How does Dr. Parenti’s examination of “Gentlemen’s History” shed light on socio-political realities in our own day?

Book report on the assassination of julius ceasar by michael Parenti.

Points to Examine, and you MUST examine BOTH SETS OF POINTS:

Points to Examine

1. Examine the term “Gentlemen’s History”: How has “Gentlemen’s History” affected our understanding of the key events surrounding, and our conceptions of the career of Julius Caesar, and about his allies, and his adversaries? In this vein, examine Dr.Parenti’s own treatment of Cicero as an example illustrating all aspects of Gentlemen’s History he examines.

2. How does Dr. Parenti’s examination of “Gentlemen’s History” shed light on socio-political realities in our own day? Drawing upon your text, how has “Gentlemen’s History” been used by current ideological, economic and political elites to preserve unequal and exploitive socio-political and socio-economic arrangements through history, and how do they continue doing so today? How do these elites resort to “Gentlemen’s History” to discredit, undermine, or otherwise neutralize opposing arguments and interpretations?

How does your interpretation challenge or support other historians’ ideas about the time period, about the phenomenon in question, etc

Primary Source Analysis

The primary source analysis should draw on secondary sources consulted in this class.
You may use non-assigned reliable secondary sources (i.e. academic articles,
monographs, chapters, etc.) written by historians to help contextualize and interpret
your source.

In analyzing your chosen source, you may want to ask the following questions of it:
1. What kind of source is it, i.e. poster, film, letter, etc.? What, if anything, does the form of the source tell you?

2. What do you know about the author, i.e. gender, class, nationality, occupation,religion,age, or political beliefs? How might this influence his or her opinions and/or perspective?

3. What is the author’s message or argument? What is he or she implying? Why?

4. What kinds of rhetorical strategies (language choice, metaphors, symbols, etc.) does the author use?

5. Who was the source’s intended audience?

6. What doesn’t the source talk about? Why not? What might those silences say?

7. What kinds of historical questions can you answer using this source?

8. How does your interpretation challenge or support other historians’ ideas about the time period, about the phenomenon in question, etc

Primary source chosen:
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/bolsheviks-seize-power/bolsheviks-seize-power-text
s/lenin-urges-the-immediate-seizure-of-power/

Discuss the overlapping system of checks and balances within our federal government.

GRADING PERCENT BREAKDOWN

Weekly Learning Outcomes
This week students will
1. Describe the four major components of the American political system.
2. Discuss the overlapping system of checks and balances within our federal government.
3. Evaluate why the Supreme Court is required to settle disputes by utilizing judicial review.
4. Discuss different approaches to interpreting the Constitution.
5. Examine the impacts of federalism on judicial power.

Is this a constitutionally valid interpretation of the right to privacy? Why or why not?

Prepare: Read Chapters 10 and 11 in the course text and review the following resource Moyers & Company: What’s Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate?

Reflect: The fact that the Constitution does not have a specific clause or reference to a right to privacy has become a very contentious cultural, social, and political issue in the United States. The ability of the government to enter into the private lives of American citizens has clearly been restricted by provisions in the Fourth Amendment, yet the debate over certain privacy based rights such as contraception, abortion rights, and consensual sexual activity continues today. In particular, when discussing abortion, many immediately begin to debate a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion or not. At the heart of the issue constitutionally, is not whether a woman has the right to make this decision but whether she has the right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

Write: In your initial post of at least 300 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to answer the following questions:

How does the right to privacy protect a women’s right to have an abortion or not?
Is this a constitutionally valid interpretation of the right to privacy? Why or why not?
Do not rely upon personal opinion to make your argument. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Discuss the constitutional formation of the three branches of the federal government.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

1. Describe major political themes in the historical development of key concepts and principles of the U.S. Constitution.

2. Discuss the constitutional formation of the three branches of the federal government.

3. Examine the role of judicial review and judicial philosophy in interpreting the Constitution.

4. Analyze how the concepts of federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights interact with different interpretations of the Constitution.

5. Evaluate interpretations of the Constitution from various interdisciplinary perspectives.

Discuss it links back to the question and how significant it is in comparison to above factor.

Paragraph: [Factor]

1)Introduce your factor

2) explain how it shows significance

3) discuss what evidence there is to support this

4) include specific source material/evidence (1-2 pieces) to support your idea

5) discuss it links back to the question and how significant it is in comparison to factor 1

6) Introduce counter-argument

Paragraph: [Counter argument for above factor]

1)Introduce a counter argument for above factor

2) explain how it shows significance in comparison to your above factor) discuss what evidence there is to support this

4) include specific source material/evidence (1-2 pieces) to support your idea

5) discuss it links back to the question and how significant it is in comparison to above factor

There needs to be 6 paragraphs and a conclusion,have done the introduction and a first paragraph which i will paste below. The word count is strictly 2000 but dosent include title, quotes, and bibliography. Footnotes should be used for source referencing,

Will attach some recourses that could be useful but you don’t have to use them, i’m really sorry about the short time i’ve been trying to do this but can’t stop procrastinating. the amount of words i’ve set on the order is quite rough but the overall essay has to be under 2000.

 

What were three important military turning points in the Civil War? Could the Confederacy really have achieved its independence,and if so,at what chronological point in the war might this have been possible?

American History Before 1877

1. How did plantation crops and the slavery system change between 1790 and 1860? Looking at economic, political,and environmental factors, why did these changes occur?

2. Looking at the causation and motives, did America’s 1846–47 War with Mexico better the existing situation at home, or did it worsen matters? Explain your answers, taking into account the Compromise of 1850 which followed.

3. What were three important military turning points in the Civil War? Could the Confederacy really have achieved its independence,and if so,at what chronological point in the war might this have been possible?

4. In 1860, the institution of slavery was firmly entrenched in the United States; by 1865, it was dead. How did this happen? How did Union policy toward slavery change over the course of the Civil War? Why did it change?

Why did Protestant Christianity and Protestant women emerge as forces for social change?Why did women’s issues suddenly become so prominent in American culture?

American History Before 1877

1. What were the causes of the War of 1812? How did the global conflict with Napoleon affect the war situation in North America? Looking at three chief turning points, did the war end with an American victory or was it a draw?

2. Weigh the relative importance of the Industrial and Market revolutions in changing the American economy. In what ways was the economy different in 1860 from what it had been in 1800? How would you explain those differences?

3. Why did Protestant Christianity and Protestant women emerge as forces for social change?Why did women’s issues suddenly become so prominent in American culture?

4. Explain how Jacksonian Democracy shaped antebellum America in terms of politics and society. What were its best and worst aspects?

Who was more to blame for Great Britain’s failure to win a quick victory over the American rebels by 1777: General Howe, General Burgoyne, or the ministers in London?

American History Before 1877

1. The narrative suggests that the war for American independence was not inevitable, that the British empire could have been saved. Do you agree? At what point during the imperial crisis was a peaceful compromise possible?

2. Who was more to blame for Great Britain’s failure to win a quick victory over the American rebels by 1777: General Howe, General Burgoyne, or the ministers in London? Explain your answer.

3. Why did Great Britain switch to a Southern military strategy? Why did Lord Cornwallis end up at Yorktown,Virginia despite winning many battles in the Carolinas? What role did Gen. Nathanael Greene play during the Southern Campaign?

4. Why was the Constitution a controversial document even as it was being written? Examine the root causes for holding the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and describe the different sectional and political interests who were involved.