Horrible Histories

sacrifice he has made the perfect forever for those he loves. Great sacrifice happens due to unthinkable events and the need to accommodate them. In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the French people, the Manettes and Carton all makes sacrifices for the greater good. To sacrifice something dear to for the happiness of another is difficult though it ultimately results in the growth of the individual. 1st Body: Dickens writes of a “[fated] revolution”(8) by metaphorically comparing a woodsman and the forester to the guillotine. Dickens states that in order to pave the anger of the peasants there must be heavy bloodshed. Though the peasants were originally peaceful and nonviolent, the actions of the government forced them to commit horrible acts of…

Title & Subject Matter: Look, See, Create: Sculpture Garden This project titled “Look, See, Create: Sculpture Garden” consists of an activity book with various activities that young visitors can complete while visiting the sculpture garden at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. This project was completed in conjunction with the museum’s current program of activity books that highlight the permanent collection. Branding standards are consistent with the museum’s current look (bocamuseum.org). The…

Machismo was and is a system of oppression which could be more clearly seen in women, but also affected men and societies and groups of people as a whole. Thanks to Márquez's work, more people can see what a horrible system it is, and make an effort to remove it from their society, as almost all societies have little pieces of it remaining…

The Great Chicago Fire was one of the most horrible disasters in history. The incident was when the city of Chicago experienced a horrible spread of fire from an unknown source. Before the fire, Chicago was a huge city that was mostly made out of a very flammable type of wood, and during the time the city had not gotten any rain, and the winds caused the fire to spread even faster. The fire was said to be started at Catherin O’Leary’s barn, and many people say that it started when she was…

The Civil War was a terrible time in the U.S history. Our president, Abraham Lincoln announced emancipation proclamation, making 3 million blacks legally free. Slavery was a embarrassing and pitiful time in our history. The market and selling slaves continued during the war. Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War. Slavery in the south was a wild spread. Slaves were first brought to Jamestown in 1619. At one point slavery gradually spread to all Colonies. After the Civil…

salem witch victims who did not survive. She was only one of the 20 people who did not make it through this time alive in 1692.The Salem Witch Trials were a horrible and devastating time in history because of innocent people being tortured and jailed, society was corrupted and at a low, so called ‘witches’ were being killed. Soposibe witches were being tourchered during the salem witch trials . Over 200 people were jailed and/or torched in this time span of less than a year.This shows the sheer…

Indies, where they sought access to natural resources such as oil, but with the strong US pacific fleet in Hawaii standing in the way; that would have been a difficult task (History). Japan came up with the plan to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, protecting them as they advanced into other pacific territories (History). At 7am the morning of December 7th, two men named Lockard and Elliott were just finishing up their shift at the operator’s desk near the watch tower at Pearl Harbor…

In, Lies my Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, many different important points are made about how the history textbook industry is corrupt, telling lies, or not telling the whole truth to the young readers. This should be very evident to most people, since textbooks spanning from elementary to high school often tell different pieces of information, and sometimes, complete opposite of those pieces of information. For years, history textbooks have been corrupted by the economically elite, and…

History is the study of past events. However, there are many accounts of the events from the past. How are we supposed to know which one is right? It is simple there is no one correct version of it .History is not just about the facts, but rather the interpretation of these facts. Interpretations and perspectives not only make history more interesting, but they allow people to analyze and create their own individual conclusions. People like Howard Zinn and Paul Johnson undertake the task of…

Assembling of History Puzzles Through Memory Memoirs are magnificent pieces of history that allows us to step into a whole different part of history and enables us to relive history through the portrayal of one’s perspective. Although memoirs can leave an everlasting impression of past history, it can be faulty to use as a historical factual piece as memory can be faulty of past information. Memoirs play an important role just as much as interpreting the past using “historical scientific…