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    Before answering the question, “should historical event be judged by the standards of their time?” we must understand what it is asking. A historical event can be defined as an event that happened in the past but is relevant today and has influence on the present. When we judge something we form a conclusion or opinion about it, so when we judge using the standards of another time period we are forming an opinion using the common or normal ideas of that era. The question can be rephrased as, “should

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    Identity and its Underlying Context in Historical Events As we grow new understandings and opinions form, creating a unique viewpoint of the world that is ever changing. My personal viewpoint may be much different than those of the people I grew up with due to different experiences and family backgrounds that have helped to form my identity. As people, we have inherent biased towards our own views of how the world works based on our identity, place and the histories we have been taught. We only gain

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    discrimination at the polls all over America, and the catalyst for these happenings in Selma was Jimmie Lee Jackson. The historical drama, Selma, tells the story of Selma, Alabama in 1965. It is not a documentary therefore, some details were changed, exaggerated or left out due to the fact that this is a historical drama. The movie, Selma, serves the purpose of showing the events in Selma and how they influenced the conclusion of the movie, the passing of the Voting Rights Act by Lyndon B. Johnson

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    Alternative Historical Sporting Event: Katrina and the Saints In 2005, Hurricane Katrina left a mark on the city of New Orleans so big that it changed the history of the world and sports forever. Homes were destroyed, lives were taken, and life was forever changed for the people affected in the city of New Orleans. Out of all who had the greatest impact on this event, the Saints had the most influence. Although the Saint’s Superdome had extensive damage, the Saints allowed citizens to take shelter

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    In the earlier years of the 1900s many historical events took place such as World War I , the Great Depression, World War II and many others were a groundbreaking part of history that affected many lives. The main event I will be talking about throughout my report is World War II. It first began on September 1, 1939 and ended six years later, in 1945 around the same exact time. The event was set off from the previous one, World War I. The instability that occurred in Europe in 1914 set the point

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    The autobiography graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi’s, uses past historical events that happened in her life. The graphic novel uses black and white animated like characters to display the story to the reader on an emotional level. Satrapi strays from the stereotype comic by making the imageries in the book catch the reader on a more thoughtful and sensitive level. In one part of the story the author starts to try and describes people who have passed away during the war. She associates

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    audience the piece is directed at and the points it desires to make. Anselm Kiefer, a neoclassicist artist who was born at the tail end of World War II, made large paintings with a variety of included forms in order to describe the horrors of historical events. His work “Burning Rods” serves as painting both to acknowledge Chernobyl itself, but also to visually document the destruction its failure caused. Within the 1900’s, several periods of destruction ravaged

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    The Truth – Historical Event or Time: “The Crucible(1996)” was an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play which, was another adaptation of the Salem Witch trials. The Salem Witch trials occurred between 1692 and 1693. The event revolved around hysteria due to the fact that there were no actual witches in the area. According to the history books, over 200 people were accused of being witches and 20 people were executed based on the belief. The first 3 women that had been accused of being witches were frowned

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    events in the poem take place in the late 5th century, A.D., after the Anglo-Saxons had started their journey to England, and before the beginning of the 7th century, a time when the Anglo-Saxon people were either newly arrived or still in close contact with their Germanic kinsmen in Northern Germany. The poem may have been brought to England by people of Geatish origins.[8] It has been suggested that Beowulf was first composed in the 7th century at Rendlesham in East Anglia, as the Sutton Hoo ship-burial

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    In the drama wrote by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett eight people crowded into annex for 2 long years not being able to go outside. Many historical events were impacted in the drama Anne Frank. Even though these problems took place outside of the secret annex it changed the mood and relationships of the character. Mood First is the historical event, “ They get their call-up notice…. Come to the Jewish theater on such and such a day and hour…. Only what you can carry in a rucksack. If you

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