Assignment #2 – What is History?

Step 1: Read – “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress,”
found in the book A People’s History of the
United States by Howard Zinn

http://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progress

Step 2: Read – “1493: The True Importance of Christopher
Columbus,” from the book Lies My Teacher
Told Me

(File below)

Step 3: Complete the Discussion Board

Discussion Prompt:
So, how many of you, one of the first words that came to mind when
thinking about how Native Americans have been portrayed to you in
other classes (thinking all the way back to elementary school) was
SAVAGES?
How many of you thought about small groups of half-naked people
whooping and hollering while dancing around a fire outside of a teepee?
Most people in my classes, this is their recollection of previous
teachings on Native America. Surprising?
So what if I were to tell you that instead of the handful of Natives
here in the Americas, there were actually as many as 120 million of
them in 1492? That this population size was equal to that found in
Europe at that time?
What if I told you that these “savages” lived in cities–sophisticated
cities, many more sophisticated than Paris, France at that time. Not
just the Incas or the Mayans either, there were cities all over the
Americas. That the Americas are home to the greatest
number of pyramids in the world…that the largest pyramid in the world
is actually in the Americas not in Egypt, and that one side of the base
of this pyramid measures a half mile in length? And that it has just
been discovered within the last 10 years because it had been literally
swallowed up by the Amazon jungle?
Did any of you know all of this? Most of my students are
dumbfounded by these revelations.
And if I were to ask you to name something foundational to this
country that we have adopted from Native America, how many of
you could give me an answer?
I ask you all of these things as we continue our discussions of the
“discoverer” of America, Christopher Columbus, for a reason. Was he
truly the discoverer of this land? Were there other foreigners who
came here long before Columbus? Why don’t we celebrate the AfroPhoenicians (Africans) as “discoverers” of America? Or the Chinese?
For that matter, why do we celebrate a “discoverer” at all when there
were already 120 million people living here?
Why do we not celebrate Native Americans as one of the great
“founders” of this country as we do Columbus, or the Pilgrims, or
Washington, Jefferson, etc? Are they not part of our foundations?
How would James Loewen explain this?
Especially since much of our ideas about democracy actually come
from Native Americans?
YES, DEMOCRACY….one of the ideas that makes up the very
foundations of this country comes from the Iroquois Confederacy.
I would bet very few of you knew this….
What are your thoughts about all of this? What other issues came up
for you in your readings and the lecture?

HRM 6635 APPLICATION PROJECT (SAFETY MANAGEMENT)

This essay is a plan for building good safety practices into an organization. Identify a company, nonprofit organization, or government agency with which you are familiar. Write an essay in standard paragraph form, with no tables, graphs, or bulleted lists. Use APA style. Consult the posted sample of an APA-styled paper for guidance.

Company Overview

Name and describe your company. Explain what industry it is in, what product or service it offers, who its customers are (in terms of their motivation to patronize this company—what do they want or need?), and how it delivers or makes available its product or service. Then word the same elements into a coherent mission statement.

Current Situation

Describe enough safety issues to demonstrate the company’s current safety situation. You may want to focus on one area alone, such as warehouse operations, shipping, customer space, or back-office processes. Include some mention of OSHA, including how or whether your company falls within OSHA jurisdiction. Note other safety regulators as well, such as state agencies.

Provide a rationale for the company to adopt or alter its safety management processes. Try to be more specific than merely saying that the company can afford to be safer. For example, you may give an indication of the cost of illnesses or injuries in terms of lost productivity, healthcare insurance premiums, and the effects of injuries on workers’ compensation premiums.

Safety Standards and Outcomes

Based on your observations of the company’s current safety condition (or that of the activity or unit that you have chosen to address), describe what the company’s updated safety standards and objectives will be, in those same areas. Then explain the best ways to measure the company’s effectiveness at adhering to optimal safety management practices going forward.

Instituting the New Safety Standards

Explain how you will move the company (or the selected activity or unit of the company) to the new safety standards and objectives. Provide at least one strategy (i.e., a plan in summary form) to support each objective. For example, mandating personal protective gear is one way to reduce injuries resulting from the use of power tools. Training will inevitably be a part of your plan.

STANDARDS

The minimum length is 2,000 words (excluding title page, reference section, and any quoted portions). There is no upper limit. Use correct, formal English (e.g., no contractions, colloquial expressions, or quirky comma-phobic stream-of-consciousness meanderings). Above all, avoid duplicating long strings of words from outside sources (a.k.a. plagiarism). Cite the textbook, an outside book source that explains OSHA standards (consider Google Books for that), and at least four scholarly journal articles (with named authors and more than one page each). Good luck!

The Grading Rubric CUBE is attached.  Ensure to read this along with all these instructions. 

You, as a HR Generalist, have been asked by your HR Director for your recommendations in terms of what tools your organization could use to better manage the talents of your employees. This will help to develop policies and procedures in managing your human capital. Please develop a PowerPoint presentation to your Director addressing the following:

• Describe and analyze the broad range of talent management efforts that use software applications to help you Director to make an educated decision.
• Give some examples of firms that have successfully used these applications.
• Describe how these efforts are useful in terms of strategic human capital management.

5-7 slides with speaker notes of 200-250 words per slide (excluding title and reference page)

Humanities 201

Research Paper

Fall 2016

5
page research paper with 6^th page as a work cited page.

From below choose any one topic for your research paper :

Choose ONE theme or ONE
style that is evidenced or well developed in the epic, The Odyssey, and
discuss how it generally unfolds in the epic.

1. Discuss one theme, one style or one particular aspect you
   recognize in the play, Oedipus the King.
2. Choose three poems from each perspective (Asian, European, and
   African) and explicatively analyze them as you compare and contrast them.

Note:

_.  You must write your paper in MLA format.

_.  You must give adequate examples to support your arguments.

_.  You must cite at least 10 academic sources for your research
material.

_.  No more than two sources in one page,
and no one source material  should run
over 2 lines within the same page.

–.   Research sources must be documented in the works cited page at the   end of the paper.

 

 

I- CREATE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY BASED ON:”HTML DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE. “(An annotated bibliography is posted citing at least two research studies or journal articles that support the learning topic presented.)

A) FIND 2 RESEARCH FOR WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO LEARN HTML? AND WHAT IS HTML STANDS FOR?

B) APA FORMAT IS VERY IMPORTANT

Required Readings

Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-Learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning (4th ed.). San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Chapter 9, “Applying the Personalization and Embodiment Principles: Use Conversational Style, Polite Wording, Human Voice, and Virtual Coaches” (pp. 179-200)

Vaughan, T. (2014). Multimedia: Making it work (9th ed.). New York, NY: Osborne/McGraw-Hill.

• Chapter 4, “Sound” (pp. 108–143)