History of writing

accused him of making a private fortune as much as 50,000 pounds. Silas Deane denied theses allegations. Unfortunately, in 1778 Congress voted to strip away Silas title of Minister Plenipotentiary. Continuing to spiral down in 1781 he was caught writing a leader to friends in England saying, “to recommend that America sue for peace and patch up the quarrel with England.” The reason this is so devastating to his career is because America just had won its independence from England. Therefore,…

children informed about the world around them. During each unit I could have the children watch the news and pick something that happened, to reflect on. I have reconsidered quite a bit about the topic, including things like how certain events in history should be taught. For instance thanksgiving should be taught in a way that is not lying but is relatively censored, i.e.; not including the slaughter. When it came…

Recently with all the news about confederate statues being taken down, a important question has been brought up: Is it morally right to take down a statute if it is a part of history? To answer this we first have to go through the two types of statues, memorials and monuments. Memorials are made in order to remember an event or person for the better or worse, while a monument is made in order to honor an event or person. However, they can sometimes be interchangeable terms due to the meaning of…

n this part we are going to present the main theories that we are using in order to define our project’s topic. The first theory that we are going to use is about re-enactment, which is going to help us understand the idea of what it means to re-enact. Historical re-enactment is based on “bodily experience” meaning that the people who choose to re-enact a specific part of the past have to dress, act and live like it used to be in that specific period, however some of them might be a part of the…

greater impact on history, culture and how the future sees the present (past) than most. An archivist can pick and choose which record, document or artifact can go into storage for later research. Not only that, but how it is cared for (arrangement/display) and put out for the public to view can affect what the public can see as what is considered and worthy or important or miniscule to record. One person can make many decisions, millions even, in a lifetime that can affect history, lives of…

the narrative current. This highlights the inability of the powerless to become their own “spokesmen” within the narrative of traditional history. Instead their depiction is shaped and controlled by the powerful “politicians and press”. However, it is also the powerful Commissioner Harris, builder of the waterworks thus symbolic author of Toronto’s official history, who finally helps Patrick don the “skin of a lion”. This is highlighted in Harris’s allusion to the epic of Gilgamesh where Patrick…

Interpretation of the past is an immense task left mostly to historians, who themselves have differing views and methods among each other. In From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods, Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier provide a history of the methodical and theoretical changes that historians have embraced and rejected. Many of these transformations were inspired by other disciplines as well as a reflection of social and political climates. Howell and Prevenier explain the…

of objectivity and its connection to history. In addition to this, it is essential to recognize the importance of how power can influence the way society views the past. With this recognition, the historian can make the connection of how power controls knowledge, which writes the history of society. This connection of power and history leads to the reason of why historians argue objectivity. With the knowledge of these issues and their connections to history, the historian will comprehend why…

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Garvey). If we truly grasp this quote from Marcus Garvey and portray it to class, we can understand just how important the course Western Civilization I really is. What I mean is that the pivotal points of history that is taught in Western Civilization I helps to guide the people of today to a brighter future. Using these key historical events that is gone over in the course, we can use this…

My culture area was Indonesia and Philippines; these countries are located in Southeast Asia. The groups that make up these culture areas are Berawan, Dyaks, Ifugao, and Tana Toraja. Some of these groups have been around for thousands of years, more specifically the Tana Toraja have been in their location for 2,000 years. The Tana Toraja is known for their rice terraces with that being there main crop, they also plant many vegetables such as beans, cabbage, and peas. The definition of religion…