structure and cultures of various communities in the world. To many historians and individuals, history is one of the important assets that a country or a community can ever possess because it differentiates it from other communities or countries. Often, history provides an account of past events of a community or a country and can be very useful in predicting the future. According to historians, history should never be pursued for the sake of just collecting information and data to add more knowledge
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About Canadian History? It is important for citizens to learn about Canadian History because of many important events that have taken place over the past 18 centuries. In order to function in a modern democracy such as Canada’s, we must develop an appreciation and understanding of the country's past. The importance of this is to help us progress with the future. With that being said, if we want to know why and how our world is where it is today, we would have to look at the history for answers. We
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Some of my friends and I went to the Folsom Prison Museum, and explored, learned, and saw what life was like back then, and now, for prison goers. I went with Sam Clare, Kyleigh Lessa, and Madeline Cox (who tagged along for support, because she’s on the other team). Overall, the museum was very interesting, and everyone learned lots. Folsom Prison has been around for a long time, since the 1800’s to be exact. When we first got there, we went into the museum, and watched a video, about 20 minutes
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story of one of their own battling the American invaders. This was a story reflected in many forms of Japanese media at the time. But, if questions of this sort are to be asked, then what of almost any major wrestling draw in history? I cannot think of a major star in the history of the business not succeeding, at least to some extent, due to the social climate of the time. Bruno Sammartino, even with his physical features and natural charisma benefited from the support of minority groups in New York
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team, “Each and every man under my command owes me 100 Nazi scalps,” the audiences will realize then, that this movie is not going to be like any other World War II movies. This movie clearly depicts sadism and it is very far from factual detail in history and yet, this movie was still a mega hit. To top it all, some movie critics given to this movie also benefited the movie’s ticket sales, made it into a blockbuster hit around the world, as it was released in more than 42 countries globally (Barnes
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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG & US FLAG HISTORY “Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, the Star Spangled Banner” - From its inception, the American flag has been an important part of our nation’s history. Surviving over 200 years, the flag has both physically and symbolically grown and developed in times of both achievement and crisis. The American flag is a symbol known worldwide. It has been the inspiration for holidays, songs, poems, books, artwork and so much more. The flag has been used to display
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People usually want to have a clear understanding of the past. There are many questions that come to the mind when somebody is facing a thousand years old piece of art. The manipulation of the world as we known it is how today civilization has a message from the past talking about a greater existence. Mystic representations and relation with the Devine are subjects that fascinate and inspire archeologist and experts to investigate old civilizations. One of the most interesting topics coming from
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Socio-cultural anthropologists provide a crucial role in producing a unique kind of knowledge about societies and cultures. These scientists study cultures, practices, beliefs, values, ideas, economies and other forms of organization throughout a society, and their information is often gathered via firsthand experience. For example, Napoleon Chagnon lived among the Yanomamo for many years in order to gather some of the first information we had received on the people in the area. Additionally, Kristen
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individuals who study history can develop numerous skills which will help those individuals in a wide range of jobs. Due to the numerous skills developed through studying history, those who do are not required to have a job exclusively dealing with history. The quote: “The number of explicit professional jobs for historians is considerable, but most people who study history do not become professional historians” (Doc 1) supports the former statement. Granted, the quote is from a history professor named
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While reading "Aria" the author Richard Rodriguez mentions this quote " for as long as he holds on to certain familiar words, he can ignore how much else has actually changed in his life", and I don't agree with it. I feel tradition and heritage has to do with a lot more then just remembering a couple of words, because i can know a couple words from another language just by practicing them here and there. Yet by me knowing these words doesn't make me part of that culture, I feel you have to live
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