Event

This time I went to a powwow for my multicultural event. It was not my first time at a powwow. Since I am part of an Aztec Dance group back at home. The Aztec dance group has been invited to dance at different powwows and I have had the opportunity to travel and learn a little bit more about different powwows in Minnesota and also in Wisconsin. The biggest powwow I’ve been part of, was the one in Wisconsin. Three years ago I went to the Honor the Earth Pow-wow. It was an incredible and…

One aims to find out whether the soldier’s that shot and killed thirteen people actions were justifiable or whether the killings at this event should be considered as murder. Due to the killings of the thirteen marchers, not only did this initiate protests all across Ireland but it also sparked worldwide media attention to the dilemma in Northern Ireland during this…

George Orwell’s 1984, is a novel with themes that strongly ties in with what was the current events of the 20th century, most predominantly during and immediately after the Second World War. 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a middle aged man who lives in Airstrip One (a province of the superpower “Oceania”), who slowly falls into a state of “revolutionary ideas” and dreaming of a rebellion against the party. Winston meets Julia, a young woman with whom he shares his many ideas to…

There are multiple scenes in “The Great Gatsby” that hold significant historical events in the 1920s. History plays a critical role in this novel and helps people gather a view of the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was an important time for industrialization, economics, and upcoming social modernization. “The Great Gatsby” covers some notable events such as strikes or low wages, advances in technology, and mistreatment in women. Though the novel’s main characters are rich, the book provides an insight…

The events across the Atlantic caused the British colonies to experience a surge in population, changes in material culture and a new way of thinking and new ideas. The European Enlightenment, the slave trade, consumer revolution and European Pietism helped to transform the Britain's American colonies. There was also political and religious conflict in the colonies. The conflicts ultimately lead to the Great War for Empire. England was also affected by events in the colonies, such as the Seven…

One September 22, 2016, I attended the Major Excitement event. When I got to the event I didn't really know what to expect. I didn't expect it to be an informational event. I would consider myself anti-social so I wasn't excited about going up to different tables and asking questions, I also wasn't prepared to ask questions when I got there because I didn't know what the event was. Once I got into the swing of things I went to the Health and Human Services table, the Secondary Education table,…

Major corporations compete for advertising spots in sponsoring sports events featuring power and performance sports. These corporations spend millions of dollars for thirty and sixty seconds of air time. Major events, such as the Olympics and the National Football League Super Bowl draw viewers worldwide. Such major sports events provide excellent opportunities for major corporations to not only promote their products; but also to deliver their underlying cultural messages. Coca Cola spent…

History The 1938 Olympics were an important event in history because the Nazi Party tried to use it for propaganda, Jesse Owens helped to end the rampant racism, and because it started to pit the world against Nazi Germany. The 1938 Olympics were held in Berlin. This was because the Olympic committee wanted to bring Germany back into global events after its defeat at World War one. The Nazis saw this as an opportunity to make the world see that they were nice and tolerant, and not…

Arguably the two most formative events of the 20th century were the first and Second World War. Both killed millions of people, spawned radical ideologies and happened in relatively close succession. It is the closeness in proximity of these two conflicts that has generated such study and intrigue into what caused them, mostly so they can be avoided in the future. At the Brenton woods conference in 1944 they had this very thing in mind when developing the new world economic order. All of which…

Art propaganda played a key role in shaping the events leading to the Holocaust. Julius Stricher's picture book, The Toadstool, spewed anti-Semitism to school children while posters and political cartoons promoted German national pride for the war effort and validated deep rooted feelings of anti-Semitism…