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    Industrial Age to Knowledge Age YourFirstNameYourLastName University title ITEM 1: PART 1: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING: DRAWING ON THE ACTIVITIES AND REFLECTIONS The world is at the cusp of an information age. These changes have catapulted the industrial age into a knowledge age. This transition from the industrial to the knowledge age has come with its inherent challenges. This article

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    Middle Ages was the medieval era between 500-1400 AD. Many literary‚ artistic‚ and architectural advances occurred. Many labels could be used to describe the era; for example the Dark AgesAge of Faith‚ and Golden Age are common. The Dark Ages suggests that there is ignorance and barbarism. The Age of Faith suggests people are faithful and loyal to God and any churches. Staying devoted to God helped people have hope that better times were ahead after suffering through the Dark Ages. A Golden Age is

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    FBI case in 1964. MIBURN is short for “Mississippi Burning” which is also the title of the director Alan Parker’s movie from 1988. The movie is occupied with the occurrences from the original FBI case and gives us a general view of what was happening. However‚ that might not be as true as we think it is. According to “The Guardian” the movie is not very political and historically correct. Actually‚ the writer of the article’s exact words was: “The Mississippi burning is written‚ acted and filmed with

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    The first thing you should know regarding coming out of the closet is that it is a process. My name is Ian Gunn and I have been an LGBT+ advocate for over 3 years now. Through my Instagram (@iangncl)‚ I have helped over 500+ individuals from all over the world regarding life and acceptance issues. Coming out of the closet‚ although it is a strange metaphor‚ is a very real process that is not for everyone. I say this because depending on the circumstances‚ which I’m about to highlight‚ are different

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    Mark Miller Dr. Martin Lecker PDA 110 18 October 2010 Coming to America I am from German decent; I was born and raised in America a land made up of different creeds and races. This diversity is what makes us a superpower. Although‚ it seems that all new immigrants‚ do get the jobs nobody else wants. Our country is still a land of opportunity regardless of whom or where you came from. Any person with good work ethics and a little luck will succeed in what they do. I have chosen

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    The Gilded Age was known as America’s golden age‚ where manufacturing‚ industry and urbanization were at it’s prime‚ where Business Tycoons held the market in their hands with large monopolies. There is much debate over whether or not these industrial leaders are Robert Barons‚ as in they used people for their own gain‚ or Philanthropists‚ as they helped others and the greater good. Some might argue that these people cheated their way to the top to amass great wealth‚ with no regard to the people

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    affected people lived in Arkansas‚ Mississippi‚ Louisiana‚ and almost all of the Mississippi Delta. Over 2 hundred-thousand African Americans along the Mississippi River had been forced to move to relief camps. This was a cause that hardly impacted the Great Migration from the South to the North. Many cities and small communities built artificial levees ranging in height from four to six feet. Even many rural areas took protection. Much of the banking of the Mississippi River had a sort of levee to help

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    ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. The decision of leaving my home country‚ Egypt‚ at the age of 11‚ and coming to the U.S. definitely marks the start of that one single step- education. I knew that coming to the U.S. was a great opportunity for me to get a better education and thus a better future in my career. Even though I was very happy and excited‚ it was also a very challenging step in my life. Coming only with my father and my brother while leaving my mother and my two sisters back in Egypt

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    Book Review: Tom Boellstorff Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human Boellstorff questioned whether it was possible for a virtual world to be subject to the same ethnographic techniques and analyses as locations and communities are in the real world. As a leading ethnographer studying gay and transgendered cultures in Indonesia‚ Boellstorff brings a significant amount of experience and expertise to this field of work. He proposed the question – was it possible

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    The history of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians between the 19th and 20th century was no different than any other Indian tribe located east of the Mississippi River. They were treated poorly by the government‚ lived in poverty‚ were scantily educated‚ and many were forced to relocate from their homelands in Mississippi to the Oklahoma Indian territory. But because of the hard work of one Indian Chief‚ Chief Phillip Martin‚ the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians now flourishes. Economic

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