Historical documents

three words are at the beginning of our nation’s first formal document. This document and many others that form our government have their origins in an early city of America and in ancient societies. I visited this city on March 25 this year to observe these documents and to visit the locations of their creations. I attended multiple speeches, presentations, and historical sites. Each of these had a large impact on my views, provided historical context, and would form a stronger community. When…

History: The Khazars.” Jewish Virtual Library. N.p.: Gale Group, 2008. N. pag. Print. “Artillery.” The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 47-48. Web. 29 Mar. 2016. The historical setting of the novel is during the early and end of the middle ages due to the constant use of weapons. The evidence used by the author is that the weapons during the middle ages evolved over time from pretty powerful and sometimes…

1. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN? a.The audience that it was written for were for Chicanos. Chicanos advocated nationalism and sovereignty for Mexican Americans. It was also to show awareness of the mistreatment that Mexican-Americans have had to endure from the “gringo” since being invaded by Europeans. “El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán,” brought a spirit to the Mexican-Americans to show a movement and unit as a race. 2. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to…

How do we study a historical event? A good way to learn about a historical event is through good collection of primary sources. Mark Wasserman’s The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents is just that. It is a good academic representation as well as a good teaching tool; while it has it shortcomings overall, it is a good collection of documents for the time period it covers. To start, this book gives a good academic representation of the Mexican revolution because it uses a…

Since before the formation of the United States, the issue of slavery has plagued the nation. Slavery, the practice of buying and selling of men and women as property, was ingrained in the very fabric of America’s origins. Article IV section 2 of the Constitution protected the rights of slave owners by prohibited one state from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state. There were nearly half a million slaves in the United States upon its founding on 4 July 1776. The importation of…

HUM 200 Winter 2015 PRIMARY DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT The document that I will be scrutinizing and analyzing is called City of God, written by St. Augustine during the periods of 354-430 A.D. Around this time, there were still pagans who were worshiping multiple gods and goddesses, and other sects of Christianity such as Arianism were being practiced. It is important to note that during this period, the Vandals, under the command of their king Alaric, captured the city of Rome. This was a…

past, documentation of wars, and creating historical and entertaining stories for the people. It was the time of initial inquiry of developing an understanding of the beginning of the story as well as the methods to gain this information. Roman historians of Polybius, Titus Livius Patavinus, Publius Tacitus, benefited from the previous establishment of historical methods and some generally accepted stories of ancient era. They were advancing historical lessons into philosophical theory,…

freedom through the language drafted in the words as it spells out a democracy free from a tyrannical government’s grip. Tyranny or a form thereof is used five times throughout the historical document, detailing the scope of affliction brought on by the royal power of Great Britain. Within the context of the document, tyranny was used to convey the unjust treatment the colonists were subjected to by the British Parliament. One of the most notable scriptures taken from the Declaration of…

Making Sense of Documentary Photography In this article, the author explains about the strategies for subjecting photograph as a tool to capture historical event. The approach used is documentary photography, where the photograph is used as subject to historical evidence that reflected to the past events. Photographer can add a powerful interpretive title or descriptive caption for each photograph to expand the viewers’ perspectives thinking. However…

progression of thinking. A student doesn’t stop to assess why or why not a movie is historically correct unless told to do so. They just assume it is. Students look at the evens uncritically and blindly accept its accuracy without questioning its historical merits. “Based on True Events” does not make a film true. Seixas conducted a study using Dances with Wolves and The Searchers. Ten students watched both movies and chose the one they thought was more relevant to history. They thought Dances…