History Day ideas Colonial Era • Salem Witch trials • The Stamp Act • “No taxation without representation” Revolutionary War Era • Thomas Paine • Thomas Jefferson • John Locke: right to rebellion • Adam Smith and Free Trade • Bill of Rights • Redcoats and patriots • John and Abigail Adams US to Civil War • Nat Turner’s Rebellion • Louisiana Purchase US Civil War • John Brown • Frederick Douglas
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Ashley Dargin-Article # 1 Pinker‚ S. (2002). The blank slate. Discover Magazine‚ 34-40. The Blank Slate This study was about our concepts of human nature affects every aspect of our lives‚ from the way we raise our children to the political movements we embrace. Pinker in the article states‚ “On one side is a militant denial of human nature‚ a conviction that the mind of a child is a blank slate that is subsequently inscribed by parents and society.” Then he goes to explain‚ the modern sciences
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What is success? Probably every human asked himself the questions what does success mean and what does it mean to be successful? But many people seek after success without realizing what does it is actually mean. Scientists believe that success means to achieve goals. Success is positive result‚ for example‚ public recognition of something or someone. Scientists from several U.S. universities conducted joint research came to an unexpected conclusion. It was found that natural talents and special
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Divergent is a word that seems close to meaning and even sounding like the word different. Anthem is described as call for help or for one’s belief. Both of these words are perfect matches for the stories they tell. The similarities don’t stop there‚ nor do the differences. The movie Divergent and the book Anthem almost run parallel with a lot of things but with others it is a big difference. The book Anthem focuses on breaking conformity while Divergent steers more towards accepting that you are
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Time of Mating. This is the time each spring when all the men older than twenty and all the women older than eighteen are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. And each of the men have one of the women assigned to them by the Council of Eugenics” (Anthem Ch. 2 Pg. 41). The people think they are doing a good thing by having kids and they believe it makes their lives easier to never know their kids. In reality the government it controlling them by breaking down the family bonds that are formed
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In his quest to prove the truth‚ Simon Wiesenthal goes on an incredible journey to find the arresting officer who took the Frank family from their attic hiding place. There was an outpouring of people who thought the Diary of Anne Frank was false propaganda written by the Jewish people. Simon’s quest began after a group of young students interrupted a performance of the play. He asked a student if he found concrete‚ inarguable proof in the form of the admittance by the arresting Gestapo officer‚
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Euthanasia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For mercy killings performed on animals‚ see Animal euthanasia. Part of a series on | Euthanasia | Types | Animal · Child · Voluntary Non-voluntary · Involuntary | Views | Religious (Buddhist · Catholic) | Groups | Dignitas · Dignity in Dying Exit International | People | Jack Kevorkian · Philip Nitschke | Books | Final Exit The Peaceful Pill Handbook | Jurisdictions | Australia · Canada India · Mexico Netherlands · New Zealand Switzerland ·
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appeal to the patriotism of the German people and repudiate the Jews. Unfair representation of Jews in posters and Nazi political media was wide spread. The Nazis and it’s compatriots published many books including beliefs of German nationalism‚ eugenics and antisemitism. Nazis captured this already existing ideas and put it in their own publications. Textbooks and teachings used in classrooms conformed to the ideas of the Nazi party at the time. The Nazis created many films that promoted their views
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When analyzing the ways in which the Cold War manifested itself in the American psyche throughout the post-war period‚ the need to maintain order at stability at home are central. Beginning after WWII‚ Americans looked for a “return to normalcy” to cope with the losses of wartime; the results were magnificent—large economic boom following a short recession‚ massive consumer revolution‚ and advances in science‚ health‚ and technology. Together‚ this created an overall wave of optimism that provided
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The Dangers of Race-Based Medicine An analysis of new drug therapies specifically targeted towards African American populations with hypertension I. Introduction to Contemporary Race-Based Therapeutics On November 11th‚ 2004‚ NitroMed‚ a Massachusetts based pharmaceutical company published a study on the effects of a new drug called BiDil in treating heart failure among African Americans in the New England Journal of Medicine (Taylor 2049). Since announcing the study‚ NitroMed’s research has
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