See the detailed Historical Reflection directions for information about requirements and scoring rubric. For Part I, identify and explain three significant statements, or “gold nuggets” from this week’s historical sources. For Part II, prepare a three-paragraph response to this key question:Based upon the evidence examined this week, did WW II unleash permanent liberating changes for women, or did the post-war period bring about a loss of war-time gains and opportunities? Consider our nation’s diverse population of women as you develop a three-paragraph response

Self-Awareness and the Helping ProcessHuman service professionals who value a multicultural perspective in their work with individuals, families, and groups require not only the knowledge and skills of the helping process but also the ability for self-awareness. This awareness will provide professionals with the ability to recognize their personal characteristics, values, and beliefs that may interfere or enhance the helping process.Assignment DirectionsFor this assignment you are asked to build upon the Unit 2 Assignment and delve deeper into how your cultural roots may have some influence on your thinking about the helping process.Please be sure to address all of the following in your assignment:Describe the helping process. What do you personally think it means to help?For the questions below, be sure to make connections in your writing as to the role your life experiences and beliefs play into the work you will do with diverse clients.How might your cultural roots influence your thinking about the helping process?How might your beliefs influence the suggestions you make to clients?How do your beliefs lay the groundwork for the strategies from which you will draw in working with diverse individuals, families, and groups?Focusing on the stages of the helping process as described in the text, what do you consider to be the most important tasks of a human service professional in each of the different stages?Describe some of the challenges that you might experience as a helper in each of the stages.Reflect on any biases or prejudices (i.e., hot buttons) that might interfere with your learning to become an effective helper.What types of client and client issues will be the most difficult for you to work with, and why?What type(s) of client(s) will you be most drawn to work with, and why?Describe how you may recognize challenges in your work and what can you do to work on those areas that are limitations.Your assignment should be a 3–4-page expository essay, not including the title and reference pages.Include a minimum of three scholarly or academic sources to support your responses and conclusions.

Week #3 Outline Read: Chapter 2: Claims Chapter 3: Support Chapter 13, Section 6: Integrating Sources Discussion board prompt: After reading “A Community of Cars” by Ryan Brown in Chapter 2, complete and answer the following activities/questions below:Categorize the following claims from Brown’s essay as fact, value, or policy, and explain how you determined the category of each:“[W]henever I see those shelves towering up from the gleaming linoleum floors towards the blinding lights far above I am struck with the thought that eight brands of canned peas are paltry recompense for the loss of the character in that old wood floor.”“[I]n a society built around cars, not the people who drive them, we seem willing to sacrifice community for convenience.”“The greetings and brief, friendly conversations we used to have when passing an acquaintance while walking have been replaced with honks of a car horn.”“New Urbanism and other social reform movements promise to bring back the days of centralized, walkable communities, incorporating features such as wide sidewalks and narrow streets, neighborhood stores and schools.”“Perhaps we as a society need to take a step back from our highway-paced lives and slow things down to a gentle stroll.”After reading Chapter 13, read “A Nation Made of Poetry” by Joannie Fischer in Chapter 15 of the textbook. After reading Fischer’s essay, respond to the questions focused on support:What basic assumption or shared value is at the root of Fischer’s argument?What is Fischer’s main claim? Is it a claim of fact or value?How does Fischer’s argument rely on shared values? Point to specific passages to support your answer.What information operates as support in Fischer’s essay? Using the four criteria of evaluation from the video in Week 2, evaluate Fischer’s use of support. Noodle Tools: Review the Noodle Tools tutorial and create a Noodle Tools account to help manage research and citations