Carpentry

He was taught by the sculptor and painter Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence but it wasn’t until 1478 that he became an independent master. In about 1483 he moved to Milan and start working as an engineer, sculptor, painter, and architect for the Sforza family which was the leading family of Milan. From 1495 to 1497 he produced a mural of the ‘The Last Supper’ in the refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Young Leonardo Young Leonardo received little formal…

a. What were the goals of the Indian boarding schools? Since the time of Thomas Jefferson, there has been an attempt to assimilate the Native American tribes into the European way of life. After the removal and resettlement of the eastern tribes to the Indian Territory day schools are set up to teach the children of the tribe the “right way” of living. This approach proves unsuccessful due to the children’s exposure to their parent’s and their tribe’s traditions at home. This lead to the…

is an accomplished author of books and knows what students are bound to make mistakes on. For example, on the beginning he states “You'll also want grammar on the top shelf of your toolbox”. In which I instantly thought of a person who works in carpentry and utilizes many tools in order to fix something or create something new just as a writer. I found this quite interesting as Furthermore, King elaborates on “One either absorbs the grammatical principles of one's native language in…

requirements for the Agro-food sector (Glass, tin, plastics). The paper industry covers about 6% of the total industrial output and 6.5% of exports. There are 20 factories in Lebanon producing cardboard, plastic and polystyrene containers. Also carpentry shops producing wood containers. Lebanon’s competitors in reaching agricultural products are facing several difficulties regarding distribution channel, importing system of inputs, high cost in…

Vinci Biography). When he was about fourteen years old, as was custom during the time to work under the apprenticeship of a master, da Vinci studied under Andrea del Verrocchio. While in his apprenticeship he learned, “metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting, and sculpting” (Leonardo Da Vinci Biography). One of his first independently commissioned pieces was “Adoration of the Magi”. In 1495, da Vinci was commissioned by Ludovico to paint “The Last Supper” in a dining hall in a…

Prohibition, part of the Temperance Movement, argued that alcohol and intoxication were responsible crime, murder, and other negative aspects of life. Prohibition started from a wave of religious realism that swept the United States, also leading to other "perfectionist" movements such as the abolition of slavery. Leaders of Prohibition were concerned with the behavior of Americans and with the immigrating Europeans, they thought that behavior would only worsen. In 1919, the 18th Amendment of…

Our classrooms today are filled with students that come from different cultures and very diverse backgrounds. My job as an educator is to give every student and equal opportunity to achieve and be successful in the classroom. I teach at a career center that is approximately six years old, and my district is supportive of the program. The curriculum I use to teach my advanced electrical class prepares students to become electrical apprentices after they graduate. When I look at the make-up of my…

William Shakespeare said, “The eyes are the window to your soul.” In the Postmodern literary world, characters’ souls battle loss, alienation, isolation, and purposelessness. William Faulkner made a career out of exploring the darker side of life in the rural South and gave readers a glimpse of the social, economic, and racial prejudices his characters endured and hopelessly struggled to escape. This state of hopelessness defines the plight of the Bundren family in Faulkner’s classic As I Lay…

after the German officer came to him with a gun he shot and left because felt sick. Everybody else was shot with explosive bullets and their brain flew to faces of people who stood next to them. Minor infractions drew floggings, a table made in the carpentry shop with a recess to fit a human body, was brought out. Victim was placed in…

The Past and Present Obstacles of Education Are today’s educational obstacles and challenges as bad as or even worse than they were in the sixties? Today’s generation of students face some if not more of the same obstacles that they did in the past. Malcolm X explains in this excerpt from his autobiography “Learning to Read and Write” that he motivated his people to gain an education and earn freedom from oppression and poor living conditions. One of the obstacles that Malcolm X faced and we…