Hello, I need help with my weekly reflection for Sociology class. I will provide you with (1) Powerpoint, (2) the reading, and (3) the YouTube links of the videos we must mention in detail in the reflection. The reflection is not an essay with an intro, body, and conclusion, but rather just shows the understanding of this weeks material and develop an analytical perspective on it. It is highly encouraged to use quotes from both the readings and Powerpoint.
Down below I will attach the syllabus instructions for the weekly and the “Orientating Question” that was emailed to us after the lecture to help guide our reflection. THANK YOU.
TA (Teacher grading assistant) NOTE: “try to bring in more specifics from the lecture, readings and documentary, and cite them. So for example, when you describe Indonesia’s economy, say something to the effect of “As shown in lecture #2″. That makes it easier to see how you’re incorporating the ideas from different sources and gives credit where it’s due.”
Read these guidelines carefully. Each week, on 8 occasions, you will prepare a reflection essay of approximately 2-3 pages (single-spaced). These are not academic papers in which you need an introduction, hypothesis, conclusion, etc. They are reflections and you may use a more informal style, even stream of consciousness prose. Please note: there are two criteria we will use in grading these assignments:
Have you developed analytical discussion, including bringing in the terms, concepts, and theories that we discuss in the lecture and are in the readings? Have you shown how the three (lectures, readings, documentaries) are related to one another, and have you identified and discussed the underlying theme(s) that run through all three?
In addition, I will generally send out an email shortly after class with several orienting questions that you should respond to in the context of your reflection. We will be looking very carefully to see how you respond to these orienting questions, especially with regard to the readings.
Note that these reflections should not be a summary of the lecture, readings, and documentary, and nor should they be a question and answer format. Avoid mere description. The purpose is three-fold: 1) that you demonstrate you have attended the lectures done the readings, watched the documentaries, and given thought to them; 2) to identify what you did not understand and what you think is important to discuss in class, in relation to the course, and; 3) this is crucial, that you are able to synthesize the three (lecture, readings, documentary) to develop a meaningful analytical discussion on the topic of the week.
As you write these reflections, you should use the sociological concepts and terms you have acquired in the course and through the readings. We will be looking for this as we grade.
First of two essays: Discuss the Makdisi book in 4-6 double spaced, or 2-3 single spaced, pages. Specifically, discuss your understanding of the Israeli occupation, how it came about in the context of the creation of the state of Israel and the Israel-Palestine conflict. What was your understand of this conflict/occupation prior to reading this book? How does the account in this book contrast with mainstream and media accounts of this topic in the United States? What are the differences and also the similarities that Palestinians living under Israeli occupation with women banana workers, transnational immigrant workers, the poor in South Africa, the Zapatistas, and so on)? How might you relate this topic more broadly to globalization and resistance? Very importantly, how is this case study of Israeli colonialism linked to the topics we have been covering in this course? Make sure that your discussion is analytical, rather than merely describing the reading, and that it links the reading to the topics of the course.
Also, please read below “Instructions for Dec. 1 Meeting”. To get up to 5 extra credit points, you should include in this essay also discussion of the three items indicated in these instructions for Dec. 1, and incorporate them into the essay, writing an extra page or two
Be sure to frequently quote from this weeks material including the Reading, Powerpoint, and Youtube/documentaries.
Thank you
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In this course, we have focused on the Israeli occupation, globalization, and resistance. These topics are related because the material that explains Israeli occupation explains how globalization in Israel started and how Palestinians resisted such globalization. However, these topics relate to Israeli colonialism. That is, the British helped Israel to expand its territories into the lands of Palestinians. Also, the theory of Zionists forced the Jewish to return to Palestine. Israelites already occupied most parts of Palestine. Hence, Palestinians rebelled, which brought about apartheid laws for the Israeli occupation.
Most importantly, there are specific themes that connect all the materials we read in class. The first theme is humiliation. I learned that Palestinians have been going through Israeli occupation oppression in the lands that belonged to them. Another theme is anger because the Israeli and Palestinian relationship is based on anger that Palestinians have against Israelis, who have been exploiting them. The theme of death is also present in this week’s reading materials. It is because death has helped to explain how Israeli occupation a problem to Palestinians is.
