Brian Toh Mr. Smith English 2 Honors 13 October 2014 Shrew Search 1. Black Death Summary: The Black Death‚ or the Bubonic Plague‚ surfaced in Europe in the 1300s and persisted into the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries during the Elizabethan era when Shakespeare lived. The plague was the most devastating disease in that era‚ killing more than 20 million people‚ or almost one-third of Europe’s population. It was brought to Europe through trading ships‚ specifically 12 Genoese trading ships
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In the 1600s‚ a lot of things happened. It was the year Jamestown‚ Virginia was established- it was also when Pocahontas saved the life of John Smith. It was the same year that John Napier discovered logarithms‚ and when Galileo saw the moons of Jupiter through his telescope. But has anyone ever wondered what happened in the lives of Native Americans in the 1600s? What were their superstitions? What were their traditions? What did they dress like? What language did they speak? We all know that today
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of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Gen. ed. Nina Baym. 8th ed. Vol. A. New York: Norton‚ 2012. 257-288. Print. [6] Murray‚ Rebecca. Interview with Irene Bedard. Irene Bedard on "Pocahontas" and "The New World" pg.2. About.com Hollywood movies. 15 Oct. 2012 http://movies.about.com/od/interviewswithactors/a/bedard051005_2.htm
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US History 109: Lecture 2 Primary Source Document Chosen: 2.4 Elizabeth Sprig Mid-Term will be Mulitple Choice/Essay -440 is a Study Room -2nd floor mezzanine-can study For Wednesday: -Read next documents‚ Barbosa and Columbus Documents Referenced: Primary Source Document Analysis Calander Review: Week 1 Week 2-Practice Week 3-Monday off -Submit Document Analysis by 8 AM on turnitin Week 4-Take Hom Quiz Due/Mid-Term Review Review: Hohokam: Individualistic Farmers Anasazi: Communal
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The media plays a major role in portraying what society deems appropriate when it comes to body image and gender roles. Children‚ specifically‚ are more vulnerable to these messages due to their high consumption of media and their cognitive development (Agarwal). This has led to a large debate amongst a lot of parents as to whether or not their children should be allowed to watch certain shows and movies. The problem is that while certain media genres are obvious choices to keep away from young children
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millions of Native Americans‚ far worse than what weapons and starvation could accomplish. One example involves the legendary Native American woman named Pocahontas. She married English explorer/settler John Rolfe who returned with her to show that the natives of America could be tamed. Within the first year of being in England‚ Pocahontas contracted a case of small pox and eventually died. As time passed on these “virgin soil” epidemics spread from South and Central America into the lands of
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Consumerism in the 20th century led America to experience all the messages and culture that Disney has to offer. Walt Disney Animation Studios all started with a charismatic mouse named Mortimer (Goldstein 3). During WWI his charm provided hope for the American people‚ serving as a common affection from a universal audience regardless of wealth‚ social status‚ and age (Burns 17). Opposition from Walt Disney’s Colleagues suggest that he had sexist and racist tendencies‚ however he ignored this criticism
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helped the economy. It also led indentured servants to come over‚ boosting the population. John Rolfe also married Pocahontas‚ Chief Powhatan’s daughter. She married John Rolfe and they moved to London. John Rolfe was the reason for the tobacco industry in the colonies and more stability between the colonists and Indians. 8. House of Burgesses: 9. Pocahontas (63): Pocahontas was the daughter of Chief Powhatan. She saved John Smith when he trespassed. Powhatan let Smith go in exchange for
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Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake Relations between the Powhatan and English were ok‚ until the colonists raided Indian food supplies‚ burned houses‚ and set fire to cornfields. The First Anglo-Powhatan war ended with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe‚ but that peace didn’t last because the Second Anglo-Powhatan war began in 1644 and the result was the banishment of the Chesapeake from their homeland. The Powhatans fell due to disease‚ lack of unity‚ and the fact that the colonists didn’t
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