Topic Outline

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Note that this DB is worth 60 points; you’re posting your outlines in the DB rather than just submitting them to me because I think it will help you to receive feedback from classmates, and to learn from the work your classmates are doing in their own outlines. If you don’t comment on two classmates’ posts, I will deduct 5 points for each missing reply (10 points total if you don’t reply to anyone’s post). Please be detailed in your comments and give at least two sentences with SPECIFIC ideas/details/questions to help your classmates.

Please post as detailed of an outline as you can–you want to give an idea of the different main points you are going to cover in your paper, and some of the specific sub-points you’ll cover in individual paragraphs within the main sections of your paper. (Your paper won’t have formally separated sections, as in a scientific report, but it helps to think of your paper as having several big “chunks” to it, each chunk being made up of a smaller series of chunks (paragraphs).

Developmental psychology your choice of the exact topic but thats the class

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For your term paper you are going to gather information on research of a particular topic related to an area within Developmental Psychology.
Generally speaking, you should select a topic that is of interest to you, and gather information that can be related, but not confined to research studies, news stories, social issues, etc. However, you will be held responsible for finding at least one research article that addresses your topic of interest.
Whatever topic you select, you should be able to address what the area of interest or issue is, identify who is being impacted by it, what stage of development you are focusing on, and how this relates to the material that we have covered in class.
So for example, lets say I am interested on the impact of adoption and I am curious if there is any work out there related to the impacts of those adopted at a young age (before the age of one) compared to those adopted at ages older than seven. I would search and compare what any data has to say, and then relate it back our class saying for example the impacts of social or cognitive development during infancy and elementary.
Pubmed.com is a great search engine for research articles, so is Science Daily, google and google scholar are helpful as well. Just make sure to keep the sources of your info. 
You are not held responsible for formatting your paper in any specific format. MLA, APA, etc is fine with me. The paper should be a minimum of 2 pages, 12-point font, double spaced, and have a minimum of two sources cited in your paper. Let me know if you have any questions. The paper is due by 11:59 pm 5/15.

History- Ed Koch and on.

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Starting with the election of Ed Koch in 1977, how has the FIRE sector*dominated the city’s political and economic agenda?

Paper length: 4-6 pp. (1400-2100 words).

Sources: Fear City, Chap. 18 and Epilogue; readings posted in Discussions; and Discussion. Please stick with these sources only.

In the file- I added information from discussion

Ramayana

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Let’s now turn to another example representing the internal diversity within Hinduism.  Please read the following two articles on the epic Ramayana.  The first is an overview of the epic from Professor Vinay Lal from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles.)  The second is a 2011 news story from the Sunday Guardian about how an influential essay entitled 300 Ramayanas from the renowned scholar A.K. Ramanujan was removed from the B.A. syllabus of Delhi University.

Keeping in mind your reactions to both the readings above, please share your reflections in the discussion board.  What surprised you in these depictions?  What did you find compelling or challenging? Please post your response and respond to the posts of at least two other people.  The sources are below

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/ramanujan-a-the-ramayana

Ramayana