Jewish history

As Martin Luther King Jr once said, “we are not makers of history; We are made by history.”. By this he means that we are shaped by our past, everything that has happened, has happened because certain people wanted it to. We can't change the past but we can make the future. And throughout time society has continued to change. We strive to create change so the world will become better. Looking at the past there are many great changes that have influenced who we are today as a society. However…

A phrase frequently tossed around in the United States is “Hindsight is twenty-twenty”. We can’t be sure of how this phrase materialized, especially with the war of British and Americans being an explicit contradiction. There are a plethora of factors that justify the extensive clashing dialogues concerning the motivations of British defeat. Great British minds alike presented equally convincing arguments that condemned and combated that of their peers. A ubiquitous idea discussed in the…

1. Why does History matter? History first is the series of past events that connect to someone or something. History matters because it is what started the world today, most people do not know this but it represents the foundation of a culture. why things are the way they are now and why our world is so corrupted today. I know you all may know the saying "Stop living in the past" and work to move forward. History also matters because it helps us to learn who we really are and how great our…

When studying past events in history, a common theme tends to come up, wars. Wars have been a part of nearly every country’s history and can change the entire position of a nation. From internal conflicts to external threats, nations will get involved in wars in order to help themselves, help other countries for moral reasons, or just feel as if another country is a threat. As a result of war playing out in a country, it can destroy one’s infrastructure, cause innocent civilians to die,…

Kathryn Moore HIS 101 UWSP February 22, 2017 Question 1 History comes in all shapes and sizes. Without it, the world would be lost. Global history, pre-history, and ancient history all provide the world with evidence as to what the world is, how the world came about, and who the world is. Without the three main studies of history, the world would be a missing puzzle piece. Global history; the understanding of how the world’s history has shaped the world today. At the University of Wisconsin…

Parker J. Palmer is an author, educator, and citizen-activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is also the founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal. He has authored several books including, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation The Courage to Teach The Active Life A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, and Healing the Heart of Democracy. “In There Is a Season” originally published in 1999…

To this day, the battle and the histories associated with the Alamo continue to generate feelings of courage, endurance, heroism, and patriotism in those who learn about the battle. Via analysis of the following sources gathered, I will investigate the ways in which modern historians explain how myths, legends, and stories of the Alamo influence American memory and culture. Cultural historians have approached this topic by analyzing the portrayals of the Alamo in popular culture such as TV shows…

Preserving the Past “The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory from the past.” Jean Henri Fabre Main events that happened in the past such as the Renaissance, still impact us today. One of the only artifacts that we continue to have is art. Art has been a major influence during those medieval times and are very significant to us right now. What people don’t realize is that if we erase art, we erase part of us. Our cultural…

consider the evacuation of Dunkirk a turning point in the war - if it had not been successful, it is believed the allied forces would not have been able to withstand the enemy for much longer. This had then become the biggest military evacuation in history which prompted Christopher Nolan to create a film based on the facts given. He created a historically accurate film with minor inaccuracies that depict the events that happened on the French coast in 1940. Christopher Nolan released Dunkirk…

Early American History Name Institution Abstract Early American history is riddled with numerous achievements by the founding fathers. Their contributions shaped the American political, social, and economic landscape. However, there is great concern that early American history fails to document the achievements of women and native leaders and other marginalized groups such as slaves. The early American history largely focuses on achievements of the central figures such as George…