social class and gender in explaining the level of educational attainment in Britain. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to to fish and you feed him for a life time.” This ancient proverb illuminates the importance of education in our daily lives. Education teaches students the basic norms and values of society‚ assisting them to develop their individual identity and knowledge. In Britain‚ formal schooling is seen as a necessity‚ however it is the quality and fulfillment
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Today‚ Canada is a free‚ independent country home to many different Canadians of all nationalities and is know for being one of the most multicultural countries in the world[i]. What Canadians did to contribute to WWI‚ for themselves in the Halibut Treaty‚ and how they handled the Chanak Crisis all lead to Canada becoming a country and a truly independent nation from Great Britain from the years 1914-1928. Canada contributed excessively in WWI providing troops‚ ammunition‚ food‚ supplies‚ and
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Britain between the wars In 1929‚ the Wall Street Crash plunged the USA into economic depression. The Americans stopped imports of goods. This created a depression across the rest of the world. Unemployment in Britain‚ especially in industries like coal‚ iron‚ steel‚ shipbuilding. These industries had not modernized after the war and had been badly affected by competition from other countries. It left a terrible effect on the British economy. When the war ended‚ they found that other countries had
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The First Crusade was cause by conflicts between the Christians and the Muslims for the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the holy city for all three groups of different faiths; the Christians‚ the Jews‚ and the Muslims. For the Christians‚ Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. For the Muslim‚ Jerusalem was the place where Muhammad had ascended to heaven. For the Jews‚ it was their God ’s city and it was the sit of Solomon ’s temple. The main idea of the First Crusade was good
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BRITAIN 1945–2007 Answering Questions at AS Level When you are preparing for the AS examination‚ remember that you will be asked to engage in extended writing. For AQA and Edexcel‚ you will be expected to produce an answer that evaluate sources and also produce answers that incorporate your own knowledge. For OCR A‚ you will be expected to produce an essay-style answer based on your own knowledge. The differences and similarities between GCSE and AS History are explained on pages 4 and 5
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How important was the Boer War in changing attitudes in Britain to imperialism? Intro: … First paragraph: Working Class They didn’t gain a lot from imperialism. Boer War emphasized this. And it was fought to benefit Britain’s entrepreneurs and elite classes. Second paragraph: Middle Class Their support derived from jingoistic and racist literature. National interest/heroic. Mainly aimed at MC since more influence and power. They were shocked by the atrocities of the 2nd Boer War 1899-1902. 110K died
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Censorship in Britain during World War 1 "The first casualty of War is Truth" Introduction: The importance of the press in the British culture dates long before the era of broadcasted media it goes back to the time when newspapers were first introduced in the 15 century. Newspaper circulated in every corner of the country and citizens had access to either a national or local daily newspaper‚ and even in small country villages pages from the local newspaper would
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Was Hitler’s leadership significant? Did Hitler accomplish more things or did he just end up failing everything he tried? Hitler’s leadership was actually kind of significant because of everything that he achieved as chancellor‚ dictator‚ and president of Germany. He got Germany out of unemployment‚ created the holocaust‚ Hitler took advantage of his rivals to rise to power‚ and he accomplished a lot while being chancellor. He was the leader of the Nazi Party‚ and he was born on April 20‚ 1889. Hitler
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government. The colonists would vote for senators and representatives which would be their voice in the government. This lead to the great compromise which was a debate between the smaller and larger states about who should have more say in the government. The small states wanted to have an equal amount of representation in government‚ that it why the Great Compromise was created. In representative government the people vote for a representative to be their voice in government.
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The Great Gatsby Socratic Seminar Paul Earnest Semar 11 2/19/14 1. The american dream is a dream that people have for themselves in order to become happy
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