Model ToK Oral Presentation Understanding the Vancouver Riots: a TOK analysis of the violence following the Stanley Cup Hockey Finals on June 15th‚ 2011 Objectives of ToK Oral Presentation Identify and explore a Knowledge Issue (KI) raised by a Real-life Situation (RLS) Show insightful thinking about KI‚ supporting ideas about knowledge claims‚ justifying thinking‚ making connections with ToK concepts Presentation should have two stages: an introduction and brief explanation
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Title Page In Hist. Perspective Traditional Family Modern Family New Family Models The Modern Nuclear Family THE MODERN NUCLEAR FAMILY The "nuclear"‚ "isolated"‚ or "restricted" family is not a recent phenomenon‚ but has existed in many cultures throughout human history. Indeed‚ the extended family of several generations is found mostly in relatively advanced‚ stable‚ and affluent‚ but not yet industrialized societies. Very primitive and very sophisticated societies
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Dasha Krumrey Franz Burnier English 1102 April‚ 2012 Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Between the first of May and the end of October‚ an estimated 27 million people attended Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition (Worlds Columbian Exposition)‚ also known as Chicago World’s fair of 1893. This fair was planned to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus voyage and discovery of the New World. However the fair was a year late due to political arguments. The exposition covered
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“Western modernity was shaped by cross-currents between Europe and North America in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century.” Neoclassicism was a movement which focused on the rediscovery of Ancient Greek and Roman values and style (and called Greek revival in the United States[1]). It was a defining trait of the Enlightenment age and of its reasoning-based political and artistic thinking and saw its apogee during the Napoleonic era. Starting in the 19th century‚ this movement
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Assess the view that the Enlightenment had been the main cause of the French Revolution. The French Revolution of 1789 was inarguably a significant turning point in the history of Europe. However‚ there have been historical debates over the major contributing factor that had caused the French Revolution. Many historians have argued that the French Revolution was sparked by the emerging new age ideas of Enlightenment in the 18th century‚ which encouraged people to think logically and critically about
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Disorientated Lavish silks‚ ornate free-flowing clothing‚ and silent streams running through lush landscapes full of tigers; these are obviously signs of the Orient. Any sign and symbol that is not Western can only be a representation of the East. The imitation of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures by American and European writers is known as “Orientalism.” An example of an “Oriental” man is smaller‚ slightly more feminine‚ yet is somehow still mysterious and threatening to a white male; while
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Europe Day Celebrating the creation of the European Union. Europe Day commemorates 9 May 1950‚ when the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe‚ to help maintain peaceful relations between European countries. This proposal‚ known as the ’Schuman declaration’‚ is considered to be the act that created what is now the European Union. Today‚ the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which‚ along with the flag‚ the
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In 1896‚ Cather moved to Pittsburgh after being hired to write for the Home Monthly‚[8] a women’s magazine patterned after the successful Ladies Home Journal.[9] A year later‚ she became a telegraph editor and drama critic for the Pittsburgh Leader and frequently contributed poetry and short fiction to The Library‚ another local publication. In Pittsburgh‚ she taught Latin‚ algebra‚ and English composition[10] at Central High School for one year. She next taught English and Latin at Allegheny High
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DISSENSUS Also available from Continuum: Being and Event‚ Alain Badiou Conditions‚ Alain Badiou Infinite Thought‚ Alain Badiou Logics of W orlds‚ Alain Badiou Theoretical Writings‚ Alain Badiou Theory ofthe Subject‚ Alain Badiou Seeing the Invisible‚ Michel Henry After Finitude‚ Quentin Meillassoux Time f Revolution‚ Antonio Negri or Politics o Aesthetics‚ Jacques Ranctere f The Five Senses‚ Michel Serres Art and Fear‚ Paul Virilio Negative Horizon‚ Paul Virilio Forthcoming:
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cent. formed in reaction against the severely academic production of the French school. Realist painters sought to portray what they saw without idealizing it‚ choosing their subjects from the commonplaces of everyday life. Major realists included Gustave Courbet‚ J. F. Millet‚ and Honoré Daumier. In a broader sense the term is applied to an unembellished rendering of natural forms. In recent years realism has come to mean the presentation of forms and materials that are simply themselves‚ not primarily
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