In his book The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson‚ Daniel J. Boorstin attempted to “recapture the Jeffersonian world of ideas” by reconstructing the writings of the Jeffersonian from the American Philosophy Society. He attempted to show the relationship between the different Jeffersonian conceptions‚ starting with God and ending with society. Furthermore‚ Boorstin’s attempted to bring coherency to the Jeffersonian tradition in order to save it from the “vagueness which has enveloped much of liberal
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The reading that I choose to do my reading note is Jared Diamond’s article‚ “ The World As a Polder.” I find this reading particularly significant because the content of the reading is related to our daily life. This reading is about environmental problems that human is facing in present society. The environmental problems that we are facing included natural habitats destruction‚ air and water pollution‚ overpopulation‚ species extinction‚ soil degradation‚ energy shortage‚ and chemical pollution
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IQE Charts for Module A – Tim Winton’s Short Stories and The Poetry of Zohra Saed. Theme/Value: Identity Context and text (Tim Winton) Technique & Quote Explanation Technique & Quote Context and text (Zohra Saed) “Big World” is a story of two boys’ lives as they finish school and assert their independence in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Context: Grew up in small towns in WA. Working class background. Father was a police officer and great story teller. Educated at university. Christian
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Africa and the Atlantic world explores the trials and tribulations of Africans being forced from their homeland and sold into slavery. Africans endured such hardships and conditions that their souls vanished with the site of mother Africa. Europeans sold and forced slaves to cultivate sugar plantations for their own profits. The Americas‚ Europe and Africa were involved in a cross continental system of human trafficking. African men‚ woman and children were shipped across the Atlantic to the
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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Questions and Responses for "The Demon Haunted World" 1. What is the danger of Sagan using a rhetorical question at the end of the first paragraph‚ especially considering that he has mentioned “traditional religions” earlier on? A rhetorical question‚ commonly asked to make a statement rather than an argument‚ extracts a casual "yes" from the reader‚ as they agree to something obvious. However‚ Sagan disregards the common use of the literary device to bluntly state his personal opinion and belittle
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were looking for a source of hope‚ therefore the success of one representative in the African American Community gave hope to many in times of hardship‚ since hope can help others in a time of struggles and suffering. In the story‚ “Champion of the World‚” by Maya Angelou talks about a boxing event where a black man and white men are fighting in the ring and explaining what it was like being the audience and hearing about the fight. Joe Louis‚ known as “Brown Bomber”‚ was a hero of his people by defending
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Ripley in her book‚ “smartest kids in world” brings forth a mystery about why some kids learn more and some very little. Ripley is a reporter at time and other magazines. While writing about Michelle Rhee‚ leader of Washington D.C. public school‚ she realizes that there is a more serious issue to think about than Rhee. Issue about variation in learning abilities of students. She thought that these variations were due to different school students attended or teachers they had. But‚ most of the reason
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During the 1970s‚ the world was full of conflicts between western democracy and the emerging communism‚ collectively known as the cold war. And amidst the political storm rose Henry A. Kissinger‚ a political scientist and the US Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977. Kissinger won a Nobel Prize for his efforts in ending the Vietnam War and helped push relationships with communist superpowers like the Soviet Union and emerging China.[1] In 2014‚ Kissinger wrote World Order‚ a book that describes
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Africa chapter 20 • Factories: forts and trading posts with resident merchants. • El Mina (1482): Most important factory in the heart of gold-producing region of the forest zone. • Nzigna Mvemba (r. 1507-1543): Ruler of Kongo. With help of missionaries brought the whole kingdom to Christianity. • Luanda: Permanent settlement of the Portuguese established in the south of the Kongo in the 1570s. Basis for Portuguese colony of Angola. • Royal African Company: Charted in 1660s to establish a monopoly
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