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What is one thing you know for certain, and how can you justify it?

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With reference to the components of a major incident plan explain why it is important to have a comprehensive major incident plan when dealing with a mass disaster and what that plan should include.

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WRITE: 200-Word RESPONSE: Based on Reading Assignments & PowerPoints: "Enslaved Swimmers and Divers" & Servants of Allah, Write a post that analyzes the above reading and viewing materials. Define the term “cultural retention.” Select two examples of cultural retention by African slaves in America and compare and contrast these examples to show how African slaves used such practices to improve their psychological, spiritual, and/or social status. Can you think of any examples in which the practice of cultural retention might have worsened the condition of African slaves? If so, or if not, explain why.


materials you may need

"Servants of Allah" by Sylviane A. Diouf: 
http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm;jsessionid=f830139591471892838147?id=1_030T&page=71&bhcp=1

"Toussaint L'Ouverture Series" (paintings) by Jacob Lawrence (Part 1): 
http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/exhibition/sec2/lawr_j_01.htm

"Toussaint L'Ouverture Series" by Jacob Lawrence (Part 2)
https://www.google.com/search?q=jacob+lawrence+toussaint+l%27ouverture+series&biw=937&bih=727&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ07SJ4dbOAhWPth4KHWNSCwIQ_AUIBigB

Sojourner Truth’s cartes de visites (Part 1)

https://www.google.com/search?q=Sojourner+Truth%E2%80%99s+cartes+de+visites&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigncen4tbOAhWCWh4KHX6oAC4QsAQIJQ&biw=937&bih=727

Sojourner Truth’s cartes de visites (Part 2)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501244/

Michelle Obama’s “Unveiling of Sojourner Truth Bust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtmTEiTDBeg

Gold Medalist Cullen Jones on Chasing History (2nd African American to WIN Gold Medal in Swimming)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93594701

Simone Manuel Rio Olympics 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyApiBQAcKU

Simone Manuel Reflecting on Historic WIN @ Olympics 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nx2a7t3mc

African Muslims in Brazil TODAY 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0O8iewzw0

Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer: 

The Arctic Paradox

Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer;
1. Why women did not get this right before (why society did not think women were capable of voting or should not be allowed to and what changed their minds to let women vote)
2. Being in a household that was dominated by the male figure, were women's views twisted into taking the sides of their husband's political views and did they vote in favor of their husband's views 
3. What changed after women got this right?

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Importance of symbols in the world

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Campbell Soup Company
 
Introduction
The Campbell Soup Company is one of those veteran companies that has been around for a long time. And there isn’t a product category much older than “soup.” But Campbell has sustained growth and dominance by maintaining a strong marketing research focus. This case highlights how Campbell has gone beyond traditional paper and pencil survey methods by employing state-of-the-art neuroscience methods as well as contemporary “deep dive” ethnographic methods. 
 
Key Concepts:
1.Introduce students to the concept of a marketing information system.
2.Illustrate the importance of a marketing research plan.
3.Explore nontraditional methods for marketing research.
4.Gain perspective for integrating traditional and nontraditional research methods.
 
Questions
1.What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Campbell Soup Company’s marketing information system? 
 
1.What objectives does Campbell have for the marketing research efforts described in this case? 
consumer tastes and preferences.
 
1.Compare the effectiveness of Campbell’s biometric research with its deep dive research.
 
1.Describe how traditional marketing research could be integrated with Campbell’s research efforts from this case.
 
1.Commentary #1. What would you do if you were a key executive facing the same situation?
 
1.Commentary #2: Compare the company and its situation with that of at least one of its principal competitors. Add research citations to support your commentary.

Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer;

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of1991 OR the 1991 reauthorization of the Federal Aid to Highway Act OR the Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act of 1980

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The Differences between a Foreign Culture Compared To a Domestic Culture

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Reflect on the reading "The Negro Digs Up His Past" by Harlem Renaissance intellectual Arturo Schomburg and the TEDx talk by contemporary black intellectual and political activist Bryan Stevenson. What is each author’s/ speaker’s main argument? Do you agree or disagree with their main points? Imagine a conversation between 1920s black intellectual Arturo Schomburg and current-day lawyer and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson. What advice might Schomburg give to Stevenson? You must use at least TWO direct quotes from the source materials. 



TEDx Talk, “We Need to Talk about an Injustice” by Bryan Stevenson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKfCmSqZ5s

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Tourism in South Africa

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Textbook used for class is
Jurmain et al., 2014. Introduction to Physical Anthropology (2013-2014 edition)

Uses Chapters 1, 2 and 3 for this Critical Review

Critical Review Instructions
CRITICAL REVIEWS


The first critical review is by Matt Cartmill, a paleoanthropologist who has some interesting observations about the evolution vs. nonscientific origins debate.  The article is over 15 years old, but I think it is still relevant.  One suggestion, many students focus on his critique of the religious right, but he actually has critiques of some on the academic left and even many scientists involved in this debate.  Don’t forget to include these observations into your critical review.


For these assignments you are asked to provide a critical review of an article.  When a writer offers a critical review, she lets the reader know whether the work under review is good or bad and most importantly tells the reader why she thinks it is good or bad.  Remember, a critical review does not have to be negative.

Assignment requirements: These assignments need to be at least 2 pages long and must be type written, double-spaced.  What you need to do is tell the reader whether you think that the author does a good job in the article.  You need to support your statements with concepts that have been presented in class and in the book.  In other words, support your statements with data.  Submit the critical review in the drop-box provided.

Things to look for:

What are the authors' main point or points?  Clearly state in your review what you think are the authors' main points.

Are the authors' statements consistent with current thoughts and hypotheses?

How well do they support their statements?  Is their conclusion consistent with the data they have presented?

Are there other possible explanations or conclusions that the authors do not discuss?

What do you think of the article?

For the article review exercises in this class I am asking you to do two basic things: be a good college-level reader and to be a good critical thinker.  Below I have provided you with some general statements about what each means.

What is a college-level reader?

College-level readers actively take charge of their reading.  They assess the nature of the reading they are assigned, estimate the difficulty of that reading, determine the purpose for which they are to read, strategies for best comprehending the assigned "text", and adjust their rate of reading to insure maximum comprehension.  College-level readers:



Cognitively      process written information via thought clusters and/or ideas, rather than      via single words.
Sort      main ideas from subordinate ideas by describing the relative relationship      of the whole (or, the main idea) to the parts (or, the details) in the      entire reading passage.
Recognize      the author's purpose for writing a given selection and identify the      author's strategies for communicating that purpose to readers.
Distinguish      objective, factual data from the author's option and the reader's personal      opinion
Decode      unfamiliar academic vocabulary by using contextual analysis, root word      analysis, and or the dictionary.
  

College level readers need to develop facility reading both literally and inferentially.  Generally, the higher the reading level of written material, the more inferential reading ability a reader must bring to the process.

A student comprehends the literal meaning of a passage when he/she remembers the specifically stated information; the who, what, where, how, etc.  He/she can return to the printed page and find the "right" answer to a literal question.

A student comprehends the inferential meaning of a passage when he/she can use the information he/she has read in order to make judgments, predict outcomes, supply logical detail.  The right answer is the result of the student's reasoning process, not a specifically stated fact or detail which can be located on the printed page.  Inferential questions are generally WHY questions,  They comprise the bulk of the college-level work where readers must sort, categorize, compare, contrast, and evaluate in order to get meaning from written text.  (From: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/readinglab/reading_skills_info.htm)

What is critical thinking?

Thinking critically is the ability to examine purposes, goals and problems, to make observations and examine facts, data, evidence, assumptions, opinions, and points of view with appropriate carte, to make reasonable correlational and cause/effect relationships, to draw thoughtful inferences, theories, conclusions, hypotheses and interpretations.