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    Schemes of Work in Cre

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    C.R.E. SCHEMES OF WORK FORM ONE 2012 TERM I REFERENCES: KLB Golden Tips God’s People Oxford Bible |WK |LSN |TOPIC/S-TOPIC |OBJECTIVES |L/ACTIVITIES |L/T AIDS |REFERENCE |REMARKS | |4 |1&2 |Introduction to CRE |By the end of the lesson‚ the learner | | |

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    The Constitution protects against tyranny through the distribution of power within the government that is elected by the people of the United States. The Constitution separates the powers into branches in order to keep each branch’s power in check. The Constitution is protected from tyranny by allowing government officials to be elected by the people of the United States. The Constitution divides the powers of our government into many different departments that keep one another in check. The United

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    Old Testament Kings

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    that God has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings. The leadership in Israel lands in the hands of Kings and prophets. The Old Testament sites a number of these prophets and

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    displayed moral lessons and difficult situations that shift the entire atmosphere of the setting. In his play Antigone‚ written around 422 CE‚ it is the second of The Three Theban Plays. It follows Two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices warring for kingship‚ who eventually end up killing each other. And the new hereditary ruler becomes their uncle‚ Creon. He declares that Eteocles should be buried honorably‚ while Polynices’ body should lay unburied on the battlefield. One of the main characters‚ Antigone

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    This poem dramatizes the conflict between liberty and tyranny‚ specifically in instances where tyrannical forces attempt to squelch liberty by imprisoning those who champion her virtues. The speaker presents a paradox in the beginning of the poem‚ Eternal Spirit of the chainless mind!/Brightest in dungeons‚ Liberty‚ thou art‚--For there thy habitation is the heart‚-- (1‚2‚3). The speaker personifies liberty and explains the paradox as the poem continues. Liberty is described as a living woman whose

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    There were many forms of government in Ancient Greece including monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. These varying forms of government had many similarities and differences and their implementation varied from city-state to city state. A monarchy means that the people are governed by an undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person. Monarchies are typically ruled by a king‚ usually with the help of a council of advisors. Greece was ruled by a series of foreign kings

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    Tocqueville has a preeminent and keen insight of democracy in America that he apperceives the disadvantages of the omnipotence of the majority of America and its consequences. He believes that this omnipotence should be limited and the jurisprudence could be the greatest power to balance it. In chapter seven‚ Tocqueville primarily talks about the unlimited power of the omnipotence of the majority of America. The natural strengths of the majority rule are clearly elaborated by Tocqueville in two ways

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    democracies can end-up resembling oligarchies very closely‚ and in some instances even aristocracies. Diverging from Aristotle’s views on the subject‚ many argue that democracy stands in direct opposition to tyranny‚ because democracy is the rule of the many by the many for the many‚ and tyranny is the rule of the many by one for the one. These four main systems of government have existed since antiquity‚ and they continue to exist in varied forms even today. While some have tried to devise other forms

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    Anger and Shakespeare

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    6 Anger: Stimulants‚ Reactions and Reflections – A Shakespearean Perspective Sumathi Shivakumar According to Aristotle anger always surfaces from an injured self-esteem‚ or a punctured ego‚ or from some affront meted out to the individual directly or indirectly. This aspect of anger is captured by Shakespeare in his four great tragedies‚ with exceptional power‚ which in turn determines and governs the action of the play. If it is ambition and power mongering that drives Macbeth crazy‚ it is the choice

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    Whether it is kingship‚ merchant law‚ or heresy‚ the Siete Partidas is often examined in order to garner a better understanding of the Iberian world. Compiled under Alfonso X (1252-1284) and written in the Castilian vernacular‚ the Siete Partidas resulted from a pursuit to create a uniform system of law throughout the Iberian Peninsula. By the fourteenth century‚ this seven-part law code emerged as a key legal corpus throughout medieval Spain. Although known as royal legislation‚ the Siete Partidas

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