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    This article talks about the importance of artistic depictions of historical events that can capture a student’s imagination. It states that using art in social studies requires moving beyond art appreciation toward nurturing a higher awareness level of inference and critical interpretation. In order to assist students in this process, the authors for this article have developed a scaffolding method (REED-LO) that supports the interpretation of a work of art and a Web 2.0 tool that is a freely-available

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    Welcome to our museum! Today, you will learn about a variety of historical events that happened in early American history. Our museum includes information about three different civilizations. These civilizations are the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. These civilizations made many achievements and had very unique cultural elements that you will get to experience. You will also learn about the impact that the Spanish conquest had on these civilizations. All of these cultural details are shown through artifacts

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    HIROSHIMA             It is often said that history has a common tendency of repeating itself; thus, the significance of history lessons and education about historical events. There are some past events like drought or war that people do not wish to see happen again. One such event is the dropping of the first atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese. After the attack on their land, the United States of America sought to put an end to the

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    The slave trade was one of the worst historical events in history. There was three main stages to the slave trade that I will cover, The capture, the ship voyage to america and the auction. The capture brutal and probably the scariest because the Africans didn't know where they were going to be taken to. The Africans were mainly captured by fellow Africans that were hired by white men for trade of guns, food or booze. After being captured the captive Africans were sometimes forced to march hundreds

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    Ethical Challenges in Business: A Historical Event worth Examination The movie Erin Brockovich is based on actual events involving corporate business knowingly endangering the health of local residents and the environment. This factual event is a great example of capitalism on steroids with no empathy for who are what is destroyed on their path for wealth. The events that unfold show the degenerative break down of ethical values through the business format of Pacific Gas and Electric. PG&E

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    Elections of President Barack Obama I chose to do my historical event essay on the Elections of President Barack Obama. I chose this because President Obama is a well- respected man and also the first African American president ever in history. President Obama is the 44th president of the United States. He was first the senate of Illinois and that’s how he got a boost in his election for president. President Obama was first elected on November 4th of 2008 and is currently serving his second and

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    Throughout the course of history, there has been many historical events that were captured within photos and paintings. With these artwork, the artist try to convey the image in the most captivating way that makes people want to look at these images. Many of these images have been famous to this very day for displaying powerful messages that are behind the work of art. When people look at art, they don 't realize that there’s more meaning than to what they see through the image. Sometimes you just

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    In the passage, M. Annette Jaimes explains how the historical event of Sand Creek happened. She starts off by saying a short summary of the event and how many Native people died during the late 1800s. The passage then turns to October 6, 1989 which talked about a dedication ceremony for the American Indian community that happened at the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus that was led by native students. She says that the people were celebrating the renaming of the former Nichols Hall. In dedication

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    history are deeply intertwined. Literature is heavily influenced by the history it is surrounded by; this sphere of influence includes prominent leaders, religions, wars, revolutions, and much more. Many classics show the influence of well-known historical events of their time period such as: 1984 by George Orwell which was influenced by the spread of communism and totalitarian governments, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald influenced by the roaring 1920s, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Great. In a period containing such an immense amount of historical significance there is no doubting that it had influenced the people born. Notorious philosopher Aristotle is no exception, contributing a great deal to the fields of mathematics, biology and ethics. His book titled Nicomachean Ethics contains his views on the ethics of mankind and how they can be applied on a daily basis. This essay will look critically at how the historical events that took place during the Classical Period may have

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