I helped my students develop skills regarding critically evaluation different accounts of the historical debates of the constitutional convention by providing them with two sources on the matter‚ one primary source and one secondary source. The reason I did one primary and one secondary source is because now my students have knowledge on the subject from someone who experienced these events first hand and they can see how similar or different that is from an historian’s perspective. On the board
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201240 Fall 2012 CHPL 500-B03 LUO The Geneva Convention was a series of treaties signed (1864-1949) in Geneva‚ Switzerland. These treaties were supposed to define humane treatment of soldiers and civilians in wartime. The first convention‚ signed by 16 nations‚ covered the protection of sick and wounded soldiers and medical personnel and facilities. Conventions held in later years extended (1906) the first to naval warfare and covered (1929) the treatment
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1968 Democratic National Convention Riots The year 1968 was one of the most controversial years in all of American history. It was a year of struggles for the heroes fighting in Vietnam‚ for the youth‚ women‚ and for black Americans facing both political and social discrimination. Through the year‚ some of the most famous events in American history took place‚ from the assassination of Robert Kennedy to the My Lai Massacre‚ to the most famous Democratic National Convention riots. The 1968 Democratic
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Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights guarantees the freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion. However‚ these freedoms are limited within the school environments of minors and for the most part these limitations are accepted by society. In high school every student has a constraint on their personal freedoms‚ which are set forth in the Constitution. Most of the students’ constraints are on their freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is defined as the right to express beliefs and ideas without unwarranted
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I have always been terrified of giving speeches‚ the night before a speech I usually can not sleep just thinking about standing in front of a large audience. After reading these tips‚ I will incorporate tip # 3 into my next speech. By using tip #3‚ I’ll feel more comfortable speaking to three people instead of the whole class; and it will also help me remember to look to all parts of the class when speaking. Dear Mrs. Ohs‚ When sending email to your professors we must remember to be professional
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it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead‚ we’re stuck with The Merchant of Venice: an Elizabethan Playbook of sexist beliefs‚ overt racism and unfair treatment of minorities. I’m sure‚ Ms Jones‚ you will agree that a play which incites hate speech and physical assault towards religious minorities has
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State. However‚ the authorization of such wars could come from various methods. Shall important matters like these be based on convention or the Royal prerogative‚ or should it be written down as a proper constitution instead? Constitutional convention has no specific definition‚ and they supplement the laws which are enforced by the courts[ Wade‚ 1960]. However‚ these convention are not written‚ nor is it codified. This may not be advantageous‚ as the ambiguity and vagueness of it does not set the limitations
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- C. Rajagopalchari Nehru - Some Memories – Arnold Toynbee Tolerance - E.M.Forster The Lion and the Lamb - Leonard Clark Professions for Women – Virginia Woolf Little Things - Samuel Smiles Unit II – Drama Selected Scenes from Shakespeare’s Plays – Book I ( Emerald Publishers) Rs.35/- Funeral Oration ( Julius Caesar) Trial for a Pound of flesh ( The Merchant
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For example in the speech Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Roosevelt states‚ “If we keep the faith for our day as those who came before us kept the faith for theirs‚ then you and I can smile with confidence into the future. It is fitting therefore‚ that this should be a service of rededication‚ rededication to the liberty and the peace which this statue symbolizes”(Roosevelt 13). This part in Roosevelt’s speech defines an American because Roosevelt
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Assignment Institutional affiliation Date Slavery was a major issue that separated the Northern and Southern States. The documents provided a better overview of how a leadership could affect the people of a given country. The Cornerstone speech became so known for Stephens’s declaration that the perpetuation of slavery was the main goal and objective of the succession and the confederacy. Based to his own argument‚ he articulated that the government was founded based to this idea. The foundations
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