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    Title/Time/Day______________ History Reading Worksheet #________/Chapter_______ The purpose of this worksheet is to give you a condensed version of the most important historical or central concepts within a given chapter. A “main idea” is a chief point an author is making about a particular historical period, or how she/he generally explains the change taking place over time. Typical historical writing is comprised of main ideas and supportive evidence that backs up an author’s claim, or interpretation of history. Your

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    More Than One Side of History

    Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, there is a much greater understanding of what Columbus actually did. History needs to be through different viewpoints or the true history of life isn’t told; learners can’t perish to one view on history. Nations and communities have different viewpoints for example. Nations view history as Columbus viewed it while communities view history as the oppressed viewed it. While the views are associated with two different history writing styles in the

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    ZOOM Response: In The School Promoters

    ZOOM Response: In the School Promoters: Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada Reading historical reconstructions is of use to future teachers as it gives future teachers the ability to recognize the elements of the past that are still present today. This allows future teachers to identify these elements and either make students aware of them and use them as a teachable moment or resist these elements and their use. For instance, the idea of teaching the sexes differently

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    Observing The Founding Of Ancient Rome Summary

    necessary because the history of the birth of Rome and early stages are unconditionally riddled with myth. For this analysis to remain objective and truthful, the author ought to focus on what can be proven, not myth, and the reader should remain cognizant that this is ancient history and the ancient peoples of Rome had little knowledge on how Rome was founded, except for the folklore of their day. Many historians to this day are bewildered by this fragment of civilized history. With this mystery,

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    Anthropologist And The Rediscovery Of America Summary

    In the book “Anthropologists and the Rediscovery of America, 1886-1965”, John S. Gilkeson expresses how anthropologists work, starting with Franz Boas who made easy the rise of America’s cultural-knowledge from the end of the nineteenth Century to the 1960s. Incorporating five historically well-organized essays, Gilkeson focuses on how the work of anthropologists formulates a unique American Conception of culture as a critical idea for the appearance of cultural nationalism and its rediscovery. The

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    Americ The Most Important Events In History

    today need to learn about every possible aspect of any given subject. Though most would prefer not to be taught or lectured on the darker side of certain historic events, it is becoming more and more necessary. One of the most popular events in history is when chistopher columbus "discovered america". It has been precieved as a happy go-lucky time through the years by disney movies, with love stories and happy endings to school plays, and holiday such as columbus day and thanksgiving. Though most

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    William Clark Research Paper

    to share my experiences with the American people. The Lewis and Clark expedition, as it is now being referred to was by far my most remarkable accomplishment. In my humble opinion I feel that it will be remembered as a significant part of American history and I was honored to have been a part of it. Hopefully, my fellow members of the Corps of Discovery and I have left our legacy in our god given country of the United States. Exploring the uncharted of the Louisiana Purchase was an equally terrifying

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    Boylan's Cartoons: A Cartoon Analysis

    Brooke Rohlfing February 25, 2016 History 110 Dr. Christine Anderson A Relapse Push Philosopher, novelist, and attendee of Harvard University, George Santayana proclaimed, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Santayana expresses the importance of history. The sequence of events, hardships, and triumphs of the United States are taught throughout our lifetime in our educational curriculum and is needed to serve as a remembrance of our past. From 1848 to 1920, the efforts

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    Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary

    In Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen, writer and sociology professor, details the way in which high school curriculums are distorting reality. He focuses heavily on the Pilgrims and the first European settlers of America. He gives copious details about the factual history of Plymouth Rock and compares it to the innocuous fables of the history textbooks. The consolidated, America-can-do-no-wrong revisions of Social Study curriculums give students

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    Art In American Culture

    Art from the past can depict and influence culture in a variety of ways, and can still be seen in our own culture today. At times, we might often wonder how a tradition or ritual had originally started, but never actually retrieve many answers. Fortunately, art from centuries ago could help us trace the clues to how things began. The things that we see and use nowadays could have easily be connected to the past as a sacred relic or a powerful symbol. Though we may not know it, we could very well

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