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    Everybody is so worried about there clothing, like they always have to look better then everyone, no one realizes how much clothing and the creations of it has changed throughout history. Throughout history there here has been direct relationships between clothing styles and developments in clothing creation. It starts first with the Industrial Revolution, then the civil war, and lastly the 1920ish. Clothing creation has changed so much by that time because people started making their own…

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    I am fascinated by history. I find this subject compelling because of how much it is overlooked, and also because by engaging with historical texts and stories, one is able to experience life vicariously through others in different time periods. By digging into history one can fight alongside the peasants in the French Revolution, explore new frontiers, and protest for social justice in the 1960s. Individuals can witness the brilliance of the Library of Alexandria, and can help in the…

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    question what was in your primary and secondary school history textbooks? Textbooks that are written by experts are voted on by the state school board. If the content of the textbooks does not meet the board’s standards, the textbook is not adopted, even if what the expert wrote is fact based. In recent years, state school boards have started to scrub history textbooks to censor out unpopular facts of history on the premise that they are making history that is presented in classrooms more…

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    Brighty’s, which was tragically fictional, but the stories of Native people, and the first European explorers, and all the cowboys of the wild west. It was in that moment I realized I wanted to know these stories, that I wanted to learn all about history. A passion just beginning to form that would ultimately become the focus of my academic career. A connection between stories and experiences. It was the moment I realized much later in my life would become the answer to a question I would have…

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    History is an important discipline to recognize and appreciate, especially with interpreting the present and future of society. It also creates and maintains stereotypes to determine a person’s role in society based on one’s class, social, gender, cultural and personal identity. The amount of privileges given to a person is based on their social class and ethnicity. As a biracial female who is also racially ambiguous, it is difficult to know my exact place in society. I knew the privileges that…

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    the significance of the traditions of history, education and argument, and civics as well as express how these concepts are connected. While Nadar experienced these things as a child and his narrative refers to events when he is younger, these virtues are vital to the engage citizens to actively participate in government and impact their communities. To gain more aware and active citizens, these citizens must be equipped with history. In Nadar’s writing, history takes the form of stories and…

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    upper-class individuals dominate the canon of Western History. While such a dominance does not negate their scholarship, the voices of the marginalized—women, the poor and ethnic minorities—are not represented in this limited historical viewpoint. Many mid-20th century historians felt that there was a need to counter this inequality of representation. For example, E.P. Thompson, Clifford Geertz and Natalie Zemon Davis each generated works that revealed the history of a previously marginalized…

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    Saving Private Ryan: Negative Argument Historical films matter, because for a lot of people, such films are where they get much of their knowledge of history from. After 300 came out, I noticed an increase in the number of my students who thought that Thermopylae was the reason the Persians lost that war, and Braveheart has certainly given people the idea that medieval Scots wore great kilts, when in reality the Scottish kilt is a late 16th century development. Small historical inaccuracies…

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    Historical Analysis Herodotus The Histories (excerpts) The Histories is written by Herodotus, a Greek from Halicarnassus, who traveled as a refugee and decided to work on history (Thomas R. Martin page 3). My historical analysis is written about part 2 of this document. This chapter discusses how “barbarians” lived and what beliefs they followed. It discusses what Herodotus learned about from first hand seeing, and from conversations he had with people who lived through these times. The…

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    fate, shape history—the study of past events— and many groups of diverse individuals from all around the world. While others argue against the importance of history, and the necessity to study it, others boldly defend the significance of analyzing the past. Countless historians, such as the five authors of the following sources, endlessly enforce their own diverse range of opinions, while including other aspects that contribute to their arguments. However, there is no doubt that history serves…

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