Political history

Blue Kite, like others in China’s Fifth Generation, is a leading example of such films. Despite having a historical and a political narrative unique to China, the film is relatable. Blue Kite’s plot is simple but not common. The film follows the life of a family in Beijing from the early 1950s to the 1960s. Major conflicts and changes in the family are caused by major political events during the period. The Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Anti-Rightest Movement, the Great Leap Forward, and…

for the better the social, political, and environmental actions we take today. By studying the past we learn how and why people lived as they did throughout the world and the changes and causes of such changes, that occurred within these cultures. We study the past to acquire a broader and richer understanding of our world today and our place in it. Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. Archaeology talks about human history and culture that has…

worried with history in some sense and some degree; for Christianity is a chronicled religion, unpreventable attached to the occasions of Jesus' life – not to specific understandings of specific minutes in it, nor to a specific philosophical translation of the Incarnation or the Atonement – be that as it may, as I once heard a schoolmaster put it to his class, when discussing the occasions of Christmas, respectfully, cottage solidly, 'no infant, no Church'. This implies…

assignment I had not really thought much about what the differences between history and social sciences, such as political science, anthropology, and sociology, might be. After giving it some thought, I came to notice some of the differences, but I did struggle because the majority of my history classes focused on the United States while briefly touching on the history of the world. As stated in the lecture, both history and social sciences examine the past, but while they have some things in…

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…

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…

America has a long and varied history filled with times of prosperity but also times of misfortune. The history of America is comprised of a series of events that we have both learned from and have yet to learn from. So the question remains are we doomed to make the same mistake over and over again? For example, war is not a new idea for America. American’s have been fighting wars since Christopher Columbus arrived. The reason for the war may change but the concept of war has not. The…

two-semester High School American History Survey course that is fifteen weeks long, the class will offer students with an overview of America’s past. The course will cover American History from Native America to the recent past. During both semesters, the course will challenge students to create thought-provoking questions on various topics in American History. Several of these questions will introduce thematic elements to the students, which are common throughout America’s history. Such…

The Landscape of History, is a very interesting read that compels the idea of a natural view of history. Gaddis constructs many metaphors in the introduction of the novel to express his optimism towards the nature of history. For example, in chapter one he introduces the illustration of Caspar David Friedrich, The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog to depict the landscape and starts to describe it’s perspective history. His narrations are precise because he ties in aspects of art history to expand on…

The two strengths of The History of the Modern World are its use of images and its reading level. While the content is unfit for student consumption it is presented in an immensely palatable manner. The writing is concise and uses appropriate vocabulary for a freshman - low level junior in high school. Key words and phrases are written in the margins next to the paragraphs that define them, which helps students identify key sections of the reading when studying for exams. Sub sections are all…