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1. Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.
2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.
3. Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it.
4. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.
5. The average length of response to each of the prompts should be between 375 – 400 words.

Assignment:

1. The Renaissance included the creation of a “middle class” with enough resources to have “free time” and assets to purchase things in order to enjoy during that free time. Identify the impact of the emergence of the middle class on two different forms of art, explain the change that occurred (e.g. purpose, form, function, aesthetics) and support your position with evidence and a well-written justification.
2. The true nature of the world as a globe became much more commonly understand and travel around the world grew. Often the arrival of foreigners to the Americas resulted in destruction if not the acceleration of the decline of entire civilization. Identify at least two relatively unique forms of art from the Americas that survived the arrival of the Europeans, describe them both formally and critically and why these forms survived (e.g. what special purpose they played that enabled the survival).
3. While large portions of the world opened up to the outside world during this period, Japan stayed rather isolated. Identify two various art forms that are uniquely Japanese from the period prior to Japan being opened to the West by Commodore Perry. Describe and critically analyze these two forms and why you conclude they are “uniquely Japanese”.
4. Compare and contrast the Baroque with the Rococo styles and at least one other significant style from the period. Identify what you consider to be the best examples of each, use your critical analysis skills to describe, compare, and contrast them, and indicate which, if any, are responses to various historical events or cultural changes.
5. The Renaissance is typically defined in terms of the work of da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Identify the work of another artist that you believe was just as gifted (but maybe not as influential) as these named masters, that you believe deserves more recognition. Use your critical analysis and formal skills to classify (in terms of media, style, genre, etc.) as well as discuss the work (in terms of formal qualities and purpose) of this artist and why you believe the artist’s standing should be raised.

* Instructions: Please read the attached file before start writing. TITLE: create a title for your collective review.

1. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY: Complete citation (reference) for book
2. SUMMARY: 5-6 sentences summarizing what the book is about, generally.
3. REVIEW: A review of the book from a Disability Studies perspective (2-3 pages in length).

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the author’s positionality?
2. How does this positionality impact, influence, or shape the author’s subject matter? Provide evidence for your reasoning.
3. Who is the target audience? Provide evidence for your reasoning.
4. In what ways (if at all) does this book inform nondisabled people about disability?
5. In what ways does this book reinforce or promote the diversity framework of disability? Provide evidence (e.g., examples from the book) that supports your claim.
6. In what ways does this book change your thinking about disability? Provide evidence (e.g., examples from the book) that supports your claim. Go beyond in your thinking; I don’t want “I really liked or did not like the book, because…”. I want to know how it changed your thinking about disability in terms of learning something that you did not know before.)
7. Based on your answers to Questions 5 and 6, would this be a book you would assign in a disability studies course? Explain your reasoning.
8. More generally, would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?

Persuasion, Manipulation, and Seduction

Prepare a three- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages), formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, that cites at least two outside scholarly sources to delineate the differences between the terms persuasion, manipulation and seduction as they relate to human communication. Provide at least three modern-day examples of the varying types of persuasive devices and describe which audiences respond best to which techniques.Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

Required Text

1. Persuasion: A social science approach
   1. Codoban, A. (2006). From persuasion to manipulation and seduction. (A very short history of global communication). Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 5(14), 151-158.
      • Document can be downloaded in the online classroom. A useful examination of persuasion from a global and ethical perspective in terms of the contrast between pure persuasion and manipulation/seduction.Accessibility Statement does not exist.Privacy Policy does not exist.
   2. Meyers-Levy, J., & Malaviya, P. (1999). Consumersâ processing of persuasive advertisements: An integrative framework of persuasion theories. Journal of Marketing, 63, 45-61. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
      • Provides a basic overview of selected theories of persuasion and their relative strengths and weaknesses.Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

In the op-ed “In Defense of Our Teachers,”Dave Grohl, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the music band FooFighters, makes an argument in which he asserts that school districts need to develop extensive plans for reopening schools for fall semester instruction that emphasizes students, staff, and faculty returning safely to the classroom.

The Association of School Business Officials International, a professional association that has existed since 1910 and possesses the mission to support school business professionals and provide these professionals with knowledge to use school resources effectively, provides a sobering understanding of the additional costs American school districts may face in acquiring the resources needed to reopen schools safely in the midst of the coronaviruspandemic.

Neither of these rhetorspaints a rosy picture of what may be necessary for American public schools to reopen safely as the traditional fall semester start date approached rapidly. However, neither rhetordenies the possibility that this goal could be achieved.

For this initial discussion board post to Module 3, I would like to ask you to explore which of these two arguments is more persuasive for you regarding the measures necessary for reopening public schools safely for all who work or attend these public institutions. I would encourage you to highlight specific rhetorical choices made by the rhetorwhose argument you find more convincing.

As a second and final question, what is it that one or both of these rhetorshave overlooked or gotten wrong in their argument about the measures required to safely reopen American public schools. Use your own experience, knowledge, and observations to inform your response to this question.

DISCUSSION 1

“Labor Unions” Please respond to the following:

• Go to the United States Department of Labor and read the section titled “Employment Rights: Who has Them and Who Enforces Them”. Next, evaluate the intended effectiveness of The Americans with Disabilities Act and The Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Determine how these laws affect human resource (HR) management. Speculate what the impact of the Act will be in 10 years. Support your position.
• Use the Internet to research the role of unions in the United States compared to three other countries. Next, examine how the role of unions in other countries differs from the role of unions in the United States. Provide examples of three countries and how unions operate in those countries in regard to HR management.

DISCUSSION 2

“Company reorganization and the Future of HR” Please respond to the following:

• Provide an example of a company that has done a total “ turnaround”. Determine if the turnaround has been effective and improved its profitability.
• Examine changes and developments that are currently taking place in the field of HR management. Predict two changes and developments that are likely to occur in this field in the next 10 years.
• Select a religion (other than your own) and research the following: 1) A brief history of the religion, 2) The religion’s major beliefs and practices that could impact the workplace such as holy days, dress, diet, and attitudes about women, racial minorities and gays, etc., and 3) Specific past or current workplace issues that have been raised with respect to this religion and/or its practices. A list of some of the major world religions, along with basic information about the religions, can be found here.
• Read Case Study 15.4: Helen, Travel Agent (Carr-Ruffino, p. 627). This case challenges you to decide if discrimination is taking place based on weight or appearance. Step 1: Identify surface problems: What problems do I see (listed in case or observed in actual situations)? Step 2: Ask Why-Why to get root problem: Why are these problems occurring? What is going on beneath the surface or in the background that is causing them? Do I need to again ask Why these underlying reasons are occurring (why-why)? Step 3: Generate Solutions: What are some possible solutions to these problems? Step 4: Take action or make recommendations: as a manager or consultant, what should I recommend as the best viewpoints and actions to take?

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