The term autohistoria comes from the writing of Gloria Anzaldúa and describes the ways one’s personal or collective history helps to deconstruct the past/present through non-dominant interpretations of reality. In this style of writing, personal and creative narratives become a way to analyze and theorize. For this assignment students will reflect on their own experiences and relationship with identity and race. Writing Prompt: Students will write a 600-900-word personal narrative about their evolving understanding of race and identity. This does …

Essay response: How did the Spanish American War change the course of American foreign policy? 1. What were the economic, political, and ideological reasons for the USA\’s increased global engagement after 1880. 2. Which set of factors was the most important and why? No sources needed for this assignment …

You are expected to write a short paper in English where you discuss themes from modules 4 and 5. The text needs to be in the range of 900-1100 words. You should spend a few words on an introduction, but the main text should be divided between three topics that are covered in modules 4 and 5. You are free to choose either one country for an in-depth analysis discussed in relation to the three topics or different sub-Saharan countries …

In a post of at least 500 words, address all the following questions and provide evidence from the readings to support your claims. Remember to cite the source and the page number when you paraphrase or provide a quotation: From the readings for this week, describe how infectious disease outbreaks reflect the historic context of the time in which they appear and how that changed over time. If you wish, you may use any epidemic including COVID-19 as an example. …

In 1861 South Carolina plantation owner Thomas Drayton told his brother in a letter that the Confederacy stood for \”home & liberty.\” Yet Drayton clearly meant the \”liberty\” to own slaves (Give Me Liberty!, 548). In a speech given in Maryland in 1864, Abraham Lincoln declared that this definition came from \”the wolf\’s dictionary.\” \”The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep\’s throat,\” Lincoln observed, \”for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him …