...Brief Overview of Primary Sources Leave it to Beaver, Season 1, Episode 12 “The Perfume Salesmen”, 1957. Brady Bunch, Season 5, Episode 19 “Top Secret”, 1975 After watching an episode each of Leave it to Beaver and Brady bunch, I believe that these sitcoms would serve as relevant primary sources in determining whether 1963 was a turning point in American cultural expectations of women as housewives or career women. In Leave it to Beaver I noticed that the women predominately stay in the home and complete tasks like cooking and cleaning while the men go to work outside the home. Women before 1963 wore dresses with a hem about ankle length, their hair was curled and pinned up and their makeup was flawless. Ward even referred to June as a housewife. She tended to wear an apron most of the day and was part of a women’s club that met at her house. The mother did most of the childcare while the father usually gave the punishment. In contrast to Leave it to Beaver, the Brady Bunch showed higher hemlines, more women donned shorter hairstyles, and girls were seen wearing pants. After 1963, I noticed more of a co-parenting approach as opposed to individual parenting. Women appeared to be more outspoken in this time as well. Similar to Leave it to Beaver, Brady Bunch demonstrated the notion of separate spheres. The women of the Brady household tended to spend time as a group, including the maid. The boys did the same thing. I also noted an emphasis on togetherness in both sitcoms...
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...“Leave it to Beaver,” is a television show about a middle-class family. Ward, the family patriarch, teaches his two sons life lessons. Some of the lessons have to do with their roles as men in society and future husbands. We also see in Leave it to Beaver, June, the epitome of a housewife, living out her “wifely” roles as a mother and wife. June is what Betty Friedan describes as the “happy housewife heroine.” In this paper, I will discuss how masculine and feminine gender roles are shaped through generations of teachings from our forefathers and foremothers, how femininity and masculinity is defined in Leave it to Beaver, and whether the gender roles depicted in excludes other races and classes. Leave it to Beaver aired during the 1950s which was a crucial time in America’s history. This era followed World War II and The Great Depression. Because of the world war in the 40s, women had to take “male dominated” jobs because the men were off at war. By the time the 1950s hit, women were forced back into the home and the social order returned to the “traditional way of life” (Lindop 2007). Media, such as television shows like “Leave it to Beaver,” portrayed this “traditional social order” as the ideal family and how each gender should perform their roles in the home. The perception of the “traditional way of life”-a working husband, a housewife taking care of the home and children and nothing more- has confused society, especially women and created social norms. Women...
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...Mr. Bowman the world's biggest Beavers fan walks into his classroom with a Ducks poster on his door. He let his student Melina Valdovinos make a Ducks poster. He thought it was just for fun. Mr.Bowman walks into his classroom with a Ducks poster on his door. He was going to take it down, but he didn’t. He put a “Curse” on the poster. He made the Ducks lose their game. Mr.Bowman the world's biggest Beavers fan keeps a Ducks poster on his door. It was a quiet Friday afternoon in Mr.Bowman’s 6th period class. When his student Melina Valdovinos asked to draw and color a Ducks poster. He said “Yes” Mr.Bowman thought it was going to be for a friend or for her. Mr.Bowman and his students leave the classroom. Mr.Bowman let a student in his class...
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...Steven Darbyshire Professor Gerald Spence English 101 10 February 2013 What Happened to the Beaver? Wally and the Beaver have moved out of the neighborhood and the Kardashians have moved in. The fact that you know who the Kardashians are is a testimonial to the success of mass media marketing. What was once a platform to display the best qualities found in America has steadily become a means to display the worst. A modern day circus sideshow is just one click of your remote control away. What’s even more concerning is that our children can work the remote better than we can. Former President George Bush Jr. once said, “We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up a book or do they sit glued to the tube, watching music videos? Parents, don't make the mistake of thinking your kid only learns between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.”(qtd. in Alexis 247) .The connection between the desensitized youth of our nation and the American mass media is undeniable. American Children spend more than fifty-three hours a week watching TV or using video games, cellphones, and computers (Kaiser Family Foundation). That is an incredible amount of time for anyone, let alone a child. Sociologists believe that the media is used as a means to educate youth in regards to beliefs and values. Youth are shown that their lives can be better or more exciting by taking part in a certain behavior, which in-turn...
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...“Long, long ago, the Creator, the Great Chief Above, made the world. Then he made the animals and the birds and gave them their names--Coyote, Grizzly Bear, Deer, Fox, Eagle, the four Wolf Brothers, Magpie, Bluejay, Hummingbird, and all the others. When he had finished his work, the Creator called the animal people to him. "I am going to leave you," he said. "But I will come back. When I come again, I will make human beings. They will be in charge of you." The Great Chief returned to his home in the sky, and the animal people scattered to all parts of the world.” (Welker, Creation of the First Indians) Just as in the Genesis story, the Creator or God made the earth then the animals. However, the Great Chief Above decides to leave, unlike God who doesn’t stop, according to Genesis, until the world and its inhabitants are...
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...Abstract. The theory of optimal foraging and its relation to central foraging was examined by using the beaver as a model. Beaver food choice was examined by noting the species of woody vegetation, status (chewed vs. not-chewed), distance from the water, and circumference of trees near a beaver pond in North Carolina. Beavers avoided certain species of trees and preferred trees that were close to the water. No preference for tree circumference was noted. These data suggest that beaver food choice concurs with the optimal foraging theory. Introduction In this lab, we explore the theory of optimal foraging and the theory of central place foraging using beavers as the model animal. Foraging refers to the mammalian behavior associated with searching for food. The optimal foraging theory assumes that animals feed in a way that maximizes their net rate of energy intake per unit time (Pyke et al. 1977). An animal may either maximize its daily energy intake (energy maximizer) or minimize the time spent feeding (time minimizer) in order to meet minimum requirements. Herbivores commonly behave as energy maximizers (Belovsky 1986) and accomplish this maximizing behavior by choosing food that is of high quality and has low-search and low-handling time (Pyke et al. 1977). The central place theory is used to describe animals that collect food and store it in a fixed location in their home range, the central place (Jenkins 1980). The factors associated with the optimal foraging...
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...workers employment. The injured part had to be injured while performing its job. Application - It was clear that both Dulen and Freeman were injured because the signal arms at the railroad malfunctioned. It is also clear that the injury occurred "in the course of" because it happened while they were performing their job of transporting goods. Now assuming that he was having sex with Freeman their is no clear evidence that he left his position of leaving his assigned job of driving and being on the drivers seat furthermore he did not abandon his master mission of delivering the goods to San Francisco. It was also found that the injuries were directly caused from the malfunctioning of the signal arms. Conclusion - Dulen recovered Beaver v....
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...involves animals such as Beavers, Coyotes, Grizzly Bears and Cougars including much more. All of these animals and plants have all been in the midst of a biological cascade that all has occurred thanks to the wolves of Yellowstone. During the early years of the park wolves roamed the lands, and when there food sources were being taken away they had to eat and what they chose to eat unintentionally got them to be hunted and killed. A large portion of the wolf population diminished and most of the wolves scattered to safer locations to live....
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...The coniferous forest is located in Canada, Europe, Asia, and the United States. The temperature ranges from -40 Celsius to 20 Celsius. Average summer temperature is 10 Celsius. Yearly precipitation varies from 30 to 90 centimeters per year. Coniferous forest regions have cold, long, snowy winters, and warm, humid summers. They have well-defined seasons, and at least four to six frost-free months. There are two types of Coniferous forests: 1. Open, lichen woodland, which has trees, spaced far apart with lichen growing between them. 2. Closed forests, which have trees very close together and a shaded, moss-covered forest floor. The major aquatic zones of the coniferous forest are marine, freshwater, and brackish. The average salinity of marine is 3%, freshwater 1% or less, and brackish mixture of salt and fresh. Clear-cut logging is the biggest threat to the Coniferous forest. Replanting after logging leads to single-species conifer monocultures. Clear cutting accelerates soil erosion, degrades wildlife habitat and leads to the loss of biodiversity. The land is being cleared for ski slopes, landfills, housing, and new roads. In Canada, one acre of forest is cut every 12.9 seconds! Mining operations is another threat to the Coniferous forests because of the chemicals used in mining and the silt released by mining. Road construction destroys the forest and also acts as a barrier to wildlife. Roads isolate populations of species from feeding grounds, natural migration routes and...
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...Peter,Susan, Edmund and Lucy were all based on actual people in his life. While touring the house they came across a large room with nothing but a huge wardrobe. Everybody leaves the room but Lucy the youngest when she steps inside and finds herself in snowy woods. As she continues to walk she sees a faun a half goat half man named Tumnus. Tumnus and Lucy have tea together and talk a bit when Lucy says she has to go home,the faun starts crying and explains that he is a servant for the White Witch. He explains that the White Witch order her to capture any human that goes there Lucy begs him not to do so. When Lucy arrives back to the house she runs and tells everyone about the adventure and Narnia but none of her sibling believe her. The next day while playing hide and go seek Lucy goes back to the wardrobe but this time Edmund follows her (Sparknotes.com) He soons finds himself in Narnia but he has lost Lucy, a white paled women appears on a sled. The Witch finds out that Edmund is a human boy she offers him something to drink and some Turkish Delight. Edmund meets Lucy at the lamp post and Lucy explains that Tumnus has been punished by the witch for disobeying her. Peter and Susan are worried about Lucy's behavior so they seek the professor for help. The professor explains to them that Lucy is not lying this leaves them very confused. The next day the children went into the wardrobe worried to see what or who they might encounter. When they entered Lucy lead the way to Tumnus house...
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...Beaver Well hello there. I’m a beaver, one of the biggest rodents in the world. I weigh about 60 pounds, and come in two different species that live in the woods and wetlands of North America, Europe, and Asia. The first thing you’ll probably notice about me is my big, paddle-shaped tail. It’s true, I can look a little wobbly when I waddle over land, but in the water, I’m as graceful as a fish. My special tail and webbed hind feet act like a rudder and fins to help me swim, and my soft, glossy brown fur is waterproof so I never get chilly, even in really cold water. And that’s important, because I need freshwater to survive. If I find a lake, pond, or river that looks like a nice place to live, I’ll just burrow into a side bank to make my...
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...The Beaver State 10/31/13 Table of Contents Title 1 Table of Contents 2 Trivia 3 History 4 Geography 5 Climate 6 Population 7 Tourist 8 Key figures 9 Bibliography 10 Trivia The state of Oregon has some very interesting facts and now you will learn about some of them. The state of Oregon has an amazing governor, his name is John Kitzhaber. He takes care of his state and does not want anything to bad happen to his state. He focuses on keeping his state clean and safe. The state flower is the Oregon grape for its amazing beauty. It has a thin stem, a tall top and beautiful purple leaves. The state bird of Oregon is the jaw dropping Western Meadowlark. In my opinion it is the most beautiful and outstanding bird of all time in United States. It can’t get any prettier it has an amazing speed that allows it to glide. The state nick name is the Beaver State because of all of the beavers there. Oregon is a cool name, but what’s even cooler is its postal abbreviation OR. It is simple to remember because it is the first two letters in the states name, unlike AZ which is the first and last letter of the alphabet. History Oregon’s history is amazing, I have so many things to tell you but unfortunately I can only tell you a few. Oregon’s history has so many cool things, I have learned a lot by doing this research paper. Oregon Territory was created in 1848 and became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Did you know that Oregon...
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...that 25% of broadcasting frequencies would be reserved for educational and non-profit broadcasting. Economic Considerations - Creating a national broadcasting system was too expensive to support non-profit & educational specials - Thus, already established commercial radio networks undertook financing of the development of broadcasting television in the US. - Television became a means of selling products with some entertainment to fill out the time between advertisements Analysis on Lipsitz and Haralovitch Readings: Lipsitz: “The Meaning of Memory: Family, Class and Ethnicity in Early Television” - Situation comedies in the 1950s were based on ethnic working class family life. - The Honeymooners, Leave it to Beaver, and I Love Lucy are examples of comedic sitcoms that portrayed diverse families in the 50s and 60s - With the influence of the 1930s Great Depression damaging the economy, many middle and...
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...goal. In order to work together efficiently, the group must find the best way to organize the work that needs to be done in order to meet the goals of the organization. Organizational structure defines how tasks are divided, grouped, and coordinated in organizations. Every organization has a structure that clarifies the roles that organizational members perform, so that everyone understands their responsibilities to the group. For example, the Beaver Scouts is a youth organization that meets for outdoor activities, such as hiking and camping. When the Beaver Scouts of Colony #33 go camping, the lodge leader constructs a list of tasks that must be performed during the trip. Tasks are divided up among the members of the colony and written down on a chore chart, so every scout knows what job they are responsible for each day. Without this formal structure, the scouts would waste a lot of time trying to decide who should do what, and many tasks would likely go undone. The Role Of Structure In An Organization Similar to the Beaver Scout chore chart, companies use a diagram called an organizational chart that displays the structure of the organization, and also shows the relationships between organizational members and the ranks of all the positions in the organization. The formal structure of an organization provides two important roles for organizational members. The structure of an organization clarifies roles for organizational members, so that each member knows what they...
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...One of the most famous psychologists, Sigmund Freud first wrote a paper in 1884 praising what he considered a miracle drug called cocaine, while others in different countries were discovering cocaine as an anesthetic. After cocaine leaves proved to travel poorly, Parke Davis, a chemist dramatically altered the drug industry by creating semi-refined cocaine on site by 1885. (Karch) America adapted to cocaine, by 1985 cocaine was sold everyone, such as drug stores, salons, etc. In fact, there was a drug manufacturer who sold cocaine in 15 different forms such as cigarettes, inhalants, crystals, and more. Cocaine was not only being used directly but it was being put in different drinks and foods. A famous wine called “Vin Mariani” was imported from France it had a mixture of wine and coca leaves. The most famous drink known for once having cocaine in it was Coca-Cola, it was considered a pick-me up soda pop, along with other...
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