Question:

Read the case study from chapter four on Harrison Elementary School.

It is apparent the council described within the case study is a victim of groupthink. Do you agree with the actions of the principal?

Why or why not? If you were the principal, would you have taken a different approach?

Describe the approach you would have taken. Respond to at least two of your classmates' posts.Part I: Revised assignment prompts

Assignment one

Discuss the powerful movements that transformed European society during the early modern era. Briefly describe the origin of each, and how it affected society as a whole.

Create a non-liner power point presentation that discuss the powerful movements that transformed European society during the early modern era, then briefly describe the origin of each and how it affected society as a whole. Make sure your presentation include pictures.

Assignment two

Trace the development of the slave trade. Under what circumstances did the slave trade begin? How did the Islamic Slave Trade change the existing system? How did it change again during the Atlantic Slave Trade? Finally, what impact did slave trade have on Africa and the Western world?

In groups of three create a MindMester map, bubbles or any other form of concept mapping tracing the development of the slave trade. Make sure your map answer the following questions:

1. Under what circumstance did the slave trade begin

2. How did the Islamic slave trade change the existing system

3. How did it change again during the Atlantic slave trade

4. What impact did slave trade have on Africa and the western world

As a group you would then present this to your peers. Every person in the group must have a part within the presentation. Please make your map colorful and use visual and audio.

Assignment Three

1. Discuss the emergence of Islam. Who was the founder and what was his background? What are the key beliefs of Islam? Compare it to other religions that existed at the time of its development. What elements are similar? What elements are unique to Islam? Trace the spread of the religion. How did it absorb other cultures? In turn, how did it influence others?

Using the World Wide Web research the Islam culture, then create a 4 page papers discussing Islam. Within your paper please answer the following questions:

1. Who was the founder and what was his background?

2. What are the key beliefs of Islam?

3. Compare Islam to other religions that existed at the time of its development.

4. What elements are similar? What elements are unique to Islam?

5. Trace the spread of the religion

6. How did it absorb other cultures and how did it influence others?