Instructions

After studying the assigned readings for week 5, synthesize what you have learned by completing the following in essay format. Search online and find a website for an organization which has a campaign promoting a core issue that interests you (For example: The Red Cross and need for blood donations–You may not use this example).

Start your essay with a short overview of the organization and the issue (just a few lines) and then consider the topics we have covered in this week’s readings and discuss how they are reflected in what you see on this website.

What clear messages do you see?

What audiences is the institution trying to reach?

How has technology affected the way this organization presents itself?

Consider issues of Media Ethics and how they are represented or manifested in the website. Draw on examples offered on that website to support your observations. Specifically consider the content of 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 77: Theories and Effects of Public Relations, under the section “Assumptions and Lay Theories.” Which of these theories does the content of your chosen site most closely align with? Why? Explain your answer.

The essay should be in 12pt type, no more than 2 pages in length, double spaced. Approximately 500-600 words, and must be properly cited throughout the paper in APA format and must contain a Reference List. Support your responses with research from the Learning Resources.

Submit your response in the file submission area for this assignment. If you choose to “add a file” by attaching a MSWord or PDF document, please also copy and paste your response into the comments area.

Important!

1. Part of the exam is assessing how appropriate the documents you chose to use are to your topic. Please be careful in your choices.

2. Terms will not be considered correct unless you engage how Judt approaches them. This does not mean you simply need to cite from Judt once, but if you disagree with his approach you must take into consideration his argument. You are free to use additional sources (online, library, etc) but no term will count unless you also include Judt’s treatment of it.

3) Essays should keep track of temporal issues – you can make an argument about causes, but you should have a clear idea about timeline, and influence.

Assignment

You must write an essay of no less than 1250 words and no more than 2,000 words, based on a clear thesis. That thesis must construct an original argument that links no less than seven terms from each of the groups. The purpose is not simply to compare and contrast, but to make an argument about larger processes, trends or concepts that encompass those terms.

You may use your lecture notes, the primary texts, and the Judt textbook. However, use on-line sources only as additional material (after you used Judt or lecture for each of the terms). Please make sure you identify the terms from Judt correctly. Make sure you cite your sources appropriatey.

• This isn’t the professor being capricious; online information may differ from the material we’re working with, because it’s outside of the context of the class.

There are multiple possible arguments that you can make; there is no single “correct” answer. There are, however, many possible wrong answers. See “tips” below.

TERMS FOR ESSAY

Three documents of your choice from reading packet.

Four of the following:

1) Dubček’s Reforms (not who Dubček is).

2) Kádár’s Hungary (policies, not the individual).

3) Imre Nágy

4) Charter 77

5) Détente

6) Khrushchev’s Reforms (policies, not the individual).

7) “National Communism” in Romania

8) 1968 in Eastern Europe

9) Leonid Brezhnev’s foreign policy.

Hints and Tips

• Look to make a relatively sophisticated argument. Don’t go for low-hanging fruit or facile comparisons.

• You must cite your evidence — variously from Judt, lecture or the texts.

• The temptation will be to write an “8-paragraph” essay — an intro, a paragraph on each term, and a conclusion. Avoid this. Think about what’s your argument; then think about how you could break that argument down into 3 or 4 major points; and think about how each term, text or source relates to those sub-points.

• Be careful about broad assertions. You have to make some, since you have relatively limited data — but that doesn’t mean you can make arguments about change over 4 decades without engaging differences in context.

• Since this is a take-home, I won’t forbid you from using additional concepts from the three course texts, the assigned readings or other sources. However, material from outside the class isn’t what I’m looking for — be wary! And remember that the key thing is to use the seven terms from the list above to construct your argument; additional material can help, but don’t let it overwhelm the assignment.

Choose two objects that are thematically related from Janson’s History of Art: Art in The Age of Romanticism, 1789–1848.

The two objects would be: “Jean-Baptiste Greuze. The Village Bride, or The Marriage: The Moment When a Father Gives His Son-in-Law a Dowry. 1761” and “Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Filial Piety, 1763”

Write an essay of at least 450 words using 12 point font and double-spaced text) comparing the formal treatment and iconography of each work. Be sure to identify each object by indicating the artist, title, and date of production.

Essay should address how similarities and differences contribute to your understanding of each work’s meaning or artistic significance. You should analyze these points: stylistic choices (e.g., abstract, naturalistic, idealistic, realistic), function or symbolism of the pieces (What were they used for? Do they communicate a message? Are they sacred or secular works of art), cultural context (e.g., how might the way of life at the time and place the pieces were created affected their function and style? Do historical events relate to the image or story depicted?).  You must cite at least one source that is not our text book.

Use Chicago-Turabian style notation for any sources that you need to document as references in footnotes. Double-space your text and list your name and the date in the header on the first page. In almost all cases, you should italicize the title of a work of art.

An sample of Chicago-Turabian style is attached below!

Assignment 1: Project Paper – Comparative Essay
Due Week 4 and worth 190 points

For this assignment, you’re going to compare two rulers. Select a group of either two male rulers or two female rulers from different cultures using the following list:

• Ancient Male Rulers: Ramses II, Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, Pericles, or Charlemagne
• Ancient Female Rulers: Compare Tang Empress Wu Zetian (Chinese Culture) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (Egypt Culture) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Egypt Culture)
  • Note: Empress Wu Zetian is also known as  Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao

Write a 750-1000 word essay where you:

1. Paragraph 1: Establish a clear thesis about your chosen subjects. Include the dates in which each lived and ruled, and add 2-3 sentences on the reason for each choice.
2. Paragraph 2:  Compare 2 ways your choices are similar.
   1. You may compare their family background, leadership styles, accomplishments, victories, losses, or impact of the culture in which each lived.
3. Paragraph 3: Compare 2 ways your choices are different.
   1. You may compare their family background, leadership styles, accomplishments, victories, losses, or impact of the culture in which each lived.
4. Paragraph 4:  Compare 2 ways your choices’ cultures are different.
   1. You may compare their cultural differences in terms of government structure, religion, natural resources, traditions, or goods and services.
5. Paragraph 5: In a concluding paragraph, summarize 2 things you learned about leadership styles or cultures then compared to leadership styles or cultures today.
6. References: Include a reference page that identifies at least 3 references.
   1. The class text may be included in the list of 3 or more.
   2. In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
7. Formatting and Writing Standards: Align your formatting to the Strayer University Writing Standards. View the: Strayer University Writing Standards (SWS)