Many people view Black History Month as a celebration of African-American achievements‚ but is it necessary? The agenda of this observation fails to improve any of the oppression placed on Black life. There are no other ethnicities or races that have a special month for themselves. Also‚ if Black History was implemented in all history textbooks the need for the month would be void. The celebration was proposed by Carter G. Woodson‚ as "Negro History Week" in 1915 and nine years later his dream
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1.How would you name the school? What would be its mascot? Explain your choices. I would name the school based on the country there in or by a historical event that has happen in the past that had a good out come on their country. The reason that I have come up with this choice is because it seem like a good I deal to do it that way. More people would rather it be this way then just a random name with a thought about it. I would name the mascot after the main person that was in charge of the historical
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Part One: 1. The Holy Land is an important site for all three monotheistic faiths because it represents them all even if they have slightly different beliefs. For example‚ the Jewish have the Wailing Wall‚ the Christian have Holy Sepulcher and the Muslims have the Dome of the Rock. Each of these specific cities throughout Jerusalem hold special importance through there religion. For Judaism the Temple Mount and Cave of the Patriarchs symbolize there religion. As for Christianity‚ the Church of
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Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Read the following excerpt from Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. Use the excerpt to answer the following question: When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said‚ "Repent" (Mt 4:17)‚ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance‚ that is‚ confession and satisfaction‚ as administered by the clergy. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless
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The Conrad-Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles for the Roman‚ Han Chinese I. Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: a. State-level government: Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place b. High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs c. An environmental mosaic Rome: Alps‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ forests‚ Tiber and other rivers‚ hills Han: Tianshan mountains‚ Yellow
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Grammar as Rhetoric and Style The Appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that tells the reader something about a nearby noun or pronoun. In each sentence below‚ the appositive is underlined. The italics shows the noun or pronoun that the appositive details. It turned out that one of the top students‚ Denny Davies‚ had learned of this rule. Kennedy‚ a wiry fifty-nine-year-old who has a stern buzz cut‚ was in 1997 the principal of Sarasota High School. In 1981‚ two professors
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2.06 Developing a National Identity My Magna Carta for Home Right Number 1 * Requirements/Situation- I want the right to be able to stay out until 12 a.m. on weekends. * Justification- I am a good person and do not do anything wrong. I have earned my trust and deserve a little more time to be able to spend out. * Expectations- I expect that my parents allow me to stay out without asking where I am every twenty minutes. Right Number 2 * Requirements/Situation- I want the right to
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The first thing you need to do is review the DBQ rubric sheet‚ your essay & my comments. - Did you answer the prompt …or did you merely interpret documents? - If you tried to do POV‚ did you get it or not? Look closely at what you wrote for POV. General Comments: - The word is Confucian –not Confusion‚ Confucious‚ nor even Confucionis. You need to write the right word so at the AP reading they don’t laugh at you J! - These are pretty decent DBQ’s
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In what ways is the Holy Land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths? For the Christians it is the city were Jesus was crucified and where he had risen from the dead. For the Muslims it is a place where their leader Mohammad ascended to meet God. Now for the Jewish people King David had named it and it was where Solomon had built the temple‚ also the Wailing Wall is in this city. The three major monotheistic religions are sometimes described as branches of the same family tree
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New world exploration a. exploration origins of european expansion exploration b. consequences encounter a. conquistadors had superior weapons/guns & horses b. native american populations quickly shrank c. death due to diseases brought by europeans spanish empire a. financed by gold and silver from americas b. natives: died from diseases brought by the spanish some converted to christianity some resisted by the spanish control colonies spanish empire -appointed viceroys
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