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Q1: From Book: (THE NORTON READER /Edition: 14TH 14 /Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company/
ISBN: 978-0-393-26411-1)
Read – Hurston, Zora Neale. “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.” (Under Section- Personal Accounts)
From the beginning Zora Neale Hurston startles us: “I remember the very day that I became colored” (paragraph 2). Why does Hurston insist that one becomes colored? What happened on that day to make her so? Post your response in the discussion forum.(Around 90 Words)

Q2:From Book: (THE NORTON READER /Edition: 14TH 14 /Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company/
ISBN: 978-0-393-26411-1)
Read- Lahiri, Jhumpa. “Rhode Island.” (Under Section – Profiles)
One purpose of the collection in which Jhumpa Lahiri’s essay appeared is to show the diversity of the fifty American states. How does Lahiri achieve this purpose? What details does she provide that are unique to Rhode Island or New England? Post your response under the discussion forum. .(Around 90 Words)

Q3: From Book: (THE NORTON READER /Edition: 14TH 14 /Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company/
ISBN: 978-0-393-26411-1)
Read Malcolm Gladwell “Java Man” (Under section – Cultural Analysis)
Gladwell creates a binary between coffee and tea. Describe another binary between two closely similar forms— such as seashore vs. mountains; Coke vs. Pepsi; skis vs. snowboards. How do binaries work? What limitations do you see in the binary you created or in Gladwell’s?(Around 90 Words)

Homework
course textbook is Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment by Charles H. Zastrow 9th Edition

Request please make number #4 on the second assignment it’s own page please

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment 1
1. Read article on Adverse Childhood Experiences article and answer the following questions

A. List the questions asked in the ACE study survey? (see questions here http://www.theannainstitute.org/Finding%20Your%20ACE%20Score.pdf )

B. Briefly summarize what the ACE study discovered (see http://www.aceresponse.org/who_we_are/ACE_Study_43_pg.htm ) Go to http://www.search-institute.org

2. List 2 of the Internal Assets and Describe 1 activity to help build each of them.

List 2 External Assets and 1 activity to help build each of them.

DUE MARCH 24th class 8 Read Chapter 5 Assignment 2

1. Briefly summarize “Race is a Social Concept” and include any scientific research that supports this assertion. (You may have to do a little research)

2. Briefly describe Institutional Racism and discrimination in systems

3. Who was Shirley Chisholm? And what makes her a significant historical woman?

4. Select an organization, school or agency and evaluate the level of Cultural Competence utilizing the Cultural Competence Framework developed by Cross et. al. See below for link.

http://cssr.berkeley.edu/cwscmsreports/LatinoPracticeAdvisory/Cultural%20Competence%20Continuum.pdf

DUE MARCH 31st Class 9 Read chapter 6 Assignment 3

1. Briefly summarize “why do teens get pregnant?”

A. What do you believe are reasons why teens get pregnant?

B. What are the reasons for teen fathers?

C. Do you agree or disagree with the textbook? Provide reasons.

2. Briefly summarize Significant Issues and Life Events?