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    Leonard Quart & Albert Auster (2011), they reveal that films have the ability to evoke the mood and tone of a society in a particular era. However, there was a time when a number of historians and social scientists were hesitant about accepting this truism. By films, one means not merely documentaries, which obviously directly capture something of the reality of people’s lives and feelings, but also mainstream Hollywood commercial films. It is not only that these films sometimes convey and…

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    History plays a very important role in our world and continues to make a great impact in our world now and further down in the future. I view history as a strong significate example of the past events, people and diverse cultures that influenced the world in tremendous ways and developed new changes along the years. I believe not knowing history is similar to not knowing yourself, who you are, where you come from, where you’re going in life and why you became the person you are today. When they…

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    Humanities In STEM

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    educate degree seeking students on many things that are essential to every career. Without being educated in the humanities, students are missing out on skills and information that are not taught in the STEM subjects such as foreign language, culture, history, literature and philosophy. The humanities subjects should be incorporated into the STEM curriculum so that students can focus on their career path as well as learn things that are significant to their career as well as their everyday life.…

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    “The Strange Death of Silas Deane” The object of historians is to tell the facts of the past without changing the details or changing the perspective of the past. Historians serves as couriers between the old times and the modern times. The transition between the past and to the present can create a misconception of what really happened. For example, the death of Silas Deane. Silas Deane wasn’t overwhelmingly popular but served the United States as diplomat. Silas Deane was very determined to…

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    theme is a concept that has been apart of human nature for a long time. Timeless themes are relevant, ongoing and everyone can relate to it. No matter what period of time it is, timeless themes will appear consistently throughout human history. Over the course of history, one timeless theme that humans have encountered repeatedly is redemption. Redemption is when one has done a sin or wrongdoing and wants to make a change for a better future. In order to change, one might have to look towards…

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    The Footnote Analysis

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    the various changes in history that influenced the development of the footnote. Grafton chose this unique chronology in order to help him reveal to the reader “where, when, and why historians adopted [the footnote’s] distinctive form of narrative architecture.” In choosing a non-linear chronology, Grafton is not constrained by the need to show the evolution of the footnote from a single, “primitive” form to the modern form used today. Rather, he is able to show the history of the footnote as a…

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    Arnold Toynbee said History word is the Greek word. It means “Investigation” History word came from “Historia” the meaning of “Historia” It is the exposure of previous incidents as well as a mixture of established, appearance, to deliver knowledge of earlier times. History is distributed into three periods. Those are classical, medieval, and modern. The second name of the medieval period is middle ages. In history these both are the similar period. On the other way, middle and medieval ages are…

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    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…

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    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…

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    History is compilation of data and materials gathered throughout time and analyzed to form some consensus of what happened in the past. A common way people learn about history is through reading and memorizing textbooks and historical literature. This can be an effective way of understanding the past but it is important to not overlook other ways of understanding the past such as artwork. Although artwork may not always tell the person about specific knowledge, it may sometimes give more…

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