AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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display unit rather than doing the same under the blue sky while feeling the breeze through the greens brushing across his face‚ the importance of sports on the field can hardly be exaggerated. The limitations of classroom teaching were felt in the 20th century by Tagore when he decided that true learning could take place in the shade of the trees rather than the suffocating surroundings of the claustrophobic classrooms. Perhaps the same idea echoed the minds of the Vedic rishis when the upanishadic pattern
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Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: A New Century Complete this teacher-scored portion of the Unit Test and submit it to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (20 points) |Score | | | 1. Yale University professor William Graham Sumner was an advocate of social Darwinism. Sumner said‚ “The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted‚ on the contrary‚ it is a necessary condition of many forms of social advance…. Millionaires
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Crossword Puzzles: A Debatable Future Crossword puzzles have enjoyed over a century of success‚ but their place in society over the next century is in question. The crossword puzzle is an early 20th century game and it hasn’t changed much since then‚ which is a good thing‚ because people don’t want it to. However‚ the way it is promoted needs to be changed. Back when everybody read the newspaper‚ the crossword puzzle was easily accessible. Since the rise of the Internet‚ the readership of news publications
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in their palatial country estate and how the events that occurred throughout history affect their lives. A trademark of the series has always been its’ relatively sympathetic view of aristocratic and wealthy families and the class system during 20th century. The first episode in the second season of Downton Abbey eludes to that theme by presenting a storyline that features the effects that World War I has on everyone who lives and works at Downton. Also‚ as with most period pieces‚ romance and the
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Battle Royal The native Africans ’ heritage and way of life were forever altered by the white slave drivers who took them into captivity in the 18th century. Along with their freedom‚ slaves were also robbed of their culture and consequently their identities. They became property instead of people‚ leaving them at the hands of merciless slave owners. Their quest to reclaim their stolen identities was a long and difficult struggle‚ especially in the years following the Civil War and the subsequent
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The art of stereotypes "Stereotypes are the generalization of a person or group of people" (Grobman). Stereotypes have been around for centuries. During the late 20th century‚ stereotypes about Muslims increased in Hollywood movies considerably. They revolved around Muslim men who are all bearded‚ cold-blooded and enjoy hijacking airplanes. As for women‚ it is believed that they are odalisques and slaves who have no voice and are fully controlled by men. A film made by Alaa Eldin El Dajani called
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unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive." Florynce R. Kennedy‚ "Institutionalized Oppression vs. The Female‚" (1970). Florynce’s quote could apply to the oppression of women in Chinese culture just as well as the oppression of women in the 21st century. Over many years oppression against women for the sake of beauty has taken on many forms‚ be it foot binding in china‚ The wearing of neck rings in the Padaung tribe‚ or breast implants in modern culture. Women from each culture may choose these
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values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern. 2. a modern usage or characteristic. 3. a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles. Modern – adjective 1. of or pertaining to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life. 2. characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not
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In the modern world disease was a huge thing in the 20th century. There were many diseases that affected many people all around the world.many of them suffered or even died from it. Disease were very serious in the 20th century. The top main disease were HIVs‚ Malaria‚ Tuberculosis‚ Influenza‚ and SARS. One of the disease that started in the 20th century was HIV in the 1980s. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV was discovered by Luc Antoine Montagnier‚ a French virologist and joint
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