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Investigate the serious problems caused by the population growth in early modern Europe. What were they, what were the consequences, and why did they occur?

History Detective Assignment Instructions and Rubric
In this assignment you will investigate a controversial event in history and prepare a 3 to 5 page, double spaced paper utilizing the APA, MLA or Chicago style. Research the facts and then review some conspiracy theories or other theories about what happened and why. Determine which theory is most plausible and why. Here is a website to help get you started: http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html (link opens in same window)
Tasks:
1 Select one of these topics to research
a Investigate the serious problems caused by the population growth in early modern Europe. What were they, what were the consequences, and why did they occur?
b Where did Columbus land and why do we not consider him the first discoverer of America any more? Is that a legitimate change?
c Who was Anne Bolelyn? Did she commit a crime? What was her impact on history?
d Why was Julius Caesar assasinated and who participated in the act?
e Who was DaVinci and what is the significance of the DaVinci Code?
f Did Cardinal Richelieu have the political or religious right to control the nation while Louis XIII grew up?
g Was Peter the Great a tyrant?
h Did Charles I commit a crime resulting in his execution in 1649 in Westminster?
i What caused the Black Plague?
j Was the Spanish Inquistition politically, socially, or religiously motivated?
k Witches were often blamed in this period for human disasters. What were the methods for finding witches, convicting them, and getting confessions?

Read some of the prose from Lincoln’s Specimen Days. Compare/contrast his poetry with his prose.

ption I: Choose one of the topics given below and follow the instructions for completing the assignment.

1. Read some of the prose from Lincoln’s Specimen Days. Compare/contrast his poetry with his prose.

2. How reliable are the narrators in Poe’s, Irving’s, and Melville’s works (those assigned for this class only)? What do they have in common, and how does their reliability affect the works?

3. Read the excerpt from William Gilmore Simms’ preface to The Yemassee. In this selection, he is writing about his novel; however, on a broader level, he is defining Romance in a more specific manner than we have done so this semester. Find those defining factors of Romance in his preface–for example, he says “[i]t approximates the poem . . . and “hurries [individuals] rapidly through crowding and exacting events, in a narrow space of time” (1211)–and use those factors to show how one of Poe’s short stories fits Simms’ definition of Romance. Use only one of Poe’s stories that appears within your text.

4. Compare the depiction of Indians in earlier works by Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford, John Smith and others with how the Indians present themselves in the speeches and tales. How do you account for the different perspectives (beyond the obvious reasons)?

5. Compare/contrast Franny Fern’s “The Working Girls of New York” with Rebecca Harding Davis’s “Life in the Iron-Mills.”

6. What qualities must a Puritan woman have to survive? How do their WRITINGS reflect those particular qualities? Use Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, and the seemingly un-Puritan Sarah Knight Kemble to discuss these qualities.Note: This is NOT a discussion of their personal lives. You are to show how their writing reflects the qualities of the Puritan woman, the role of the Puritan woman, etc. NO BIOGRAPHY is to be included.

Explain “stop and frisk” rules.

Explain “stop and frisk” rules.

After carefully reviewing the material in the learning activities, draft a response to the following:

Do an Internet search and find a criminal procedure case that relies on the precedent set in Terry v. Ohio. Thoroughly explain the case and state exactly what the court in the case stated about Terry v. Ohio. The case must specifically cite Terry v. Ohio.

Full credit requires that your paper be one full page in length, double spaced, with one-inch margins.

You will be assessed on the nature and scope of your research and the depth of analysis in your response. Do not merely quote the court; explain in your own words why the court used Terry v. Ohioand how the facts are similar.

In addition, you must proofread your material, and submit it without grammar, spelling, or other mechanical errors. Finally, remember to use APA format in this and all assignments.
Use your textbook as your primary reference, and use the Internet to supplement your research if necessary. Cite all of your sources, including the text, lectures, and other sources, using APA guidelines.

Complete a communication strategy analysis and write a memo to the employees. 

1. Read and study Chapters 1 through 4 (pp. 1-151) in your text (Leadership Communication).
2. Read the Superior Foods Corporation case situation (Exercise 2.1, pp. 52-56).
3. Complete a communication strategy analysis and write a memo to the employees.  Your purpose for the memo is to call the employees to a meeting in the company cafeteria and set the stage for communicating the company’s situation.
4. Use the provided template to produce your strategy analysis for the situation and your memo. Limit your strategy analysis to one page and your memo to one page. Your grade depends on proper use of complete sentences, spelling, and punctuation / grammar. Proofread your work carefully to ensure that your writing is correct.

Comparison of Two Works along the Lines of Theme Project

Composition 1: Comparison of Two Works along the Lines of Theme Project 1 Task: Choose a story and a poem that we have read, and compare and contrast the two works based on a theme you have been working on in the course. Remember that a theme is an idea, principle, or quality that underlies the actions, characters, and settings of the story or poem. Excellent projects will have a clear main idea that links the works and the theme, sufficient textual support, correct use of MLA documentation, and adherence to conventions of academic writing. Audience and purpose: Your objective is to use evidence to support your analysis of two works. Your audience is your instructor. Research and evidence: You need only draw from the texts that you have read in LIT for this project. However, in order to illustrate your theme, you may also use other materials. Steps toward success: 1) Complete all the readings. 2) Take advantage of the process: as you read through one of the works, notice how you are reacting to certain word choices, certain recurrences, where you have been surprised, how you were led to expect one thing but were confronted by another. 3) Again, avoid just summarizing the plot of the works you have read; point out where there is significance in the descriptions, actions, etc. 4) Checklist: Length: 1000 words, not including source documentation. Sources: For this project, you need only refer to the literature on which you are work

Research and review proposals for intelligence reorganization from 1947 to the present.

Counterintelligence: HLS360-1503A-01

The National Security Act of 1947 established the legal framework for the United States Intelligence Community (USIC), including U.S. counterintelligence. The main purpose for this framework was to create a coordinated and centralized intelligence effort for the United States. When the Act was established, the USIC was relatively small, but it continued to grow and expand not only in size but also in responsibility. Over the years, numerous commissions and political initiatives have examined the growth and expanding mission of the USIC. It is through recommendations by these commissions that the United States has sought to address its numerous shortcomings within the U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence communities. These recommendations have encompassed everything from basic restructuring to the dissolution of intelligence agencies such as the CIA.

For this assignment, you must research and review proposals for intelligence reorganization from 1947 to the present and choose the one proposal that you feel has had the biggest impact on U.S. counterintelligence operations. You must then write a research paper of 750–1,000 words specifically discussing this proposal and why you feel this it has had the greatest impact on U.S. counterintelligence. Your paper should include a summary of the proposal, the incident or event that led to the creation of the proposal, whether or not the proposal was enacted, and the impact the proposal had on the counterintelligence mission. This assignment will require additional outside research, and your paper must be supported by at least 2 scholarly references.

Assignment Guidelines

Using the library, course materials, textbook, and Web resources, research and review proposals for intelligence reorganization from 1947 to the present.
Select the one proposal that you feel has had the biggest impact on U.S. counterintelligence operations.
Address the following in a research paper of 750–1,000 words:
Provide a detailed summary of the proposal.
Provide a summary of the incident or event that led to the creation of the proposal.
State whether or not the proposal was enacted.
Explain the reasoning behind the decision.
What impact did the proposal have on the U.S. counterintelligence mission?
Why do you feel that this proposal had the greatest impact on the U.S. counterintelligence mission?
Be sure to thoroughly justify your arguments.