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Based on your research, on Game-Based Learning (GBL), create a project on your innovation topic in the format of your choice. Your project should address the following:Provide a brief overview of the innovation. What is the goal of using it with students?How does this innovation incorporate current information about how we learn? Or, how does it contradict what we know about how we learn?Would you recommend this innovation for adoption in classrooms and schools? Why or why not? Format for projectA research brief on the topic for convincing colleagues, principals, and others of the research behind your ideaYour project should include a minimum of four sources, one of which must be peer-reviewed primary research. Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style. 

Determinants of Health Although inequalities in income and education underlie many health disparities, the poor are sometimes held responsible for their health status. For instance, Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, a Harvard University professor and social epidemiologist, reports that the ability to avoid negative health behaviors like smoking and eating unhealthy foods depends on access to \”income, education, and the social determinants of health.\” On the basis of your knowledge of the health of the poor, answer the following questions:

Explain whether or not you think Siddhārtha Gautama’s quest to find enlightenment falls under the category of noble action, sacred call, or desire. Discuss how his decision to leave his family would be received in today’s culture

Medieval Africa and its \”Taurists\”
Please be very simple and make sure that all questions are addressed, because it can cost you some serious points.
Reflect on the reading entitled \”Travel Writing, pre-colonial Africa,\” which provides excerpts from travelogues kept by foreign visitors to Africa during the medieval period. The reading can be found in the Week 1 folder. Answer the following questions and make sure you follow the specific instructions in each question.
1.Select two quotes, one from Battuta and one from Malfante, that you believe offers a positive portrayal of Africans. Share each quote, then after each quote, write 2-3 sentences about why you think those quotes reflect a positive description of Africans. (4 points)
***Here\’s how to cite the quotes: \”When this worthy and open-handed sultan died…\” (Battuta, 14). All you need to provide is the quote, the author\’s last name and the page number.***
2. Select two quotes, one from Battuta and one from Malfante, that you believe offers a negative portrayal of Africans. Share each quote, then after each quote, write 2-3 sentences about why you think those quotes reflect a negative description of Africans. (4 points)
3. Battuta was from North Africa (Morocco) and was born into a wealthy, elite family. He was well-educated and a devout Muslim and after studying law, he set out to explore the world and spent many years in sub-Saharan Africa. Find and share one quote that shows how his Muslim identity affected his thoughts on the Africans he met. After sharing the quote, reflect on how his religious background created a bias in the way he thought about Africans. Do you think he showed preference to the Muslim African communities he visited? Do you think we need to be aware of his bias to more critically understand his travel writing about Africans? Explain your answer. (4 points)
4. We have very few written documents about Africa before 1500, so the writings of Battuta and Malfante are important sources for us to use to learn more about African culture, politics, religion, and economics. Based on what you read, do you think what these men wrote is helpful in teaching us about medieval Africa, or is it too biased since neither man is from sub-Saharan Africa? What value, if any, do you find in these sources? Explain your answer. (3 points)

Question essay:
2) Some military experts and politicians have suggested that the \”War on Terror\” will be forever and that we must be in a state of war forever. Some are critical of this approach and worry about America getting involved in an endless series of wars around the globe that are marketed as \”wars of liberation\” or wars to fight terrorism, when there may be ulterior motives behind these campaigns. What do you think about this issue?

REQUIREMENTS

The response to follow the FACT/EVIDENCE, ANALYSIS/OPINION, QUESTION model (see below) that includes 1) a factual response to the question with a direct quote and proper citation, 2) analysis of the factual information with citations if needed and opinions reflecting on the topic, and 3) one question that you have about the topic or one question you would like to ask the class that is connected to the topic AND one question that is for your professor.

All sources must be cited in the forum post. Since we cannot insert footnotes on the forums, simply include a number in parenthesis and then list the bibliographic information at the bottom of your post (see example below.) You can also choose to include an MLA parenthetical citation with the author\’s last name and page number at the end of a sentence in which source information appears. Do not utilize MLA and footnotes; please choose one citation method or the other. You still have to include the bibliography listing at the bottom of the post. Here is an example:

The Crash of United Flight 232

Is realistic training needed for emergency response/management personnel in light of the fact that disasters like the one depicted are rare?
Can we, in fact, mitigate loss by having systematic processes in place for responders?
Is it possible to train responders to a standard methodology to allow for cross-functional understanding and interoperability?
Is there a cost benefit (bang for the buck) in having a government-sponsored emergency management/coordination body?

Thinking about those questions, comment on federal control vs. local direction. Do we have a system in place now that is functional or does it need work? Do the appropriate CFR sections/parts reviewed during this course support your position? If you were the guru of ARFF, what would you do to improve the process?

Use the Internet to find a business for sale in your community. Uncover as much as you can about the business in questiondiscuss the best possible method for determining the value of the business you selected. Explain your rationale.

This week, you will complete the annotated bibliography on the issue of the administration-politics dichotomy in public administrative practice by first preparing the last four (4) annotations that separately address one of the following issues: some aspect of public personnel administration and management or human resources development; leadership in the public sector; governmental budgeting; and finally, one that addresses the dichotomy in relation to e-government or democratic public administration. As in previous weeks, use APA formatting for the titles, single-spaced format for the annotation, and include the following information for each entry:  Now, once you have prepared the above four annotations, you will have a total of ten (10) annotations you have developed over the term. These will now serve as the basis for the second part of this assignment. You will enter each of the annotated bibliographic entries (your summaries) into alphabetical order based on the primary author’s last name, forming one document.    

\”Institutions\” Please respond to the following:•Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following: oEvery country in the world is constructed around the same set of institutional frameworks that differ only in how governments manage them. Identify the specific components of an institution. Next, use two (2) examples of institutions —such as a financial system, a judicial system, or the armed forces — to illustrate what developing countries overall have done to weaken or strengthen such institutions. 

Review the two research articles by Al-Emadi and Marquardt, and Marsh, linked in this unit\’s Studies and in this assignment. Applying your knowledge of critical concepts and principles of applied business research, you will compare the articles\’ foundational theories and concepts supporting the stated business problem\’s research purposes.