comments on the usefulness or the limitations of the source in terms of provenance or reliability or bias. e.g. It is useful because‚ although a newspaper photograph‚ it does reflect the fact that most Americans recognised the KKK as an everyday part of life. 3-5 Level 3: EITHER Developed explanation about the utility/limitations of the source using the source and own knowledge. e.g. It is useful for reflecting American attitudes towards the KKK. For many Americans the Klan
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they remember he no longer did the fun activities he did with his children before he was taken away like drawing‚ singing‚ and putting puppet shows on for them. This passage got my attention because this is similar to something that happened in my life but it’s not quite the same. It was about one or two years ago when my cousins moved back to Hawaii they were taller‚ more mature‚ and I didn’t know what they were interested in anymore. For a while they felt like strangers to me because I haven’t
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battle the volunteers fought at was the Battle of the Somme‚ on the 1st of July 1916. For many it would also be their last. The first day of the Somme was disastrous. The preceding artillery barrage had failed to destroy the heavily fortified German trenches and‚ in many cases‚ had not even cut their barbed wire defenses. Military commanders‚ concerned with maintaining discipline in their new volunteer army‚ instructed them to walk in formation towards German lines when the attack began. In the event
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Comparative Essay on Dulce et Decorum est and Suicide in the Trenches "Suicide in the Trenches" and "Dulce et Decorum est" are two poems about soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I. Both of these poems focused on the soldiers weakness and vulnerability rather than the way how we usually see soldiers as brave‚ fearless and tough. In this essay I will be comparing both of these poems‚ looking at their similarities and differences and explaining them. Both of these poems begin with
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April 26th 1915 There isn’t much to be seen from the ships as we are so far out‚ but from what was coming back from the landing‚ not much was to be imagined. Wounded men were pouring off the sets of rowboats being pulled by the steamboats. Many of the soldiers were unrecognisable. My thoughts went out to my little brother who had been so excited to enlist‚ but it wasn’t the case anymore. I had heard one of the captains talking about the thousands of men who had already lost their lives to the
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War Causes. (1996). Retrieved May 16‚ 2009‚ from IB History Pages: http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm World War One Causes. (2007‚ 10 3). Retrieved 5 13‚ 2009‚ from History on the Net: http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm
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until the American Congress had chosen to send American troops because of a rising conflict with Germany. Most Americans believed that the entry of the U.S into WW1 was inevitable‚ especially the fact that they would join the Allies side. I believe that the entry of the United States along with their choice of sides being the Allies into WW1‚ was inevitable. I believe this‚ mainly because the United States had a huge spike when it came to trades to and from the British and their allies‚ (France‚ Belgium
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The Liberals’ policy towards State Control before the First World War was ‘laissez faire’‚ a policy of the government having a very limited impact on life in the country. However‚ the First World War forced them to scrap this policy and increase the restrictions placed on civilians in order to successfully fight the war. They did this in a number of ways‚ and this answer will include: Conscription‚ Censorship‚ restrictions on women and food rationing. It will be argued that the most extensive increase
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before becoming a nurse (Motte 295). In spite of this‚ fear of death was still the major thing that many soldiers feared. During the Forbidden zone‚ a man labeled as an apache was dying and was gravely afraid of the sins he had committed throughout his life that he would have to answer for after his death (Borden 73). Even more‚ solders would be so scared of death by the enemy that they would go as far as to kill themselves (Borden 102). Finally‚ there is the unfortunate story of a blind man who feared
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Women’s role prior to World War I Prior to the First World War women’s role in society in western countries was generally confined to the domestic sphere (but not necessarily their own home) and to certain types of jobs: ’Women’s Work’. In Great Britain for example‚ just before World War I‚ out of an adult population of about 24 million women‚ around 1.7 million worked in domestic service‚ 800‚000 worked in the textile manufacturing industry‚ 600‚000 worked in the clothing trades‚ 500‚000 worked
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