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    name of Charles gave 8 people acknowledgment allowing them to the “lords proprietors” of Carolina. This ended up dividing Carolina into 3 sections. Albemarle was in the North with a smaller settlement, while then there was Cape Fear, and lastly Craven, as we know as South Carolina. The Albemarle area in 1691 was named North Carolina and became a separate colony in 1712. The settlers here were isolated from all the other colonies. The colony was living off of farms, corn, and livestock. In the…

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    Architecture’s influence can be greater than one might suggest. Winston Churchill once said “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us”. This can indicate that architecture has an indubitable affect on the people who stand in it, the people who replicate it, and for the people who praise it. One of the ancient cities that have been influenced by this affect is ancient Rome. Due to ancient Rome being dominated by this architecture affect, other cities have adopted ancient Roman…

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    Trickster Story Analysis

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    hand. Respected husbands, I offer you my services: I beg you, mark what I say; I want to give you fair warning. And you too, fond mamas, keep the strictest watch on your daughters; hold your lorgnettes up straight!” (Pushkin 13). Moreover, Craig Cravens in “Lyric and Narrative Consciousness in Eugene Onegin” straightforwardly calls Eugene “an idiosyncratic figure” (683) and mentions that “the narrator at times appears to be confused by events, or to lose track of his characters. At other times,…

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    Stolen Generation

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    This essay has two different parts, the chosen event and aspect will be about Indigenous Australian history of Stolen Generation. It will have answers to, What is Stolen Generation? why have Indigenous children been removed from their families? Also by analysing the nature of the effects and impacts of the event in practice of Indigenous Australians. Children from the Indigenous Australian background has been through so much traumatic events, that educators must have an understanding of these…

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    Topic 1- Acknowledgment to Country and Indigenous Terms of Reference. Acknowledgement to Country is a statement that can be performed in both a formal or informal manner that recognises and respects the traditional landowners of this country and in particular the local region. It can be performed by a non Indigenous person and is delivered before a meeting, speech or formal occasion like a school assembly for example. (QLD Department of Education Training, 2015). This is an important protocol…

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    Big Bear: A Short Story

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    they reassured me that pain was negligible. No way a crash landing into the lake was going to ruin our fun. Thirty minutes, we harassed the ducks for thirty minutes. They were worthy adversaries, seeing that we didn't get close to catching even the slowest of the flock. The worst that came of the whole ordeal was when John yelled, "Get over here you craven animals, only the brave face their demise with out fear!". John knew his yelling wasn't going to coerce the fleeing ducks to…

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    the energy we, as humans, got from food and fire. However, with the passage of time, humans became more intelligent which resulted in the development of technologies that required a different type of energy than had ever been needed. As a result, the first iterations of coal powered machines were created such as the steam engine. As the years passed technology became more advanced and as a result the demand for energy increased, but with little change in how it was obtained. The way we obtain…

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    The first book of a song of ice and fire starts with the return of The Others. Others are undead from the north that had not been seen in a thousand years. The others returning signals that winter is coming. In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire the seasons last for years and the Others mean that the long summer is coming to an end. To defend the realm against the dangers of the north a massive wall was built. To defend The Wall the Night’s Watch was formed. The Nights Watch is a group of Men…

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    University of Illinois concluded that the debt is somewhere around $6.4 trillion (Huffington Post). With this kind of money, the black community would have the chance to prosper in this society. In an article from the Huffington Post, author Julia Craven, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill states, “The figures mentioned also don 't include compensation for housing…

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    The United States of America is considered the melting pot of the world due to the assimilation of immigrants here. Even though we are such a diverse country we have seen periods of racial oppression. Looking back on the history of our country slavery, internment camps, and the civil rights movements are just some of the few accounts of oppression our country has seen. The United States of America might be the melting pot of the world, but our society is plagued with racism and inequality still…

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