Writing Homework Help

First:

You will select one question that you want to engage with and provide a response. Your response should be no less than 200 words. Please include parenthetical citations in your responses to show what ideas are coming from the lecture versus an assigned source. . No late submissions will be accepted.

Note: You will not be able to see your classmates’ posts until after you have posted. Thus, you will need to do the first part to move onto get any credit.

Second:

You must choose two different colleagues who have written on two questions that you did not answer. You will need to substantively respond to two classmates (meaning actual engagement with the topic addressed). Simply complimenting or thanking a colleague for their comments will not be considered a responses moving forward and you will not receive credit for this reply. You do not have to agree with your classmates. Civil and respectful debate is encouraged. Reply posts should be approximately 50 words for each. Your peer replies must be posted by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. No late submissions will be accepted. If for some reason you have technical difficulties, please email me immediately to alert me to your issues and avoid losing credit it possible.

In total, there are three parts. Each of the questions for our discussion boards are geared toward helping you prep for your course exams. It can be helpful to use our discussion board questions as a study guide for the midterm.

Week 7 Discussion Prompts (Please Respond to 1 Question and two colleagues):

1. Keeping in mind last week’s videos related to Second-Wave Feminism, how do they connect with the shift in women’s activism? Discuss two social issues/causes that organizations such as NOW, Women’s Liberation, and the Combahee River Collective focused on. Were these issues embraced by all organizations? What were the specific reasons why or why not multiple feminist organizations took up these causes (i.e. how did issues of sexuality, race, and class inform the political stances they took)? Make sure to cite at least two assigned materials for this response.
2. In what ways do you see the social movements of the 1960s having a response in the New Right and the conservative movements of starting in the 1970s? According to Lisa McGirr, what was the conservative movement responding to? Discuss at least two factors that led to the emergence of the conservative movement during the 1970s and 80s. Make sure to cite at least two assigned materials for this response.
3. There are many different perspectives on the legacies of the Reagan administration that require close consideration of the way historians and the public have portrayed this era. Based on your readings and view of the materials discuss both the foreign and domestic legacies of Reagan by answering the following questions based on your analysis of the readings: How did the Iran-Contra scandal define Reagan’s foreign policy? What connected this event to the administration’s domestic policy, and the contradictions of the War on Drugs? How did the Reagan administration’s stance on law and order, economic policy (“Reagonomics”), and increased military spending target and impact Black and Brown communities? Make sure you engage with assigned sources and lecture for this response.