We are in the digital age and we need to find clever ways of learning, experiencing and teaching related to technologic developments. From the printing press, we had not handled any special revolution except computer and internet. These two revolutionary tools would have been helping human history in every type of all fields, and of course in schools. The computer has recently been in schools. Before using computers, there were some kinds of methodologies used in classes. Nowadays computers…
Indeed, Dr. Mead has contributed a significant amount of her theories to anthropology, in order to enhance the field and allow the public to be included in the collaboration of anthropological work. Above is a picture of Dr. Mead and her newlywed husband at the time, on the right we have Dr. Bateson conducting fieldwork in New Guinea and on the left, Dr. Mead constructing fieldnotes. In this photo, both anthropologists are seen working together and observing the Papuan culture. Both couples…
The era of Progressivism was one in which America went through social, political, economic and moral reforms. These changes took days and months to implement with results that benefited the majority of America. People such as Upton Sinclair, Jane Adams and Theodore Roosevelt contributed in various ways to this major reform movement. Local citizens, women's right reformers, and two of our presidents in the 1900’s majorly contributed to the changes and reforms which define the Progressive Era.…
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in the 1920s focusing on African-American literature, music, and art. Langston Hughes was an American author, poet and playwright and is known as one of the main literary contributors to the Harlem Renaissance. His main focus in writing was African American culture and he was among the first writers to “use jazz music and dialect to depict the life of urban blacks in his work” (A&E Network). Langston Hughes was born as James Mercer Langston Hughes…
It is in the nature of man to argue, fight, and disobey. Throughout time disobedience led to social change and social progress such as: Rosa Parks’ movement, Gandhi's peace movement, and civil rights movements. It is through this sort of rebellion against government, conventional ideal, and oher people, that progress is able to be made and people are able to improve. Disobedience from humans is a key factor in furthering mankind and is invaluable to social progress. Disobedience challenges…
George Washington- George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president, but before that he was just a simple man. He was raised by mother widow and 5 other siblings. When he was older he was appointed adjutant with a rank of major in the Virginia militia. Later on he left the army and got married to his wife ‘Martha Dandridge’. Later the British formed the tea act to gain more revenue. Then Washington stepped up.…
The functionalist perspective to health: Functionalism believes that whatever you put into society you get back so in order to receive from society you must contribute. Functionalists don’t consider people as individuals but only that each person must fill their roles in society. They believe that everyone in society is aiming for the same goal and with other who don’t as deviant. “The state of optimum capacity of an individual for the effective performance of the roles and tasks for which s/he…
Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death, and Heinrich Himmler were the most infamous ones, as they had a major contribution to the Holocaust. One of the most feared men during the Holocaust, and especially in concentration camps, was Josef Mengele. Born on March 16, 1911, Mengele grew up and studied philosophy and medicine in college. He joined the Nazi party…
“What contribution did your leader make to the revolutionary situation?” Tsar Nicholas II was the last Autocratic monarch of Russia under the Romanov rule. His reign, 1864 to 1917, was plagued with misfortune and disaster. It is undeniable that some of the events were entirely out his hands, however majority of Tsar Nicholas II actions led to the Revolutionary Situation in 1917. The decision of fighting in the Russo - Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, Bloody Sunday, the October Manifesto and…
humane ways in what he called "the Gospel of Wealth". Throughout his lifetime Carnegie donated more than three hundred and fifty million dollars to libraries, schools, peace initiatives, and to the arts. He and other benefactors believed that their contribution gave them the right to decide what was good and necessary for society. But even though Carnegie and other benefactors donated mass amounts of money and tried to do what they thought was best for society, they did not consider raising…