my some of my own experience and reasoning that aligns with Newman’s article. First being that parental involvement effect on a kid’s academic achievement. In the article Newman talk about how “Sociologists at the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University assessed the effect of more than 60 kinds of parental involvement on achievement”. That despite age‚ race‚ gender and socioeconomic status. Parental involvement had no positive nor negative effect‚ and sometimes it cases kid’s test scores
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12th century and rose to prominence when they founded the Medici Bank.3 The bank was the largest in Europe during the 15th century‚ which allowed the Medici to gain power in Florence.4 The Medici were created Dukes of Florence by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1531 and later on Dukes of Tuscany by Emperor Maximilian II in 1575.5 The House of Medici also produced 4
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brief description of Leonardo da Vinci. Why was his painting so important in historical elements during this time and do an assessment of at least one of his paintings? Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452 in a farmhouse of the hills of Tuscany just outside of the village of Anchiano otherwise known as Italy. His parents were not married‚ his mother was a young peasant woman named Caterina but his father‚
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Death penalty The Death Penalty has been a part of human society and its legal system for centuries‚ regarded as a necessary defense to dangerous crimes and a way to liberate the community from dangerous criminals. However‚ later on this type of punishment came to be regarded as a crime against humanistic ideals by many‚ and its validity in the legal system has been questioned. Today‚ the debate rages on. There have been at least 349 people wrongly convicted of crimes punishable by death since
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while shaking Karolina and Theresia back and forth inside. The driver promised an extra fare from Princess Marie and her mother to bring their guests to the palace as soon as possible drove the carriage and horses as fast as he could. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden and the other wedding guests would be arriving at the palace later that day and all of the wedding preparations needed to be complete before they
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the ruins of the ducal palace. The Gediminas’ Tower is an important historic symbol of the city of Vilnius and of Lithuania. It is the only remaining part of the Upper Castle. The first wooden fortifications were built by Gediminas - the Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There is historic evidence of a castle being located at the top of Gediminas Hill since the early 14th century. The original castle was made of wood and there is uncertaintainty around when exactly the stone castle was
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cinders on her face from cleaning the chimney. Anastasia and Drizella - Her mean step sisters‚ close to her age. Prince Charming The King and his Duke
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WK - The Italian Renaissance was a time of rebirth in the arts. An abundance of new styles were explored‚ building on classical traditions but also breaking away from them. This cultural explosion was made possible by the liberal distribution of florins that characterized the artistic support of leading banking and commerce families. These influential families were patrons sometimes as a Machiavellian exercise of their power‚ often to atone for religious sins‚ and sometimes because they loved
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The Congress of Vienna (German: Wiener Kongress) was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich‚ and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815.[1] The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars‚ the Napoleonic Wars‚ and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent’s political map‚ establishing the boundaries of France
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however‚ is debatable. One of the most prominent of all the provisions that The Vienna Settlement caused was the dominance that Austria had over Italy. Many of the reactionary rulers at the time had links with Austria‚ for example in Tuscany the ruler – Grand Duke Ferdinand III – was the brother of Metternich himself. As well as this‚ Austria’s Metternich was one of the three absolute and autocratic rulers that were part of The Holy Alliance which was set up in September 1815‚ along with Prussia
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