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In the CASE Approach, Step 1 focuses on:

What is the main idea the author conveys about Aloe Vera?A. Aloe Vera is mainly used in gardening.B. Aloe Vera can cure all illnesses naturally.C. Aloe Vera has multiple health benefits, both external and internal.D. Aloe Vera should only be used under medical supervision.

The decision to relegate certain issues to the back burner in political discussions can have what consequence?a) The issues may receive even more attention, as they are considered less important.b) It may reflect a strategic decision to focus on more urgent matters, but risks ignoring long-term impacts.c) The issues are likely to be resolved more quickly, as no one is discussing them.d) The issues are likely to be fully resolved without intervention.  

True or False: Using subtle language in diplomacy can be an effective way of addressing sensitive matters without causing offense or escalation.

I am afraid, and yet I’ll venture it. –Shak.(………….). If you decide to venture, you are frightened.

The essay suggests that despite technological and medical advancements, stress levels remain high because:a) People are genetically predisposed to stress, and progress cannot change thisb) New challenges arise from progress, such as economic instability and work-life imbalancec) Modern life provides fewer choices and less autonomyd) Humans naturally prefer traditional lifestyles over modern conveniences

Bellicose and belligerent both describe aggressive and warlike behavior. 

Identify the author’s topic. Passage B: What had been a trickle in the 1820s–some 128,502 foreigners came to U.S. shores during that decade-became a torrent in the 1850s, with more than 2.8 million migrants to the United States. Although families and single women emigrated, the majority of the newcomers were young European men of working age. This vast movement of people, which began in the 1840s and continued throughout the nineteenth century, resulted from Europe’s population explosion and the new farming and industrial practices that undermined or ended traditional means of livelihood. Poverty and the lack of opportunity heightened the appeal of leaving home. As one Scottish woman wrote to an American friend in 1847, “We cannot make it better here. All that we can do is if you can give us any encouragement is to immigrate to your country.” Famine uprooted the largest group of immigrants: the Irish. In 1845, a terrible blight attacked and destroyed the potato crop, the staple of the Irish diet. Years of devastating hunger followed. One million Irish starved to death between 1841 and 1851; another million and a half emigrated. Although not all came to the United States, those who did arrived almost penniless in eastern port cities without the skills needed for good jobs. With only their raw labor to sell, employers, as one observer noted, “will engage Paddy as they would a dray horse.” Yet, limited as their opportunities were, immigrants saved money to send home to help their families or to pay for their passage to the United States. German immigrants, the second largest group of newcomers during this period (1,361,506 arrived between 1840 and 1859), were not facing such drastic conditions. But as Henry 8rokmeyer observed, “Hunger brought me … here, and hunger is the cause of European immigration to this country.”   –Gary 8. Nash et al., The American People, 6th ed., vol. 

Please refer to your textbook, re-read the essay entitled “The Paradox of Progress” on p. 417-20, annotate the text as discussed in class, and next answer the following questions. What is the topic of the reading selection?

Identify the author’s main idea. Passage B: What had been a trickle in the 1820s–some 128,502 foreigners came to U.S. shores during that decade-became a torrent in the 1850s, with more than 2.8 million migrants to the United States. Although families and single women emigrated, the majority of the newcomers were young European men of working age. This vast movement of people, which began in the 1840s and continued throughout the nineteenth century, resulted from Europe’s population explosion and the new farming and industrial practices that undermined or ended traditional means of livelihood. Poverty and the lack of opportunity heightened the appeal of leaving home. As one Scottish woman wrote to an American friend in 1847, “We cannot make it better here. All that we can do is if you can give us any encouragement is to immigrate to your country.” Famine uprooted the largest group of immigrants: the Irish. In 1845, a terrible blight attacked and destroyed the potato crop, the staple of the Irish diet. Years of devastating hunger followed. One million Irish starved to death between 1841 and 1851; another million and a half emigrated. Although not all came to the United States, those who did arrived almost penniless in eastern port cities without the skills needed for good jobs. With only their raw labor to sell, employers, as one observer noted, “will engage Paddy as they would a dray horse.” Yet, limited as their opportunities were, immigrants saved money to send home to help their families or to pay for their passage to the United States. German immigrants, the second largest group of newcomers during this period (1,361,506 arrived between 1840 and 1859), were not facing such drastic conditions. But as Henry 8rokmeyer observed, “Hunger brought me … here, and hunger is the cause of European immigration to this country.”   –Gary 8. Nash et al., The American People, 6th ed., vol.