How and why did the Union’s war effort transition from a war to preserve the union to a war against slavery? 3)How did the Civil War become a “total war” in 1864?

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1)Consider the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (VOF page 277), Alexander Stephens “Cornerstone Speech” (VOF 280), and the Confederate Constitution. How central was slavery to the Confederacy? What role did Jeffersonian thought play in Confederate ideology?

2)How and why did the Union’s war effort transition from a war to preserve the union to a war against slavery?

3)How did the Civil War become a “total war” in 1864?

This essay is all about making an evaluation regarding a specific event, movement, or policy. It will require close reading(s) of several of articles, both scholarly and popular. It will also require you to use specific details from your sources to support an evaluation you will develop.

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This essay is all about making an evaluation regarding a specific event, movement, or policy. It will require close reading(s) of several of articles, both scholarly and popular. It will also require you to use specific details from your sources to support an evaluation you will develop.

Not only will you need to be well versed in what you are evaluating, you will need to read many of your sources closely, examining all assumptions, assessing its reasons and evidence, and weighing its conclusions. Look at how each author uses the different rhetorical appeals in the advancement of its claim or position. Your assessment should be founded in a careful critical analysis which culminates in a determination as to whether or not you think the authors the of opposing view successfully supports its primary position or claim.

While you are stating your own personal evaluation of a service, product, etc. you need to do so while writing in the third person, not using first person pronouns such as “I,” “me,” or “my,” or second person pronouns such as “you.”

Assignment Objectives:

1. Perform a thorough evaluation of one of the following options:

Politician’s specific stance on a political issue

A local city or state law

A city ordinance

A specific focus of a political or social movement

Paul Ryan’s 2012 Budgetary approach regarding aid and the role of private charity, using the The Overnighters documentary as your specific focus

A policy or regulation regarding your area of major and eventual profession

Present the subject – meaning you know and understand what your judging/evaluating.

Supporting Your Judgment – to do this you must first establish criteria by which you will evaluate your topic/subject. This criteria must be appropriate to your subject and backed by reliable evidence.

Look for patterns of opposing and present them.

Reinforce the main point of your evaluation

REMEMBER: Analyze how the rhetorical appeals are used and if any are used more prominently. Are there any logical fallacies? Where does the author draw his or her credibility? Are they a knowledgeable and trust worthy source? (Ethos) How does the article appeal to the values and beliefs of its audience? (Pathos) How does it use logic, data, and sound reasoning? (Logos) Assess how effectively or ineffectively an article uses each of the appeals. To help with this process find quotations from your article which support your evaluation.

Role of Research

Incorporate at least five sources:

one primary source material regarding your topic/subject

one credible, source for each of your supportive points (this would be at least three total)

one credible, source in support of the opposing argument

These should be a mix of scholarly and popular sources. For every popular source you have, you must one scholarly source that supports it. These sources should represent different understandings of the same topic. While this might seem like an unnecessary step, you have to familiarize yourself with what people are saying about a topic before you begin making a valid evaluation argument. All sources must meet my approval.

When was the image commissioned and hung? What is the historical context of this painting? What events were occurring when this painting was created that could have contributed to its content? How are those connections between content and context most clearly presented? 2. Is the artist successful in communicating contextual influences? Is the message too difficult to understand for a modern viewer?

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Statement of Purpose or “Why Am I Doing This?”
It is important to remember, represent, and honor a collective past, but it is equally important to understand the deeper significance of visual records. In this assignment, you will examine works of art available through the website of the Architect of the Capitol. The purpose is to emphasize how art can be used to portray historical events and convey a message when viewed in the context of the age in which it was created. This assignment is not an art critique. Look for connections between events and images. You will NOT be describing the event the artwork depicts, but the period of American history in which it was created. You will be creating either a document or a presentation.

Completing This Assignment:

Part I
• Click on this link: http://aoc.gov/paintings-0 (Historic Rotunda Paintings).
• Click on the individual images for each of the 8 paintings to see them in more detail and read the short article on each of the corresponding pages for these paintings.
• Choose 4 images and write a 200–300-word paragraph for each of them addressing the following:
1. When was the image commissioned and hung? What is the historical context of this painting? What events were occurring when this painting was created that could have contributed to its content? How are those connections between content and context most clearly presented?
2. Is the artist successful in communicating contextual influences? Is the message too difficult to understand for a modern viewer?
• As a heading for each paragraph, include the image, its title, and the artist.

Part II
• Click on this link: http://aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/about-national-statuary-hall-collection(About the National Statuary Hall Collection).
• Read the short overview and description of the collection and search to find the 2 statues that represent your state.
• Copy the image for each representative of your state into the document or presentation.
o If you are not a resident of the United States or do not claim a “home state” for any reason, you are free to adopt any of the 50 states as your own for the purposes of this assignment.
• After the image, include the individual’s name and the state he or she represents.
• In a 200–300-word paragraph for each image,
o give a short summary of the individual’s historic significance and
o give an evaluation of whether this individual is a good choice to represent your state.

Define Humanism, and then write a paper that explains how The Prince represents a humanist approach to the art of governing, in contrast to the idea of government based on divine authority and Catholic dogma

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Define Humanism, and then write a paper that explains how The Prince represents a humanist approach to the art of governing, in contrast to the idea of government based on divine authority and Catholic dogma

 

  • Use MLA format for any quotations or citations that you use to support your answer
  • No Plagiarism
  • No Copying directly from a source without proper quotations or paraphrasing:When you try to pass something off as your own work
  • Not using proper citations
  • Your paper should have at least 80% of your own original thought, not “borrowed, paraphrased [or] quoted” from material pulled from the Internet, articles, journals, books, etc. Your thoughts, not someone else’s!
  • at least 750 words in length

Go this Website http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/podcast/Tips-for-customer-service-and-sales-to-build-customer-trust and listen to the podcast dealing with customer trust as it relates to call centers. I think you will find it interesting. In your posts, share your thoughts about what was said in the pod cast. In addition, respond to the questions below as appropriate.

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Go this Website http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/podcast/Tips-for-customer-service-and-sales-to-build-customer-trust and listen to the podcast dealing with customer trust as it relates to call centers. I think you will find it interesting. In your posts, share your thoughts about what was said in the pod cast. In addition, respond to the questions below as appropriate.

Do you think that trust today is more or less important than it was a decade ago? Do you believe Americans are more cynical and less trusting today than they have been in the past? Do you think that trust can be cultural, that is some cultures are more trusting than others? How can firms engender trust to their customers? Is it freely given, or does it have to be earned.

Some historians have described the Crimean War as a turning point in post-Napoleonic European history. Do you agree with these historians? Why or why not? If not, is there another point from this period that you think better qualifies?

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Please choose one of the following questions to answer for this week’s Discussion Board assignment. Your initial post must be a minimum of 250 words  Remember to cite all the sources that you utilized to formulate your thought processes.

Here are the questions for this week:

 

  1. Some historians have described the Crimean War as a turning point in post-Napoleonic European history. Do you agree with these historians? Why or why not? If not, is there another point from this period that you think better qualifies?
  2. Otto von Bismarck was one of history’s greatest political minds, an undisputed fact even among those who disagree with his ideology or policies. He also left a legacy of rather interesting and brilliant quotes. Choose one of Bismarck’s quotes as listed below and explain what it means in the historical, political and social context of his time as Chancellor.
  • “The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches or votes of the majority–that was the error of 1848 and 1849–but rather by iron and blood.”
  • “The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they’ll sleep at night.”
  • “A government must not waver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right, but go forward.”
  • “He who is not a socialist at 19 has no heart. He who is still a socialist at 30 has no brain.”3.  The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the rise of the concept of realpolitik as a primary method for European states to interact weith one another.  Choose a specific example of realpolitik from this era, describe it, and discuss whether or not the actions taken were justifiable in the long run.

    4.  In this era, art, science, and culture took incredible strides.  What specific movement or event int hese fields do you think had the most impact on Western society?  Why?

For this essay you will read additional authors writing on the same topic. At times, these authors make the case for positive points (how technology can benefit education, etc.); others you will read tend to point out some serious problems concerning the use of technology in education.

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For this essay you will read additional authors writing on the same topic. At times, these authors make the case for positive points (how technology can benefit education, etc.); others you will read tend to point out some serious problems concerning the use of technology in education.

Now you will respond (“I Say”) to many of these thoughts the authors have proposed (the “They Say” or ongoing conversations on this topic).  Your essay will have a thesis that the rest of the essay will support, and the body of the essay will respond to, and argue using, the ideas and positions of at least three of the authors we have read.  Note: the assignment is not asking for your opinion on this topic in isolation—you are expected to grapple with the ideas of the writers, finding agreement (noting how they contribute to your argument while adding to what they have said) or disagreement (with persuasive reasons why you disagree), or perhaps some of both.  It will be important to anticipate objections to your position (planting “naysayers”), to consider and / or rebut counterarguments.

FILM MUSIC HISTORY

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FILM MUSIC HISTORY

Written Assignment 3 – Customer Lifetime Value, the Value Chain and Mass Customization Not all customers have the same value to the organization. What does this mean in terms of managing CRM. How is this related to the concept of Customer Lifetime Value? Discuss customer anticipation or expectation and customer satisfaction. What does this imply in managing customer relationships? What do we mean by the value chain? Why is this an important concept in CRM?

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Written Assignment 3 –  Customer Lifetime Value, the Value Chain and Mass Customization

  1. Not all customers have the same value to the organization.  What does this mean in terms of managing CRM.  How is this related to the concept of Customer Lifetime Value?
  2. Discuss customer anticipation or expectation and customer satisfaction.  What does this imply in managing customer relationships?
  3. What do we mean by the value chain?  Why is this an important concept in CRM?

4. Define mass customization.  How does this concept relate to
customer satisfaction and customer retention?

Papers should be 4-5 pages in length, double-spaced.  Put name, date, assignment #, and class in top right corner in the header section.  Do not attach a cover page, but you do need to include a reference list. Use headers to separate major themes or topics. Respond fully.  Give examples when appropriate.  Be sure to provide your own perspective on each of the questions rather than reiterate from the textbook.

To develop the test questions for additional assessment types, including chapter-level pre- and post-tests (typically between 10 and 25 test questions per assessment per chapter) and possibly other types.

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To develop the test questions aligned to existing premium videos (typically between 6 – 15 test questions per chapter). Approximate total number of questions per title is 80 – 300.
To develop the test questions for additional assessment types, including chapter-level pre- and post-tests (typically between 10 and 25 test questions per assessment per chapter) and possibly other types.