First Great Awakening

school teachers all over the world as reading material for young students, making them foundation for the education of millions all over the world. The writer was born just towards the end of the era now known as the Renaissance, in 1564. A time of awakening, of extreme changes in moral, social and cultural values all over Europe, the Renaissance led to an alteration and overall amelioration in the continent’s literature that would mark the field’s high-ground for centuries to…

residential schools. The Schools made many dehumanized actions towards aboriginal people that acts were extremely painful to many of the Canadian First Nations. The inhumane treatment demonstrated in the CBC news, “For Residential School Survivors, the Hurt Comes Back”, causes me to reflect on the inhuman actions of the Canadian government towards the First Nation children. The acts of abominable abuse that children…

William Shakespeare was truly the best of the best authors in the history of man. He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets in the 16th century, which are still extremely popular in modern times. His brilliant genius and talent often intertwine morality with wit and humor in his plays. Often students study his works to improve their literary skills and gain an understanding of morality outside of the Bible in an entertaining way. One of his most notable plays, The Tragedy of Macbeth, is about a king who…

I believe Shakespeare may be relevant today, but hardly worth reading to some extent. Sure, we can relate to many of his characters, as they are the age of his audience for educational purposes. For example, we are able to connect ourselves to Romeo and Juliet’s young love and the ability to personally relate to characters allows us to explore his ideas at a more personal level. However, the ideas and language is very outdated and confusing, including his blatant sexism in many of his plays. We…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have occupied this land for over 60,000 years this making their culture the oldest living race on earth. Throughout the years Indigenous communities within Australia have faced many key events that have affected their lives since European colonisation in 1778. (Timeline)??? Prior to colonisation there were approximately 700 different Aboriginal nations, that contained different communities across the continent. Although many different cultures and…

The Dependency of the Netsilik People’s New World Culture The culture in the northern regions of Canada was dominated by the Netsilik people until in the mid 20th century when the Canadian government gave the Netsilik people housing materials and created schools and churches. This allowed the Canadian government to introduce western ideals and a basic economy into there civilization creating a modernized community. The creation of this modernized community completely flipped the Netsilik…

Eugenics! Oh what a great movement. In residential schools, us religious teachers are very strong believers in Christianity. We would like to make everyone believe in our faith and believe in god. God is someone whom we are very close to. One of our main plans in the residential schools is to bring in any aboriginal child and convert them to Christianity. We did not want them to learn about any other faith or culture. We believe Christianity is the most important religion. To prevent any…

The Making of the Knights Templar “Like going on pilgrimage, to which they were often likened, crusading was an act of Christian love and piety that compensated for and paid the penalties earned by sin” (Richard Abels, par. 1). During the Medieval Time Period, the Christians would take pilgrimage to the Holy City of Jerusalem until it became increasingly dangerous as the Muslim Wars of Expansion threated the Holy City of Jerusalem. This sparked the Crusades: a series of Holy Wars where the…

The Inuit are part of a wide group modernly called Eskimos. Scattered throughout the Arctic region, they occupy parts Canada, Greenland, and the Alaskan coast. They originated in in Western Alaska starting around 1000 A.D., and slowly expanded outwards. The Inuit have been around for a large span of time, and still exist today. With regards to the characteristics their society, the capacity for the presence of peace and violence is evaluated through ethnographic, archaeological, and…

Discovering One’s Ability to Forgive In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, forgiveness is manifested as a motif throughout the play. Shakespeare illustrates that the ability to rise above and reconcile with others can lead to inner peace, through the character of Prospero. As the play begins, the mood is dark, consistent with the turmoil Prospero experiences as he plans to seek vengeance against his rivals. However, his state of mind begins to shift when his spirit helper, Ariel, proclaims that…