In this piece‚ novelist and journalist Jack London offers an extraordinary first-person account of the fiery aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. London’s report originally appeared in Collier’s Weekly‚ May 5‚ 1906. After you have finished reading London’s narrative (a classic example of creative nonfiction)‚ visit our Reading Quiz on "The San Francisco Earthquake." And then compare London’s account of the disaster with the one offered by William James in his essay "On Some Mental
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The 1906 general election is often referred to as the ‘liberal landslide’‚ but the success of the liberal party was arguably due more to conservative mistakes than what they offered new politically. A number of key conservative policies (all highly played out in the national press) all played a part in the reversal of almost 20 years of tory rule in the 1906 election. The conservative leader at the time AJ Balfour was considered a poor public speaker as was considered out-of-touch with many of
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I know nothing of the business of ruling.” Even though Nicholas was heir to the throne his father‚ Alexander III had not prepared him for the Tsardom of Russia; he was in no way ready to rule. Once in charge‚ Nicholas met Alexandra Feodorovna (Princess Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix of Hesse and by Rhine) and in 1894 the two were married at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace. Even though Nicholas II was hardworking‚ he was an introverted‚ deeply religious‚ and solitary man; during his reign
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The rapid industrialization of the United States created a myriad of social‚ political‚ and economic crises that affected virtually every aspect of American life. Progressivism was America’s response to the nation’s rapid economic and social changes that were plaguing American’s on every level. The efforts of progressive reformers resulted in a more efficient nation as a whole and many progressive laws are still in practice today which emphasizes the success of the movement. Americans were
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in Cuba was a total failure. To what extent do you agree with this statement? It is often said that the containment policy during the Cuban missile crisis was a success on America’s part‚ but was it really? America lost a loyal ally‚ almost caused a nuclear war and Cuba still stayed communist. America had to promise never interfere with Cuba again‚ and hence‚ America would not be able to regain any control or get rid of Castro as it had set out to do before the crisis. Containment was an American
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Most students question why we have to go to school and take liberal arts courses that do not necessarily prepare us for our field. When we ask our professors or teachers‚ they tell us it is because we should learn to be “well rounded” students. This is not enough to convince many. Students do not have a real understanding of why liberal arts education is helpful so they do not see the need to learn it. Many students only memorize the facts to pass the tests they have to take and then forget it because
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ART OF QUESTIONING * one of the basic skills of good teaching * Erickson: In exercising the craft of good teaching‚ an educator must reach into the learner’s hidden levels of knowing and awareness in order to help the learner reach new levels of thinking * Through the art of thoughtful questioning teachers can extract not only factual information‚ but aid learners in connecting concepts‚ making inferences‚ increasing awareness‚ encouraging creative and imaginative thought‚ aiding critical
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Church? There are many different churches in America that say to be “Christian” and all claim to be the church that Jesus built‚ or say they are a part of it. We need to go back to the bible and see what it tells us (Christians and non-believers) about the church. The church is “an assembly” or “called out ones but to me it is the people that make up the church. It isn’t as people think and say today that it is a building; also to me it means a place of tongues and worship. The church (which comes
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the United States after the Civil War could have been determined successful or un-successful depending on how you look at the situation. For example‚ if you look at the Reconstruction Era in terms of slavery and rights‚ then I argue the said time era was successful. Because the results that followed after the Reconstruction era produced the “Reconstruction” Amendments. The 13th Amendment established the abolishment of slavery in the United States. In addition‚ the 14th Amendment granted US citizen rights
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from a main country‚ usually because they no longer identify with the main body they are attached/part of. As a result‚ they feel isolated and excluded from the main body and wish to no longer be a part of it‚ which can often result in peaceful separation from that body‚ however it is sometimes very violent and may bring about more negatives than positives. Separatism is often the result of certain needs or reasons that the majority of a population in one area agree with‚ these reasons include
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