Analyze and Evaluate Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis as a personal/history text. How does it go about mixing the personal, the historical and the political. Be sure to incorporate analysis of the book’s aesthetics.
Identify a character from both a fiction (”The Soft-Hearted Sioux”) and a nonfiction (”Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”) piece that we have read this week. First,show how the character is limited in his or her role in society (excluded from the American Dream), and then explain specifically how that character pushes against boundaries imposed by society.
Look at Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government.” He claims that it is not just our right as Americans, but it is also our duty to defy unjust laws. This is a very American idea. Part of the American identity involves intervening in the face of injustice. Do you agree with this point? What boundaries should exist to those interventions? Support your claims using “Resistance to Civil Government” AND “Democracy” Langton Hughes
What are the three risk factors from the course material that can be contributed to the development of vulnerable populations? Give an example for each risk factor and how it is related to health outcomes. Define cultural competency and give an example of an instance of when cultural competency should be used. Pick a public health issue of your choice and give an example of a cultural competent factor that could be implemented to address a population of your choice. Explain the poverty cycle and how the poverty cycle plays a role in health privilege.
Evaluate one of the speeches you heard about a plan to erect a statue honoring the pioneers. Choose the speech you disagree with, and write a two- or three-paragraph rebuttal in the form of a letter to the editor.
