Assignment 1: Food Memory – For this assignment, you will discuss a food memory, preferably from your childhood. This could be a memory of tasting or liking/disliking a particular food, or it could be a memory focused on a dish from a particular eating event, collective or individual.

Assignment 1: Food Memory

 

Assignment Instructions

SOCI315

Assignment #1

FOOD MEMORY

For this assignment, you will discuss a food memory, preferably from your childhood. This could be a memory of tasting or liking/disliking a particular food, or it could be a memory focused on a dish from a particular eating event, collective or individual. Pay attention to as many senses as you can invoke to evoke this memory. If you recalled a dish at a specific event, talk to others who were also present and see how they remember the dish and the event; analyze the similarities and discrepancies between your recollections.  You can also include a brief recipe if you like. 

Do a bit of research to place your memory in wider context, incorporating related sources when applicable.  Discuss the cultural, symbolic, social, structural, or other meanings of this dish. Specify the social group for whom it has meaning, for what kinds of occasions and settings is this dish prepared, who is involved in the preparation, serving, and consumption of this dish, background, etc.

Is this a food that unique to your culture? What are its traditional names? (And, do these names have any special significance and/or meaning?) What ingredients go into making these foods? How and when are they eaten? Are there unspoken family “rules” about food consumption (e.g., what’s okay, and not okay, to eat; how and where should one eat, etc.)

Instead of writing a traditional paper, I want you to have FUN with this assignment.  To that end, please put together a presentation using one of the FREE online multimedia programs listed below.  

In addition to these sites, you might want to use pixabay.com to enhance your presentations with free pictures/graphics from a wide variety of sources.  

Multimedia sites:

For prezi.com – go to Try Prezi Next free, go to Students & Teachers click on “learn more,” click on EDU Standard Continue, and create an account. 

For creaza.com – students and teachers can register for a free account and then proceed to create a multimedia presentation. 

For powtoon.com – students and teachers can register for a free account by clicking “start now.” 

For toondo.com – students and teachers can register for a free account by clicking “sign up for free.”

The best way to capture the “richness” of this topic is through a presentation that allows you to select colors and music and backgrounds and pictures and images that convey how this food memory resonates with you after all this time.  

 
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PROJECT 2: Operations Management Plan – Discuss reasons (found in your research and/or offered by other scholars) why the pactum salutis is not explicitly mentioned in the Westminster Standards, including suggestions that the Westminster divines either objected to this doctrine or found it otherwise unworthy of inclusion in the Confession and Catechisms.

 Complete and submit Project 2 “Operations Management Plan.”

PROJECT 2: Operations Management Plan

Prepare a report after reading the following instructions. The report should be typewritten and a minimum of one page, double-spaced, in length. No special format is required–I’m only interested in the content.

Develop and submit an Operations Management Plan. For the plan, choose a well-known company and locate the following information about the firm you have selected:

  • Overview of company
  • History of company
  • Company situation (what is going on in their world now)? Example: government regulations, competition, economic issues, global strategies; Is the economic downturn impacting them, and if so, and how are they handling it?
  • Description of company’s products and/or services
  • Description of company’s product and/or service design
  • Describe the supply chain in your chosen company, along with the management of their supply chain. If you can’t locate information on your company specifically, then describe supply chains in general.
  1. Briefly trace the history of the doctrine of the pactum salutis and summarize the major elements of the doctrine as presented by 17th century Reformed divines.
  2. Demonstrate that the term “pactum salutis” (or its terminological equivalents) does not appear in the Westminster Standards.

iii. Demonstrate that the elements of the doctrine do appear in the Westminster Standards; discuss the places where those elements do appear; discuss any terms that appear in the Westminster Standards and that typically appear in discussions of the pactum salutis (e.g., “surety,” etc.).

  1. Discuss reasons (found in your research and/or offered by other scholars) why the pactum salutis is not explicitly mentioned in the Westminster Standards, including suggestions that the Westminster divines either objected to this doctrine or found it otherwise unworthy of inclusion in the Confession and Catechisms.
  2. Discuss corroborating evidence for believing that the Westminster Standards affirm the substance of the doctrine (e.g., explicit mention of the doctrine in “The Sum of Saving Knowledge”; explicit mention of the doctrine in The Savoy Declaration; explicit defense of the doctrine by Westminster divines in other publications; etc.).
 
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Individual Project – Taking “one” large company which focuses its strategy on consumer products (i.e.: Procter & Gamble, Unilever, LÓreal, Nivea, Carrefour, Pizza Hut, L´Occitane en Provence -YUM! Group-, Zara – Inditex Group-, etc.), the student will have to analyze the international marketing strategy the company uses when adjusting its products or services to the different international markets where it operates

 

Individual Project:

Each student has to hand in an Individual Project. Taking “one” large company which focuses its strategy on consumer products (i.e.: Procter & Gamble, Unilever, LÓreal, Nivea, Carrefour, Pizza Hut, L´Occitane en Provence -YUM! Group-, Zara – Inditex Group-, etc.), the student will have to analyze the international marketing strategy the company uses when adjusting its products or services to the different international markets where it operates. It is important to focus on the Marketing Mix and Extended/Service Marketing Mix Concept (4Ps + the 3th P). Minimum requirements: the paper must be at least 10 pages long and (minimum of 2000 words.) – double space excluding references, index, appendixes, and cover page -. Those sections must be included but do not count as project pages. It is advisable to have some Power Point slides ready at the time of presenting the project in class. Diagrams, flow charts, or exhibits are required as they will make for a better product. Academic format: double spaced, 12 pt. Font, Times New Roman References: 3 = academic or respected business publications (no web references). Citation: APA style Title page: title of essay question, name of student and date. Format: introduction, main part and conclusion. Content: discussion of the business issues surrounding the topic, personal position and recommendations.

 
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Transfer Pricing Decisions – Analyze the effect of both full-cost and variable-cost transfer pricing methods on Phipps’ cash flows using a spreadsheet program such as Excel.

Assignment: Transfer Pricing Decisions

As a manager, you may be tasked with making recommendations as to how your organization should structure its transfer pricing. This is especially true in cases when both variable or full cost transfer pricing is acceptable, and the choice is not obvious.
For this Assignment, take a moment to review your course text. Reflect on the scenario presented and consider how transfer pricing decisions might apply to organizational decision making.

Phipps manufactures circuit boards in Division A, a country with a 30% income tax rate, and transfers them to Division B, a country with a 40% income tax. An import duty of 15% of the transfer price is paid on all imported products. The import duty is not deductible in computing taxable income. The circuit boards’ full cost is $1,000 and variable cost is $700; they are sold by Division B for $1,200. The tax authorities in both countries allow firms to use either variable cost or full cost as the transfer price.

The Assignment:
Part 1: Analyze the effect of both full-cost and variable-cost transfer pricing methods on Phipps’ cash flows using a spreadsheet program such as Excel.
Part 2: Make your recommendation as to how the organization should proceed, being sure to justify your recommendation with examples form this week’s resources, and/or additional research. Complete this aspect of the Assignment by using a word processing program such as Word.

Submit your Assignment (both your Excel and Word files).
General Guidance on Assignment Length:
Your Assignment, due by Day 7, will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length as a general expectation/estimate for each bullet point. Refer to the rubric for the Week 4 Assignment for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.

 
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Essay 1: Personal narrative – Write a 500-800 word narrative essay about a life-changing experience. It can be any experience, small or large, that changed your perspective on something or your view of the world.

Essay 1: Personal narrative

Assignment Text:  Write a 500-800 word narrative essay about a life-changing experience. It can be any experience, small or large, that changed your perspective on something or your view of the world. Your essay should have a clear thesis and three or more body paragraphs. In addition, write a conclusion to wrap you your main points and leave readers with something to think about. You can use either chronological or spatial order to organize your narrative.

Remember to follow the MLA format for submitting your paper: See chapter 13.4 of your textbook for an example of MLA formatting.

* Double spaced

* 500 to 800 words in length

* 12 point font

* Format for name, etc.

 
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Informative Essay – Write an essay in which you inform the reader about a topic related to your future career plans or your college major.

Essay 2: Informative Essay 

  • Write an essay in which you inform the reader about a topic related to your future career plans or your college major.
  • Do not write the essay in first person. Instead, write in third person.
    • For example, if your major is child development you could write on any topic that relates in some way to child development. You might write an essay on How to Build Self-Esteem in Teens or Adolescent Brain Development. Similarly, if you plan to enter law enforcement after you graduate you could write about any related law enforcement topic. For example, Lie Detection Techniques, Women in Law Enforcement, DNA Testing. These are just suggestions and examples to help you think about the wide variety of topics that are related to any career field or major.

Remember to follow the MLA format for submitting your essay. See Chapter 13.4 of your textbook. 

  • Double spaced
  • 750 to 1000 words in length
  • 12 point font
  • Format for name, etc.
  • One credible source
 
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Assignment: Essay 3 Comparison and Contrast Essay – Write a 1000-1200 word comparison and contrast essay. Choose a topic from the approved list. Your essay should have a clear thesis, three or more body paragraphs, and a conclusion to wrap up your main points.

Assignment: Essay 3 Comparison and Contrast Essay 

Write a 1000-1200 word comparison and contrast essay. Choose a topic from the approved list. Your essay should have a clear thesis, three or more body paragraphs, and a conclusion to wrap up your main points.

Use the topic approved by your instructor for the Comparison and Contrast essay on the discussion board. All topics must be approved by the instructor. Any topic not approved will receive a zero for the assignment.

Remember to follow MLA format for submitting your paper. See Chapter 13.4

  • Double spaced
  • 1000 to 1200 words in length
  • 12 point font
  • New Times Romanfont
  • 1″ margins on all sides
  • Format for name, etc

Mini Speeches are designed to give students the opportunity to practice their speaking skills without having an “audience”.  Please see the instructions below:

Step 1:  Choose ONE of the following questions below (please DO NOT use all of them) to be the basis of your mini speech.

  1. A. If you could put the face of anyone (alive, deceased, famous or not) on the face of Mount Rushmore, who would it be?  What three

reasons do you have to support your choice?

  1. If you could interview anyone (alive, deceased, famous or not), who would you choose to interview?  Why would you choose this

person?  Finally, you are told you can only ask them one question…what would that question be?

  1. You are given access to a time machine for one day (and only one day…) and you can go anywhere in time – before or after your life,

sometime in your past or future, or even a sideways in time.  Where would you go and why would you choose this time or place?

What would you do there?

  1. You are walking along a deserted road and encounter a genie lamp in the middle of the road…you know what this means…you

get three wishes!  What would be your three wishes and why would you wish for those three things?  (Rule: You are not allowed

to wish for anything that would give you more wishes…you get three and only three.)

  1. You are given the task to fill a time capsule that will be opened in 100 years.  In this time capsule, you must place three items that will

help the individuals who will open it up to understand what life was like during this year.  What three items would you place in this time

capsule and why?

Step 2:  Create a short speech that answers the question you chose.  Utilize description with your answers.

Step 3. Create a short video (no more than 2 minutes) with you presenting your answer.  No visual aids or audience required.

Step 4. Post this video.  Please view the technical speech requirements below about posting videos.

Technical Speech Requirements:

  • NO spectators have to be present for this speech
  • There should be NO “starting and stopping” during this time.  You should not try to find the “best take” but allow your speech to be a “live” presentation.  Grades will not be given for a speech that possesses segmented material OR splicing.
  • When taping, please ensure that your video is close enough for the graders and reviewers to see you; however, far enough for any visual aids to be seen and your body gestures.  Video should at least show from the torso up.  Speakers should be standing.
  • After you complete your speech, post the video to YouTube.  If you need further help, please visit the YouTube Upload Instruction(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Next, follow the instructions to post your speech to the course:

 

 
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Self Intro Speech – Decide on a topic.  Utilize an Interest Chart (review Finding Your Topic lecture) or Self Awareness Inventory (found in Chapter 3) to help.  General topics could be a hobby, plan in life, an event that shaped you, strange or unusual aspect of who you are, etc

Self Intro Speech Submission

  1. Preparation

Step 1: Decide on a topic.  Utilize an Interest Chart (review Finding Your Topic lecture) or Self Awareness Inventory (found in Chapter 3) to help.  General topics could be a hobby, plan in life, an event that shaped you, strange or unusual aspect of who you are, etc.  Please DO NOT tackle all of these topics in one speech…choose only one (or come up with another topic not given as an example).

Step 2: Create a 3-5 minute presentation about your chosen topic.  Speeches should have:

  1. A basic introduction with an engaging beginning thought and preview of topic
  2. A body with at least two main points that have description/support
  3. A basic conclusion with a summary of topic, an engaging ending thought, and tie/lesson for audience

The outline form and example for the Self Intro Speech Outline, under the Self Intro Speech Outline Submission tab, may help with structure of this speech.

Step 3: Choose ONE (you may have a few, if you would like) presentation aid to use during the presentation.  Review the Presentation Aid lecture from Module 2 for guidelines and examples.

Step 4: Decide on attire.  Please make sure you are presentable in dress and physical appearance (but still can be casual).  Think about what you would wear if you were presenting in an actual Public Speaking classroom.

Step 5: After completing your outline for the speech, print it off for use while presenting.  DO NOT use your computer for an outline while you present your speech.  Also, do not present your speech utilizing an essay or fully written out speech.  Please only use the outline you created for this assignment.  You may use an iPad or tablet for outline, if you would like…and it saves a few trees.

Step 6: Invite 7 adults (16 and older) to be your audience for the speech.  Ensure that you consider your environment and where you will have them sit so they may see you properly.

 

 
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Ceremonial Speech – So much to celebrate, so little time!  For this next main speech, you will create a ceremonial speech that will celebrate someone or something.  You have already watched many Ceremonial Speech examples in this course

Ceremonial Speech Submission

So much to celebrate, so little time!  For this next main speech, you will create a ceremonial speech that will celebrate someone or something.  You have already watched many Ceremonial Speech examples in this course; the first in Lecture: Ceremonial Speaking and Module 4: Listening Thread.  Now it is your turn

  1. Preparation

Step 1: Decide on a topic.  Utilize an Interest Chart (review Finding Your Topic lecture) or brainstorm about possible topics under each Ceremonial Speech focus (you can create a separate Interest Chart for this) to help.

Step 2: Create a 4-6 minute presentation about your chosen topic.  Speeches should have:

  1. A basic introduction with an attention getter, personal connection/audience need to know, and thesis statement
  2. A body with at least two main points that have description/support
  3. A basic conclusion with a summary of topic, an engaging ending thought, and tie/lesson for audience

The outline form and example for the Ceremonial Speech Outline, under the Ceremonial Speech Outline Submission tab, may help with structure of this speech.

Step 3: Choose ONE (you may have a few, if you would like) presentation aid to use during the presentation.  Review the Presentation Aid lecture from Module 2 for guidelines and examples.

Step 4: Decide on attire.  Please make sure you are presentable in dress and physical appearance (but still can be casual).  Think about what you would wear if you were presenting in an actual ceremony.

Step 5: After completing your outline for the speech, print it off for use while presenting.  DO NOT use your computer for an outline while you present your speech.  Also, do not present your speech utilizing an essay or fully written out speech.  Please only use the outline you created for this assignment.  You may use an iPad or tablet for outline, if you would like…and it saves a few trees.

Step 6: Invite 7 adults (16 and older) to be your audience for the speech.  Ensure that you consider your environment and where you will have them sit so they may see you properly.

 

 
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Ceremonial Speech Outline – For the Self Intro Speech and Ceremonial Speech, students will be asked to create fairly informal outlines.  For the Persuasive Speech, we will expand to create a formal outline with more detail and source citation.

Ceremonial Speech Outline Submission

An outline can be very helpful to a speaker.  It helps them keep on focus when they veer a little away from their original ideas.  It can also help an audience find their next thought if they “go blank”.  A speech should never be fully written out (except if you are ever giving a speech that is televised).  Outline should be simple phrases or short sentences that guide you when you need a little help.

For the Self Intro Speech and Ceremonial Speech, students will be asked to create fairly informal outlines.  For the Persuasive Speech, we will expand to create a formal outline with more detail and source citation.  However, don’t worry about this formal outline quite yet.  We will begin with an informal outline.  Below you will find the basic parts for your first outline and an example.

After creating your outline with Microsoft Word, PDF, or Open Office (.pages files will not be accepted), please submit your outline below to Turnitin.

If you need help in submitting to Turnitin, please review the following links for step-by-step directions.  Some of the big problems we have seen with submissions, can be an easy fix.  Double check that you are using Firefox or Google Chrome for your browser, delete cookies, and enable pop-ups for Canvas. In addition, you must preview your submitted paper prior to accepting submission.

Link (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for Videos of Submitting Paper

Parts Needed/Structure to follow for this outline (you can copy and paste this format into a Word document or save the attached Word Document to your computer):

Introduction

  1. Attention Getter: This is where you engage the audience with a quote, humor, question, etc.
  2. Personal Connection/Audience Need to Know: Tell your audience how you are connected to your topic and why they are present

III. Thesis Statement: Tell your audience what the main concept of your speech will be about; topic and main points

Body

  1. Main Point 1: First idea to describe

Support Material:  Stories, examples, facts, etc. that help you elaborate on your main point

  1. Main Point 2: Second idea to describe

Support Material: Stories, examples, facts, etc. that help you elaborate on your main point

III. Main Point 3: Some people will have a main point 3 and some will not…if you do, make sure to format like first two main points

Conclusion

  1. Summary: Tell your audience again what your main concept was for your speech
  2. Concluding Remarks: Leave the audience with something to remember and tie the idea of your topic to them and their lives

 

 
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