This plan that has been created to increase the level of history education in the United States sounds good. Both books that have been picked out for discussion are excellent choices that describe the history of the United States. In a reading group type of environment‚ there can many factors that interest the readers. It can all come down to the font of the text or something as simple as the front cover. Based on what the books have to offer though‚ my recommendation takes into account both parties
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Chapter One: I am a bit angered by the driving statement in this chapter‚ which is that the atrocities of the past are quietly accepted for the sake of progress. Howard Zinn uses the instances of Columbus’ first arrival to the West Indies and the eventual mass genocide that took place as an example of this very statement. Another example of such an injustice is the invasion of the British into North America and the Spaniards into South America. Other information released in this chapter is the
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The African-American Journey The history of African Americans is‚ to a significant degree‚ the history of the United States. Black people accompanied the first explorers‚ and a black man was among the first to die in the American Revolution. The United States‚ with more than 38 million Blacks‚ has the eighth-largest Black population in the world. Despite the large number‚ Blacks in this country have had almost no role in major national and political decisions and have been allowed only a peripheral
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child behavior and the away the child is treated while growing up he goes into detail about the way the parents treat the child‚ If he was beaten a lot‚ sexually abused‚ or if he was just not loved enough. He explains how other people may treat them as well as in school or people he knows closely. Whether they were poor or rich‚ if they were into criminal activity at a young age. If he was mistreated in these ways the author shows that there is a high probability that that may have been one of the factors
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Chapter 4 In Howard Zinn’s book‚ Passionate Declaration: Essays on War and Justice‚ I read chapter four titled “The Use and Abuse of History.” Zinn in this chapter discusses how history is used and abused. Many in society today only tell “impartial history‚” meaning we leave parts of history out to make a certain group or event stick out. History in the United States of America is swayed always to make us look like the good ones. We are a biased country and the government will do anything to censor
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best I have ever seen." Thesis Statement * Every essay‚ even a descriptive one‚ should contain a thesis statement‚ which summarizes your argument‚ whatever that may be. It should be contained somewhere in your introduction‚ and usually at the end. In particular‚ if you begin your essay with some startling impressions‚ your thesis statement should clarify what your essay is about and show how you will approach the subject. In the fireworks example‚ a good thesis statement could read‚ "The fireworks
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After the creation of the United States Constitution‚ the major rules and regulation that now defend the rights of the people and the land have perpetually changed. The major changes to the laws that are provided for the people and their government have occurred in hopes to be fair and just. Unfortunately‚ there are at least two sides to each argument that debate the civility of the laws. One side may say that changing the given law will benefit the people‚ while the other side may believe that it
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The Thesis Statement This is not an exhaustive list of bad thesis statements‚ but here’re five kinds of problems I’ve seen most often. Notice that the last two‚ #4 and #5‚ are not necessarily incorrect or illegitimate thesis statements‚ but‚ rather‚ inappropriate for the purposes of this course. They may be useful forms for papers on different topics in other courses. 1. The non-thesis thesis. A thesis takes a position on an issue. It is different from a topic sentence in that a
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document did a better job of fulfilling the ideals of the American Revolution: the Articles of Confederation or the United States Constitution? The United States Constitution better represented and fulfilled the ideals of the American Revolution then the Articles of Confederation. Democracy and rights were all earned in the Revolutionary war and were enforced by the United States Constitution. Freedom is given to all free citizens in the country through the Bill of Rights. Government is divided
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The American playwright and social activist Howard Zinn once wrote‚ “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Over the course of his life‚ Zinn authored many novels and attended numerous rallies in support of peaceful resistance‚ spreading the message of the freedoms that we as citizens of the United States of America hold – the rights to free speech‚ press‚ and religion‚ to name a few. It is his ideas regarding civil disobedience and his concept
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