Weekly

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For this week’s assignment, you are going to choose a children’s book that you are familiar with and have used either in your classroom or with children outside of the classroom. Then:

  • Describe how you have incorporated this book into your classroom.
  • Reread the book and suggest at least two different activities you can do with the book to extend children’s learning and encourage engagement.
  • Incorporate at least one multicultural component
  • In about two paragraphs, answer the following:
    • Why is it important to foster a healthy relationship with literacy at a young age?
    • How can you use literacy to promote pro-social behaviors, like empathy?
    • In your opinion, are multicultural components necessary to incorporate? Why or why  not?

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Community Teaching Work Plan: Community Presentation

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Based on the feedback offered by the provider, identify the best approach for teaching. Prepare a presentation based on the Teaching Work Plan and present the information to your community.

Options for Delivery

Select one of the following options for delivery and prepare the applicable presentation:

  1. PowerPoint presentation no more than 30 minutes
  2. Pamphlet presentation 1 to 2 pages
  3. Poster presentation

Selection of Community Setting

These are considered appropriate community settings. Choose one of the following:

  1. Public health clinic
  2. Community health center
  3. Long-term care facility
  4. Transitional care facility
  5. Home health center
  6. University/School health center
  7. Church community
  8. Adult/Child care center

Community Teaching Experience Approval Form

Before presenting information to the community, seek approval from an agency administrator or representative using the “Community Teaching Experience Approval Form.” Submit this form as directed in the Community Teaching Experience Approval assignment drop box.

General Requirements

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Test One

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This is a Testand not a research paper. Only assigned written materials allowed. No downloads from Wikipedia, encyclopedias or any other internet or published source permitted.

Select 2 out of the 3 questions below to answer. Then write Three pages for eachof the two questions youve selected. Note the format should be in Times New Roman font, 12 inches, black ink. Pagination required. Start each question on a new page please

1.  Compare and contrast the theories of modernization proposed by Durkheimn, Weber, and Marx. How do they pertain to the study of the relationship between the individual and society? 

2. What are the material forces explained as part of the sociocultural system? How important are they and which do you consider more relevant if any?

3. Can postmodernist, social constructionist or social movement theories contribute to our understanding of a social conflict for individual rights in our society in this new 21stcentury?

Constructed Meaning And Perception

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 In Chapter 3 on perception and communication, the book stated that there is no intrinsic meaning in phenomena but that humans actively construct meanings and attach values. In Chapter 4, the book argued that language is powerful and that values inherent in the words we use shape our perceptions and those of others. Do these two statements contradict one another? Craft your answer in relation to the notions of hate speech and loaded language. (Be sure to distinguish between these two notions in your answer and provide concrete examples to support your point). Provide an example of situation you encountered with hate speech or loaded language.  How did that make you feel?  Your paper should be 1-2 pages citing specific examples and providing detailed analysis incorporation reading and textbook material. If outside sources are used, proper citation of the source should be included.