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    Project Historian

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    DL_HIST 1301 30367_assign1_Arora PROJECT HISTORIAN Thinking Through the Past: “Truth About Textbooks” |Instructions: Read chapter one in the Holitz reader‚ then answer the following questions with these objectives in mind: | |This assignment requires students read effectively‚ analytically‚ and with comprehension and communicate appropriate comprehension and skill | |development using college-level writing.

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    cultures around the world have their own myths‚ beliefs‚ and stories. One of the more notable civilizations known for this was the land of Ancient Greece. Though the Greeks have countless amounts of action-packed tales‚ “The Odyssey” told by Homer is an epic poem which shows the struggles of the hero returning home from the violent Trojan War. Most Greek heroes were shown to be righteous‚ pure‚ and gave the effect that they could do nothing wrong. In this epic‚ Odysseus is portrayed as more of a human

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    reality. Present day America is filled with inventions that have progressed over the years since they were first invented. Eli Whitney is the brain behind the cotton gin and interchangeable parts and Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat. The creation of the cotton gin‚ interchangeable parts‚ and the steamboat are innovations that evolved America leading it to a change. Eli Whitney wrote to his father of his life after college. He wrote to him over his machine‚ who could operate it producing

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    minimum are required. Title: Ship Breaker Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Due: 1. Pages 1 to 30 Create a simple image of an important scene from this section. Date_____ 2. Pages 31 to 60 What problems do the characters have? Internal Conflicts? External Conflicts? Date_____ Nailer‚ the protagonist‚ has fallen deep within an oil tank. He tries to call for help but is left unanswered. He assumes that his best friend‚ Pima‚ will come to his rescue ’cause she’s always

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    1. INTRODUCTION 2. WHAT IS GENDER Many times when people talk of gender‚ they are always referring to women. It is rare for people to talk of gender when there are only men without a lady or when there are only women without a man. However the actual meaning of gender is the social attributes and the opportunities associated with being male and female and also the relationships between women and men and the relationship that exist between girls and boys‚ as well as the relations between women

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    Why Is Hamlet Admirable

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    "Hamlet shows us no admirable human relationships." Discuss‚ supporting your views with detailed evidence from the play. "We are arrant knaves‚ all..." Hamlet‚ written by the ever observant William Shakespeare‚ certainly seems to prove this true. Embroiled in corruption‚ Denmark the "prison" is barely the place for admirable relationships to flourish. Any claim that "Hamlet shows us no admirable human relationships‚" would therefore‚ on the surface‚ be mostly justifiable. The play’s four kinds

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    April 2‚ 2013 DBQ for AP US History Prosperous businessmen had immense influence and control over the post-Civil War economy and business in the United States. Even though large corporations led to the decrease in food‚ fuel‚ and lighting prices as illustrated in Document A‚ there were many small businesses and laborers who were left without jobs due to the dishonesty and domination from these large business owners. Document C describes how the manufacturing system has taken away the individualism

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    Modern Industry is the manufacturing of goods in a factory. Industry took off during the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was a period of improvement in industrial technology. Industry is mainly concentrated in three regions‚ North America‚ Europe‚ and East Asia. Each of these regions account for around 25% of industrial output in the world. Industry consist of many factories distributed around the world. Geographers work to explain the reasons for the different locations of these

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    Cowboys Post Civil War

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    The way things are now are very different from the ways they did it in the past. Cowboys led their cattle more than 25 miles a day. Wars with Native Americans started by land and cattle. Agriculture and cattle was how you got money. Another big part of Texas is its oil. Before oil was found in Texas‚ there was only one oil rig in the whole world. Scientists believed that there was no oil in Texas. In 1900‚ a team was hired to drill for oil. Oil in Texas had finally been discovered. On January

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    What did the Revolution mean for the women of America? Some scholars say the Revolution did little to change life for her at all‚ while others argue that the Revolution was the catalyst of change that paved the way for a more independent American woman. The argument of a woman’s property rights became a hot topic in the court systems of post-Revolution America. Women we key in raising productive members of society and the idea of Republican motherhood was born. In order to raise educated children

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