The Economy at Century’s End
-TASK: Based on the assigned diary readings, describe and evaluate the experience of being a hostage. As you develop your answer be sure to explain what were the five most difficult challenges the hostages faced. In your two reply posts consider how friends and loved ones back in the United States might have responded to these circumstances.
Information taken from sources other than the primary documents will not be evaluated and posts that are structured thusly will not count. You can, though, use your knowledge of the podcasts and the textbook for framing purposes, meaning typically one sentence per paragraph to set the scene. At least 90 percent of what you say needs to come from the documents in the form of summarizing content, minimally quoting, and analyzing. If a mathematical proportion would help you consider how much to summarize, how much to quote, and how much to analyze, consider the following as a good rule of thumb: 60 percent summary and discussion, 20 percent quotation, and 20 percent analysis.
-Required length: three substantive posts for eligibility for full credit (first post must be 2-3 lengthy paragraphs and subsequent posts must be at least one lengthy paragraph).
-Once I submit those three paragraphs I will send you the classmate responses so you can replay two of them with one paragraph
