Is Climate change a real threat?

It is needed an argumentative essay with formal references.

Respond to your classmates. Watch their clips and answer the following questions:

Does this clip relate to the content for the week and does the initial post adequately connect this clip to the other assigned shows?

What other connections do you see?

https://youtu.be/EFx5sMZqrvM?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/jC97A8lAmls?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/B2H8_a9J6tU?feature=shared

Discussion Directions

1. Describe the rule of the Germanic peoples over former Roman territories in Western Europe. How did these territories change and evolve?
2. What factors led to the eventual adoption of Christianity in the Roman Empire? What factors contributed to the spread of Christianity across the empire?
3. Which of Byzantine Emperor Justinian’s policies had the longest-lasting contributions to the development of Western Civilization? In what ways did the Byzantine state reorganize itself to face the challenges of seventh- and eighth-century invasions?
4. How did geography play a role in early Islamic history and its expansion? In what ways did the Five Pillars of Islam contribute to the early expansion of the faith?
5. What were the different roles that the Prophet Muhammad played in Medina? In what ways are these roles different from those of the founders of other religions studied thus far in class?
6. What accounts for the splits in the Islamic community? Summarize the major differences between the Shi’a and Sunni sects of Islam.
7. Discuss how women and eunuchs were described in the Byzantine Empire. How did women and eunuchs navigate an incredibly misogynistic political and social system and participate in the political life of the empire?

Through the colonial period, controversy surrounded the archeological site at Great Zimbabwe. From the 1890s to the 1930s, famed European archaeologists debated who had built Great Zimbabwe and the dates of its construction. With the decolonization of Africa in the late twentieth century, scholars rejected earlier colonial narratives to successfully reclaim the site as a grand Medieval African civilization.  With the site’s African origins settled, current conversations have turned to who should control access to the site’s ruins and who should own its artifacts.  This discussion examines these scholarly conversations about Great Zimbabwe’s heritage.

Tasks:

First, read each of the following documents:

Colonial-era sources:
1. Monck (1892)
2. Schlichter (1893)
3. Hall (1905)
4. Caton-Thompson (1931)

More recent scholarship:
5. Garlake (2002)
6. Hall and Stefoff (2006)
7. Ndoro (2001)
8. Fontein (2006)

Then, answer both of the following questions:

1. According to recent scholars, who built Great Zimbabwe? How and why have these more recent scholars challenged the colonial-era views of Great Zimbabwe? Use documents #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6 to answer these questions.
2. What is the historical significance of Great Zimbabwe? Use documents #7 and #8 to answer this question.

First Contact between the Anglo-American Settlers and Native Americans was to have profound
repercussions for North America. Using the two readings (The Barbarous Years and the Furies)
describe the culture of conflict that the Early Europeans brought to the Americas. How does the
video Guns, Germs, and Steel fit into the equation? Describe the brutality and efficiency of
conflict used by Powhatan in the Chesapeake Bay region. Does this dispel the notion of racial
supremacy and a Eurocentric view of Empire?

Here below is an extra credit exam question. If can give you up to 10% additional points on
the exam. You are to watch the movie Last of the Mohicans, the 1992 version with Daniel
Day Lewis and then answer the following question in an essay format, complete. This is
extra and you still need to write one of the essays above as well.
**** Extra Credit Essay Possible????? Based on the Movie Last of the Mohicans with Daniel
Day Lewis as the Main Actor.
Possible Exam Essay Questions:
The Struggle for Empire during the Seven Years War (The French-Indian War) had a lasting
effect on the American Colonies. Using the movie “The Last of the Mohicans” provide a
conceptual understanding of the tensions of the time. First, describe the tensions between the
English troops and Colonials. Describe the relations between the European Powers and the
Native Americans tribes. Describe the differences in military tactics between the Native
Americans and the Europeans.