...History to me is a piece of the past. Whether written, verbal, portrayed through art or songs, history is our way of connecting with the past. In order to understand history, we must first figure out where we are trying to head as a group or society, and then once we figure our direction, we must analyze the past to ensure we don’t make the same mistakes previously undertaken. My favorite subject is science, however everything that happens in the world falls under history at some point in time, based simply on the fact that everything we do or say will become history after it’s done or said. I want to study history and find more about my families’ history, and my culture in parts of the world where my descendants come from. It is extremely important to know where I come from and who my people are, as one day I will marry and settle down with my own family. I would like very much to be able to tell them about our families’ history and from where they come from. Most important is not letting my families’ history die with my elders. The only way I know of doing this is to research, talk, and spend more time with them and let them tell me everything they know so that I can research further and find more information out than previously known. To me, history is more than linking our past. It offers a small glimpse of the future. Not all, but most families way of doing things, professions, hobbies, etc., all come from learned behavior that may have been passed down from...
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...Just a couple years ago I was touring a plethora of colleges all around the Northeast, when I came across Assumption. The atmosphere, the people, the academics, everything about this school felt right. Upon the completion of my freshman year I have learned so much through both my professors and peers. I have made great friends and I have had so many academic and extracurricular opportunities in just the past year alone. A year later Assumption continues to provide new experiences and chances for me to branch out. I have continued to grow as an individual from my time here and now the time has come for me to take advantage of another opportunity Assumption has available, and that is the second campus in Rome. With a backdrop like Rome, history, architecture, and art that is read about in books comes to life. Studying in Rome provides a chance to discover not only the history and rich culture behind the beautiful city but it can also lead to a self discovery as I search to find my place in the world during my years at Assumption....
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...a place where antique things and art are preserved for the public to be seen, a place where rare things of past and present are kept, a place where you can see a collection of rare things and things of historical interest. Those who want to have a look into the past visit the museum. I was planning to visit this museum long before this assignment but I never had the chance to fulfil it. Last Sunday I took my family and visited the American History Museum, and the Aerospace Museum in Washington D C. Each Museum is divided into various sections. Each section has different exhibits. I spent great time in the History Museum as it pertains to the course I’m taking, but my two kids loved the Aerospace Museum. The museum is in a big building which consists of many big halls. It is managed by all officers and tour guides. To visit the museum is an education in itself and for this reason it is visited by thousands of people every day. Travelers from other states and even foreign countries also make it a point to visit it because it enables them to peek into history and human progress. During the course of history, art has proven to be an important culture of humanity. Not only does art teaches the history of mankind but it passes on the emotions and ideas that cannot be written or verbal expressed. As history takes its course and civilization evolves, we can observe the changes and evolution. The Museum has on display a variety of artifacts from several different time periods...
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...we look at the history of algebra and some of its different writers. Algebra originated in ancient Egypt and Babylon around 1650 B.C. Diophantus of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, and Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, a Persian mathematician from Baghdad, astronomer and geographer, shared the credit of being the founders of algebra. Diophantus, who is known as the “father of algebra”, carried on the work of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, but the word Algebra actually came from the word al-jabr, which is from al-Khwārizmī’s work, Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala. The algebraic notation had gone through 3 stages: rhetorical (or verbal), stage, syncopated (use of abbreviated words) stage, and symbolism (the use of letters for the unknown) stage. As a matter of fact, the algebra that we know of today began during the 16th century, even though its history shows that it began almost 4000 years ago. A Brief Look at the Origin of Algebra I have always had a love for math. My favorite math class was Algebra; in fact, I had taken Algebra I, II, III, and IV all through high school, and aced every class. I can just look at a problem and know the answer. Then, I returned to college after 30 years, and took an Intro to College Math class. I wasn’t sure if I still remembered what I had learned in high school, but it all clicked after just one week. After reading Real World Application #20, The Origins of Equations, in this class, I started thinking, where did all these...
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...Gonzales BSA I-25 Sophie’s World JosteinGaarder was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1952. His father was a headmaster and hismother was a teacher who also wrote children’s books. Gaarder went to the University of Oslo, where he studied Scandinavian languages and theology. In 1974 he married and began to write. In 1981 Gaarder moved to Bergen and began to teach high school philosophy, a career that he continued for eleven years. Gaarder’s early writings were contributions to philosophy and theology textbooks and in 1986 he published his first book,The Diagnosis and Other Stories. He then wrote two books for children before publishingThe Solitaire Mystery, whichwon the 1990 Norwegian Literary Critics’Award and the Ministry of Cultural and Scientific Affairs’ Literary Prize. With the publication of Sophie’s World in 1991, Gaarder gained international fame.Sophie’s World spent three years as the best-selling bookin Norway. His first book to be translated into English,Sophie’s World was also the top selling book in Germany, France, and Great Britain. It has been published in forty-four languages and in 1995Sophie’s World was the best-selling book in the world. Gaarder is one of the best-known contemporary Scandinavian writers. Sophie’s World has spawned a movie, a musical, a board game, and a CD-ROM. Gaarder is well known for writing from children’s perspectives and most of his books are for a young audience.Sophie’s World, however, has bridged the gap between audiences of different ages....
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...History of the United States Prison Marshall Keese Introduction to Criminal Justice CRJ-100-201103 05/14/2011 Instructor: Andrew Blank History of the United States Prison Introduction This research paper is on the history of the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons, the goal of rehabilitation, prison labor, changes in the prison system, rehab programs, population, housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this paper is because many people do not know why prison are the way they are now. In order to know why we have prisons the way we have them today you have to know where they came from. The main findings from my paper are from the internet. Articles that I read for this are Towards a Fair and Balanced Assessment of Supermax Prisons by Daniel P. Mears and Jamie Watson. The textbook Twelfth Edition Introduction to Criminal Justice Author Larry Siegel Chapter 16. Prison Reform in Pennsylvania by Norman Johnston P.H.D Board member Emeritus of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Wikipedia. The short History of Prison by the Howard League for Penal Reform. These articles helped me to understand how we have the prison system today. I found that...
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...What is the meaning of diversity? In this paper I will be discussing what diversity is and whom it may affect, where you can get more information and where in American society you can fit in. According to the online dictionary diversity means difference or variety (dictionary.com,2013), and what that means when it involves the people of our nation a place of acceptance and belonging. Since our country has hit its digital age you are able to find all kinds of interesting facts about anything. Any information in the United States could be accessed online, which is a time saver when researching a group of individuals for new information so that one could get a better understanding of what it would be like if he or she where a part of that community. The best source for information would be organizations, which provide links to the various support groups it sponsors. Some of the things that I have learned were about the GLBT (Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual, and Transgender) community and the struggle for the social acceptance, and the same kind of marital union. To see the changes that are taking place and the strides that are left to take place, it is like witnessing a present day civil rights movement and in many respects it is just that. Throughout this process I have learnt some things new about my own cultural history, traditions that I have never celebrated due to not understanding the significance before. There are many traditions I am still currently learning, but to learn more...
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...ever wonder where you came from? Where your ancestors started. Did they come from England? Ireland? Japan? Nepal? I think at some point everyone has been interested in where they originated. A different part of the world that you never would of imaged that you came from there. Some history goes way back into other eras, which you would never expect. What got me curios about where I came from, was the topic choice of John Edgar Wideman reading “Our Time” ”Page 657”. Which was a topic idea present on Old Habits. John Wideman reading talks about how you might explain your family history. Especially how would you explain where ones habits have come from? Is it something your mother did, that your grandfather has done? How can I take...
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...Book review for Mayflower I chose a book Mayflower, which is written by Nathaniel Philbrick, who won a National Book Award for "In the Heart of the Sea," and Theodore and Frankhim D Roosevelt Naval History Prize. This book is about the history around the trip Mayflower to see how it connect with the beginning history of America and how the America united. Author has the knowledge to amplify details to give a wider sense of the voyage, that’s the reason why I have chosen this book. For instance, the most impassive part in the book is about Thanksgiving. It was last few days to celebrate. The participants consisted of about 50 colonists and 100 Pokanoket Indians. The feast was happened in the colony. But the ship carrying it sailed in the late falls back to England, so that the narrative ends with the pleasant event. The story gives me a sense of hope and promise. We can see that Philbrick is interested in writing about history of Pilgrims and New England. His writing style is tell reader very detail to illuminate the conflicts between Pilgrims and Indians and fleshes out the characters in the book. The vocabulary that he used is not too difficult to read. He wrote the book with clean prose and eminent fairness. It helps me to create a strong image in mind easily. For example, this book is a story of courage, community and war. Author is not only uncovered a cache of 17th century documents but also detailed portrayal of Pilgrims and the various tribes and leaders. That’s why...
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...Diverse America University of Phoenix Diversity is something that we all have dealt with and others have had to overcome throughout history. The definition of diversity is, the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization. Throughout this class and the past nine weeks, things have come up that made me wonder how we are all able to coexist. People can be mean; they also can shed light on hard situations that would make us all open our eyes. There is no rhyme or reason to the hatred, but we all must learn to let stuff go. The United States is known to have the most diverse set of racial and ethical groups in the world. People come here to start a new life, it does not matter what race, religion or sexual preference you have, the United States has always openly welcomed you. Information that helped me were knowing that we are all the same, even though many of us seem different, this is not the case. Since the attacks on the twin towers, Muslims have been mistreated, labeled and abused by most. If you get a chance to sit down and talk to them like I have, you start to realize that the world is a cruel place. I have learned that white Americans as myself have been the roots of many evils. I do not know where the sense of privilege has come from, or why this has become. One thing I do know is that nothing will change unless we all are willing to change. As we have seen, the United States is not what it used to look like...
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...I found the textbook, "The World of Myth", to be fascinating and mind boggling. Before I read the introduction to the book I didn't really recognize that myths contained some form of truth. I had always thought myths to be fictional stories. I've learned it's quite opposite actually. Myth consists of accurate facts as well as part story. For instance, I used to think a myth was just "an old wives tale". I thought it was just a story passed down through gossipping women over the years. It in fact is more than just a story. It is a story of truth passed down from generation to generation. However, as a result of this, the truth has been interpreted differently amongst different people. This is how we get facts mixed in with fictional stories....
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...Events Andrew Spears ECPI University Cultural Events In this section, I will introduce two cultural events experienced: The International Civil Rights Museum and the Greensboro Historical Museum. International Civil Rights Museum. The first cultural event I attended was the International Civil Rights Museum (ICRM) located in downtown Greensboro on February One street. At this museum you relive and learn the history behind the Greensboro Four and the Civil Rights movement. It was a privilege to have experienced the museum in person. Walking through the Woolworth building where the sit-ins occurred will leave an everlasting impression on me. In that experience, one can understand the sense of anguish and pain that was experienced during that time. The museum can bring up all sorts of emotions in a person that truly enjoys history. The museum exhibited how during the time of the civil rights movement both black and white people came together to rid, not only Greensboro but the nation of discrimination. They believed in equality amongst the people; they protected, marched, and performed sit-ins to display their thoughts and feelings about racial segregation. About the International Civil Rights Museum & Center. (2010, January 20). Greensboro Historical Museum The second cultural event I attended was the Greensboro Historical Museum. This museum was founded in 1924 to tell American history the perspective of Greensboro. It was very enlightening to experience the...
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...“I OFTEN THINK IT ODD THAT IT SHOULD BE SO DULL, FOR A GREAT DEAL OF IT MUST BE INVENTION.” -Catherine Morland on History The most naïve policeman would know to not believe everything a witness is saying, even if he doesn’t use the full potential of his knowledge. Similarly, historians (not men) have come to realise that they cannot believe all historical information blindly (evidence would be the wrong word). Historians have understood that manuscripts can be forged, facts can be exaggerated and physical evidence can be faked. Does this leave any room for any distinction between a myth and a historical fact? Having that distinction is important. However, it is an undeniable truth that myths originate from facts and hence cannot be completely false. Then from where does the question of having to make this sort of a distinction arise from? Does a distinction even exit? If yes, where does it come from? Questions like these have made history one of the most uncertain and ambiguous disciplines. When one is asked the question ‘What is history?’, we subconsciously give the answer to the broader question of our view of the society we live in. History can be viewed as a collection of facts produced by historians to reconstruct the past. This means that most people understand the distinction between “history” and “past”. Past includes facts that already happened whereas history is a reiteration of those facts from a historian’s point of view.- I get what you’re trying to say and...
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...The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles This was my first time visiting the Natural History Museum and I learned about some interesting stuff. When I walked into the museum I first thing that I noticed where the large dinosaurs. My first thought was I am in the wrong museum. I assumed that the museum was going to focus on prehistoric events because on the first floor all they display is dinosaurs, monkeys and other mammals. The Natural History museum mainly focuses on prehistoric animals and early civilization of the Native Americans from the 1600’s to 1800’s. The museum displayed photographs and clay figures that showed us how people would look and dress during that period of time. I also learned some stuff about the Natives, the Spaniards and about some new inventions that happen during the 1600’s through the 1800’s. I walked around the for a while and then I arrived to level G. Level G focused more on American history and California history. One event that the museum displays is an ad titled “Reduction in Rates”. The ad was about the pacific mail steamship. The ad displayed the different prices people would pay in order to ride the ship. The prices varied from where you wanted to ride. The cost to ride in the cabin was five dollars and to ride in the storage you would pay three dollars. There was also a map from December 6, 1869, which belonged to the southern pacific railroads. The focused my attention on the early civilization because it links more to the discussions...
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...University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. |Part I: Matrix |What is the group’s history in the United |What is the group’s population in the |What are some attitudes and customs |What is something you admire about | | |States? |United States? |people of this group may practice? |this group’s people, lifestyle, or | | | | | |society? | |Native Americans |When you think about the history of Native |When it comes to Native Americans and |Traditional Native of Americans are very|I can honestly say that I admire a | | |Americans, you are looking at a race that |there population in the united states. |much group orinrented when you look at |lot about the Native Americans | | |has a very big impact on the united states.|Native Americans compose of 1.53% of the|this culture you can see that they are |lifestyle to me it sound like to me | | ...
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