History
We’veallgotten a taste of isolationover the pastyear.
We’ve all gotten a taste of isolation over the past year. Despite the wealth of media the internet provides us, the experience nonetheless drives home the idea of the “desert island album,” that old game in which you name a single album you would like to have if stranded on a desert island, and argue the reasons why.
List three major things you learned from the documentary
List three major things (not a small detail, general perspective) you learned from the documentary “The Secret History of ISIS.” What were some of the most interesting details from your point of view? Compare and contrast the discussion in this documentary with Darryl Li’s reading. How do these two sources approach the topic of “Islamic terrorism” differently? Support your discussion by posting one relevant scene from the documentary (take a screenshot and mark the time, e.g., 28:10) and a quotation from Li’s book.
Discuss how Shakespeare, in Hamlet, confronts the reader or audience with a scene or scenes of violence
Prompt: In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Discuss how Shakespeare, in Hamlet, confronts the reader or audience with a scene or scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes contribute to the meaning of the play (analysis for essay).
Music Question
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Jazz Music is an original American art form that incorporates music from many different cultures. It has become an international music, which can be heard in most countries around the world, performed by musicians from those countries as well as American musicians. This assignment is a research and writing assignment that asks you to write about a contemporary
Oriented: Sexuality and Identity across the Palestinian/Israeli Divide
INSTRUCTIONS: Write a four-page commentary focusing on the the intersection between sexuality and politics in the documentary Oriented: Sexuality and Identity across the Palestinian/Israeli Divide. In other words, how and to what extent does being gay and Palestinian affect the experiences of the three main characters? Be careful not to include inaccurate information. Please cite the time in the film for the evidence used in the paper.