1978

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prominent leaders of both the past and present have paved the way for millions of people in today’s society. These powerful leaders inspire many people and motivate them to follow their dreams. During the Civil Rights Movement many prominent leaders emerged to fight for equal rights. Leaders such as Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall & The Little Rock Nine are all great examples of prominent leaders who inspired millions to fight for what they believe in. Out of all of the…

25% of the instructional time, in the 3,000 minutes observed during direct instruction. The observations focused on teachers’ instructional choices and how often explicit reading comprehension instruction occurred in the classrooms. Since Durkin’s (1978-1979) findings, reading comprehension instruction has increased. According to Durkin, 1% of instructional time occurred during reading instruction, whereas, Ness (2011) found 25% of the time was dedicated to comprehension instruction. The…

THE NURSING THEN AND NURSING NOW INTRODUCTION Nursing is a highly skilled health care profession which combines the art of caring with the scientific knowledge and skills developed through education. Nursing practice is controlled by the Nursing Act 50 of 1678 as amended by the Nursing Act 33 of 2005 such as regulation R2598 which is a scope of practice for all nursing practitioners (enrolled or registered). Nursing practitioners wore a certain attire to look uniform and easily identified from…

Primigravia women will seek to attend antenatal classes and education due to inexperience and minimal knowledge around pregnancy and childbirth (Redshaw et al., 2007). The couple Lauren and Carl were keen to attend antenatal classes for active birth, however, due to shift pattern were unable to attend the classes. Therefore, a teaching session was offered to provide additional education support for active birth. Department of Health (DOH, 2007) state women who do not receive any antenatal…

“Great moments are born from great opportunities.” Bobby Orr gave himself opportunities, and from that he created great moments. He is a former hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins. He wore the number four and represented Boston as one of their great players in the team's history. Robert Gordon Orr was born on March 20, 1948, in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. He had two sisters and two brothers. Bobby Orr started playing hockey when he was five years old, as a forward. He started…

all three words to Peoples Temple. Originally created as religious denomination, it soon started growing darker and darker, parallel to it’s creator, Jim Jones. Together, both creator and followers spiralled into madness until their mass suicide in 1978. And the one question their story makes you ask is: what causes people to willingly follow a mad men leading them to their known death? To understand question, you’ll have to endure this three page essay over the Jonestown suicides, how the…

Harriet Beecher Stowe stepped out of the traditional role of women and ignited a national debate on the injustice of slavery. She grew up hearing sermons convincing the congregation to help the misfortunate and knew that slavery was wrong. But as a woman in the 1800’s voicing an opinion and changing the law was not supported. Her aptitude with a pen, determination, and a deep sense of right over wrong lead her to write about the mistreatment of slaves. Although Harriet Beecher Stowe faced gender…

state of New Jersey legalized gambling and then less than two years after, singer Steve Lawrence, accompanied by Gov. Brendan Byrne and other dignitaries, tossed the dice at Resorts Casino Hotel to open New Jersey’s first legal gaming hall on May 26, 1978. Resorts Casino Hotel became the first legal casino outside of Nevada in the United States. “Today, Atlantic City is the second biggest gambling city in America. Some of the other popular gaming destinations in America include Mississippi,…

The Cambodian Genocide The Cambodian genocide lasted from 1975-1979 and killed “approximately 1.7 million people” (Kiernan). The Cambodian genocide was run by the “Khmer Rouge regime headed by Pol Pot combined extremist ideology with ethnic animosity and a diabolical disregard for human life to produce repression, misery, and murder on a massive scale“ (Kiernan). The Khmer Rouge’s goal during this genocide was to fix society by limiting religions and races. During the genocide “Certain minority…

On October 12, 1977, a thirty-five-year-old white male by the name of Allan Bakke took the University of California Davis Medical School to the California Supreme Court for rejecting his admission into the school “because of his race”; he believed his rights had been violated under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The University of California Davis Medical School reserved sixteen spots for minorities…