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    History Grade 11 NSC - Five 80 minute lessons per week In Grade 11 the History mark is comprised of Oral Work (Class Work‚ Projects and Assignments) 40% and Written work (2 or 3 tests per half year) 60% 1. Term Topic: Communism in Russia 1900 to 1940 - What is communism? - The February and October revolutions of 1917: Political‚ economic and social causes Mass participation of workers and peasants Trotsky’s role The influence on Lenin’s revolutionary theory - The civil war and war communism - Lenin

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    Penny

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    Penny Leventis Period 4 Decades project report 15 March 2012 Styles of the 1940s One of the most iconic eras for fashion was the 1940s. This decade combined practicality with simple and timeless elegance. However not much focus was on fashion during the forties due to World War II‚ which took place from 1939 to1945. The war brought hardship and lack of supplies such as fabrics. However after the war‚ style seemed to emerge once more. Due to the increase in population

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    The Bluest Eye

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    relates to culture and beauty. The setting takes place in the 1940’s where beauty depended on the wealth and physical traits of an individual. As a character of dark color‚ Pecola grasps onto the white standard of beauty thinking that if she had blue eyes like them she would be accepted and loved. The theme of The Bluest Eye relates to racial discrimination against African-Americans being beautiful. The setting takes place in the 1940’s where beauty depended on the wealth and physical traits of

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    Cinema as a Language

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    values were carried over from the silent film to the sound film. However‚ the more important issue is to contrast certain styles and different concepts of cinematographic expression. According to Bazin‚ in the cinema between the years 1920 and 1940‚ there was two opposite trend; directors who followed the path of the “image”‚ and the directors who followed “reality” in their films. Image in here means everything represented on the screen is attributed to the object that is represented. Image

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    Evolution in Media

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    Second World War and how it started taking shape? (late 1940’s) The 1940s were dominated by World War II This was as true for the media as it was for other areas of American life. Till 1946‚ newspapers and radio concentrated their coverage on the war. Military Media At the scenes of conflict‚ the men and women in uniform were kept informed by thousands of military newspapers‚ the most important being Stars and Stripes. Radio in the 1940s Radio showed its importance in the nearly instant

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    Roosevelt Vs Leuchtenburg

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1940. by William E. Leuchtenburg. Harper & Row‚ 1963. The Great Depression created a political landscape in the United States that demanded bold action‚ calling forth people ready and willing to challenge the conventional establishment and allowing them to thrive. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the prime example of how adversity creates a forging ground were dynamic individuals shape history. In his book Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

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    pakistan history

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    Muslim League in 1906‚ followed by the vision of Sir Mohammad Iqbal of a homeland for the Muslims floated in 1930‚ on to the Pakistan Resolution of 1940‚ and the League gaining strength to strength to finally attaining a separate homeland for the Muslims of India. He presented the two-nation theory in the now famous Lahore Resolution in March 1940‚ seeking a separate Muslim state The idea of a separate state had first been introduced by Allama Iqbal in his speech in December 1930 as the President

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    manipulate the children into having absolute loyalty toward the party. They teach the children to be emotionless and submissive‚ and even go as far as telling young adults that they should only have sex as a duty to make more children for the party. In the 1940s‚ Hitler and Stalin both had a huge focus on children. They both were taught in schools to be great leaders‚ and both taught children to be dutiful spies. Like in the book‚ Hitler had a league for children called the Youth League. 1984 suggests that

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    Battle of Calabria

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    BATTLE OF CALABRIA (BATTLE OF PUNTA STILO) - 1940 INTRODUCTION 1. In the history‚ the Struggle for the Middle Sea describes the naval war fought in the Mediterranean and Red Sea with five great navies that participated: a. Great Britain’s Royal Navy. b. Italy’s Regia Marina. c. France’s Marine Nationale. d. United States Navy. e. German Kriegsmarine. 2. It examines the national essential that made the Mediterranean such a vital theater for each of these powers and

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    Adnu

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    Philippines | Established | 1940 | Type | Private]]‚ Jesuit University | Endowment | PhP 42.4 M | President | Fr. Joel E. Tabora‚ S.J. | Location | Naga City‚ Camarines Sur‚ Philippines | Hymn | Ateneo Marching Song | Colors | Blue and gold | Nickname | Golden Knights | Website | www.adnu.edu.ph | | | Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU) or (AdeNU) is a private university in Naga City run by the Society of Jesus. Established in 1940‚ AdNU has been accredited by

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