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Assignment 3: Dropbox Assignment

Health Issues in Your Community

For your dropbox assignment, you will visit the CDC website and select an article that addresses a health issue of your interest (for example, H1N1, obesity, diabetes, asthma, teenage pregnancy, etc.). Click here to visit the CDC website.

This is the website in case the link does not work: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html

Write a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, addressing the following questions:

• What public health issue have you selected and why? Provide a brief explanation of the issue.
• How long has the health issue been prevalent in the community?
• What are the factors that have caused the issue to become a public issue? Support your answer with data from your research.
• Are there any social implications of the issue? Why or why not?
• What prevention and intervention measures have been implemented to address this issue in your community?
• Are there any issues that are not being adequately addressed? Support your answer with data from your research.

 

 

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Submission Details

Three instructional plan templates constructed by a variety of leaders in education provide solid examples of what quality instructional plans should include. The work of Madeline Hunter dates the furthest back and is still used today, primarily in the elementary setting. Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe provide a more modern approach to curriculum and lesson design with their model of Understanding by Design (UbD). Others, as modeled by the New York State Educational Department, work closely to align their instructional plans with the Common Core State Standards.

Review each of the provided instructional plan designs:

• Common Core Aligned Instructional plan Template
• Understanding by Design-Backwards Design Lesson Template
• Madeline Hunter’s Instructional Plan Format

Analyze each instructional plan and structure a Word document, essay-style as such:

1. 1. Introduction: Introduce the essential elements, purpose, and value of creating and following a high-quality instructional plan. Include a thesis stating your intent to highlight key elements of each respective plan as well as your intent to identify what you find to be the most effective plan while justifying your reasoning.
   2. Body: Discuss the following for EACH instructional plan design. (Do not list—this is paragraph format without headings/subheadings.)
      • The source’s name (i.e., Hunter).
      • Key components representing most essential instructional plan requirements (standard, objective, activities, assessments, etc.).
      • Unique components (What makes each plan different from the others? What is notably missing or added compared to the others?).
      • Description of how Gradual Release of Responsibility Model is or is not represented.
      • Description of how assessment is embedded and potentially supports informing a teacher of student mastery of the objective(s).
      • Evidence that the instruction plan stimulates critical thinking.

Your intent in this first part is to:

• Inform the reader through the introduction and body.
• Identify the instructional plan template that YOU believe is the most well-rounded and high-quality and justify your reasons with research and examples.

Conclusion: Make a selection between the three templates as to which one represents the best instructional plan to you. Include the key elements you’ve explored thus far. Explain its strengths, and recommend two ways to make it more effective and high quality. Be sure to justify why enacting your recommendations would make it better. Your essay will be between four to five pages, not including the required cover and reference pages, and should follow APA formatting requirements. You must include a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles or web references (in addition to the textbook), including the three from which the templates came, at least one from any reference used in Weeks One or Two, and one outside source of your own.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Three instructional plan templates constructed by a variety of leaders in education provide solid examples of what quality instructional plans should include. The work of Madeline Hunter dates the furthest back and is still used today, primarily in the elementary setting. Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe provide a more modern approach to curriculum and lesson design with their model of Understanding by Design (UbD). Others, as modeled by the New York State Educational Department, work closely to align their instructional plans with the Common Core State Standards.

Review each of the provided instructional plan designs:

• Common Core Aligned Instructional plan Template
• Understanding by Design-Backwards Design Lesson Template
• Madeline Hunter’s Instructional Plan Format

Analyze each instructional plan and structure a Word document, essay-style as such:

1. 1. Introduction: Introduce the essential elements, purpose, and value of creating and following a high-quality instructional plan. Include a thesis stating your intent to highlight key elements of each respective plan as well as your intent to identify what you find to be the most effective plan while justifying your reasoning.
   2. Body: Discuss the following for EACH instructional plan design. (Do not list—this is paragraph format without headings/subheadings.)
      • The source’s name (i.e., Hunter).
      • Key components representing most essential instructional plan requirements (standard, objective, activities, assessments, etc.).
      • Unique components (What makes each plan different from the others? What is notably missing or added compared to the others?).
      • Description of how Gradual Release of Responsibility Model is or is not represented.
      • Description of how assessment is embedded and potentially supports informing a teacher of student mastery of the objective(s).
      • Evidence that the instruction plan stimulates critical thinking.

Your intent in this first part is to:

• Inform the reader through the introduction and body.
• Identify the instructional plan template that YOU believe is the most well-rounded and high-quality and justify your reasons with research and examples.

Conclusion: Make a selection between the three templates as to which one represents the best instructional plan to you. Include the key elements you’ve explored thus far. Explain its strengths, and recommend two ways to make it more effective and high quality. Be sure to justify why enacting your recommendations would make it better. Your essay will be between four to five pages, not including the required cover and reference pages, and should follow APA formatting requirements. You must include a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles or web references (in addition to the textbook), including the three from which the templates came, at least one from any reference used in Weeks One or Two, and one outside source of your own.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Consider the following statement: Dysfunctional families create dysfunctional children.

 

This situation can lead to an intergenerational cycle of dysfunction as the children of dysfunctional families become adults. Finding ways to improve the maturity and emotional functioning of adolescents and young adults before they marry and have children is an important goal.

 

Develop a prevention program for reducing codependency in adolescents and young adults.

 

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper discussing specific interventions you would implement to teach youth and young adults to function better interpersonally and as a parent.

 

Explain how these interventions would contribute to reducing the toxic side of codependency.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Site your work.

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that follows instructions and covers each part of the topic. (The title page and References list do not get included in this word count).

Note: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval before the end of Week 5.

For the topic you choose:

1. Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper).
2. This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don’t do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B–that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts.
3. Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons.
4. Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic.
5. Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair!
6. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

 

• Comparing Ancient Female Rulers. Compare the Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China around 690-705 AD) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (ruled Egypt around 51-31 BC) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (ruled Egypt around 1478-1458 BC). You may also propose (for approval or not) a female ruler not listed. Avoid lengthy quoting or lengthy close paraphrasing from biographical sources. Make it YOUR comparative analysis. Your paper should:

a) Compare the two (2) rulers in terms of their situation and ascent to power, their methods of rule, and their achievements and resourcefulness, noting similarities and differences. Use specific examples.

b) Consider what your study suggests about the cultures over which they ruled, identifying any similarities and differences between the cultures.

c) From this comparison, suggest lessons about different types of effective leadership by a female in the world of modern business and / or modern politics.

 

• Other topic choice using a comparative approach (proposed by student or instructor) and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

1. The level to which the instructions were followed for the paper generally and for the specific topic.
2. The establishment of a clear thesis about your topic.
3. The adequacy and relevance of information, examples, and details which support the general thesis.
4. Covering each part of the topic as instructed, including the comparisons, the consideration of ancient cultural differences, and the reflection on lessons for modern society or the modern workplace.
5. The quality of your research and your persuasiveness using critical reasoning.
6. The use and acknowledgement of a minimum of three (3) required references (the class textbook plus at least two (2) other quality academic sources) documented using the APA style –including both the use of a proper References list and the use of proper in-text citations.
7. Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, and mechanics, and general clarity of presentation.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Both in-text citations and a References list are required. Citations and references must follow APA style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the course shell for guidance).
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. For our purposes, you may omit any abstract page.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
• Identify major historical developments in world cultures during the eras of antiquity to the Renaissance.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
• Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

Compare and contrast realism and idealism, incorporating ideas from philosophers and political figures who promote each viewpoint. Provide examples from current events to illustrate each viewpoint. Which viewpoint best fits your outlook on politics and international relations? Why?

 

Instructions: Read chapter 5 of Labor Relations and complete the following:

 

1. Write a statement in which you write to your (fictional) union leader asking to take on one form of political action. The 4 basic forms are listed on page 145. Write a statement of petition to your union leader, include in your argument, which of the 4 tributes you should be assigned to lead and why. Call on any personal, work, volunteer or education experiences you have had to justify your choice. Include in your assessment your understanding of the organization’s core values and how your skills and abilities align with them.

 

2. How can the inclusion of women in top leadership position local and national unions be increased? As you do so, please write a paragraph regarding why unions lack female leadership. Discuss how this diverse topic should align with organization’s core values.

 

3. Read through any of the website of ongoing political action groups at the bottom of the page on 151 (under key terms). Provide a summary of what you learned from the website. Some of the sites are listed below:

 

aflcio.org

 

uschamber.com

 

http://www.nrtw.org

 

 

 

Submission Instructions:

 

Any papers/assignments should at a minimum contain 2-3 pages of content (double spaced), include a properly formatted cover page, and a reference listing page with at least three (3) NEW references properly listed at the end of your work. Providing additional references to your assignments demonstrate your desire to conduct additional research on the topic area and can improve your research skills.

 

 

 

With all assignments, include properly formatted in-text citations within the body of your work for each of your listed references so the reader can ascertain what is your original thought or ideas and what portion of your work is taken from credible sources to support your work. It is really important to identify work from other sources to ensure that proper credit is provided to researchers in the field.

 

Submit the weekly written assignment as an MS WORD attachment in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. A recommended font is Times New Roman (12). DO NOT include discussion board answers with your formally written assignment submission.

 

Suppose the image below is your company’s network diagram after a merger and you have recently added access controls to your network. The CSO would like to:

• Change the internal network address to incorporate variable length subnet mask (VLSM) with EIGRP routing protocol.
• Set up all of the accountants on a separate VLAN.
• Create a VPN connection to allow accountants to access the accounting database from their home.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Re-create the diagram provided in the assignment summary using VLSM, through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. (The starting address is 172.16.0.0.) Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Specify the commands that you would use to set up the routers to use EIGRP.
3. Outline the requirements to set up a VLAN and VPN access for the accountants.
4. Specify the VLAN assignment, and incorporate a Spanning Tree protocol into your design to eliminate loops.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe and implement Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) on a computing network.
• Compare and contrast dynamic routing, distance vector routing, and link-state routing protocols.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in Internetworking.
• Write clearly and concisely about basic internetworking using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Three instructional plan templates constructed by a variety of leaders in education provide solid examples of what quality instructional plans should include. The work of Madeline Hunter dates the furthest back and is still used today, primarily in the elementary setting. Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe provide a more modern approach to curriculum and lesson design with their model of Understanding by Design (UbD). Others, as modeled by the New York State Educational Department, work closely to align their instructional plans with the Common Core State Standards.

Review each of the provided instructional plan designs:

• Common Core Aligned Instructional plan Template
• Understanding by Design-Backwards Design Lesson Template
• Madeline Hunter’s Instructional Plan Format

Analyze each instructional plan and structure a Word document, essay-style as such:

1. 1. Introduction: Introduce the essential elements, purpose, and value of creating and following a high-quality instructional plan. Include a thesis stating your intent to highlight key elements of each respective plan as well as your intent to identify what you find to be the most effective plan while justifying your reasoning.
   2. Body: Discuss the following for EACH instructional plan design. (Do not list—this is paragraph format without headings/subheadings.)
      • The source’s name (i.e., Hunter).
      • Key components representing most essential instructional plan requirements (standard, objective, activities, assessments, etc.).
      • Unique components (What makes each plan different from the others? What is notably missing or added compared to the others?).
      • Description of how Gradual Release of Responsibility Model is or is not represented.
      • Description of how assessment is embedded and potentially supports informing a teacher of student mastery of the objective(s).
      • Evidence that the instruction plan stimulates critical thinking.

Your intent in this first part is to:

• Inform the reader through the introduction and body.
• Identify the instructional plan template that YOU believe is the most well-rounded and high-quality and justify your reasons with research and examples.

Conclusion: Make a selection between the three templates as to which one represents the best instructional plan to you. Include the key elements you’ve explored thus far. Explain its strengths, and recommend two ways to make it more effective and high quality. Be sure to justify why enacting your recommendations would make it better. Your essay will be between four to five pages, not including the required cover and reference pages, and should follow APA formatting requirements. You must include a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles or web references (in addition to the textbook), including the three from which the templates came, at least one from any reference used in Weeks One or Two, and one outside source of your own.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Paper: Home Security Vulnerabilities

For this assignment, we will focus on the various tools and techniques available to the security professional in order to prepare a security vulnerability assessment.

Assess your residence, or one occupied by a relative or friend, for every security vulnerability that you see. Remember, do not assume criminals will not notice minor weaknesses.

During your assessment, focus on

1. the neighborhood and general area, and
2. at least four of the following:

• Alarms
• Lighting
• Landscaping
• Doors
• Windows
• Locks
• Fences or Walls
• Cameras
• Motion Sensors

Explain why you believe your five focus areas are or are not potential vulnerabilities.

Then, discuss what you think could be done to reduce identified vulnerabilities.

For this assignment, you are required to prepare a report of 3–5 pages (excluding title page and reference page), and post it in the respective Dropbox for this week.

Remember to include at least two authoritative references. They must be cited within the paper as well as listed on a reference page. See the APA citation tutorial in the Course Syllabus.

Grading Rubric for Assignment

Section	Points
Quality of answers and focus on five required areas	100
Correctly APA-formatted and placed in-text citations	10
Correctly produced References page with APA formatting	10
At least two authoritative reference sources used	10
Length (3–5 pages of text, separate title page, and separate references page) and appearance	10
Grammar