Civics Homework Outline 1 I. Jamestown – The House of Burgesses A. The first permanent English settlement‚ Jamestown‚ was founded in 1607 near the Chesapeake Bay and James River. It was founded because the Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists needed to find a place to settle‚ so they sailed up the James River and found a spot to settle. B. The colonists made a decision to grow tobacco. This changed Jamestown
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The images are haunting‚ fathers and mothers grieving as they bury their sons and daughters because of gang violence. Mourning relatives at funerals and candlelight community vigils fill our television screens and newspaper front pages. Gang violence in America is once again on the rise. Nationwide gang homicides are up an alarming 50 percent since 1999. Serious violent criminals need to be arrested‚ convicted and locked up. But in order to curb gang violence we must find ways to intervene and offer
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A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum K a r l a G o t t l i e b and G a i l R o b i n s o n ‚ Editors A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum Edited by Karla Gottlieb and Gail Robinson Community College Press ® a division of the American Association of Community Colleges Washington‚ D.C. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community
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Civic sense‚ or rather the lack of it‚ is a topic that has been widely discussed and argued in India. Somehow‚ most Indians do not care much for civic sense. And this attitude is prevalent across all sections of society. People today are so driven towards their personal goals that civic sense as an ethic has become a low priority‚ almost a nuisance. But this attitude could be harmful for India in the long run. Civic sense has dropped to an all-time low in recent years‚ as is rather obvious from
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not so common. In the context of India‚ we can add one more sentence – civic sense is not so common here. Though we live in a civil society‚ education standards are lot better than the third world country and we are an emerging world power. Even then‚ when it comes to civic sense‚ we fare very poorly. Before moving to other aspects related to civic sense it is better to first understand this term. What is Civic Sense Civic sense is nothing but a common sense in general. It means that that our
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HISTORY STUDYGUIDE OoOoOoH CONSTITUTION: Federalism: The division of powers between state and federal government Checks and Balances: The system of checks and balances gives each branch of government a way to limit the powers of the other two branches Seperation of Powers: The separation between The Executive‚ Judicial‚ and Legislative branches The Executive Branch - The Presidency which runs government and requests new laws The Legislature - split into the House of Representatives
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Text i les Excise duty on readymade Garments fur ther reduced: Excise duty of 10% is appl icable to branded ready-made garments wi th abatement of 55% f rom the Retai l Sale Pr ice. Along wi th increase in duty to 12%‚ FM proposes to enhance the abatement to 70%. As resul t ‚ the incidence of duty as a percentage of the Retai l Sale Pr ice would come down f rom 4.5% to 3.6%. In terms of impact ‚ there would be marginal benef i t to text i le companies in the higher
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Many people know what the words Loyalty‚ Duty‚ Respect‚ Selfless Service‚ Honor‚ Integrity‚ and Personal Courage mean. But you don ’t see how much these words can affect people ’s lives as much as they do a soldier ’s life. As a soldier‚ I learned these values during basic combat training‚ and have since applied them to the way I live my life every day. These values are important to me because they create a guideline for me to follow. They help create goals for me to achieve and beliefs to adhere
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| 1. LEVY OF EXCISE DUTY The power to levy a duty of excise manufactured or produced in India derives its authority from entry 84 of the Union List (List I) of Seventh Schedule read with Article 246 of the Constitution of India. Thus‚ Central Excise is a tax on the ‘act of manufacture or production’. Section 3 of the Central Excise Act‚ 1944 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is the charging section‚ which specifies the conditions under which Excise Duty is leviable on all excisable
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"Convocation Address". The students of the Gurukula are given some key ideas on how they should live lives dedicated to their culture‚ consistent with what has been taught to them as the goal and way of life. More than Just Facts It must be the duty of the educationists to see that they impart to the growing generation not merely some factual knowledge or some wondrous theories but also ideals of pure living‚
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