What shaped Western culture in the period 1300-1550 more: the Black Death’s emphasis on the afterlife (the hereafter) or the Renaissance’s emphasis on human achievement (the here and now)? Choose one of these and explain your perspective.
Start with a statement identifying your choice; this is your thesis. Then, support your choice with specific examples from at least three of the following categories:

significant individuals (e.g., political or religious leaders, innovators, explorers);
characteristics of worldview (e.g., philosophy, religion);
social institutions (e.g., social mores, practices, hierarchies);
patronage (discuss the patrons, their motives, influence, and resulting products or artifacts);
the economies (e.g., changes, different economic systems, impact); and
politics (e.g., forms of governance, power distributions, contests).

This assignment provides you with an opportunity to practice prioritizing and using specific data to support your choice. Your example may touch on several of the above categories at once, but there should be at minimum three separate examples for which their connection to your choice is explained.
 

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prompt: Both feminist equity studies and feminist analyses of the uses of language/rhetoric and imagery identify gendered disparities in science. In their own ways, both equity studies and studies of language and imagery contend that science has been and continues to be gendered.
First, please describe the field of feminist equity studies in relation to STEM. What do equity studies, well, study? 
What are some of the typical findings of feminist equity studies – in general and with respect to STEM specifically? What are some of the historical and ongoing patterns identified in feminist equity studies? 
What are some of the potential sources/reasons that might explain the findings in feminist equity studies in relation to STEM? What variables might cause or be correlated with gender disparities in STEM?
Next, please describe the role (historically and/or currently) of gendered language and imagery in relation to science, technology, and medicine. When analysts of language and imagery contend that ‘science is gendered,’ what does this mean? 
Simply put: How is science gendered in terms of language and imagery?

Part 1 Tasks (Objectives from Weeks 1–4):First, revise your Week 4 assignment based on your own review and reflection, instructor feedback, and peer responses.Part 2 Tasks (Objective(s) from Week 5):Add 2–3 additional pages of content to your final assignment by selecting 1 of the 2 initiatives you recommended in Week 4 and addressing the following questions regarding the recommended policy:What cost factors do you anticipate affecting implementation of the selected policy?What strategy would you recommend to involve the media or other groups in an effort to inform the public and stakeholders about the new policy?Articulate how research evidence played a significant role in your final policy recommendation.Part 3 Tasks (Objective(s) from Week 5): Provide a 1 page Executive Summary of your proposal.Write a paragraph outlining the key policy you are proposing. Include a statement as to why your policy proposal is necessaryBriefly identify the key research and data that supports your proposal.Provide a concluding paragraph on how you propose this policy to be evaluated after implementation and the overall benefits to criminal justice policy.

For this week’s final discussion blog posts, please answer the following questions in 400 words minimum. Also don’t forget to post a response to a peer as well in at least 200 words minimum!1) Why and how is the term “Doctrine of Discovery” returning at the end of the textbook? How does “The Doctrine of Discovery” seem to manifest itself, according to Dunbar-Ortiz? Be sure to provide specific examples from the reading.2) What does Dunbar-Ortiz mean by “Narratives of Dysfunction”? What are these narratives rooted in? How does she advocate changing these narratives?3) What examples of “self-determination” are discussed in the video “Beyond Sovereignty”? What solutions do the panelists provide for different issues? 4) What does a “race to innocence” and a “no fault history” mean, according to Dunbar-Ortiz?5) According to the final chapter, how can US society come to terms with its past responsibly? How might this acknowledgment be healing to all people in the US?6) Lastly, please take a moment to reflect on the course overall – what materials resonated with you personally? What were your most important take-aways from this course?

Identify the global societal issue you have chosen to research for your Final Paper, an argumentative essay, and explain why further research on this topic is important.Provide a clear and concise thesis statement that includes a solution to the global societal issue (see Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.) for assistance).Explain how this global societal issue impacts a specific population.Locate a peer-reviewed scholarly source and provide statistical data that you found surprising on the topic.Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)).The global societal issue I have chose is Unemployment and lack of economic opportunity