sound education was once just an idea. The public school did not even exist until the 1800’s. Several leading theorists and many movements that span several hundred years made education what it is today. John Calvin‚ Horace Mann‚ John Dewey and Sputnik are just a few of the largest influences on education as it evolved from a privilege only for aristocrats to becoming a right for all. John Calvin John Calvin‚ a thankfully outspoken theologian‚ believed education should be for the public and
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Russian Satellite named Sputnik was launched into orbit about Earth. All around the world‚ people watch in amazement as Earth took its first step into space. Later in November of that same year‚ Russia took another step‚ this time sending the first living animal into outer space. The animal onboard the space satellite Sputnik II or ‘2’ was a female Russian dog named ‘Laika’. Sadly‚ a few hours after take-off‚ Laika passed away from a mix of over-heating and panic. Sputnik II burned up over Barbados
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finish line. Most historians agree that the Space Race officially began when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. On October 4‚ 1957‚ Sputnik‚ which means “traveler” in Russian‚ became the first man-made
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* Eventually‚ satellites have been used to investigate the space environment‚ including our moon and the other planets in our solar system. SPUTNIK 1 It was in 1957 when the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ was launched into space by the former USSR. It carried a radio transmitter and was the size of a football. SPUTNIK 2 * Sputnik 2 carried a dog named Laika into space Explorer 1 * The US launched its own first satellite‚ Explorer 1‚ into space on January 31‚ 1958. *
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space satellite “Sputnik” was launched. This led to a massive panic by the American population and government. America was scared that Sputnik was capable of launching nuclear weapons from space‚ feeling that the USA would be rendered almost defenseless from those types of attacks. The USSR tried to make it quite clear that Sputnik was not a weapon or spy satellite‚ but instead was made simply to test out space. The only kind of technology it had were radio-transmitters. Sputnik was launched by the
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country is superior than their opponent‚ which led to an improvement in many technological advancements. The space race was a competition between both super power countries in a contest on who can have the best technology. It was triggered off when Sputnik was launched into space by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 1957 by the Soviets. So at the time‚ this was considered a shock due to at the period technology wasn’t as effective and making it into space was
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Satellite A satellite is defined as any object that orbits any other object. Satellites can be celestial‚ such as a moon orbiting a planet in the solar system‚ or a planet in the solar system orbiting the sun. Satellites can also be man-made. Man-made satellites are typically launched into outer space from earth to collect data‚ photos and other information about Earth and all the many things that exist around it. FLOW OF CONTENTS
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compete with the Soviet Union. The Space Race officially took flight on October 4‚ 1957 when a Soviet R-7 was launched into space. This satellite is also known as Sputnik. Sputnik caused much upheaval in the United States as Americans were not pleased by the idea that they had not been the first country to send something into orbit. Sputnik continued to gain importance when it was discovered that the missile was “seemingly capable of delivering a nuclear warhead into U.S. air space--made gathering intelligence
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The Holocaust: - Began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power - Holocaust- from Greek term ‘holokausten’ meaning “sacrifice by fire” - Nazi- Nationalsozialistishe Deutsche Arbeiterpartei- National Socialist German Worker’s Party. - Refers to the Nazis planned persecution and slaughter of Jewish people. – genocide - Nazi Germans also persecuted Gypsies‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ homosexuals and those with disabilities. –“The Final Solution” - Estimated around 11 million people killed during Holocaust-
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From 1945-1960‚ the Soviet Union was more successful in achieving its goal of spreading communism than the United states was at achieving its goal of containing it. Russia directly spread communism to China‚ the northern half of Korea‚ and all of Eastern Europe. In addition‚ it forced heavy expenses on the U.S. through the Berlin blockade‚ beat the U.S. in achieving orbital flight‚ embarrassed president Eisenhower with the U-2 incident‚ and caused wide-spread panic in the U.S. government itself.
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