The follow
ing post has two assignments namely;
1.Eleanor Lambert
Research: Watch the video and understand who she was and why she’s important to the fashion
industry (Video: https://vimeo.com/74978706)
Write: Create a Press Release about Eleanor Lambert
Assume: Parsons is go
ing to present Lambert with a posthumous award
Include: What is the name of the award?Who accepts it on her behalf? Where will it be presented? (location)When will it be presented? (What time of year?
2.American Political History and Culture
Accord
ing to critics on the political left and right, historical revisionism and the crusade for multiculturalism have distorted our nation’s past and divided the American people. Liberal
historian Arthur Schles
inger uses Plato’s concept of a “noble lie” to describe the problem
in academia today. It serves radical political
interests (
influenced by Marx and Nietzsche) and ignores a
huge amount of evidence that would enable us to obta
in a fairer and more balanced understand
ing of our nation. expla
in how textbooks distort the past and how this has helped create the social
problems we face today. What’s the other side to issues such as race, slavery, fem
inism, class, etc.? How have liberty and oppression been socially constructed? Include as a corrective the
positive side of our nation’s found
ing and the Found
ing Fathers. How has our nation contributed to world civilization? Th
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