Assignment 2: Inviting Participants Writing Assignment Help

In Unit VII, submit your research paper on your chosen domestic pre- and post-9/11 terrorist event. The research paper must be written using the following outline structure: The pre and post topics are below.

PRE-POST 911 TERRORIST EVENTS

pre-9/11 domestic terrorist event- multiple shootings at Illinois and Indiana on July 2, 1999, and post-9/11 domestic terrorist event- the act of arson and destruction of property in the form of four multimillion-dollar houses in Echo Lake, Washington, on March 3, 2008.

1. Title page
2. Introduction: In this section, identify the two terrorist events that have been previously selected, and briefly explain why these events serve as good comparison points for evaluating how terrorist activities have evolved over time.
3. Pre-9/11 terrorist event: In this section, describe the first terrorist event that is being used for comparison. The description of this terrorist event must include the nature of the event, methods used by the terrorists, and eventual outcome of the event.
4. Post-9/11 terrorist event: In this section, describe the second terrorist event that is being used for comparison. The description of this terrorist event must include the nature of the event, methods used by the terrorists, and eventual outcome of the event.
5. Terrorist events comparison: In this section, compare and contrast the two terrorist events that were described in the previous sections. Suggested areas for comparison include (1) motivations for attacks, (2) methods of attack, (3) impact on society, and (4) lessons learned from attacks that can be used to develop counterterrorist strategies. You should also discuss how terrorist strategies have evolved from the first event to the second event.
6. Summary and conclusions: In this section, summarize the evolution of terrorism based upon the two selected events.
7. References: Provide a reference list.

While the level of detail in each section of the research paper will vary, it is expected that the final paper will be at least three pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Now, read Karen Bromley’s 2010 academic investigation “Picture a World without Pens, Pencils, and Paper: The Unanticipated Future of Reading and Writing.”

Considering your analytical responses to Trubek and Dix’s main claims (arguments), Bromley’s research and your responses to the discussion questions for week #3, choose a position on the topic of literacy (reading and writing) in modern society. In a well-developed, organized, and supported argumentative essay, answer ONE of the following prompts:

1. Do you think our educational requirements should focus so much on teaching literacy skills today?
2. Do you think traditional reading and writing courses should be a necessary requirement for college students?
3. Considering Bromley’s investigation and findings in 2010, predict the future of literacy skills for the next generation. How will literacy skills change even more? Do you think this change will be beneficial OR harmful to this next generation?

If you want to modify any of these prompts and form your own, you must share your ideas with me before you begin this assignment.

NOTE: You can use some of your ideas from your analytical response essays #1 and #2. However, these two types of writing assignments are completely different.

OUTSIDE SOURCES: For this assignment, you will use quotes and paraphrases from 3-4outside sources as evidence to support your ideas. All references will have proper MLA in-text citations and Works Cited information.
For good argumentation, you must identify a specific audience whom you are trying to persuade, keeping in mind your particular purpose as a writer. You must also use appropriate rhetorical strategies in our writing, appealing to your audience’s interests while remaining credible, trustworthy, and fair. Good writers appeal to their readers in several ways. They appeal to logos by making sound, well-reasoned, well supported arguments. They appeal to pathos by making the reader share the writer’s concern about the issue. They appeal to ethos by establishing the writer as fair, reasonable, and knowledgeable. In this writing assignment, you should demonstrate these skills. Please review the following handout carefully: Developing an Argumentative and Persuasive Essay.

Your argumentative essay must have:

• a minimum of 4 full pages of text using proper MLA formatting, in-text citations, and Works Cited page as your final page. Note: The minimum page requirement does NOT include your Works Cited page. Therefore, your Works Cited page will probably be page 5 or 6. All outside sources must be listed properly following MLA guidelines. Remember to use proper formatting with source information and hanging indentation. Please review the following materials:
  • • Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA
    • OWL Purdue-MLA Formatting PPT
    • Works Cited Information – Essay #3
• an introduction paragraph with a hook statement and background information about your topic and focus of your analysis which is connected to a clearly stated thesis statement (main claim) at the end of the paragraph.
• several body paragraphs, each with an assertion at the beginning that focuses on developing your thesis statement (main idea) and logically connected with adequate specific details – supporting ideas, examples, quotes, paraphrases & explanation sentences to connect to your main claim (thesis statement). ALL body paragraphs must connect logically and focus on developing your main claim (thesis statement).
• strategically and logically placed references (quotes/paraphrases) from outside sources, cited properly using MLA in-text citations and explanation sentences that explain, discuss, and connect the evidence to your main claim. NOTE: You should use a minimum of THREEcredible sources, the majority of which should be our class articles and essays that are posted in Essay #3 –Readings/Outside Sources
• a counterargument paragraph before the conclusion paragraph. This paragraph identifies and acknowledges a strong counterargument (opposing view) in the topic sentence and includes references from readings that support this opposing view (similar to your analytical response essays- Trubek and Dix). Then you refute these ideas by connecting back to your position (main claim) stated in your thesis statement and use strong references from readings as evidence. Review the following example: Counterargument Body Paragraph Example.
• a short conclusion paragraph with, a thesis restatement, short summary of major supporting ideas from your body paragraphs, and strong concluding thoughts about your topic and main idea that speak to your audience.
• all ideas focusing on developing your thesis statement (main claim).

This discussion board will help you prepare for your final project by giving you a chance to learn more about logic models and your organization (see attachment below for more information on the Final Project requirements).

After reviewing the article, About Logic Models (below) and some of the support materials on your logic model builder site, think of a human services issue / program (based on a community need) for which you might develop a logic model and plan. This should be the program and organization that you will be using for your Final Project. Describe the target population of the program. This is the who will “receive” the program and should include the demographics of the target population as well as the service delivery area. Be specific in your description and consider similar demographics who won’t be targeted for your program. For instance, you may have a program which fights homelessness, but whose target population is homeless vets only.

Review the requirements outlined on the Discussion Board Rubric

Resources:

• About Logic Models (Links to an external site.)
• Our Logic Model Builder – follow steps to create an account (Links to an external site.)
• Final Project Assignment & Rubric

• Textbook Readings: Chapters 3, 4 and 5 – Outcomes Measurement In The Human Services, 2nd edition (optional)
  • Quantitative Research (Links to an external site.)
• Research Design (Links to an external site.)
• Construct Validity (Links to an external site.)
• Establishing Cause and Effect (Links to an external site.)
• Basic Concepts in Quantitative Research
• Threats to Validity of Research Design

Question to answer in your paper: What does “Know Thyself” and “Love” mean to you through the lens of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Stoicism?

Description of the Paper

This is a reflection paper on ancient Greek philosophy and the philosophy of Stoicism. Below is an overview of what we will have read and discussed prior to the due date of this paper . Please use what is listed below as inspiration and also include what ever else may have piqued your interest. In short, please explain what it means to you to Know Thyself and to Love as you have experienced it and come to think about it while studying ancient Greek philosophy and Stoicism.

Line of Reasoning: In your paper, you will take a position and rationally defend your position. Keep in mind that it is not merely a matter of taste, feelings, or emotions, but rather it must be a position you can defend with textual evidence, life experience, and a line of reasoning.

Four quotes minimum: Please include at least four text quotes from the assigned readings to support your claims.

Details:

• 4 quotes (see above)
• 1000 words (4 pages)
• Times New Roman or Arial 12 point font
• Double Spaced
• 1” Margins
• Cite ALL resources. You do NOT need to use any particular style (e.g., APA or MLA). Pick one style

and be consistent. For example, after a quote, (Rousseau, p. 572), (Zoom Lectures, June 29th).

Also, please include a Bibliography
• You may use first person “I”
• Upload on Canvas in the assigned dropbox • 15 points

Goal: Come to know yourself with the writings of Plato and the conversations Socrates engages in, in the Symposium, and Aesop, PreSocratics, Sophists. Also, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations and Heloise’s first letter to Abelard. You do not need to use all of what you learned but at least one of the ideas from the Symposium and at least one idea from Stoicism, either Marcus Aurelius or Heloise.

How to Prepare: Review the readings and use the questions below to excite your thoughts. Also, please review the study questions, slides, lecture notes, and resources provided on the slides and lectures notes to be sure you understand the material (on Canvas under “Modules”)

Overview of what we’ve covered so far

• Aesop’s Fables
• Mythos to Logos: Aesop, PreSocratics, and

Sophists
• Plato’s Symposium

• Socrates and Plato’s Philosophy • Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations
• Heloise’s First Letter to Abelard

Overview of Knowing Thyself and What is Love through Ancient Greek Philosophy and Stoicism I. Know Thyself

A lifetime of uncovering one’s false opinions to move to become wise

Knowledge

What is knowledge? This is a question that belongs to epistemology, the philosophical study of knowledge that analyzes what is known, yet unknown, and unknowable. What can you know about yourself?

Socrates

“I know that I do not know.” Socrates

[If]“ I am wiser than this man; it is likely that neither of us knows anything worthwhile, but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas when I do not know, neither do I think I know; so I am likely to be wiser than he to this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know.” Apology (21 d)

Three different ways of knowing

• Belief
• Opinion
• Knowledge

II. Self

What defines you? Your body, i.e., the dwelling place of your soul? Your soul? What is your soul? Do you identify with Socrates’s notion of the soul?

According to Socrates, the most important thing is to care for one’s soul. What does Socrates mean? Do you agree? Why or why not? Does Plato’s description of the soul as described in Plato’s Phaedrus (253 d-e & 254a-e) resonate with you? Why or why not?

III. Wrong Doing

Socrates claimed, “All wrong doing is due to Ignorance” as opposed to Aristotle’s position on Akrasia

IV. Plato Forms – The Really Real

One comes to the knowledge of the laws of mathematics and geometry, according to Plato, through recollection. This must NOT be confused with memory (e.g., what one had for breakfast).

V. Recollection, according to Plato, is a coming to knowledge through:
(1) utilizing the dialectic to rediscover the knowledge of mathematics and geometry that is written into the soul of all human beings.
(2) the desire to know the Forms.

VI. Ladder of Love

Form of Beauty (beauty itself) is how one moves toward the form of beauty, toward the form as well as coming to know oneself. What is the role of erotic love? Love is, ultimately, wisdom, love of wisdom. In a word, “Philosophy”.

VII. Stoicism — Questions to inspire your thoughts

Aurelius (Stoicism) & Heloise (Medieval Stoicism):

a. Marcus Aurelius

What does it mean to have your thinking and willing in accordance with nature? Do you have virtuous intentions? Do you trust the unfolding of divine logos? Have you applied the Stoic Credo to your decisions making? What is useful? How might thinking in accordance with the Stoic Credo inspire you to love more? How is the phrase “Carpe Diem” essential to the philosophy of Stoicism? How might being in the present moment result in you loving fully and completely? Might fear of the future or trauma from the past interfere with your ability to love in the present?

b. Heloise

Is Heloise’s medieval stoic notion of the lover/beloved relationship a practical (useful) way to determine as if you are in a healthy relationship with friends, partners, family, etc? Why or why not? Heloise compares love to tending to a garden that needs attention, light, shade, water. If you were to love your beloved in line with Stoicism, might it improve your relationships? How can Stoicism (Aurelius or Heloise’s) inspire you to love more?

Writing a Philosophy Paper Guidelines

• Grammar matters. Please use complete sentences.
• Reasoning matters. Please be sure that sentences relate to each other. For example, sentence two follows from sentence one, and so on.
• Use new paragraphs to indicate a new idea.
• Consider using sub-headings to organize your thoughts and convey them in an organized fashion. • Be sure to introduce a quote and follow it with a sentence explaining why it is important to the point you are defending.
• The goal is, in short, to understand the material, convey an understanding of the material, take a position on the material, and defend the position with reasoning, and quotes from the text as evidence.
• While word count and page number matters, conveying your point and defending your position matters as well.