Become an Agent of Change

Complete Step 1 and 2:

Please think about a person in history that has made positive changes on society. He/she has helped bring about peace, justice, rights, or a voice for those who could not speak for themselves.

Here are some examples:

• • Caesar Chavez, Latino Civil Rights Activist
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Activist
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Women’s Rights
  • Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Here is a long list of to explore from the past.

Here is a list of current to research.

• Please read on some of the choices and choose one that aligns with your concerns for the future.
• Choose only one to focus on for your paper.

Next, find 2 pieces of information:

1. Newspaper article or scholarly article about the actual person (Agent of Change) from a reputable source
   • New York Times
   • Washington Post
   • NPR
2. A scholarly article on his/her cause.
   • For example: Cesar Chavez
     • • News article (from a reputable source) on Person
       • Scholarly Article on Migrant Workers (Cause)

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List the Characteristics of the Person You Choose

What makes this person a strong agent of change? What tools did they use? What temperament did they display? Which characteristics made them well-suited for their activism? Make a list of 10 things about this person that made them a great leader for their cause.

Think about how you can embody those characteristics in your own dedication to bring about change.

Complete Step 3

Research some current issues and choose one to align your efforts towards.

Some ideas:

• Racial Justice
• Immigration Laws
• Healthcare Disparities with Covid-19
• Policing in the US
• Poverty and Education

Here is a to consider.

Choose 2 articles on your topic to use as research for your essay.

1. News article on the issue
   • New York Times
   • Washington Post
   • NPR
2. Scholarly article on the issue from a reputable source.

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Step 4 Complete Your Draft

Please follow this format for your 800 to 1000 word essay:

Introduction: Introduce your change maker, his/her cause, their attributes, your cause, and your thesis.

Thesis: State how you will plan to become an Agent of Change for your given topic.

Sample Thesis:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life embodied determination and strength as he tirelessly fought for African Americans’ Civil Rights. He argued that education should result not only in knowledge gained but also character developed, and given the current educational dipartites in our school system, I plan to be an agent of change for students who live in less funded areas. I will use my education and voice to bring awareness to this issue in my home, work place, and community through social media and informal discussions.

Body paragraph 1: Introduce your change maker. Explain his/her characteristics that make him/her a strong Agent of Change.

Sample TS for thesis above: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life embodied determination and strength as he tirelessly fought for African Americans’ Civil Rights.

Body paragraph 2: Explain his/her cause in detail. Explain with how his/her cause made progress because of his/her attributes.

Sample TS for thesis above: Dr. King’s determination mobilized the Civil Rights Movement and ignited change and forced outsiders to see the issues facing African Americans at the time.

Body paragraph 3: Explain your cause in detail. Explain why this cause is important and tie it to the previous information of the change maker you researched.

Sample TS for thesis above: Dr. King argued that education should result not only in knowledge gained but also character developed; however, given the current educational dipartites in our school system, students who live in less funded areas do not receive that same level of education as their counterparts.

Body paragraph 4: Detail the attributes necessary for being a change maker. Explain how you plan to embody those attributes for your cause.

Sample TS for thesis above: With determination and honesty, I plan to be an agent of change for students who live in less funded areas. I will use my voice in social media and casual conversation to bring awareness to this issue to those around me.

Conclusion: End with a declaration of how you will be an Agent of Change in your home, community, work place, and/or community.

Sample concluding statement for thesis above: As a social change agent, I plan to bring awareness to the issue of disparities in education. I can do this by voicing my opinion and sharing my expertise on this issue with others in my home, work place, and community through social media and informal discussions. Like Dr. King, I can use my voice and determination to bring about change and expect more from those around me.

Requirements for the Essay:

• • • • • • • • • The introduction must use of the we learned in class.
                • The must include a preview of the points to be made throughout the paper.
                • All paragraphs must have an arguable that supports the thesis.
                • All paragraph must have (direct or paraphrased quotes) used to support your ideas.
                • All paragraphs need to include of the evidence.
                • The conclusion must use the one of the we learned in class.
                • There needs to be seamless between paragraphs.
                • A detailed page is required.
                • Please be sure your paper is in proper

Step 5 Save and Submit Your Draft

Submit your 800 word rough draft.

We have an extra credit assignment for you! Samuel Huntington was one of the leading political scientist of the 20th and into early 21st Century. One topic he wrote about was democracy, with one particular body work on the democraitzation movements of the late 20th Century. For this extra credit assignment, I have uploaded one of his articles (which you can find in the Extra Credit Midterm Module 1). For this extra credit assignment, you are to write a review of the article in a roughly two-three page (Double space paper).

The review must include the following:

1. What is Huntington’s research question and topic?

2. What is his argument?

3. Do you agree with Huntington? Yes or no, and why or why not?

You must include a minimum of three sentences from his article in your paper.

Graded Discussion on Democracy. Can there be too much of a good thing?

Hi Everyone,

Okay, this week we are beginning (or in some ways continuing) our discussion of different forms of governing philosophies with a focus on democracy. As we will see the term democracy has been stretched over the preceding several hundred years to mean different things. Democracy can be ‘rule by the people’ but there are also other strands such liberal democracy, social democracy, direct democracy, and other terms such as social democracy, democratic socialism, which use the term democracy for their own definitions. Furthermore, democracy is more than elections. Elections can occur in non-democracies (e.g. Iran, Putin’s Russia, Venezuela) and elections can be used to subvert democracy (more on this in the coming weeks). So democracy is more than elections but it can also mean different policies or practices to different people.

Having said this, I want you to do the readings, listen/watch the videos and ask yourself what is democracy to you, and can there be too much or not enough? Are there potential challenges in having too much democracy?

SECTION I

MARCH 23, 2026

CDFR 209 – MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

A CASE STUDY: AARON AND LINDA

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SECTION III Assignment Instructions

1. Copy the entire assignment exactly as I have typed with.
2. Problem Statements are typed in bold blue.
3. CAUTION: Double space.
4. Type your responses in un-bold black fonts.
5. CAUTION: Quote the author. Even when quoting the author, your responses should not/will not be the same as your peers. Each student has an individualized style of their own.
6. CAUTION: Identical and sameness framed responses/assignments will create academic dishonesty suspicion.
7. All responses are constructed complete sentences.
8. CAUTION: Academic dishonesty is unethical and wrong and will lead to a zero total score. It is best to work alone. Secure your work from your peers.
9. Ensure complete and clear responses.
10. Do not use acronyms in responses for any reason such that points will not be deducted for including the acronym.

SECTION IV PROBLEM STATEMENT

Easy Commodores

AARON AND LINDA

How They Met

Twenty-four years old, Aaron started going to the Golden Gate Restaurant in San Francisco every day. He was not only fond of the golden fried catfish served daily.

It was the place where he met twenty-four years old Linda, one of the waitresses and sometimes the cook. Linda was an aspiring actress, waiting for a big break in the movie industry. She liked to be surround by a lot of people. She was an extrovert.

Aaron was an artist of some sort, more like a craftsman. He creates all kinds of beautiful ceramic home dcors such as: vases, mosaic ornaments, wall hanging status, porcelain flowers, decorative cups, farmhouse basin, toys, figurines, planters and more. Aaron loved the quietness of life and did not care for having a lot of people surround him all the time. He was an introvert.

At first sight Aaron wanted to get to know Linda. She was beautiful to him and made him laugh a lot from her comical conversations. Finally, after about a months time, he got up the nerve to ask her for a date. She accepted.

They fell in love and after dating for six months of dating, they got married.

Linda Get A Movie Career Break

Within a year of their marriage Linda auditioned and got the break she sought in a big movie production as the star. This was her lifetime goal. She had to leave San Francisco and reside closer to the production studio.

Aaron did not want to hold her back from her lifetime, dream goal. He didnt want them separated but he was willing to try to make it work with his staying in San Francisco.

In order for Linda to be able to afford rent in Los Angeles, she had to rent a house with four other room mates who were also seeking movie careers. A couple of her room mates were males.

Upon a surprise visit to see his wife, Aaron entered where she lived with one of her male roommates opening the door with just a towel wrapped around the lower portion of his body. This did not set well with Aaron. He began to have doubts about Lindas activities with her male roommate. Linda managed to assure her husband that she was only living there to afford her stay in the Los Angeles area.

Aaron was still in doubt about what Linda told him.

Aaron and Lindas Marriage

While Linda still resided in Los Angeles getting to star in movies here and there, Aaron soon moved back to his small town where his father was still living. Aaron also had carpentry skills. He and some of the other carpenters in the small blue ridge mountainous town in Virginia build him a small house next door his dads home. A small shop was added to Aarons small house where he continued crafting different items for sale.

Aaron didnt bother to get a divorce from Linda in the ten years of their separation. He figured she would soon or later divorce him. He did not want the expense of a divorce for himself and decided that since he would never marry again, getting a divorce wasnt necessary.

Aaron and Linda kept in touch by telephone and were friendly and supportive of each other. He followed her movie career and felt she did a good job as an actress. He liked Linda. To him she was pretty and still could make him laugh, even after eight years of not seeing her in person. Their communication was mostly through occasional telephone calls. He sent her money from time to time between acting roles and when she requested money to help her out.

Aarons life in the small town was satisfying to him. He not only had. community of friends but he loved the mountains and the peacefulness of the small-town community. Folks were always willing to give each other a helping hand.

He met someone who shared the same quiet life in the mountainous town. She was also an artist. Megan was a successful mystery novelist. She had come to the mountainous town to get inspired and away from her life in the big city.

Linda Quits Her Movie Career

With ten years of separation and not seeing each other, Linda gave Aaron a surprise visit at his home in Virginia. They were still legally married. She quit her movie career job because she was not given prime movie roles. Her age of thirty-five years had become a factor for playing young actresss roles. She was offered roles like someones mother or commercial roles. Even though she earned a substantial amount of money as an actress, she spent it at will and is not broke. She asked Aaron for a second chance.

SECTION IV CONTINUES LEARNERS REFLECTIONS AND PERCEPTIONS

Partial points are not given.

1. With your creative insights. How would you end the story. Complete/end the story with three very interesting paragraphs writings containing at least five sentences each. (75 points). Partial points are not assigned.
2. DO NOT use artificial intelligence to complete the story.
3. What interests you about Aaron and Lindas marriage? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. 25 points
4. Should Aaron give Linda a second chance? Why? Why not. Respond with a paragraph of five sentences. 25 points
5. After being separated for ten years with an amicable relationships do you feel they can survive a second chance relationship with the sameness of their young life as a happily married couple? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. 25 points
6. What do you see from the story as written that might be marital red flags for any couple? Why? Why not? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. 25 points
7. Aaron and Linda knew each other for six months. How long do you think a couple should know each other before committing to a lifelong relationship as marriage? Why? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. 25 points
8. Why do you think after ten years of separation, Linda wants to settle down to a traditional marriage? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences. 25 points
9. What about Megan? Write a paragraph with at least five sentences.25 Points
10. What is your perspective of a perfect marriage? Write a paragraph baring at least five sentences. Review an internet resource or resources. Do not plagiarize. Use your own words. Include the website. 50 points

We have an extra credit assignment for you! Samuel Huntington was one of the leading political scientist of the 20th and into early 21st Century. One topic he wrote about was democracy, with one particular body work on the democraitzation movements of the late 20th Century. For this extra credit assignment, I have uploaded one of his articles (which you can find in the Extra Credit Midterm Module 1). For this extra credit assignment, you are to write a review of the article in a roughly two-three page (Double space paper).

The review must include the following:

1. What is Huntington’s research question and topic?

2. What is his argument?

3. Do you agree with Huntington? Yes or no, and why or why not?

You must include a minimum of three sentences from his article in your paper.

Graded Discussion on Democracy. Can there be too much of a good thing?

Hi Everyone,

Okay, this week we are beginning (or in some ways continuing) our discussion of different forms of governing philosophies with a focus on democracy. As we will see the term democracy has been stretched over the preceding several hundred years to mean different things. Democracy can be ‘rule by the people’ but there are also other strands such liberal democracy, social democracy, direct democracy, and other terms such as social democracy, democratic socialism, which use the term democracy for their own definitions. Furthermore, democracy is more than elections. Elections can occur in non-democracies (e.g. Iran, Putin’s Russia, Venezuela) and elections can be used to subvert democracy (more on this in the coming weeks). So democracy is more than elections but it can also mean different policies or practices to different people.

Having said this, I want you to do the readings, listen/watch the videos and ask yourself what is democracy to you, and can there be too much or not enough? Are there potential challenges in having too much democracy?

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In the fall of 2023, the President of Harvard, Claudine Gay, was accused of plagiarism (AP News, 2024). The accusation brought the issue of academic integrity and the importance of accurately citing sources in our research into a clear view. As a scholar, you are responsible for ensuring that everything you write is your original work or correctly attributed to whoever wrote it.

Instructions

This assignment asks you to examine the Claudine Gay accusation as a case study. After reading the two required readings for the week, you will write a paper explaining the academic integrity issue she was accused of. You will determine whether or not you feel the accusation was justified, or not, and then you will support your opinion with research on academic integrity.

Your paper should address the following questions:

• What was the reason she was accused of plagiarism?
• In your opinion, was this a valid accusation?
• If so, why? Be specific, using APA format to support your answer.
• If not, why not? Be specific, using APA format to support your answer.
• How could she have avoided this accusation?
• How can you avoid this kind of accusation in your scholarly writing?

Length: 5 to 7 pages (approximately 250 words per page), not including title and reference pages.

References: Include 3 scholarly resources.