given a wreath made of olive tree leaves for each victory they had in an Olympic event. Nero competed in one of the Olympic Games. The one he competed in was postponed so emperor Nero could compete in a music competition. The four horse chariot race that he used ten horses in was declared the winner, although he didn’t even finish…
The Evolution of Oskar Schindler The nazi holocaust affected many people. The obvious one being the jewish population. Every story has different sides. The ones that cause pain and trauma, victims, those who take advantage of others, and the bystanders that didn't help. Over the course of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List we learn which side Oskar Schindler is apart of. In the beginning of the film schindler is a very selfish, greedy, and cold hearted person. He is a part of the nazi party,…
A system to track student data would help me get a better picture of what the data is saying. A rubric to review while reading free responses would allow me to gauge their understanding. However, from the lesson I created in the theory of evolution unit, my students were overall successful. I tailored most of the formative assessment to be easily analyzed by using multiple choice, true false statements or yes and no questions. I was surprised at how many students were under the various…
At a JEE coaching centre where I was teaching Permutations and Combinations! It's an interesting story you wouldn't mind reading! “So today we are going to start a new topic – Permutations and Combinations” – No, I wasn’t going to be tortured by yet another teacher lecturing me on the most frustrating topic in the entire IIT-JEE syllabus. I was the torturer ! It was 15th December, 2007. Just another class. Just the same 150 odd students of his “darling” Salt Lake batch – the most notorious one…
In ancient China the afterlife was an integral part of all integrated Chinese society. However, it was not until the year of 221BC that the warring states of China were unified. The unification fell under the power of China’s first and most famous Emperor Qin Shihuangdi. In modern society, a majority of Shihuangdi’s jurisprudences and installations which advanced China’s initial growth, still stand prominently. Not only famed for his input to the development of China but more recently for the…
William Faulkner, an author who was born in post-reconstruction Mississippi, is a classic American author who wrote both “A Rose for Emily” in 1930 and “Barn Burning” in 1939. Both of these short stories illustrate Faulkner’s writing style and personal beliefs. Both stories go to show how very different people can have very similar problems throughout their lives. However, these stories with different plots and characters also show the historical struggles citizens living in the southern states…
stealing from the travelers, and interfering with their progress (edgate). The Blackfeet also tried to cease the Corps of Exploration from traveling any farther. When Lewis and Clark reached the location in which their horses were being held, they were relieved to find their horses well taken care of, and none of them dead (edgate). This expedition was extremely important to the improvement of science, the country, and the new…
Paper 2-Technology S-curve From horses to horsepower is a huge transition that we have seen in decades of automobile industry. Today automobile industry has way beyond just electric cars by self-driving cars are something that we may get to see on the roads soon. From radio controlled driverless cars of the early 1920’s to today’s autonomous cars by General Motors, Ford, Mercedes, Nissan, BMW and many other, the invention to new projects and ideas have been immense. With respect to the…
Charles Darwin on Religion and Science Charles Darwin was always thrilled by the natural environment around him. His love for nature led to his scientific exploits as seen with the natural theory of evolution and the theory of natural selection. He saw science as a key to understanding natural occurrences. His perception of science was seen from the way he handled religious issues like morality and ethics. He was ethical in his expressions of nature and science. The diversity of animals and…
grown. Nowadays, most people cannot live without the presence of an animal such as Dogs, Cats, or many others animals as their pets in the entire life. Domesticated and socialized, pets were in fact the interactive process of cooperation and co-evolution based on the need for shelter, food and safety. It’s been seen most the time everywhere on the street, public place, work environment or at home, there is a presence of at least one pets with someone. Well this…