic acid. Users would inhale vapors from the ball through a long tube.

Carlill purchased a smoke ball and used it as directed for two months. She then caught the flu. She sued, arguing that because her response to the ad had created a contract with the company, she was entitled to £100.

The trial court agreed, awarding Carlill the money. The company appealed.

Here is the appellate decision: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1892/1.html

And here is the link for briefing a case: http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/brief.html

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!