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    To Kill a Mockingbird is not about killing birds or animal cruelty‚ as the name might suggest‚ but about the courage necessary to follow ones morals and resist the community’s undying hatred and prejudice to Negroes. One character in particular that portrays this courage is Atticus. Harper Lee shows Atticus’ bravery time and time again‚ never ceasing to surprise her readers with new situations of increasing severity. Never showing any sign that he is in difficulty‚ Atticus shows courage by standing

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    the color of their skin. A socially engaged scholar is another theme shown. The movie explores the social constructs in Texas during the Great Depression including not only the day to day insults and slights African Americans endured but also a lynching for the fact that the debaters were socially engaged in these societies have a clear understanding of what was really going on. 2. The concepts acts as a basic foundation for all students to follow a certain

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    Changes in Generations Who....told you you had to be a doctor...go be a nurse like other women – or just get married and be quiet . . . -Raisin in the Sun‚ (1.1‚ 125) When one looks at the three generations of women in the Younger household‚ he can see the obvious differences of each of the women. Each of these three women have different perspectives on life. Mama and Ruth share more traditional values while Beneatha‚ because of her age and education‚ has more modern views. There are many subjects

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    forever. It was something that they were not going to regret. As stated in the article “The Great Migration and the Promised Land" a few concerns that derived were “the primary push factors for migration were segregation‚ the widespread violence of lynching‚ and lack of opportunities in the South. In the North‚ African Americans could find better schools and adult men could vote (joined by women after 1920).” (The Great Migration and the "Promised Land"). The Great Migration caused urbanization because

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    The twentieth century mark a huge milestone for the Civil RIghts Movement. New laws were being implemented to have voting rights as well as prohibit discrimination against race and gender in the work force. Integration was now enforced‚ opening more opportunities to African-Americans. Evolution of race relations changed drastically during 1914-1965‚ whether it be beneficial or not. The relations were evidently changing economically‚ politically‚ and most notably: socially. Birmingham‚ Alabama‚

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    of whistling at a white women and suffered his dire fate (Kauffman). After killing Till‚ his murderers were swiftly acquitted by the jury‚ and this gave the country a rude awakening (Nilsen). These actions were not well received by the world. The lynching of Emmett Till contributed to the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement in America by showing the entire country the horrors that were occurring in the South and uniting a people around a common cause. In the early 1900s racial tensions in the

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    Society for Union and Progress (Young Turks) fought for return to 1976 constitution‚ Sultan remained as figurehead. * War in North Africa: Ottomans lost Libya * Young Turks vs. Arabs * World War I: Turkey sided with Germany…. Arab Heartlands * Fertile Crescent‚ Egypt‚ North Africa\Identified with Ottoman rulers as Muslims‚ disliked Ottoman rule * Fear of Western rule Muhammad Ali‚ Westernizing Europe * Napoleon invades Egypt (1798): example of Western military power‚

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    the murrray darling basin the murrray darling basin What is the Murray- Darling Basin? The Murray Darling Basin is a large‚ dry inland draining‚ salty basin. The basin extends over the four states: New South Wales‚ Queensland‚ Victoria and South Australia. The average annual rainfall in the basin is 480mm‚ a wide variety of grasses‚ trees and shrubs can be found in the basin. Where is it located? The basin is located in south-east of Australia and covers an area of 1.05 million square

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    Social Work Syllabus Copyright © www.examrace.com Paper-1 1. Social work: Philosophy and Methods. 2. Social work: Meaning‚ Objectives‚ Scope‚ Assumptions & Values; 3. History of Social work in UK USA. And India‚ philosophy of Social Work. 4. Democratic (Equality‚ Justice Liberty & Fraternity) and Humanitarian (Human Rights) Matrix. 5. Social works as a profession. 6. Methods of Social workSocial Case work: Meaning‚ Scope Principles‚ Processes (Psychosocial study‚ Assessments‚ treatment-goal

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