DES 1101w: Intro to Design Thinking/Honors P. Hemmis Spring 2013 Review for Exam 1 Prep for Exam 1: You are responsible for material covered in class‚ the readings and the notes. The readings and notes are on the course website. The exam will consist of short answer; fill in the blank‚ and an essay. Some questions simply require that you know the information; other questions will require that you apply the information. Note 1: The lectures incorporate information from the readings‚ offer
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Walter White: The Ethics of Being a Crystal Meth Kingpin Let’s begin a scenario: You wake up in your bed on your fiftieth birthday‚ next to your wife‚ who is five months pregnant with a child you didn’t intend to have‚ while your son (who has cerebral palsy) stirs in his sleep in the other room. You get out of bed and begin your day as you do every day: brush your teeth‚ shower‚ exercise‚ eat breakfast and go to your job as a chemistry teacher at your son’s high school‚ then go to your second job
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gamble (would they ever be rich?); Union Pacific railroad; The Cowboys The Bronc Buster by Frederick Remington Black Cowboys The Gunslingers Colt .45 Revolver: “God didn’t make men equal. Colonel Colt did!” Legendary Gunslingers & Train Robbers: Jesse James‚ Billy the Kid Dodge City Peace Commission‚ 1890 The Miners Prospecting: Mining Boomtowns--Now Ghost Towns: Calico‚ CA The Cattlemen & the Sheepherders The Cattle Trails New Agricultural Technology: “Prairie Fan” Water Pump & Steel Plow [“Sodbuster”]
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and center for culture and education helped it gain a reputation as a forward thinking little metropolis in a sea of dairy farms and forests. It was there that on January 14‚ 1887‚ Dr. Henry Arthur Callis was born. His parents‚ the Reverend Henry Jesse Callis and Mrs. Helen Josephine Sprague both came from fascinating backgrounds. . Rev. Callis
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explore his flaws as a human being. Showing signs of appearance versus reality. Othello’s Soliloquy This fellow’s of exceeding honesty‚ And knows all qualities‚ with a learned spirit‚ Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard‚ Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings‚ I’d whistle her off‚ and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. Haply for I am black And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have; or for I am declined Into the vale of years-yet that’s not
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The Split Cherry Tree (by Jesse Stuart) Background information: The story takes place in Appalachia‚ a mountainous region in east USA. Despite its natural resources‚ the region was long poor. Many of the early settlers in Appalachia were poor farmers who were seeking cheap land. In the 19th century‚ most of the Appalachian economy was based on farming and agriculture. In addition‚ the educational system in the Appalachian region was weak due to lack of government funds and the mentality of the
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My sister’s keeper is a best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult. The story around Fitzgerald’s life when they found out that a daughter‚ Kate‚ had a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Sara Fitzgerald‚ an intelligent and strong mother hoped that someday Kate would be cured. Her life centers on her efforts to keep Kate alive. Kate’s doctor suggested that the only way to prolong Kate’s life hope is to create another genetically child. Sara agreed and then Fitzgerald’s had a new member named Anna who
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Shimerda family’s beliefs in suicide‚ purgatory‚ and iconography. The idea of committing suicide was a controversial topic because many of the citizens in their area were protestant‚ and few were Catholic such as the Shimerda family. Daniel Doyle‚ Jesse Rushing‚ and Rodney Stark in their article “Religion and Suicide”‚ write about the Catholic faith believes that taking your own life or committing suicide was considered to be a “mortal sin” (p. 121). The Catholics believed that if anyone was to consider
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Gunfights‚ cowboys‚ gold mines and ranches are probably the first thing that pops into your head when you hear The Old West‚ however was that actually what happened? The movies portray the west as an action packed‚ good vs evil utopia of sorts. There’s always an antagonist‚ a protagonist‚ some love interest‚ and a gun fight of course. This just leaves me with a few questions: what is a myth and why are they important?‚ how has the old west myth affected our society?‚ and why was the west so popular
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Compare and Contrast Tennyson’s Charge Of The Light Brigade with Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est War and poetry have been linked for hundreds of years. The function of poetry in war is to aid the memory and convey details of war. Over the centuries it became a way in which people could communicate not only stories but also ideas and emotions in an imaginative and expressive way. One characteristic of the link between poetry and war has remained: Throughout the history of war‚ poems have provided a
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