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    portray a particular event in history. However, what they demonstrate isn’t always the case. Not to mention, numerous filmmakers enjoy dramatizing, adding details, and lying about a certain event in history just to appeal to the audience’s emotions and/or attention. Although adding an extra detail or two to the historical event may generate additional excitement, it also gives false information to those who watch the film. Nonetheless, certain films do present real historical information, yet its

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    A historical event that occurred in the Pacific Northwest region was the start of trading between Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest and Europeans. This was an important event because Non-Native Americans were driven to the region because of the idea of making money. This lead to settlements and trading posts throughout the region.The social structure of tribes in this region was also affected by trade. The website http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Classroom%20Mater

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    When researching my paper, it was difficult to find historical events in an unbiased way. Both of my historians and four out of six of my books were written by prior Black Panther members. When reading my books all of the them were written by former members constantly uplifted the ideas that the Panthers had. They would talk about all the good that the Panthers did, occasionally talking about the negatives but always having a reason for doing so. David Hilliard was the author for most of my books

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    references to other existing literature or historical event. These references within text is called ‘intersexuallity’. This often enriches the reader’s experience and appreciation, and provides a deeper meaning to the text. This effect can be clearly seen in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, with her use of historical events, people’s ideas and behavior at the time, and as well as child’s growing up process. The trial of Tom Robinson is a big event in To Kill a Mockingbird, where it clearly

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    the best way to go about teaching history is to try to approach each historical event with objectivity and skepticism. This process described by Haskell allows you to teach your students the value of listening to other people’s opinions, by listening to others you allow yourself to be exposed to new ideas or beliefs. Being skeptical is an important value to install while teaching. Skepticism allows you to question your own historical bias and personal perspectives, having doubt creates the ability to

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    Diary of Anne Frank is a drama by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. To summarize, Anne and her family go into hiding buy are eventually caught after two, long years. Historical events are reflected in The Diary of Anne Frank through dialogue, stage directions, and the diary itself. To begin with, dialogue is a way historical events are revealed in the play. As Miep declared to everyone in the annex, “The invasion has begun! The invasion!” “British, Americans, Dutch, Poles, Norwegians… all of them

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    To some people, changing historical events to make a story different is wrong and should not be done. To others, it makes sense to do so. To me, changing historical events make the story seem unreal, it changes the truth and would get twisted, also it would affect the way the the hero feels towards the person changing the story, or if he is dead, it will affect his kids and family. Swapping up history, or historical events, makes the story seem unreal and some people misconstrue the wrong story

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    has to ask; is the resurrection of Jesus a historical event? Everyone agrees that Jesus Christ was a moral man who lived on earth. Some state the resurrection of Jesus is a historical event, while others say the resurrection of Jesus is not a historical event. Jesus’ death on the cross is seen as a barbarous event, but to others, Jesus’ death on the unlocked the crippling chains of humanity. The resurrection of Jesus is proven to be a historical event for these three reasons; the vacant tomb, credible

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    War II. The historian Guibert takes the events that Alan recalls and aligns Alan’s story with World War II context. Unfortunately, Guibert does not always specifically connect Alan’s life to a certain event. However, it is still important for readers to understand the historical event that lead Alan into the war as well as the events toward the end of the war, in order to better understand the author’s story. Although Alan enters the war fairly late, the events that initially lead Alan into World War

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    History A big part that people do not consider when they come to New York is about its’ early history, its disasters, and its’ historical events. In New York the first people living there were the native americans. There were two tribes the Iroquois and the Oneida. First, the Iroquois were a group of tribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and the Seneca. Later, the Tuscarora joined the group of the 5. They had different names depending on what kind of people they were. The French called them the Iroquois

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