Anika A. 2012 Inquiry: What was so significant about these 3 inventions? —How were they discovered? —What were they commonly used for? —What substantial impacts have they each had? 3 Significant Inventions Gunpowder‚ printing‚ and the magnetic compass: 3 significant inventions‚ all either invented‚ or first used‚ in ancient China. 17th century English philosopher‚ Sir Francis Bacon‚ described these innovations as 3 inventions which “changed the world”. The practical use of gunpowder‚ magnetic
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pediatrician‚ books became such an influence in his life that he is now a writer. Now he visits young Indian children on the reservation‚ who are reading and writing and “trying to save their lives” (Alexie 6). In the short story‚ Daughter of Invention‚ the author Julia Alvarez also uses books and writing to help her succeed and “save her life”. When her family comes to America‚ she does very well in school‚ and she is asked to write a speech for a school assembly. When she is finally able to write
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a remarkably versatile and humble man who in 1891 invented a game that is now played by more people than any game in the world (Encyclopedia‚ Britannica 2012). James Naismith is best known for the invention of the game we call “basketball.” While Naismith did not benefit financially from his invention‚ he was afforded a glimpse of the game’s potential appeal in 1936 when he attended the Berlin Olympics‚ where basketball was played as a medal sport for the first time (McPhee‚ John 2009). He created
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CATCH ME‚ I CAUGHT It was Friday morning on Januari 2010. I was in the third grade of senior high school. I studied in Bekasi 1 Senior High School or as known as Smansasi‚ well-known with very strict rules. Learning activities began at seven‚ which no students could pass through the gates even though only one minute late. My day started with heavy rain. As usual‚ i waited for my friend to pick me up. It was ten minutes to seven in the morning. I was worried‚ i was sure that i and my friend would
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Since the 1930’s the face of welfare has been shaped multiple times with many different types of reforms. These reform were made in an attempt to reduce the number of people who depend on government assistance‚ and to help those people get back on their feet and
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Alfred King Timi Solesi Lilian Lam March 4‚ 2014 Dr.Hoban FYS: Transformational Technology Impact of Television Television is defined as a system that transmits visual and audio information for entertainment‚ education‚ or informative purposes. The goal of the television is still the same as today and most likely will not change in the near future. Although television was made with good intentions‚ it is obvious that with every good‚ comes the bad. Which evidently happened in the
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1930’s Fashion When the stock market crashed‚ most people did not continue to buy the fabulous 20s style clothes‚ people instead saved their money and also stopped buying accessories they continuously wore in the “Flapper” era. This devastating turn of events was called The Great Depression. Women’s skirts were altered and only went to the knee‚ not any lower. Plaid and striped clothing became a popular trend amongst men. The 1930s was more of a survival era other than a new fashionable
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People change and ways change every day. Imagine what could happen over a series of years. Let’s think back to America in the 1930’s. The white race would treat the negro race very poorly‚ there was lynching‚ false accusations of blacks‚ and public segregation. Many books about this time were written to show how racist the whites were to the blacks. Racism and segregation in the 1930’s was crueler than in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. Blacks and whites were kept separate in
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In the early 1930s‚ the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler was growing quite rapidly and gained a mass amount of political support. The party encouraged German pride and racism (mainly anti semitism). There was resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles and its terms also. The Great Depression started around the world‚ which had hyperinflation and a large unemployment rate. Hitler utilized this opportunity blame the Jewish people and used them as scapegoats. He condemned them for all of Germany’s faults
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In an article named “The american dream” it states about how a book written in 1931 stated that how the ways of the American dream in the 1930’s was “the dream was to have land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability‚ or achievement” (library of congress‚p.1‚s.1) A little bit about our history of the American dream is that‚ our founding fathers started a revolutionary idea that each person should be able to pursue their idea
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