The ancient cultures that survived, flourished, and left us their art

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The Discussion QuestionsThe ancient cultures that survived, flourished, and left us their art depended on a solid base of agriculture.
Why was agriculture and farming such a central element of art?
How could a hunting culture that was always on the move, looking for food, create art?
The Teachers Side InstructionsI would like you to answer the given discussion question by thinking about the differences between artifacts
created in a nomadic society versus the artifacts created in a permanent society. Permanent in this case
means that the people no longer needed to search for food to survive. They had learned to farm and could stay
put in one place.
You might look at modern-day nomadic people. What art and artifacts do they make, versus those of us that
live in one place most of the time? Here is a website to see modern-day nomadic people:
https://matadornetwork.com/read/global-nomadic-communities/
Please DO NOT try to tell me that farming is an art form. I grew up on a farm, and I know first hand that farming
is an industry, not an art. Art has a different purpose than farming. Also, try to move past the idea of farms as
the subject matter within an art form. DO try to consider how life was fundamentally different between
hunter/gatherers and farmers, and how those differences showed up in their arts and artifacts.
Here is another way to think about this, the development of farming (agriculture) in the history of humankind
created unthought-of ramifications. Society changed. It’s that change I want you to think about.

Name: ____________________________ Team # _________________
LS 3323
Summer 2020

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1
Instructions:
• Answer the following 5 questions in a separate document as a Team. Each Team will submit only one document via Canvas.
• Each answer should be 3-7 sentences, typed, single-spaced, 12-point font, 1”margins.
• Put the names of each Team Member and Team # on each page of your answer sheets.
• Worth up to 25 points.
• Due July 13, by 10:30 a.m. via Canvas. Each team should be prepared to talk about their answers on the 13th .
Questions 1-3: While on vacation at a beach resort, Ronald placed his fifteen-month-old son in a playpen then left the room for a few minutes. When he returned, the child was lifeless. Ronald called 911, but efforts to revive his son failed. An examination revealed that a toy block had lodged in the boy’s throat, causing him to choke. The block was part of a play set manufactured by Funtime Toys. There was no warning on the box containing the toy blocks stating that it posed a choking hazard. Ronald sues Funtime Toys for $1,000,000 for the wrongful death of his son, alleging that the company was negligent for failing to warn of the choking hazard. Funtime Toys files a motion for summary judgment, claiming that the danger of a young child choking on a small block was obvious and no warning was necessary.

  1. Funtime Toys is incorporated in New York and has its corporate headquarters there. Ronald is a resident of Maine. His child’s choking death occurred in Florida. What courts would be proper places for Ronald to file his lawsuit? What factors make each court a proper place for the case to be heard?
  2. Ronald’s attorney wants to know how many toy block play sets Funtime Toys sold during the three years prior to the choking death of Ronald’s son. Name and describe two discovery tools the attorney might use to obtain this information from Funtime Toys. Why is each a good option for obtaining the sales figures?
  3. Assume that Ronald’s child had the block in his mouth when Ronald returned to the room, but he did not choke on it. Could Ronald still sue Funtime Toys for failure to warn about the choking hazard? Explain your answer.
    Watch the linked video from The Simpsons prior to answering Questions 4-5: https://youtu.be/U6Rbs9mKDl8
  4. You are the attorney for the Flanders’ family. Discuss how the Flanders’ could assert a negligence claim for Maude’s death against (a) Homer Simpson; and (b) the Springfield Motor Speedway (assume the cheerleaders are employees of the Speedway – meaning the cheerleaders’ actions are also the actions of the Speedway). Use the elements of negligence to set out your case against each potential tortfeasor.
  5. (a). Now, you represent the Springfield Motor Speedway. What potential defense(s) could the Speedway assert against the Flanders’ claim?
    (b). Same question, but from Homer’s perspective.

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