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What was the role of ethnic minorities and their influence on the various arts?

   Art and Culture Paper

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, which addresses the following:

  • The role of diversity in the development of the arts and how it changed throughout the 20th century in America
    • What was the role of women and their influence on the various arts?
    • What was the role of ethnic minorities and their influence on the various arts?
  • The relationship between art and culture and how this developed during the 20th century
    • How did culture influence the arts?
    • How did the arts influence culture?

What is the difference between a perpetual inventory system and periodic inventory system as it relates to computing cost of goods sold?

Refer to Chapter 5 pages: 244 – 245 and Illustration 5-3 on page 229

Illustration 5-4 demonstrates the difference between a Perpetual Inventory system and that of a Periodic inventory system.

Write a 200 word paragraph answering the following questions:

  • Describe the flow of cost.
  • How would you calculate cost of goods sold?
  • What items make up cost of goods sold?
  • What is the difference between a perpetual inventory system and periodic inventory system as it relates to computing cost of goods sold?

Describe the principles of yang and yin.

Daoism Worksheet

 

Complete the following questions in detail. Answer each question with a 1- or 2-paragraph response that includes a reference citation. Make use of Experiencing the World’s Religions and other sources in your research as you complete the questions.

 

 

1.    Describe the principles of yang and yin.

 

 

2.    The main scripture in Daoism is the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). What is the history and importance of this text for the tradition?

 

 

3.    How are Daoist ideals expressed through art? Offer several examples.

 

 

4.    What challenges does Daoism face in the modern world?

 

 

5.    Explain a situation to which following the Daoist principle of wu wei might be beneficial to you or others. In what situation might following the principle of wu wei be harmful in some way?

 

Define the concepts of social justice and social control.

Chapter Reading: Chapter 19

 

Essay Question:

What assumptions and goals characterized progressivism as a philosophy, and how did it influence American society and politics domestically and internationally? How did progressive reformers confront the social, political, economic, and moral problems of their age, and to what extent were they successful?

Define the concepts of social justice and social control, and explain how both trends functioned in the Progressive Era. Identify the core issues within these trends, including the settlement house movement, women’s suffrage, support for immigrants and labor, prohibition, segregation and desegregation, education reform, and antivice activism.

 

Documents to include:

  • 19.1
  • 19.2
  • 19.3
  • 19.4
  • 19.9

 

 

Considerations:

  • broad areas of progressive reform: social justice, government efficiency and activism, inclusive democracy, regulation of big business
  • the influence of middle-class values and assumptions in progressive thought
  • tensions and contradictions within progressivism
  • the goal of exporting American conceptions of democracy and freedom to the world
  • Jim Crow and the nature of racist segregation