Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 11, 12, 13 Lesson Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research Initial Post Instructions Analyze why older, white adults vote in elections more than other groups while describing how each political party cultivates voters and the role an interest group plays in turning people out to the polls. You can explore political voting data at the United States Census Burea...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 7, 8, 9 Lesson Minimum of 2 scholarly sources Instructions Many countries have gone through various ways of governing-by one, by a group, or by the people. Pick one developing country. Examine this country's political history and current barriers in developing their democracy. Create a concise argument on the type of democracy they should institute and why. Use the following list to sel...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 7, 8, 9 Lesson Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research Initial Post Instructions "The US is a stable government." Develop an argument for why you think this is true or false. Use specific historical examples. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source. Solution: P...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 3, 4; review Chapter 2 (Section: Ideologies and Politics in the United States) Lesson Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research Initial Post Instructions Explain one of the perfect political systems of Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Marx, or Skinner. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside s...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 3, 4; review Chapter 2 (Section: Ideologies and Politics in the United States) Lesson Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research Initial Post Instructions Explain how conservatism and socialism are incorporated in the US political system. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarl...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source Instructions One role of government is to ensure that policies benefit the people within their jurisdiction. For local governments, it would be the townspeople or city dwellers. For the state governments, it would be the people living within the state. For the federal government, it would be everyone within the borders of the country. ...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 Lesson Additional scholarly sources you identify through your own research Initial Post Instructions Identify why students should learn about political science. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source. Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instru...

The Jewish conception of God is: Which of the following is not a form of Judaism? A coming-of-age ceremony that marks the time when a young person is considered a legal adult within the Jewish community is called: The dispersion of Jews beyond Israel, particularly to Persia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean region is called: This term means “ritually correct” and refers mainly to the preparation and consumption of food: True or False: Moses Maimonides argued that Judaism was a rationa...

Compare and contrast Carl Gustav Jung's theory about the origin of religions with William James's theory. How do each of these psychologists view religion (positively or negatively)? Next, analyze how the insights of Jung or James might illuminate one of the religious traditions we have studied so far. How would Jung or James understand that tradition? Use specific examples to support your answer (e.g., a specific belief or ritual). Solution: According to Molloy (2013), both Carl Gustav Ju...

A worldview that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits is called: If the Divine is seen as existing and operating within nature, it is: An analytical approach that looks for universal structures that underlie language, mental processes, mythologies, kinship, and religions is called: The insider’s view, which is informed by the beliefs and practices of those people who are practitioners of a given religious tradition, is: The elephant-headed son of Shiva, ...