Assignment:
Answer Questions 1-5
1. "The Enslaved and the Free"
Please respond to the following questions: (Note: Please respond to the following in at least 175 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment (at least five sentences) to one [1] of your classmates. Make sure to provide examples that will expand your classmate's response. Do NOT attach responses to the thread.
In responding to this week's questions students need to keep in mind that these are "mini essays" more than "discussions". This is the only opportunity that students will have to demonstrate their command of the topics under discussion, so every student should make these responses count. This applies to the classmate response as well.
• From the second e-Activity and this week's readings, examine the impact of free black communities in the North and the South on the freedom movements during the ante bellum period. Interpret the manner in which free black people maneuvered in a world where their status as "free" was tenuous at best, especially for those black communities that thrived in the South. In your classmate response, illustrate the manner in which these free black communities operated in terms of family and social organizations and connected the inhabitants back to their West African roots.
2. Retail Marketing Strategy" Please respond to the following:
• Go to the Build-A-Bear website and examine its store-based strategy mix. Reread the information regarding the company of the textbook. Watch the video Infusion Worked with Build-A-Bear Workshop for Their Newly Imagined Store.
o Examine the wheel of retailing and how it applies to the Build-A-Bear experience. Determine the manner in which you would apply it to the Build-A-Bear retail store to address the company's marketing strategy.
o Address the other areas of the retail marketing mix that could be used to increase customer satisfaction and generate higher sales.
3. "Consumer Behavior Blog Post-What is your VALS personality type?" Please respond to the following:
• Go to the Strategic Business Insights' Website and take the U.S. VALS survey, from here. Discuss your experience taking the VALS survey and describe your results. Decide whether you agree or disagree with the results, and justify your reasoning.
• Your blog entry should be approximately two to three (2 to 3) paragraphs in length. Additionally, be sure to respond to the blog entries created by two (2) of your peers.
4. "Sensors" Please respond to the following:
• Based on the reading from, briefly summarize three (3) implications, benefits, or negative aspects that you believe will impact society in a future digital world where sensors are abundant and cheap.
• Name three (3) sensors in your phone, which you are most reliant upon, and then explain two (2) abilities this technology allows you to accomplish. Next, state two (2) technology capabilities that you believe would benefit you if placed into your smart phone; then, propose two (2) benefits these capabilities would offer you.
• Read the article titled "Facebook to Acquire Oculus", found at; then, provide a response where you predict what you believe this future experience on Facebook with virtual reality might look like. In your response, be sure to talk about positive and negative implications of using virtual reality within Facebook.
• Update: FB does own Occulus, read some of the newer articles about this.
• How has FB Live and the use of VR impacted our society?
5. Writing is an essential skill that will help you in many aspects of school and life. However, you don't have to struggle through writing alone if you're not comfortable with it. For this week's discussion, answer the following questions in one or two paragraphs:
• How confident are you in your ability to write, both for school and in a professional setting?
• What is your plan for getting help with your writing if you need it?
• Provide meaningful feedback to one of your peers.
• Each paragraph should have 5-7 sentences and be grammatically correct