26‚ 2014 Social Studies Fifth Grade – 24 students 50 minutes II. RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND: The purpose of this lesson is for the students to read alternative sources about Christopher Columbus and express their opinion about whether he should be celebrated. The students will read an article about Christopher Columbus and highlight in one color the positive influence of Columbus’s life and in another color the negative influence of Columbus’s life. Then‚ the class will discuss the positives
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As many have heard about Christopher Columbus‚ he discovered the New World. He was born in 1451‚ Genoa‚ Italy to a family of weavers and merchants. Before the discovery‚ Columbus was a wool worker‚ a sailor‚ a merchant‚ and a bookseller. He has studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ navigation‚ and natural sciences at the “University of Pavia” (Young). Christopher Columbus left Spain to search for China and to spread the religion‚ but instead‚ discovered the New World. His voyage was captured
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to preserve and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. These famous words‚ spoken by one of the hero’s down below‚ Christopher Reeves‚ are an inspiration to all of the paralyzed people‚no‚ to everyone who needed support the most‚ through hard obstacles in life. Malala Yousafzai gave us hope for the education of girls‚ by sticking up to the Taliban and surviving. Christopher Reeves gave us wisdom by showing us through the hard times‚ we can still be happy‚by him being positive when he got paralysed
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Humanism: the belief system that laid the foundation for the Renaissance to reshape Europe. A movement of forward thinking men and philosophers who used ancient Greek and Roman texts to reshape their views of the world and reject the Medieval ways of thinking‚ breaking tradition by shifting man’s focus from the ethereal to the temporal. No longer would men accept religious or societal standards just because some dignitary declared them to be so. Instead‚ they would be lauded for thinking for themselves
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Ghost dances By Christopher Bruce. Performed by the Rambert Dance Company. Ghost dances was created in 1981. The performance was choreographed by Christopher Bruce. The piece explores the human rights of the people of chille and the depression that the lack of human rights caused. The inspiration of the dance came from a letter that Christopher received from a widow of a Chilean folk singer‚ who was murdered. Christopher felt sympathetic towards the letter‚ and after being asked to do a
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who was the greatest explorer Christopher Columbus or Zheng He? Tristan Stanchfield A great explorer in my mind requires being a visionary thats willing to pursue his goal despite the challenges faced‚ supported by high risk undertakings where the winnings are all or nothing‚ set on the uncertain future with a non back looking persona. That‚ and if the outcome is great is what my judging is based on. Zheng He‚ originally named Ma He‚ was born into a Muslim family just
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Aysha Imtiaz Should a man whose actions created a wave of genocide and killed thousands of innocent natives be considered a hero? Christopher Columbus found the Americas‚ but today he takes credit for discovering a new world. Native Americans had been living in civilizations across North and South America long before Columbus had "discovered" it. This journey has now ruined many of those cultivations as well as the citizens. With his expedition‚ he exposed countries to new disease and violence
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When people hear something about someone else‚ they immediately jump to conclusions because of that person’s reputation. In The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci‚ Torey’s opinions of other characters changes throughout the whole story. At the start of the story‚ Torey thinks of Bo Richardson as a bad guy‚ Ali Mcdermott as a girl that goes from boy to boy‚ and Chief Bowen as a person to look up to. All of these opinions change as the story goes on. Torey thought all of those things because
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In 1993 two minors had committed burglary‚ and murder. The minors names are Christopher Simmons age of 17‚ and Charles Benjamin age of 15. The victim was a neighbor of Christopher Simmons. Her name is Shirley Crook age of 46. Christopher Simmons and Charles Benjamin had tied up Shirley Crook to the chair and thrown her in the St. Louis Meramec river. Drowning her at the age of 46 . Christopher simmons primarily had been trialed in the District Court of St. Louis in the same year of the crime which
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What were the two key institutions of the African American slave community? How did they function‚ and what beliefs did they express? Following the Revolution‚ came the movement of slavery in the United States. As the states was pushing for the freedom and emancipation of slaves‚ the economy became heavily dependent on cotton and the demand for slaves was back in action. Although the slave trade had stopped and states were no longer importing slaves‚ the population of slave communities had drastically
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