Category: History : History

Describe and analyze the processes by which a distinctively American identity was created and changed over time.

Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences was designed to capture and describe the numerous ways people can be “intelligent” beyond the traditional academic abilities measured by IQ tests.

Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences was designed to capture and describe the numerous ways people can be “intelligent” beyond the traditional academic abilities measured by IQ tests.

4. Throughout history, powerful elites have dominated (socially, politically, economically). How do the relatively less powerful and the truly disenfranchised (as variously defined, depending on the era and region in question) fit into history? To what degree are they merely victims or puppets of the elite? To what extent are they active shapers of history?…

4. Throughout history, powerful elites have dominated (socially, politically, economically). How do the relatively less powerful and the truly disenfranchised (as variously defined, depending on the era and region in question) fit into history? To what degree are they merely victims or puppets of the elite? To what extent are they active shapers of history?…

Explain how Europeans have defined themselves in distinction from these internal “others” in two time periods (defined above). How has this process shaped European identity?

When and why have these definitions changed and varied?  What impact do these definitions have on how historians have approached and written about the nation’s past?  

Part 1: History and Current Issues for this Activity (1/3 of your paper) Put your chosen cross-gendered leisure activity into historical perspective: (Warhammer 40K) Why has it been predominantly for the opposite gender? How frequently did people of YOUR gender participate in the activity in the past? Put the activity into current perspective: How frequently…

Perspective Paper: Social Policy Definition of Social Policy: Social policy is how a society responds to social problems. Any government enactment that affects the well-being of people, including laws, regulations, executive orders, and court decisions, is a social policy. My policy is…(Civil Rights Act of 1964) Please Include: 1, The reasoning behind the policy—why is/was…

hat are some other turning points in American history that historians have emphasized or should emphasize?  How might these other turning points influence where new American history surveys begin and end?