Earthlings Film

Be sure to frame your reactions and summarize  using SPECIFIC scenes/evidence from the film.  DO NOT MAKE GENERAL STATEMENTS HERE as it will be reflected in your grade.  Rem,ember, you are demonstrating to me that you watched the film.  Please note the film is divided in 6 parts – please make sure you refer to specific scene in the film from all parts  – Introduction, then 5 parts: Pets, Food, Clothes, Entertainment and Science.  Please separate your paper into these sections and address them.

Be sure to also address the following:

a. Did your opinions or feelings change, or were they affirmed, as a result of viewing this film?  Explain.

What specific aspect(s) of the film caused this shift in you or validation?

b. How did you know whether the information presented was accurate and current?

c. Were opinions presented as fact? Were they supported by evidence? How?

d. Were any perspectives missing?

e. Was there any bias in the film?  If there was bias, was it hidden or obvious?

f. Would you consider this film controversial, and if so, why?

h. Were all the issues discussed in the film presented with care and respect?

Comparative Paper

Comparative Paper:

Visit the website for the U.S. House of Representatives (<www.house.gov (Links to an external site.)>).  Then use the parliamentary website of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (www.ipu.org/english/parlweb.htm (Links to an external site.)) to visit the website of the lower houses of at least two other legislatures (one of which should be from the Global South).  Identify at least one similarity and one difference that you find with regard to the role of each house in the passage of a bill into a law.  All papers must be typed, double-spaced, with Times New Roman 12 font (500-750 words/two to three pages) in MS Word and/or PDF and uploaded to Canvas by 11:59pm F April 10, 2020.

Respond to the following questions using information from the Binder, Davis, & Bloom article (in readings folder) and author video. In 1-2 sentences, identify the main theme of the article. Describe the sampling method that the author(s) used & wh

Respond to the following questions using information from the Binder, Davis, & Bloom article (in readings folder) and author video.

In 1-2 sentences, identify the main theme of the  article.

Describe the sampling method that the author(s) used & who was interviewed i.e. How many respondents were interviewed? How did the author recruit them? What was their justification for using 2 data collection sites?

What is one strength of this study? Give an example of this strength using specific data/evidence from the article.

What is one weakness or limitation of this study? Give an example of this weakness using specific data/evidence from the article.

https://blackboard.albany.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-4026381-dt-content-rid-88446449_1/courses/2203-ASOC-220-8022/Binder%20Davis%20%26%20Bloom.pdf

American politics, government reform legislation, and culture in the post-Watergate period

3-4 pages in length, double spaced, and in Times New Roman, size 12 font.

Prompt: Alan J. Pakulas film All the Presidents Men (1976) depicts the groundbreaking investigative journalism of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward during the Watergate fiasco. In the film, Nixon is the corrupt power that needs to be removed while the press or the fourth estate emerges as a check on Washington corruption. One scene shows Nixons unwilling cameo as he accepts renomination at the Republican convention while Woodward works away at his downfall. The irony conveys the message that ultimately, the American system works. One interpretation of the final scene, which shows newspaper headlines of the indictments of important men involved in criminal activities, suggests that Watergate was an aberration and that once the bad guys are in jail, normalityunderstood as American exceptionalism with its virtuous history, political system and valueswill return to Washington. Do you agree that overall, Watergate revealed a system that works or what is your assessment of this event? What was the immediate and long-term impact of the scandal? In your answer, consider American politics, government reform legislation, and culture in the post-Watergate period.  Use the film, chapter 30 of your textbook, and Kutler’s article  (Links to an external site.)to support your answer.

2)Provide a context or background (2-3 sentences) to the material you will be discussing. In the words of Dr. Darden Pyron, it should set the scene by providing the what, the where, the when, or the who of the material. There should be no argument here, just general historical data to set up your historical question and thesis statement.
State the historical problem (1-2 sentences). This should be the essay question reintroduced as the historical problem you will be addressing in the paper. Try to find a flow between the background information you provide and the statement of the historical problem. Why should we care about the historical facts you just discussed in the preceding background section of the introduction? What is their significance?
Provide your thesis statement for the paper (1-2 sentences). The thesis statement should have 2 PARTS. The first states your position or answer to the historical problem above, and the second provides a blueprint for the paper (or approximately three elements that will support your position in the body of the paper). The blueprint should directly correlate to the topic sentence or main idea in each body paragraph.
Body paragraphs and topic sentences: Body paragraphs should have topic sentences describing the main idea of the corresponding paragraph. They should echo one of your thesis elements.
Sources: You may ONLY use the primary or secondary sources provided on CANVAS or specified in the prompts above. Absolutely no outside internet sources should be used for these assignments. The specific number of sources required for each essay question is provided in the prompts above.
Quotations: Limit quotations to 1 sentence per page or one longer quotation of 3 to 4 sentences for the whole essay.
Citations: Cite any quotations or paraphrased content. Use the Chicago Manual of Style. See this link for some examples: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.ht