1. How my thinking about teaching GCSE maths re-sits has changed during the course. My thinking about teaching GCSE maths re-sits has changed in that I’m more focused on improving the learning of my students. Simplistically, before it may have been a case of “What do they need to know?” and then relaying what the student needs to know for that particular subject, in a clear and concise manner, which may have been “got” by most students, but then they would have forgot the method shortly afterwards
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This episode is mainly about Cornelius Vanderbilt. Who is a very wealthy businessman in this time period. Vanderbilt changes the game for business he makes a impact on American History by setting a standard for businessmen that is held even today. It starts directly after the war when the country is at a real low it states in the beginning of the clip that, “the country was bruised and battered from the war.” The railroad is the booming business at this time and is helping shape the new upcoming
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2011 To be…or not to be an American Separation and more specifically oppression has been a staple of the United States of America ever since it was settled back in the 17th century. As soon as they stepped foot off the boats, the immigrants fleeing Europe immediately saw other people and saw them as different and even as far as calling them savages. All of the native people who were living there before had their land taken from them and were beginning to be pushed west. This oppression of certain
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Entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie was perhaps one of the most influential men in American history. Carnegie’s self-made fortune led to a lifelong destiny of leadership and legacy in the eyes of the millions of Americans looking up to him. In 1848, at the age of just thirteen, Carnegie emigrates to America and begins the long journey towards one of the biggest corporations ever built, making more money than the United States itself at its peak, Carnegie Steel Company. His family
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In part three of “The Men Who Built America,” Edison tried to take out competition by designing an electric chair. The competition between Edison and Tesla was fascinating. I also never knew J.P. Morgan’s father was so overbearing and did not want J.P. to invest in electricity. It was
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Professor Perine James American History 1151- Essay #1 Jan 7th,2016 Status of Women in Colonial Society Women were always considered inferior to men since day one. That belief had been existing until the eighteen century. During that period, English Colonists brought to America their ideologies with them. Women did not have the same rights as men did during that time. Women were tied in a leash, kept in the dark, and controlled by society. Life wasn’t easy for them. They were not allowed to express
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Bin Zhang Professor Mannone English 103 22Sep2014 Two Greatest Civil Rights Speakers Everyone wants to be noticed; nobody wants to be ignored or forgotten. Everyone wants to be treated as such. Unfortunately, people are often judged simply by the color of the skin or by the gender. For many years, both African Americans and American women are mistreated and abused based solely on the skin and gender. As two greatest civil rights leaders and victims of racial and gender discrimination, Martin
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My Vision for America is just like others, a free country where there are boundless opportunities for people that immigrate to it. For almost two centuries people have immigrated to this country and that number has swelled overtime. The reason for such mass immigration was not just political tension in Europe, but also the fact that unlike nations of its time, the United States held fast to its neutrality and its belief in all men are created equally. Yes, there were problems, but then again what
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in America. This occurred due to an extensive period on the war for women’s rights. Women’s rights to vote completely changed the culture of America because it linked the population of women together and took the U.S. by storm, although some may say it didn’t affect culture because not many people were injured in the war for women’s rights, it is still one of the most culturally changing event in history. The women that started the fight for the right to vote in the United States of America were
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than half of its 732 “solitary” cells held more than one prisoner. The Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus, built in the 1830s, had 1,800 cells by the end of the century. It was by far the largest prison in the world at the time, confining more than 2,000 inmates. But the most populous prison in America—and by many accounts the most wretched—was the Missouri Penitentiary at Jefferson City. Built in 1836 to confine forty-six convicts in forty cells, by the end of the century it held more than 2,300 convicts
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