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1.  Using the oral history of Grant Hirabayashi, a Japanese American veteran of WW2 whose parents were forced into an internment camp in the U.S. during the war (a document in Reading the American Past – see syllabus), explain one 1st specific example in the document of how Japanese Americans like Grant Hirabayashi and his family may have benefited, or not, from rights as an American before WW2, and explain another 2nd different example in the document of how rights were denied to Japanese Americans during WW2. — Based on these examples from the document, make an argument about the extent to which WW2 was a turning point, or not, with regard to the U.S. government upholding universal principles of human rights. Use page numbersfor your two examples from the assigned document.
2.  Use 2 terms from The American Promise textbook (that are also on the syllabus for Week 4) to explain 2 specific changes, or lack of changes, as an impact of WW2: — a 1st term with regard to foreign policy and U.S. impact overseas, and a 2nd term with regard to domestic policy in the U.S. and the impact for a specific group’s experience on the homefront in terms of race, class, gender, or sexual orientation. Use examples and topics different than those in Question #1 and #3. Provide page numbers for the 2 terms in the textbook.
3.  Describe a specific example from the film for this week, “Homefront” (from The Century: America’s Time series) to explain a specific conflict Americans faced on the home front during WW2, either a conflict over a national issue or an international issue. Your example and topic must be different than that used in Question #1 and #2.  State how many minutes into the film the example occurs (and use the minutes digital clock counter at the bottom of the film page where you can move back and forth in the film.) — Also provide 1 example of the impact of the Holocaust (Nazi war crimes) on people of Jewish background from one of these films for this week:  1 ) any section of the film “World War II, Part 1: Into the Storm,” or the last 5 minutes of the film “World War II, Part 2: A Time of Reckoning,” and state how many minutes into the film the example occurs.  
4.  Since we are studying several topics that involve serious issues of morality in American history this week, it seems like an appropriate time to also discuss an important matter of academic integrity. To prepare for the upcoming essay, please read the module this week called “How to Avoid Plagiarism (Copying) in Papers / and How to Write Well.” — In addition, using the link in that module, read the website “Quoting and Paraphrasing and How to Avoid Plagiarism (Copying).” — Answer the following three questions (A and B and C), below:
— (A)  According to the module this week in Canvas, “How to Avoid Plagiarism,” what are 2 possible results of loss, legally or financially, which could happen, if a person commits plagiarism (copying someone else’s work and presenting it as their own) in the workplace (in their job or career)?  (And obviously these potential results are in addition to the loss of their own personal integrity, or values of morality).
— (B)  After going to the module on plagiarism for this week, click on the link, “Quoting and Paraphrasing and How to Avoid Plagiarism (Copying).” Then look on that website, and scroll down to the 2nd main heading called “How to Avoid Plagiarism,” and list the 2 main categories of what must be documented (cited) when writing a paper. Hints:  “specific” what?  and  “information” and what? List the 2 complete phrases for what must be documented (and when they say “documented,” they mean cited, or using a citation). (There is a typo on that website, but you will still be able to use the information there to answer the question above for your 2 examples.)
— (C)  Scroll further down on the website, “Quoting and Paraphrasing and How to Avoid Plagiarism (Copying),” to get to the section called “Successful vs. unsuccessful paraphrases.”  (To paraphrase means to put into your own words.) Then read the material there to understand the difference between “Word-for-Word Plagiarism,” and “A Patchwork Paraphrase,” and “A Legitimate Paraphrase.” — Briefly answer this question: — Why is it wrong and a violation of academic integrity, to do “Word-for-Word Plagiarism”? and “A Patchwork Paraphrase”?  In your answer, also explain why both of these are considered to be plagiarism (copying). In other words, provide a reason for why each of these is considered to be plagiarism, or copying.
THE FIRST FILE IS FOR NUMBER ONE AND SECOND IS FOR NUMBER 2.
This one is for number 3