Comparing “Jean-Siméon Chardin. The Brioche (The Dessert). 1763” and “Jean-Étienne Liotard. Still-Life: Tea Set. ca. 1781–83”

Write an essay of at least 450 words using 12 point font and double-spaced text) comparing the formal treatment and iconography of each work. Be sure to identify each object by indicating the artist, title, and date of production.  Your essay should address how similarities and differences contribute to your understanding of each work’s meaning or artistic significance. You should analyze these points: stylistic choices (e.g., abstract, naturalistic, idealistic, realistic), function or symbolism of the pieces (What were they used for? Do they communicate a message? Are they sacred or secular works of art), cultural context (e.g., how might the way of life at the time and place the pieces were created affected their function and style? Do historical events relate to the image or story depicted?). In addition, I expect you to refer to the course readings, including the primary readings I uploaded to BlackBoard, in the essays. You must cite at least one source that is not our text book.

Use Chicago-Turabian style notation for any sources that you need to document as references in footnotes. Double-space your text and list your name and the date in the header on the first page. In almost all cases, you should italicize the title of a work of art. Consult the Chicago-Turabian sample essay I provided you for more information concerning formatting. Include at least two illustrations.

1.  Compare and contrast the four different operational strategies: problem oriented policing, “broken windows” theory, Compstat, and intelligence-led policing.  Be sure to provide reasons why some aspects should be retained and others discarded as policing evolves during the 21st century. 

2.  If you were in charge of a mid-size city police department, what would your priorities be and why?  Keep in mind the reality of shrinking budgets and fewer resources are available than in the last decade so cuts have to be made.  What areas would receive 10% to 20% less funding next year in your department?

Minimum length is 350 words

 This discussion has three parts. 

Leadership varies widely by culture and personality. An international organization with locations in several countries must balance the local customs and cultures with those of the primary culture of the organization’s headquarters. 

1. Discuss what you believe would be the different organizational culture and local culture aspects that you would have to take into consideration if your company was expanding into Germany?
2. Would the consideration be different if the company expanded into Japan?  
3. Give specific examples that would affect the organizational culture in both of these countries taking into consideration that the organizational headquarters is in the United States.

What is nationalism? How does the understanding of nationalism lead to changes in countries across Europe after 1850? What is Romanticism? What effect does Romanticism have on nationalism during this period? Book reference: Frankforter & Spellman: pages 559-583;589-597;611-613;619-626

2 pages- You should introduce the topic, and summarize the information from each author (follow the Comprehend section of your Rapid Critique Checklist) and also respond to the following questions in the course of your paper.

Be sure to address: What is cooperative breeding? What is multiple care-giving? What is attachment? How do these articles and video affect our understanding of attachment and our views regarding care-giving customs cross-culturally? Do these discussions on multiple care-giving and cooperative breeding alter your perception of care-giving practices in the US? How can this perspective offer insight into debates about daycare in this country? 

Materials:

• Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer. “Comes the child before man: How cooperative breeding and prolonged postweaning dependence shaped human potential.” In Hunter-gatherer childhoods, pp. 65-91. Routledge, 2017.
• Meehan, C.L., et al., Chapter 9 in your book
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, CARTA Seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1flXTxuwPI

How does World War 1 reshape the Arab world? How does the creation of nations after World War 1 by European colonial powers have profound effects on today’s Middle East? Discuss two issues in the Middle East today that trace their roots back to post World War 1. Book reference: Frankforter & Spellman: pages 646-674; 679-701

Your Teaching Philosophy

• As you create a portfolio and interview for jobs, you will often be asked to provide your teaching philosophy.
  • Write a teaching philosophy that is at least 500 words.
  • Then, examine how your philosophy has evolved during your courses of study in the M.Ed. program. Support your examination by referencing specific coursework, assignments, and / or experiences in the field.
  • Respond to the post of at least two peers with substantive feedback to help them improve their teaching philosophy.

Discuss why, in this age of distributed computing, centralized IAM systems are necessary.

Use at least three sources. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list. Cite your sources. Do not copy. Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format.

As you explored three major categories this week with modernism, post-modernism, and post-colonial literature, what were your favorite author and short story of the readings? Why? 

For your initial post, choose one of the readings to discuss. Please refer to the specific elements of the category that you found in the text as well as direct quotes and lines from the reading. You may choose more than one story if you like, but the minimum is to discuss at least one of the short story readings in detail. 

• Name the work and author
• You must give at least three examples from the reading
• Explain how what characteristics were evident in the story that made it modernist, post-modernist, or postcolonial according to your course content lessons folder. Please note: You may include magical realism under the post-colonial category.