Ventura County

Matthew Malin Professor Katie Friedman English 100 25 September 2014 A Curriculum For the Twenty-First Century When I was in high school, I knew a girl named Madeline. Madeline was the essence of a perfect child. Like many of your daughters, Madeline never got into trouble. Madeline was a model student and she even played varsity field hockey. Like many bright young girls, Madeline aimed for the stars. Her dream after high school was to become a forensic pathologist. One afternoon Madeline…

Chatsworth, California resides in the northwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley, bordered by the Santa Susana mountains to the north, Porter Ranch and Northridge to the east, Winnetka, West Hills, and Canoga Park to the south, and Simi Valley and Ventura County to the west. Around 8,000 years ago, Chatsworth was originally inhabited by several different Native American tribes: the Tongva-Fernandeno, Chumash-Venturano, and the Tataviam-Fernandeno. Stoney Point was the home of the…

Race, the White Myth, and the American Bourgeoisie “There is not a country in world history,” Howard Zinn writes, “in which racism has been more important, for so long a time, as the United States” (23). Whiteness—that is, the white myth—is an elusive and ever-shifting qualifier, typically understood to mean “of European ancestry;” however, upon further interrogation, whiteness reveals itself as a signifier of power, class, and prowess in a nation that has thrived in its subjugation of ethnic…

Family Resiliency Assessment Defining my Family System My mother, Ana Lucia Sanin Cano, was born on July 26th, 1945, in Medellin, Colombia. My father, Tulio Cesar Martinez Salazar, was also born in Medellin, yet I am not aware of the date of his birth. My parents met when they were both 19 years of age. They married in early 1965, within three months after meeting. I was their first child and came into this world on December 25th, 1965. My sister Maggie was born next, on March 6th, 1967.…

earthquake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and caused widespread damage to buildings, roadways and utilities. Sixty people were killed, more than 7,000 injured, 20,000 homeless and more than 40,000 buildings damaged in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino Counties (USGS, 2013). There were collapsed bridges which lead to closure of freeways causing a chaos among travelers. Fires erupted because of earthquake and caused additional damages. “Preliminary estimates of damage are between…

Hip hop music, originating in New York in the late 70s, had spread throughout the nation and splintered into many different subgenres sending many different messages. One impulse was “Gangsta Rap”, which exemplified the violence and struggles of many inner city youths through harsh and often offensive lyrics. Gangsta rap was specifically popular on the west coast and eventually reached the ears of kids living in South Central Los Angeles. Artists like N.W.A., a group that grew up in South…

*Get out the car, get out the car NOW!* *don’t move or will use force* after that night a man life changed for the worst. As you all may or may not know Rodney king was beating half to death by someone who is supposed to protect us as citizen, but instead the “law” is killing or damaging our “BLACK” men lives. In my reported I look into one of the hardest crimes in the early 90s. “The Rodney King Beating”. Ill also be interviewing my grandmother who was the same age as Mr. King during the…

The man’s brown eyes are focused and determined as he surveys the crowd standing before him. His throat is drier than the Great Victoria Desert; his body, tense with anticipation before he utters his first word. He takes a deep breath, blows it out, and begins his speech. He concentrates on his delivery like a dedicated gymnast on their routine and tunes out the noise of the audience in the background; the muffled hum of the crowd sounds like the buzzing of a far-away bumblebee. He has trained…

INTRODUCTION Teachers need to help students boost their thinking skills. The traditional teaching strategy is no longer effective as it does not motivate students to become higher-level thinkers. In traditional group learning, students work in groups with no attention paid to group functioning. In contrast, group work in cooperative learning is systematically prepared, structured, and monitored. Research shows that cooperative learning has numerous positive outcomes. At the academic level, it…