Environmental Studies

Assignment 1: Putting it all Together

Assignment 1: Putting it all Together

Throughout this course, you have explored the various components that need to be put into place in order to build an anti-bias, inclusive learning community that promotes respect, dignity, and fairness regardless of differences. Now is the time apply what you have been learning since the very first course in this program. For this Application Assignment, you will put all of the pieces together to develop a detailed action plan for implementing an anti-bias curriculum in an early childhood setting.

Creating an environment that cultivates positive relationships and interactions, nurtures children’s confidence, and offers children opportunities to combat biases and misconceptions takes thoughtful consideration and preparation. Your action plan will be comprised of several crucial components. Read through each of the components listed below to become familiar with the various aspects of the assignment. As needed, return to the Learning Resources in the course (and/or prior courses) to reread, reflect, and further solidify your thinking. Then, develop your ideas and record your action plan in a Word document.

The Topic

  • Review the list below and choose one to be the focus of your action plan. Issues related to:
  • Explain why you chose this particular topic as the focus of your plan.
  • What “ism” (or “isms”) are you addressing with this topic?
  • What misinformation, stereotypes, or fears might young children have about this topic?

The Setting

  • Write a short description of the type of early childhood program for which this anti-bias action plan will be prepared. Include the ages of children, number of children and staff, demographics of children and staff, ethnic groups, racial identities, economic class, languages spoken, gender, and varying abilities.

The Goal(s)

  • What are you hoping to teach through this plan? Describe your goals and expected outcomes.
  • In what ways will you address and contradict the stereotypes associated with the topic? Provide examples to demonstrate what you might say or do to combat specific stereotypes.

The Curriculum Plan

  • Describe at least two learning experiences that will help you reach the goals of your action plan.
  • Indicate at least two ideas you will incorporate into the visual/material environment to support your curriculum.
  • List at least two examples of titles of books, music, film, and/or other media that will support your curriculum.
  • Think about at least one “teachable moment” that you anticipate will occur and describe it in detail.

Other Considerations:

  • In what ways will you connect with and involve the families of the children in your setting?
  • From the list of varying abilities which you studied in Week 7, choose one. Then, state the accommodations you will make to your classroom, your own behaviors/interactions, and/or your curriculum, to best support learning for a child with this varying ability in the context of this action plan.

Assessment:

  • How will you assess whether or not you have met the goals? Explain how you will know that your action plan has been effective.

Submit your completed anti-bias action plan.

Assignment length: 3 pages minimum

Save your written assignment as a “.doc” or ” .rtf” file.

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Internal Environment

Internal Environment

Complete an analysis of the key internal factors that have implications for successful implementation of your organization’s strategy and goals/objectives. Submit your work in your assignment folder in the form of an approximate 2,000-word double-spaced APA-formatted paper. The title page, reference list, and any appendices are not included in this suggested word count. You do not need to include an abstract.

Your paper should address these topics:

  1. Given the company’s Vision, Mission and Objectives (VMO), identify the company’s core competencies and assess which ones are rare, costly, or not easily imitated. Discuss how they are related to and critical to the VMO execution.
  2. Present a summary of your organization’s strengths and weaknesses. Submit the SWOT format in Table form and add in some narrative to discuss the strengths and weaknesses in more detail. Explain in your discussion (not in the table) why you selected them and how they relate to the VMO and organization strategy. (Note: You will have an opportunity to complete a full SWOT analysis, including threats and opportunities, as part of your week 6 paper.). You might find this resource helpful:
  • Apply the Resource-Based View (RBV) to help you identify both the tangible and intangible assets your organization may be able to use to accomplish its intended strategies. You can list them in a table form and then follow with a discussion of the assets, why you selected them and how they relate to the VMO and strategy.
Consider and discuss the things that may make your organization’s resources and capabilities difficult for others to imitate. Use Value Chain Analysisto help you deepen your understanding of the relative value of the resources and capabilities you have identified. Seek objective and independently verifiable evidence of potential rarity of the resources and capabilities.IMPORTANT: Do not just use someone else’s SWOT or other analysis. We want you to think for yourself. Critically analyze your firm and write about your original conclusions. Imagine you have been asked by the organization’s CEO or top leader to offer an assessment of the organization and how well it is positioned (or not) to deliver on the VMO and strategy. This is a critical element, stand back and offer thoughtful criticism and recommendations. Add in a strong conclusion that ensures the reader leaves your paper with a clear recap of your key points.

Last time, you did Amazon (as the organization), you can stick to Amazon. I attached it to remind you.

 

  1. Porter’s Competitive Strategieshttps://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/strategic-management-12/internal-analysis-inputs-to-strategy-88/porter-s-competitive-strategies-426-884/
  2. Porter’s Frameworks and the Resource-Based View of the Firm Pt. 2http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-902-strategic-management-i-fall-2006/lecture-notes/rbv_theoryf_ca.pdf
  3. Porter’s Frameworks and the Resource-Based View of the Firm Pt. 3http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-902-strategic-management-i-fall-2006/lecture-notes/dyn_theo_strat.pdf
  4. Customer Segmentation and Customer Value Propositionhttp://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-902-strategic-management-i-fall-2006/lecture-notes/custseg.pdf
  5. The Firm as a Bundle of Competencieshttp://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-902-strategic-management-i-fall-2006/lecture-notes/bundlecomp.pdf
  6. The Resource-Based Viewhttps://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/strategic-management-12/internal-analysis-inputs-to-strategy-88/the-resource-based-view-429-4023/

Those are some resources, i will send a couple more. KIndly also lookup some as well

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argumentative essay will be on an environmental topic from the list of options below

argumentative essay will be on an environmental topic from the list of options below

Essay Assignment 2: Documented Argument in APA Your argumentative essay will be on an environmental topic from the list of options below. Consider your audience for this paper to be your peers. The essay should be between 3 ½ and 4 pages (850 to 1,000 words) in length, not including the cover page, abstract, or reference page. It should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font and must include: • An introduction, a minimum of 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion • a clearly articulated thesis that states the claim, position, or stance that your essay will prove in the introduction to your paper • 4 cited sources, at least 2 of these sources should come from the MDC databases • At least 4 quotes from your sources • Topic sentences that focus the discussion in the body paragraphs • Examples, details, and explanations, and other researched evidence in the body paragraphs that clearly support the claim of your thesis • Counterarguments and refutations that show you understand the complexity of your argument and can accurately acknowledge the views of the opposition and refute them • Clear connections between ideas from paragraph to paragraph and within paragraphs (coherence) • Proper APA style format in the cover page, in the abstract, in the in-text citations, and in the Reference page (see the template and instructional video for creating the APA format) • Reference page listing a minimum of four sources • Standard usage, grammar, and mechanics IMPORTANT INFORMATION: ➢ You will submit your final draft through the Turn-it-in drop box designated for this purpose in the course. Please be aware, that although Turn-it-in does allow for similarities for quotations up to 24% of your paper, any similarity above 24% is considered too high for an original paper and will be flagged as plagiarism. ➢ You can get help with your paper at any of the campus writing centers, and you can also receive online help via SmartThinking, the online tutoring service provided by the College. This service is available by clicking on SmartThinking in the left-hand menu bar of the course
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Critical thinking skills assignment?

Critical thinking skills assignment?

Critical thinking skills assignment: You will apply those questions to any source you want from the Course Reader, found in the Announcement section on Canvas. Choose any source we have read so far, from page 1-36. You may want to choose Plato’s Allegory of the Cave because I spent a lot of time contextualizing that source in class.

Your task for the critical thinking skills assignment will be to analyze a primary source from the

Course Reader. The essay should be 1 – 2 pages. It should answer the questions, who, what,

when and why? It is recommended you use this format:

Introduction: Who? When?

Next 1-2 paragraphs: What? What does the primary source say?

Next 1-2 paragraphs: Contextualize the primary source. Why does the author write what he/she

does? What historical events and trends are shaping the author’s perspective? This the

challenging part.

Email submissions will not be accepted. Late assignments will lose two points

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Pol 100 homework questions

Pol 100 homework questions

Read Chapter 12 in Harrison. Pay close attention to the powers and the functions of Congress. Focus on these Key terms on page 389: bill, casework, gerrymandering, joint committee, pocket veto, president pro tempore. Try to look at the Congressional Quarterly’s web-site; parts of it are free on a trial basis. Alternatively, look at www.rollcall.com, which is a Capitol Hill Washington newspaper.

Questions 1

ow that you have read Chapter 12, you should understand the basic workings of the Congress. You have also completed the identification items previously noted, and you have thought about the Critical Thinking question. Post your Discussion Board entry by discussing the following question: How does the legislative process differ in the Senate and the House? What if you served in Congress–would you favor the instructed-delegate model or the trustee model of representation? Why?

Questions 2

Continue your Blog by examining the powers that the Senate has and that the House does not share. What are some such powers for the Senate? Do you agree with the usual label that the Senate is the upper house and the House is considered the lower one? Why or why not?

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