1. The essays should address every aspect of the question, be at least 250 words and be single-spaced except in between terms.
2. In the exam Word document, provide answers and highlight them to distinguish them from the essays.
3. Your work should single-spaced (except in between essays) and at least 250 words for each. If you can answer these well, you will have a basic grasp of some of the key developments and themes in the history of Western culture up to around 1550 AD.
4. Here are the 4 questions to answer:
   1. Mesopotamia and Egypt were two foundational civilizations. What were some of the earliest contributions that they made that served as basic components of later civilizations? Also, what were fundamental differences between Mesopotamian and Egyptian culture?
   2. The Middle Ages has been called the “Age of Faith.” What evidence from the humanities (art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and music) demonstrates that the Middle Ages were a Christian culture? Provide examples for each.
   3. The Renaissance was considered to be the “rebirth” of European civilization. What were the causes of this Renaissance and what became the fundamental mindset or philosophy that represented it? How was this rebirth represented in the humanities? Provide examples for each.
   4. Science and technology played a significant part in the development of Western civilization. Trace the role of science and technology from the Mesopotamians to the Renaissance and explain how these ideas, inventions, or discoveries influenced European civilization.
5. Use Experience Humanities, 8th edition, ISBN 9780077494704

As with the previous DBs, I will provide some points to help guide your approach to the material, but stuents should also continue to feel free to discuss their own ideas and impressions. Please do not hesitate to pose new questions or ask for clarification.

1. Compare and Contrast the main characteristics of Northern and Southern Portuguese Baroque architectural styles that emerged in the regional centers of Lisbon, Porto and Braga. What made each distinctive? What qualities did they have in common which made them distinctively “Portuguese”? Mention at least one representative example from each regional center and the architect most closely associated with it.

2. Describe the stylistic evolution of eighteenth-century Portuguese architecture from Baroque to Rococo to Neoclassicism. Again, please cite the major buildings (Mafra, Queluz, Clerigos, etc.) or the work of major architects (Ludovice, Nasoni, Soares, Mardel).

3. . Discuss the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the problems of reconstruction faced by Pombal. Explain the process he set up to deal with reconstruction and the various options that were presented to him. Discuss Pombal’s ubran plan for the reconstruction of Lisbon, including the Enlightenment ideas behind it, the architecture designed to satisfy these principles, and the solution for the Praça do Comércio.

 3 new cited references.

300-400 WORDS.

• Week 2: The Role of Leadership (300–400 words)
• Research and summarize senior
  management’s role in successful quality improvement programs. Be sure to
  use real, researched examples to demonstrate your points. The Baldrige
  Award site list of recipients could be a good resource for examples.
• In general, identify
  senior management’s specific role in these large-scale strategic quality
  programs? Cheerleader? Role model? Decision maker? Resource provider?
  What else?
• Why must firms adopt the
  identified roles? What is the risk of not using the roles?
• Indicate how senior and
  middle management should derive the metrics to use to monitor and
  communicate performance?

3 new
cited references.

Annotations are descriptive and critical assessments of literature that help researchers to evaluate texts and determine relevancy in relation to a particular research project. Ultimately, they are a note-taking tool that fosters critical thinking, demonstrates understanding, and evaluates the source material for possible later use. In this assignment, you will read and annotate three articles.

General Requirements:

• Locate the articles by Baker and Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith and Hatmaker (2014) in the Course Materials for this topic.
• This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. Review the GCU APA Style Guide for Writing located in the Student Success Center. Note: A title page is required for this assignment, but a reference page is not required since the references are included with the annotations.
• Refer to the resource, “Preparing Annotated Bibliographies” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style. Use “Sample APA Annotated Bibliography” example in this resource.
• You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Read the articles by Baker & Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith & Hatmaker (2014). These articles and the persistent links to them are located in the Course Materials for Topic 2.

Provide an annotated bibliography (750-900 words total, excluding the reference notes) of the articles. Including the following for each article:

1. A reference note formatted according to APA style guidelines. The reference note is not included in the total word count.
2. An annotation (250-300 words) of the article. Annotations are descriptive and critical assessments of peer reviewed articles. Annotations summarize the key concepts and evaluate the article for its strengths and weaknesses. Why was the study conducted? What was the population studied? What did the researcher(s) conclude? What other information about this study do you believe is unique or important to recall? Are there specific statements made by the author you wish to retain?

Choose and write a 7 page (Not including citations) paper on a argumentative topic of your choice. It must be something that can be researched using authoritative sources. The topic doesn’t have to be about a current event: it could be in line with a future career choice, a hobby or sport, pop culture, or any area of interest. I will attach all of the guidelines for the essay below! Please spend time and read it because they are very important.

Do not choose a topic from the following list:

• Abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, and other topics dealing with the human-influenced beginning or ending of life
• Gun control, in the sense of guns are bad/good or that reasonable controls would destroy the Second Amendment
• Politics, in the sense of supporting or defending a person, party, or administration
• Evolution versus creationism
• Anything involving animal cruelty, animal testing, etc.

Craft Elements:Write in third person, with a tone appropriate to your topic. DO. NOT. USE first or second person, other than briefly in an anecdotal introduction. (Even then, they’re best avoided here. See the Week 5 lecture for information about using point of view.)

• Be persuasive and authoritative– but maintain your objectivity. Remember: argument, at its heart, is a search for truth, and every arguer must be prepared to have his or her perspective shift.
• Focus on facts and explicit evidence: logos. Avoid bringing in belief, opinion, or faith-based positions. Don’t be cold, though– include enough emotional appeal (pathos) to stay connected to your reader.
• Use description and plenty of detail to make your points clear. Use a new paragraph for each key point and expand each point thoroughly; this will make it easy to reach the required page count. Each paragraph should lead off with a point you wish to make. Follow this with examples, definitions, description, evidence, and then some analysis. This is how we build sturdy, robust paragraphs, folks. 🙂
• Use a variety of evidence. The best arguments work from a number of different angles.
• Aim for a balanced use of emotion and logic in making your points. This will contribute to a sense of fairness that supports your writerly ethos. Bring in kairos if you can. Kairos refers to “right time – right place.” An argument rich in kairos is one that is currently “in the news,” making it automatically more interesting to the reader.
• Give your paper a title that is interesting while accurately forecasting the paper’s content.
• Use your sources carefully (see below) and don’t let them run away with the paper. Remember that every sentence containing source material must be cited/indicated. Any source listed in your paper must appear on Works Cited, and anything on Works Cited must appear in your essay.

Sources:

Your essay must include at least six authoritative outside sources.

• At least four sources should be “academic” and should come from the library’s catalog/databases/resources. Be sure to cite these sources using the “two container” format, which we’ll cover later on.
• The other sources must be authoritative but may come from any location. And of course, you may use more than six if desired. (!)
• Cite your sources correctly in-text and in an MLA Works Cited list.
• I expect to see quality sources: show me that you’ve sought out the best possible material and not just the first hits on a Google search.
• Note, too, that the most successful papers typically use more than six sources.

Length:

Write at least 7 pages. In this essay, more sources (beyond the required 6) and more pages tend to equate with a higher grade.

Format:

Use precise MLA style.

Also:

1. 1. Use menu-set hanging paragraphs in your Works Cited.
   2. Place/insert a menu-set page break before the ‘W’ in Works Cited.