Topic #1 “COMMISSION OF INDEPENDENCE” THE COMMISSION OF INDEPENDENCE – For the purpose of studying all matters related to the negotiation and organization of the Independence of the Philippines. November 1918 – The Philippine Legislature created the “Commission of Independence”. The Commission of Independence was composed of 11 SENATORS and 40 CONGRESSMEN. The membership was expanded to include all the Philippine Legislature members regardless of the party affiliation. The most important undertaking
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modernity’s growing secularization of culture‚” and concluded that it needed a response. Schwartz points out that “Dawson’s views on totalitarianism molded his attitudes toward topics as diverse as fascism and communism‚ World War II‚ the welfare state‚ decolonization‚ America’s role in Western civilization‚ education‚ European unity‚ and religious
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Ethno–Racial Identity Configurations in American Narratives. Cross–Cultural Encounters Instructor: Dana Mihăilescu (dmihailes@yahoo.com) This course investigates different stances of ethno-racial identity configurations and cross-cultural encounters in American literature throughout time‚ focusing on the relations between collective and individual memory and trauma‚ mainstream and minority tensions‚ as well as ethno-racial and ethical dilemmas. The course looks at identity as a contextually based-fluid
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The Fog of War Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara was in so much as a great representation of the life of Robert S. McNamara. It showed his life to be dramatic and traumatic in many different ways. The lessons he learned and shared during the documentary movie were truly astounding to me. I personally thought the movie was a tad bit on the boring side‚ but it was a documentary after all. The Fog of War was a very informative piece of work. During Errol Morris ’s documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Eleven
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FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa (The Philippine Star) Updated December 27‚ 2009 12:00 AM A friend from schooldays asked me to comment on an article that appeared in the other newspaper recently: “If Rizal were alive‚ he’d visit his old Jesuit mentors here”. It was a categorical statement and did not reflect the controversy on his alleged retraction and how a former Jesuit teacher played an important part in persuading him to do so. It is said that this former Jesuit teacher had come carrying
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“Yes‚ many of us have lived in the direct darkness and shadows of the evil that was so evident in so many of those schools" (“A selection of quotes”‚ 2014). Indian residential schools is one of many scars that plague Canada’s colonial history. For the Indigenous community‚ the effects of residential schools did not end when the schools were shut down‚ but instead they leave a legacy of trauma and pain. Today‚ Indigenous people are still picking up the pieces of their culture as they struggle to make
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7/10 In Things Fall Apart(1958)‚ Achebe narrates relates what he believes to be The African Reality aimed at discrediting the African Myth generated (you sound sceptical ...“what he believes”‚ if you are not‚ remove the what he believes‚ if you are‚ substantiate with argument. by the Western canonical authors like Joseph Conrad and Joyce Cary(no caps required). The wrestling match is a symbol in the text which becomes extremely significant from this perspective. Not only does Achebe present a
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Ethnopolitical Conflict; (1945–2002) is imperative investigations of the In postcolonial social orders‚ multiculturalism is a chronicled issue adapted by provincial racial learning and state development from one viewpoint‚ and by the ethnic clashes of decolonization on the other. The truth and legacy of pilgrim bigotries in colonized social orders were not direct undertakings. Anthropological learning was significant for the development of provincial state organizations‚ where racial ethnography decided the
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The United Nations was first created during the World War II when‚ on January the 1st of 1941‚ representatives of 26 nations signed the Declaration by United Nations committing themselves to continue fighting against the Axis Powers. During 1945 in San Francisco‚ 50 representatives reunited at the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO) in order to formulate the United Nations Charter‚ this time delegates discussed over the proposals made by the representatives of the Soviet
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Strayer AP Practice Essay Prompts Chapter 1 and 2 1. Analyze the continuities and changes that resulted from the spread of agriculture beginning around 10‚000 years ago to 5000 years ago. 2. Compare the interaction between humans and the environment between two of the following types of societies between 3000 B.C.E. a. Hunter-gather b. Agricultural c. Pastoral Chapter 3 1. Analyze the continuities and changes in social and economic life that emerged as a result of the formation of city-states
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