Using both your own knowledge and the Grau and Partridge articles, discuss in detail how the film “The Matrix” illustrates Plato’s allegory of the cave. How does it differ from Plato’s allegory? What does the film suggest about how we know things? Does Plato agree? Do you?
In the Apology and the Crito, is Socrates saying one should always obey the state no matter what? What argument is he making in the Crito by having the law speak rather than saying those words himself? How does what the law says connect with with what Socrates says about obedience to the state and conscience in the Apology? How does it connect with his own life and actions? When should one obey the state? How would Henry David Thoreau, who refused to pay his taxes because they would be used in part to support slavery and who briefly went to jail for his choice, answer Socrates? Would he urge Socrates to escape or to stay in jail? Do you agree with either or both of these thinkers on when a person should obey the state? Why or why not? Illustrate your answer with arguments from the Apology, the Crito, and Civil Disobedience.
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs, and a conclusion. Use evidence from at least three documents in your essay. Support your response with relevant facts, examples, and details. Include additional outside information.
Historical Context: Colonial political developments were influenced by traditions from their mother country – England, as well as ideas from the Age of Enlightenment, and colonial experiences. Self-governing structures were common and yet varied in procedure and nature across the 13 colonies.
Task: Using the information from the documents in part A and your knowledge of US history, write an essay in which you:
Discuss the development of self-governing structures in the colonies.
Specifically, discuss some examples of self-governing structures that evolved in the colonies.
Describe the impact of political precedent on the evolution of self governing structures in the colonies.
Specifically, describe the impact of documents such as the Magna Carta and Enlightenment thinkers on the evolution of self-governing structures in the colonies.
Guidelines:
In your essay, be sure to:
Develop all aspects of the task
Incorporate information from at least three documents
Incorporate relevant outside information
Support the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details
Use a logical and clear plan of organization, including an introduction and a conclusion that are beyond a restatement of the theme
The APUS Library, in its Writing@APUS section, explores the traits of research questions (even though this is in the section for graduate students, it applies to the work you are doing in this course). The site looks at what a research question is and what it is not. It looks at strong and weak research questions and compares research questions and thesis statements. Take a few moments to review this information: Writing the Research Question.
Then, following the model below (including bold headings), compose and submit a set of 5 research questions for a topic in your field of study or major that really intrigues you. These research questions will guide you as you begin your research process. You will likely find that one research question stands out and that, ultimately, your thesis statement may provide answer(s) to that research question.
Remember that your final 2,000 word paper must include a minimum of 7 sources with at least 4 sources coming from peer-reviewed journals from the APUS library.
Field of Study or Major: General Studies
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Research Question Checklist:
Look at each question to see if it meets most of the criteria shown here. If it does not, please replace or revise it. Then write your revised questions below.
Does the question deal with something that really interests me?
Is it a topic I can research at the APUS Library?
Is the span of information I want to cover reasonable?
Is the question too broad, too narrow, or just right?
Is the question an open-ended question that invites inquiry?
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