You are required to use at least four of the assigned readings for the essay. Depending on your topic, it may be very useful to bring in an additional source that directly targets what you want to analyze. That being said, all of the assigned readings are excellent and you can do well in this course by showing that you’veunderstood their arguments.Your essays, however, should not merely summarize the readings. Rather, your goal should be to focus on some specific area relevant to each Part of the course, making selective use of the sources that you’ve chosen.

Here are some broad topics for the first essay that could be developed into an essay focus:i) identify a core feature of early monasticism and explain how and why this feature is reinterpreted in later medieval history; ii) discuss some aspect of the experience of women in monastic settings; iii) explain how monasteries were integrated into wider social and political contexts. (Any topic can be chosen and then a specific essay will be written on that topic)

The general characteristics of a strong essay include:

focus – opening paragraph effectively introducing your topic and clearly stating the thesis or position that you’ll be defending and explaining; it usually helps to provide some context first before you state your thesis, but keep your discussion of this context to a minimum
organization – each paragraph should have a clear focus and provide support in some way for your thesis (I shouldn’t have to try and guess what the connection is); analysis should flow smoothly with no sudden leaps to unrelated ideas
use of sources – evidence that you’ve understood the key points of a scholar’s argument and how they’re relevant to your thesis; use of a proper citation method (your choice, but must be one that gives page numbers for citations)
critical response – identify possible weaknesses in the existing arguments, and/or perspectives that could deepen the analysis, and/or further questions that could be relevant
technique – exemplary grammar, spelling, sentence structure, style; your aim here should be clarity of expression, not complexity for the sake of complexity

As stated in the syllabus, I’ve provided a few topic areas that you can work with, if any of them appeal to you. Again, don’t feel that you *have* to use any of them. The best topic is the one that i) grabs your attention the most AND ii) is well-analyzed by the sources that you’re using. So, if there’s a specific topic in any of the readings in Part 1 that doesn’t overlap directly with the three default topics, and if you can find support for it in other sources (either among the assigned readings or ones that you find), then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t at least consider it. A key to success is to avoid general summaries of whole areas. For example, to try to describe *every* aspect of female monastic life would be too much! Or to cover *every* way in which monasteries were connected to the social and political life around them. A narrower focus *within* those broad domains will allow you to add more depth to your analysis. Practically speaking, you’ll want to already be thinking about directions you might want to go and be assessing which readings (or other sources) you might make use of to get there.

Individual Coursework

critiquing the two journal articles listed below. These articles present different perspectives on modern

approaches to management and how these are informed by historical models and theories covered in the course. You should then use this critique to expand on the arguments using content from the course and further reading in the area of management and develop conclusions supported by evidence. Your reflective essay should also include a minimum of 10 academic references. The marking guide for the coursework is posted in the assessment section of the vision site.

Overview

The purpose of the Major Assignment is to immerse you in the qualitative research process. The process includes hands-on opportunities for you to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret qualitative data. This qualitative research process begins with some items that have already been identified for you:

1. The research topic for this effort is the meaning of social change for Walden graduate students. You have been examining videos and reading about social change as part of the course study.
2. The knowledge you have gained plus your reflections on the meaning of social change will form the beginning of the inquiry. That is, the research question you will explore is “What is the meaning of social change for Walden graduate students?”
3. The description of your efforts of gathering, organizing, and analyzing data will form the basis of your methods section. And, the results of those efforts—the analysis and interpretation of those data—will be summarized.

This Major Assignment 2 is composed of four parts which includes: Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Role of the Researcher; Part 3: Results; and Part 4: Trustworthiness and Summary.

ATTACHED IS A TEMPLATE OF HOW THE PAPER SHOULD BE FORMATTED AND A MORE IN-DEPTH GUIDELINE OF WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PAPER. I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED SOME ASSIGNMENTS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL

I’m working on a History exercise and need support.

Below is a link to excerpts from two documents about the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Hernan Cortés commanded an expedition to Mexico and arrived on the Mexican coast in 1519. He then marched to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlàn, where he received a friendly welcome from the Aztec king Moctezuma, who initially believed Cortés was a representative of Quetzalcoatl, a legendary and godlike feathered serpent of the Amerindian peoples. There were growing tensions due to Cortés’s efforts to persuade the Aztecs to renounce their native beliefs and accept Christianity. The Spanish took Moctezuma hostage and destroyed religious shrines, which led to a revolt against Spanish

The first document is an Aztec account of Cortés’s meeting with Moctezuma and his subsequent attack on the temple of Tenochtitlàn. The second account is a passage from Cortés’s correspondence describing his first meeting with Moctezuma. Please reading both accounts and answer the following discussion questions in no less than 200 words.

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/aztecs1.asp

Source: “Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico,” Internet History Sourcebook

http://web.archive.org/web/20000304002237/http://www.humanities.ccny.cuny.edu/history/reader/cortez.htm

Source: “Moctezuma’s Greeting to Cortes,” Internet History Sourcebook

Discussion Questions:

1. According to the Aztec account, how did the Aztecs initially view Hernan Cortés and the Spanish? How did Moctezuma treat Cortés?

2. How did the Aztecs later view the Spanish and justify rebelling against them?

3. According to Cortés’s letter, how did Moctezuma react to the arrival of the Spanish? How did he understand the appearance of the Spanish in Mexico?

4. After reading both an Aztec account and a Spanish account of the initial meeting between Cortés and Moctezuma, what can we learn about Cortés’s arrival at Tenochtitlàn?